bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Review of Human Relations: Law Enforcement in a Changing Community
Authors: Labowitz DI
Published: August 2015

This text is not for a person interested in obtaining a thorough understanding of police in the community. Rather it would best be utilized as a source of discussion material for police cadets. The authors raise questions on police action and reaction in the context of dealing with nonpolice citizens, generally members of minority groups. The viewpoint taken is that of the minority, rather than the police. With the exception of the book's third section, the text does the job of a trained group leader in police-minority relations.
A Review of Forensic Science Handbook
Authors: Stone IC
Published: August 2015

There are many books in my technical library but few are worth the cost, at least to those dealing with one or another of the disciplines within forensic science. Most are replete with errors, both of omission as well as commission; a vast majority are written by persons with dubious credentials and performance.
A Review of Wyatt V. Stickney: Retrospect and Prospect
Authors: Sadoff RL
Published: August 2015

This rather small (245 pages) book is the most comprehensive review of perhaps the most important case on the right to treatment for psychiatric patients. The book, based on presentations at a conference on the rights of mental patients held at the University of Alabama, Ferguson Center, 25–26 Sept. 1980, is edited by two psychiatrists from the University of Alabama, both of whom have had intimate contact with the Wyatt case and its consequences.
A Review of Toxicological and Pathological Studies on Psychoactive Drug Involved Deaths
Authors: Caplan YH
Published: August 2015

This book presents detailed summaries of pertinent information regarding 3004 deaths collected from nine metropolitan areas in the United States all involving psychoactive drugs. Toxicologists fundamentally are confronted with interpreting the results of analytical determinations and ascertaining the range of concentrations of psychoactive drugs in biological fluids and tissues that are associated with death. By presenting data such as drug concentrations, methadology, role of drug in death, route of administration, autopsy findings, and cause of death as well as other information in a uniform manner, the authors have presented the scientific community with a valuable registry. Too infrequently is a compilation of data presented in the literature that permits independent study and allows the toxicologist to derive his own conclusions.
Self-Mutilation and Private Accident Insurance
Authors: Bonte W
Published: August 2015

During the past few years in the Federal Republic of Germany, there has been a continuous increase in deliberate self-inflicted damage with the aim of defrauding insurance companies. This paper concerns itself with amputations of the finger(s) caused by axes, electric saws, and blunt force. The difficulty of proving an intentional injury is shown, and suggestions for a procedure for making a report are given.
Antemortem Chemical Hypothyroxinemia
Authors: Bonnell HJ
Published: August 2015

Based on reports of hypothyroidism in intensive care unit patients, a preliminary study was instituted in which 40 patients coming to autopsy, with no history of thyroid disease, were studied to include gross and microscopic study of the thyroid gland and the performance of thyroid function tests on all serum specimens submitted within seven days of death. Initial studies show that with the exception of sudden cardiac death, all of the autopsy patients showed evidence of chemical hypothyroxinemia within three days preceding death without any histologic abnormalities of the thyroid gland. Thyroid function tests were subsequently studied of decedents and survivor controls matched for age, sex, disease, and stage of disease if applicable. The findings were similar.
Morphine in Lymph Nodes of Heroin Users
Authors: Nakamura GR , Choi JH
Published: August 2015

During the autopsy of heroin users, the most consistent morphologic finding is the enlargement of hepatic lymph nodes. Nodes from seven heroin addicts were analyzed for morphine and a concentration range of 0.02 to 0.87 mg/100 g was found. Morphine was detected in all of the nodes examined and the concentration was generally higher than that in the blood.
The Manufacture and Examination of Hand-Operated Custom-Design Punches
Authors: Kraemer JI , Voorhees RS
Published: August 2015

The process used to fabricate hand-operated punches is described, with special emphasis given to those steps that render the design punched into various media easily distinguishable. Identification of a specific punch is accomplished by considering those designs and the individual marks they produce.
The Spontaneous Mutation Rate in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Authors: Farlow Ashley , Long Hongan , Arnoux Stéphanie , Sung Way , Doak Thomas G , Nordborg Magnus , Lynch Michael
Published: August 2015

The rate at which new mutations arise in the genome is a key factor in the evolution and adaptation of species. Here we describe the rate and spectrum of spontaneous mutations for the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a key model organism with many similarities to higher eukaryotes. We undertook an ∼1700-generation mutation accumulation (MA) experiment with a haploid S. pombe, generating 422 single-base substitutions and 119 insertion-deletion mutations (indels) across the 96 replicates. This equates to a base-substitution mutation rate of 2.00 × 10−10 mutations per site per generation, similar to that reported for the distantly related budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, these two yeast species differ dramatically in their spectrum of base substitutions, the types of indels (S. pombe is more prone to insertions), and the pattern of selection required to counteract a strong AT-biased mutation rate. Overall, our results indicate that GC-biased gene conversion does not play a major role in shaping the nucleotide composition of the S. pombe genome and suggest that the mechanisms of DNA maintenance may have diverged significantly between fission and budding yeasts. Unexpectedly, CpG sites appear to be excessively liable to mutation in both species despite the likely absence of DNA methylation.
Reproductive disorders in hairdressers and cosmetologists: a meta‐analytical approach
Authors: Henrotin Jean‐Bernard , Picot Cyndie , Bouslama Myriam , Collot‐Fertey Dorothée , Radauceanu Anca , Labro Marie‐thérèse , Larroque Béatrice , Roudot Alain‐Claude , Sater Nessryne , Elhkim Mostafa Ould , Lafon Dominique
Published: August 2015

Reproductive disorders in hairdressers and cosmetologists: a meta‐analytical approach: Jean‐Bernard Henrotin, et al. National Research and Safety Institute, France

Objective

The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review and to use a meta‐analytical approach to assess quantitatively the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in hairdressers and cosmetologists.

Methods

A systematic literature search up to 1 February 2012 was carried out using major bibliographic databases, grey literature, contacts with research teams working on the subject, review papers and reference lists of selected articles. Observational studies reporting measures of effects in relation with body care (hairdressers, cosmetologists, etc.) and reproductive disorders were included. Study quality was assessed by three reviewers. The estimated risk ratios (RR) from all studies reporting on identical outcomes were combined using an average of logarithm transformation of estimated RR weighted by their inverted variance. Statistical heterogeneity across studies was assessed using Cochran's Q test. To explore the sources of heterogeneity, several sensitivity analyses and subgroup analyses were conducted based on study quality, country, study period, alcohol consumption, smoking habit, jobs and control populations.

Results

Nineteen studies were selected and reviewed in‐depth. The combined risk ratios (RRcs) of five reproductive outcomes were calculated and found to be significantly increased for four outcomes: time to pregnancy, which had an RRc of 1.11 (95% CI: 1.03−1.19); premature birth, which had an RRc of 1.05 (95% CI: 0.99−1.11); small for gestational age, which had an RRc of 1.24 (95 CI%: 1.10−1.41); low birth weight, which had an RRc of 1.21 (95% CI: 1.06−1.39); and embryonic and fetal losses, which had an RRc of 1.19 (95% CI: 1.03−1.38).

Conclusions

This work confirms a weak increase in risk of some reproductive disorders in female hairdressers/cosmetologists. However, the evidence level is rather weak, and a causal association between job and reproductive outcomes cannot be asserted.
Presumed Arterial Gas Embolism After Breath-Hold Diving in Shallow Water
Authors: Harmsen Stefani , Schramm Dirk , Karenfort Michael , Christaras Andreas , Euler Michael , Mayatepek Ertan , Tibussek Daniel
Published: August 2015

Dive-related injuries are relatively common, but almost exclusively occur in recreational or scuba diving. We report 2 children with acute central nervous system complications after breath-hold diving. A 12-year-old boy presented with unilateral leg weakness and paresthesia after diving beneath the water surface for a distance of ∼25 m. After ascent, he suddenly felt extreme thoracic pain that resolved spontaneously. Neurologic examination revealed right leg weakness and sensory deficits with a sensory level at T5. Spinal MRI revealed a nonenhancing T2-hyperintense lesion in the central cord at the level of T1/T2 suggesting a spinal cord edema. A few weeks later, a 13-year-old girl was admitted with acute dizziness, personality changes, confusion, and headache. Thirty minutes before, she had practiced diving beneath the water surface for a distance of ∼25 m. After stepping out, she felt sudden severe thoracic pain and lost consciousness. Shortly later she reported headache and vertigo, and numbness of the complete left side of her body. Neurologic examination revealed reduced sensibility to all modalities, a positive Romberg test, and vertigo. Cerebral MRI revealed no pathologic findings. Both children experienced a strikingly similar clinical course. The chronology of events strongly suggests that both patients were suffering from arterial gas embolism. This condition has been reported for the first time to occur in children after breath-hold diving beneath the water surface without glossopharyngeal insufflation.
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of seven signature components in the fruiting body of Antrodia cinnamomea by HPLC—ESI—MS/MS
Authors: Huang H.-S. , Hsu J.-L. , Yu C.-C. , Chang L.-C. , Chen C.-R. , Huang T.-C. , Chang C.-I.
Published: August 2015

An accurate and rapid liquid chromatography–electrospray ionizaion– tandem mass spectrometry (LC—ESI—MS/MS) analytical method was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of antcins A, B, C, H, and K, dehydroeburicoic acid, and 4,7-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,3-benzodioxole in the extract and capsule of Antrodia cinnamomea (AC) fruiting body. These seven signature compounds were ionized using an electrospray ion source and analyzed by a triple-quadrupole mass analyzer under a multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The MRM transitions of m/z 453/409 (antcin A), m/z 467/408 (antcin B), m/z 469/425 (antcin C), m/z 485/413 (antcin H), m/z 487/407 (antcin K), m/z 467/337 (dehydroeburicoic acid), and m/z 197/139 (4,7-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,3-benzodioxole) were used to quantify these seven components, respectively. Their calibration curves presented good linear regressions (R2 > 0.997) within the tested concentration range. The intra- and inter-day precisions were less than 1.97% and 2.53%, respectively. The overall recovery was in the range of 87.55%–95.41%. This validated high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)—MS/MS method offers promising applications for the accurate and rapid quantification of signature compounds in the fruiting body and its commercial products.
Tempo teimoso
Authors: Pontes P.
Published: August 2015

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Não me convém
Authors: Pontes P.
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Descoberta da poesia
Authors: Pontes P.
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Nada passa
Authors: Lommez Mabel De Britto
Published: August 2015

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O poema
Authors: Peixoto Sérgio Alves
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Fruição
Authors: Galéry Eunice Dutra
Published: August 2015

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Estorinha matreira
Authors: Oliveira Maria Esther Maciel de
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Entrevista com Plínio Carneiro
Authors: Almeida Ana Maria De
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Speak white
Authors: Lalonde Michèle
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De mensageira triste para o seu grande amor ou el dia que me queiras
Authors: Gonçalves Gracia Regina
Published: August 2015

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Tobias Luar
Authors: Castro Márcilio França
Published: August 2015

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Trindade
Authors: Braga Rita De Cássia Espeschite
Published: August 2015

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Consulta
Authors: Braga Rita De Cássia Espeschite
Published: August 2015

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Os ventos da minha infância
Authors: Souza Simone Maria De
Published: August 2015

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As cinzas da quarta
Authors: Claver Ronald
Published: August 2015

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Solange
Authors: Medeiros Sérgio Coelho de
Published: August 2015

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Ocupações
Authors: Cruz Cássio Barbosa
Published: August 2015

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Permanência
Authors: Pimentel Lúcia Gouvêa
Published: August 2015

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Duas mil vezes
Authors: Araújo Henry Corrêa de
Published: August 2015

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Poema II
Authors: Muniz Maria Souza
Published: August 2015

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Prelúdio
Authors: Vieira Luiz Gonzaga
Published: August 2015

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Razão e loucura em o louco do CATI
Authors: Oliveira Luiz Cláudio Vieira de
Published: August 2015

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Análise do discurso pedagógico
Authors: Souza Valéria Martins de
Published: August 2015

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O Rosto
Authors: Cavalcanti Ana Cristina Fernandes Morais
Published: August 2015

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Coração-Mortalha
Authors: Couy Venus Brasileira
Published: August 2015

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A mulher exilada
Authors: Couy Venus Brasileira
Published: August 2015

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Corte e sutura
Authors: Mota Flávio Gonçalves
Published: August 2015

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Língua-de-trapos
Authors: Souza Sérgio Aurélio De
Published: August 2015

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Esquizofrenia em primeira exibição
Authors: Guimarães César Geraldo
Published: August 2015

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O diário de Medéia
Authors: Grammont Guiomar De
Published: August 2015

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Desliz
Authors: Santos Luis Alberto Ferreira Brandão
Published: August 2015

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A câmara clara
Authors: Santos Luis Alberto Ferreira Brandão
Published: August 2015

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O heterogêmeo
Authors: Santos Luis Alberto Ferreira Brandão
Published: August 2015

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Sem titulo I
Authors: Almeida Denise Costa de
Published: August 2015

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Surreal
Authors: Fonseca Maria Nazareth Soares
Published: August 2015

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Vestido branco
Authors: Carvalho Ilka Valle de
Published: August 2015

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Presente
Authors: Bahia Luíz Dias
Published: August 2015

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A festa de Babette
Authors: Cambraia César Nardelli
Published: August 2015

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Delírios de Carl Jung
Authors: Oliveira Maria Esther Maciel de
Published: August 2015

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Exílio
Authors: Oliveira Maria Esther Maciel de
Published: August 2015

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Cartilha Brasileira
Authors: Cherem Carlos Eduardo
Published: August 2015

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Disperso
Authors: Alves Júnior Antônio Rodrigues
Published: August 2015

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Inventário
Authors: Oliveira Maria Esther Maciel de
Published: August 2015

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VIII— O ermitão
Authors: Santos Luis Alberto Ferreira Brandão
Published: August 2015

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VII — A carruagem
Authors: Santos Luis Alberto Ferreira Brandão
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Coração 5
Authors: Machado Jovino Rabelo
Published: August 2015

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Curto circuito
Authors: Claver Ronald
Published: August 2015

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Desvio
Authors: Maciel Maria Esther
Published: August 2015

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La Rica
Authors: Cupertino Ivan
Published: August 2015

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A surpresa
Authors: Lopes Carlos Herculano
Published: August 2015

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Mário Quintana e a ironia romântica
Authors: Cambraia César Nardelli
Published: August 2015

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E então que quereis, Maiakoviski ?
Authors: Souza Antônio Rodrigues de
Published: August 2015

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Comer um anjo
Authors: Santos Luís Alberto Ferreira Brandão
Published: August 2015

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Sem titulo
Authors: Neves Manoel Rodrigues das
Published: August 2015

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Angústia de Graciliano Ramos
Authors: Coelho Lauro Augusto Machado
Published: August 2015

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Muito pequena estória
Authors: Carvalho Walden Camilo De
Published: August 2015

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Circe
Authors: Machado Júnior Odilon
Published: August 2015

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Poema do amor mais puro
Authors: Naves Élcio
Published: August 2015

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Lichuva
Authors: Pontes P.
Published: August 2015

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Dia dos Mortos
Authors: Rothe-Neves Rui
Published: August 2015

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Estruturalismo e Semiótica
Authors: Oliveira Luiz Cláudio Vieira de
Published: August 2015

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A última hora de Mário
Authors: Oliveira Fabrício Marques de
Published: August 2015

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Alongando o dia
Authors: Luiz Marcos Áureo
Published: August 2015

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Vinte e quatro quadros por segundo
Authors: Cruz e Franco Fabrício César Da
Published: August 2015

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Us/ Uz
Authors: Teixeira Oswaldo Augusto Palhares
Published: August 2015

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Encenação das sobras
Authors: Frota José A. R.
Published: August 2015

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Outono
Authors: Cohen Tila Amarante
Published: August 2015

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Bolas e Versos
Authors: Oliveira e Paiva Vera Lúcia Menezes de
Published: August 2015

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Menipo no Hades de Luciano de Samosata
Authors: Ipiranga Júnior Pedro
Published: August 2015

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Delirante Panamérica
Authors: Bento Carlos Henrique
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Trevo de cinco folhas Anderson de Almeida da Conceição
Authors: Conceição Anderson De Almeida da
Published: August 2015

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Como água parada
Authors: Conceição Anderson De Almeida da
Published: August 2015

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Quinta-feira
Authors: Gomes Danilo
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Submundo
Authors: Oliveira Maria Cecilia De
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Poemas/Móveis — a) A cama
Authors: Reis Adão Ventura Ferreira
Published: August 2015

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No muro
Authors: Gonçalves Régis Antônio Duarte
Published: August 2015

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Poemas/Móveis — b) A cadeira
Authors: Reis Adão Ventura Ferreira
Published: August 2015

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Robot (agonia e êxtase)
Authors: Camargo Ronald Claver
Published: August 2015

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Sombras
Authors: Brandão Maria do Carmo
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João Ninguém
Authors: Chaves Beatriz
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À memória costurada
Authors: Gomes Duílio
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Caminhos percorridos na construção de objetos de aprendizagem: Um estudo de caso || Paths taken in the construction of learning objects: A case study
Authors: Pinheiro Karine , Silva Bento
Published: August 2015

Novas formas de aprender por meio de objetos de aprendizagem é condição fundamental nessa nova geração em que os meios digitais fazem parte do universo do aluno. Com o objetivo de compreender a importância da construção desses objetos digitais de aprendizagem desenvolvemos o Projeto Agentes Digitais. Por meio da realização de um estudo de caso do Projeto, no Estado do Ceará -Brasil, procuramos perceber a engrenagem de pessoas que atuam no processo de construção no intuito de caraterizar a atuação dos responsáveis. Assim, utilizamos uma metodologia mista de pesquisa, efetuando uma análise qualitativa, com grelhas de observação, bem como quantitativa por meio de questionário. A pesquisa destaca a importância deste setor e a necessidade de formação de professores para o desenvolvimento de recursos educacionais. Os resultados destacam a necessidade de ampliação de links e recursos tecnológicos de fácil acesso que mobilizem os professores a utilizar os objetos de aprendizagem em suas aulas, atentando para os critérios de qualidade.
Island of Memories
Authors: Chang Lung-chih
Published: August 2015

The re-discovery of Taiwanese history along with both official and local initiatives of cultural heritage and public commemorations constitutes an important postcolonial cultural phenomenon. This paper discusses the “memory boom” in post-martial law Taiwan and examines its implications in our understanding of history, culture, and modernity in East Asian context. The major arguments of this paper can be summarised in three parts. The first section introduces the emergence of new academic and public discourses in Taiwan in the post-martial law era. The second and main section offers four major examples of postcolonial historiography and public discourse including national commemoration, ethnic revival, the heritage movement and Taiwanese wartime experience. The final section further illustrates the features of Taiwan’s postcolonial historiography in terms of history and memory with topical discussions on the rethinking of the modernity question and the reinterpretation of Japanese colonial heritage.
O CONSENSO NA JUSTIÇA CRIMINAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO – UMA DESCRIÇÃO ETNOGRÁFICA / THE CONSENSUS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE OF RIO DE JANEIRO – AN ETHNOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
Authors: Almeida Vera Ribeiro
Published: August 2015

Esta comunicação integra a pesquisa mais ampla realizada nos Juizados Especiais Criminais do Rio de Janeiro, mais especificamente nos da Baixada Fluminense, com a finalidade de investigar as práticas de atualização de um instituto do processo penal desenvolvido nesses órgãos do Poder Judiciário: a transação penal. Considerada pelo campo jurídico brasileiro como instituto que privilegia o consenso, pois possibilita o acordo entre os promotores de justiça e os jurisdicionados acerca da pena aplicada, a transação penal foi examinada por meio de trabalho de campo que privilegiou a pesquisa qualitativa, mediante a análise dos discursos dos operadores, da doutrina e da lei, somadas à descrição etnográfica. Nesta comunicação, foram examinadas apenas as práticas e os discursos dos conciliadores que atuam na audiência preliminar à transação penal. A combinação da pesquisa de campo qualitativa com a análise dos discursos já referidos visa compreender e explicitar as práticas e as lógicas que as informam, problematizando o confronto dessas lógicas e práticas às garantias processuais próprias do modelo de Estado Democrático de Direito, como adotado pela Constituição brasileira de 1988.Palavras-chaves: Etnografia nos tribunais de justiça criminal. Transação penal. Garantias processuais. Justiça consensual.
Expediente/Sumário
Authors: Diersmann Admin Débora
Published: August 2015

Folha de rosto
LIVROS DIDÁTICOS DE BIOLOGIA E A HISTÓRIA DA CIÊNCIA
Authors: Zauza Fiorese Jéssica , Delizoicov Nadir Castilho
Published: August 2015

O presente trabalho apresenta resultados de uma pesquisa que envolveu o livro didático de Biologia e a História da Ciência (HC). A escolha do tema baseou-se na importância dos livros didáticos para professores e alunos durante o processo de ensino-aprendizagem, bem como na recomendação de documentos oficiais para um ensino contextualizado historicamente, uma vez que essa perspectiva contribui para uma compreensão mais adequada da produção do conhecimento científico. O objeto de investigação constitui-se de uma coleção composta por três livros didáticos de Biologia. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de uma ficha elaborada para essa finalidade. Os resultados mostraram que ainda é tímida a inserção de uma visão historicamente contextualizada na abordagem dos conteúdos veiculados pelos livros didáticos analisados.

Palavras-chave: Livro didático. História da Ciência. Ensino de Biologia. 
GESTION DE LA ESCUELA Y LA EDUCACIÓN EN LATINOAMERICA: ANÁLISIS DE LA REALIDAD POLÍTICA
Authors: Tello Cesar Geronimo , Pinto Almeida Maria De Lourdes
Published: August 2015

En el contexto del mundo del trabajo, podemos decir que la característica principal es la producción de fuerza capitalista, que han tomado la forma de mercancía, por lo que el trabajador es un simple objeto de la producción y la escuela posee un modelo de gestión en condiciones de producción. Este artículo tiene la intención de pensar la escuela como un lugar de tolerancia y de respeto que propicie el desarrollo de una cultura democrática, por lo que su funcionamiento alienta la participación de todos en la toma de decisiones. El trabajo de la escuela, desde la gestión, en muchas ocasiones, pierde el sentido de espacio de intercambio, construcción y relación social y se asume en las condiciones del mercado y de la producción.

Palabras clave: Gestión Escolar en América Latina. Educación y Gestión. Escuela y Gestión en América Latina.
RANKINGS ACADÊMICOS NA EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR BRASILEIRA: A EMERGÊNCIA DE UM CAMPO DE ESTUDO (1995-2013)
Authors: Calderón Adolfo Ignacio , Pfister Mariana , França Carlos Marshal
Published: August 2015

Diante do fenômeno da expansão dos rankings acadêmicos no âmbito global, aborda-se o estado da questão sobre rankings na educação superior brasileira. A tímida produção científica localizada foi agrupada em três momentos: iniciativas pioneiras na construção de rankings (1995-1997); rankings e avaliação da educação superior (2003-2011); e, rankings no contexto da universidade de classe mundial (2008-2013). Constatou-se que, embora seja um campo de estudos emergente, o aprofundamento dos rankings acadêmicos não tem despertado o interesse dos pesquisadores das Ciências da Educação, fato que se revela na reduzida literatura acadêmica, nas lacunas existentes em termos de assuntos inexplorados, na inexistência de grupos de pesquisa sobre o tema em questão.

Palavras-chave: Educação superior. Rankings acadêmicos. Avaliação educacional.
Expediente
Authors: Diersmann Admin Débora
Published: August 2015

Expediente
APLICAÇÃO DA FRONTEIRA EFICIENTE POR MEIO DAS TÉCNICAS DE BOOTSTRAPPING E MONTE CARLO: UMA PARALELIZAÇÃO ENTRE BM&FBOVESPA E NYSE A PARTIR DAS PRINCIPAIS ADRS BRASILEIRAS / Application of efficient frontier through bootstrapping and Monte Carlo techniques
Authors: Roma Carolina Magda Da Silva , Iquiapaza Robert Aldo , Ferreira Bruno Pérez
Published: August 2015

Neste artigo é revisitada a área de gestão de investimento no artigo de Markowitz (1952) que definiu formalmente o retorno de um investimento e o risco, inserindo no cômputo deste último a covariância, isto é, a forma como os ativos se movimentam um em relação ao outro. Com tais definições realizadas, Markowitz (1952) apresentou a fronteira eficiente como aquele conjunto de investimento que apresenta a melhor relação retorno versus risco, o qual os investidores podem utilizar para balizar seus investimentos. Dessa forma, a presente pesquisa objetivou construir, a partir de dados históricos mensais relativos ao período entre fevereiro de 2010 e abril de 2013, a fronteira eficiente utilizando três metodologias diferentes de dados de entrada, que foram a maneira tradicional baseada na série histórica, por bootstrapping e Simulação de Monte Carlo, como também a obtenção do Índice de Sharpe (IS) para identificar a possível superioridade de algum dos métodos. Para esse fim, foi selecionada uma amostra composta por 10 companhias brasileiras emissoras de American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) e classificadas como Top Components do Dow Jones Brazil Titans ADR Index (BR 20). Os principais resultados evidenciaram que pelo método de bootstrapping comparado com a Simulação de Monte Carlo foi possível rejeitar a hipótese nula de que produzam ISs iguais, porém, não é possível ser feita a mesma afirmação analisando por bootstrapping em relação à metodologia tradicional.

Palavras-chave: Fronteira eficiente. Dados históricos. Bootstrapping. Simulação de Monte Carlo. Índice de Sharpe.
The Savvy Separator Series: Part 1. Design of Cyclone Separators: Internals and Liquid Levels
Authors: Chin Robert
Published: August 2015

The SPE Separations Technology Technical Section launches ’The Savvy Separator,’ a series of articles that will present helpful design know-how, lessons learned, and solutions for separation problems. In this inaugural article, the interdependency of cyclonic inlets, cyclonic mist eliminators, and liquid level is highlighted.
A framework for enterprise context analysis based on semantic principles
Authors: Ferro-Beca Miguel , Sarraipa Joao , Agostinho Carlos , Gigante Fernando , Jose-Nunez Maria , Jardim-Goncalves Ricardo
Published: August 2015

Context analysis can be a daunting task given the vast amounts of information
available and the work required to filter through all of it. Additionally,
the process of performing context analysis on a specific company, although
it may be done following a specific methodology, it is not a science which
set in stone. Different approaches are possible, and the availability of new
data sources, ranging from sensor data to web analytics data, can certainly
enrich the process. However, there is a need for tools and methods, which
can assist in tapping into these new data sources and extract relevant
information that can assist enterprises in their context analysis process.
The present paper proposes a framework that can assist in obtaining,
filtering and processing relevant data from a variety of sources and in
performing the necessary processing and reasoning to assist in performing a
proper context analysis.
Bacterial Genotoxins: Merging the DNA Damage Response into Infection Biology
Authors: Grasso Francesca , Frisan Teresa
Published: August 2015

Bacterial genotoxins are unique among bacterial toxins as their molecular target is DNA. The consequence of intoxication or infection is induction of DNA breaks that, if not properly repaired, results in irreversible cell cycle arrest (senescence) or death of the target cells. At present, only three bacterial genotoxins have been identified. Two are protein toxins: the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) family produced by a number of Gram-negative bacteria and the typhoid toxin produced by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. The third member, colibactin, is a peptide-polyketide genotoxin, produced by strains belonging to the phylogenetic group B2 of Escherichia coli. This review will present the cellular effects of acute and chronic intoxication or infection with the genotoxins-producing bacteria. The carcinogenic properties and the role of these effectors in the context of the host-microbe interaction will be discussed. We will further highlight the open questions that remain to be solved regarding the biology of this unusual family of bacterial toxins.
Factors Affecting Gynecologic and Sexual Assessment in Older Women: A Lesson for Primary Care Providers
Authors: Thomason Ayasha , Capps Natalie , Lefler Leanne , Richard-Davis Gloria
Published: August 2015

Guidelines for screening of cervical cancer and pelvic exams for older women have recently changed. These changes may have unexpected sequelae in women over 65 years of age. This manuscript provides a review of gynecologic screening recommendations for older women in the U.S. and potential ramifications of these recent changes. Peer reviewed guidelines from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, U.S. Preventative Task Force Services, the American Cancer Society, The Centers for Disease Control, and multiple original research articles and reviews were reviewed for this manuscript. Women over 65 are at greatest risk to develop late stage diagnoses of cancers, pelvic organ disease, incontinence, and infections. Clinicians will need to acutely consider this fact when communicating and screening this population. We conclude that practitioners should be aware of the new guidelines and should consider including gynecologic health history and symptom analysis as part of annual exams in women of all ages.
Climate Change and Health on the U.S. Gulf Coast: Public Health Adaptation is Needed to Address Future Risks
Authors: Petkova Elisaveta , Ebi Kristie , Culp Derrin , Redlener Irwin
Published: August 2015

The impacts of climate change on human health have been documented globally and in the United States. Numerous studies project greater morbidity and mortality as a result of extreme weather events and other climate-sensitive hazards. Public health impacts on the U.S. Gulf Coast may be severe as the region is expected to experience increases in extreme temperatures, sea level rise, and possibly fewer but more intense hurricanes. Through myriad pathways, climate change is likely to make the Gulf Coast less hospitable and more dangerous for its residents, and may prompt substantial migration from and into the region. Public health impacts may be further exacerbated by the concentration of people and infrastructure, as well as the region’s coastal geography. Vulnerable populations, including the very young, elderly, and socioeconomically disadvantaged may face particularly high threats to their health and well-being. This paper provides an overview of potential public health impacts of climate variability and change on the Gulf Coast, with a focus on the region’s unique vulnerabilities, and outlines recommendations for improving the region’s ability to minimize the impacts of climate-sensitive hazards. Public health adaptation aimed at improving individual, public health system, and infrastructure resilience is urgently needed to meet the challenges climate change may pose to the Gulf Coast in the coming decades.
Model Averaging for Improving Inference from Causal Diagrams
Authors: Hamra Ghassan , Kaufman Jay , Vahratian Anjel
Published: August 2015

Model selection is an integral, yet contentious, component of epidemiologic research. Unfortunately, there remains no consensus on how to identify a single, best model among multiple candidate models. Researchers may be prone to selecting the model that best supports their a priori, preferred result; a phenomenon referred to as “wish bias”. Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), based on background causal and substantive knowledge, are a useful tool for specifying a subset of adjustment variables to obtain a causal effect estimate. In many cases, however, a DAG will support multiple, sufficient or minimally-sufficient adjustment sets. Even though all of these may theoretically produce unbiased effect estimates they may, in practice, yield somewhat distinct values, and the need to select between these models once again makes the research enterprise vulnerable to wish bias. In this work, we suggest combining adjustment sets with model averaging techniques to obtain causal estimates based on multiple, theoretically-unbiased models. We use three techniques for averaging the results among multiple candidate models: information criteria weighting, inverse variance weighting, and bootstrapping. We illustrate these approaches with an example from the Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition (PIN) study. We show that each averaging technique returns similar, model averaged causal estimates. An a priori strategy of model averaging provides a means of integrating uncertainty in selection among candidate, causal models, while also avoiding the temptation to report the most attractive estimate from a suite of equally valid alternatives.
Comparison of Cell Disruption Methods for Improving Lipid Extraction from Thraustochytrid Strains
Authors: Byreddy Avinesh , Gupta Adarsha , Barrow Colin , Puri Munish
Published: August 2015

Lipid extraction is an integral part of biodiesel production, as it facilitates the release of fatty acids from algal cells. To utilise thraustochytrids as a potential source for lipid production. We evaluated the extraction efficiency of various solvents and solvent combinations for lipid extraction from Schizochytrium sp. S31 and Thraustochytrium sp. AMCQS5-5. The maximum lipid extraction yield was 22% using a chloroform:methanol ratio of 2:1. We compared various cell disruption methods to improve lipid extraction yields, including grinding with liquid nitrogen, bead vortexing, osmotic shock, water bath, sonication and shake mill. The highest lipid extraction yields were obtained using osmotic shock and 48.7% from Schizochytrium sp. S31 and 29.1% from Thraustochytrium sp. AMCQS5-5. Saturated and monounsaturated fatty acid contents were more than 60% in Schizochytrium sp. S31 which suggests their suitability for biodiesel production.
Reforming China’s Pension Scheme for Urban Workers: Liquidity Gap and Policies’ Effects Forecasting
Authors: Liu Xiaoxing , Zhang Ying , Fang Lin , Li Yuanxue , Pan Wenqing
Published: August 2015

This study forecasts the liquidity gap in China’s pension scheme for urban workers in the context of an ageing population and the possible effects of recent governmental policies by constructing a basic pension model, including “old people”, “middle people” and “new people” and a simulation method. We find, firstly, that China’s liquidity gap of pension will reach its peak of approximately 13.11 trillion yuan in 2038. Subsequently, this gap will gradually decrease with growth in the mortality rate. Secondly, reasonable intervals for the replacement and contribution rates should be set at [0.417, 0.604] and [0.189, 0.262], respectively, to sustain China’s pension system. Thirdly, compared to increasing fiscal subsidies, an income doubling plan, raising the contribution rate, lowering the replacement rate and delaying the retirement age can significantly reduce the liquidity gap, although the policy costs are relatively high. A policy permitting families to have two children will increase the rate of reduction of the liquidity gap, but it cannot effectively narrow the gap at the peak moment.
"Be Going To" as a Case of High Aspect
Authors: Copley Bridget
Published: August 2015

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Degree Relatives are Ordinary Relatives
Authors: Butler Alastair
Published: August 2015

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Two Kinds of Universals and Two Kinds of Groups
Authors: Moltmann Friederike
Published: August 2015

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Direct Compositionality and Variable-Free Semantics: The Case of Binding into Heads
Authors: Jacobson Pauline
Published: August 2015

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Front matter
Authors: Jackson Brendan
Published: August 2015

Proceedings of the 12th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held March 8-10, 2002 at the University of California, San Diego, and San Diego State University, edited by Brendan Jackson.
Wholes and Their Covers
Authors: Morzycki Marcin
Published: August 2015

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"Intermediate Scope" in (Mandarin) Chinese
Authors: Kim Ji-yung
Published: August 2015

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Superlative 'More'
Authors: Stateva Penka
Published: August 2015

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Tense and Intensionality in Specificational Copular Sentences
Authors: Romero Maribel
Published: August 2015

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Inertia in Temporal Modification
Authors: Fernando Tim
Published: August 2015

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How Discourse Adjectives Synchronize the Speaker and the Listener's Beliefs
Authors: Taranto Gina
Published: August 2015

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Quantifiers, "Again" and the Complexity of Verb Phrases
Authors: Bale Alan
Published: August 2015

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Semantics and Pragmatics in the Interpretation of "or"
Authors: Simons Mandy
Published: August 2015

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A Note on Intensional Superlatives
Authors: Bhatt Rajesh , Sharvit Yael
Published: August 2015

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Givenness and Locality
Authors: Wagner Michael
Published: August 2015

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"Little"
Authors: Heim Irene
Published: August 2015

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The Blindness Hypothesis and Individual Level Predicates
Authors: Magri Giorgio
Published: August 2015

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Towards a Montagovian Account of Dynamics
Authors: De Groote Philippe
Published: August 2015

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Bodyguards under Cover: the Status of Individual Concepts
Authors: Schwager Magdalena
Published: August 2015

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Plural Superlatives and Distributivity
Authors: Fitzgibbons Natalia , Sharvit Yael , Gajewski Jon
Published: August 2015

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Unifying "if"-conditionals and unconditionals
Authors: Rawlins Kyle
Published: August 2015

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Even more evidence for the emptiness of plurality: An experimental investigation of plural interpretation as a species of implicature
Authors: Pearson Hazel Anne , Khan Manizeh , Snedeker Jesse
Published: August 2015

In two experiments, we test a family of theories that treat the 'more than one' meaning component of the plural morpheme as an implicature rather than an inherent part of its semantics (Sauerland et al. 2005, Spector 2007, Zweig 2009). We find that under certain circumstances, this meaning component appears to be canceled, in the manner of an implicature. Our findings suggest that the implicature is relatively difficult to cancel, and that cancelation is facilitated by employing a linguistic environment in which plural marking contributes to the presupposed but not the asserted content. The notion that implicatures may be more easily canceled when they contribute to the presuppositional component is a novel contribution of the study.
Focus on reflexive anaphors
Authors: Spathas Giorgos
Published: August 2015

Focus related phenomena have long been used to draw conclusions about the syntax and semantics of anaphora. I use examples in which focus is the result of information-structural considerations to argue for a semantics of reflexive anaphors. I show that a theory that treats reflexive anaphors as reflexivizing functions is empirically superior to theories that interpret them like variables. The discussion also leads to some interesting conclusions about focus theory. It is argued that the domain of application of the relevant information-structural notion should be limited to verb phrases and sentences and that the relevant economy condition should be localized accordingly.
On the acquisition of maximality in free relative clauses and plural definite descriptions
Authors: Caponigro Ivano , Pearl Lisa , Brooks Neon , Barner David
Published: August 2015

Plural definite descriptions (e.g. 'the things on the plate') and free relative clauses (e.g. 'what is on the plate') have been argued to share the same semantic properties, despite their syntactic differences: both are non-quantificational expressions referring to the maximal element of a given set (e.g. the set of things on the plate). Experimental support for this semantic analysis is provided by the first investigation ever of children's interpretation of both constructions. A Truth-Value Judgment task, an Act-Out task, and a corpus study of children's linguistic input show that children are aware that the two constructions are different from quantificational nominals (e.g. 'all the things on the plate', 'some of the things on the plate') very early on (4 years old), despite the major difference in frequency in the input. Children acquire the adult interpretation of both constructions at the very same time, around 6-7 years old. We suggest that this relative delay depends on children's difficulties with the concept of the maximal element of a set or its association with specific linguistic constructions.
The Presuppositions of Soft Triggers aren't Presuppositions
Authors: Romoli Jacopo
Published: August 2015

Presupposition triggers can be divided in two groups on the basis of whether the presuppositions they give rise to are easily defeasible or not. Abusch (2002) calls these two groups “soft” and “hard” triggers. In this paper I argue that the “presuppositions of soft triggers” is a label that actually identifies meaning components that sometimes arise as plain entailments and sometimes as scalar implicatures. I propose a way to derive them based only on alternatives and an independently justified theory of scalar implicatures. This will be able to explain how and when these inferences can be suspended, while also accounting for the “regular” projection behavior when they are not suspended. Furthermore, the proposed system will also account for puzzling cases arising from the interaction between the presupposition of soft triggers and scalar implicatures.
Conjunction is Parallel Computation
Authors: Paperno Denis
Published: August 2015

This paper proposes a new, game theoretical, analysis of conjunction which provides a single logical translation of AND in its sentential, predicate, and NP uses, including both Boolean and non-Boolean cases. In essence it analyzes conjunction as parallel composition, based on game-theoretic semantics and logical syntax by Abramsky (2007).
Contrastive topics in Paraguayan Guaraní discourse
Authors: Tonhauser Judith
Published: August 2015

The empirical basis of current formal semantic/pragmatic analyses of utterances containing contrastive topics are languages in which the expression that denotes the contrastive topic is marked prosodically, morphologically or syntactically, such as English, German, Korean, Japanese or Hungarian (e.g. Jackendoff 1972; Szabolcsi 1981; Roberts 1998; Büring 1997, 2003; Lee 1999). Such analyses do not extend to Paraguayan Guaraní, a language in which neither prosody, nor word order, nor the contrastive topic clitic =katu identify the contrastive topic. This article develops a formal pragmatic analysis of contrastive topic utterances in Paraguayan Guaraní and explores cross-linguistic similarities and differences in contrastive topic utterances.
Gradation in modified AdjPs
Authors: Castroviejo-Miro Elena
Published: August 2015

The goal of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the composition processes underlying DegPs headed by "how" that include an adjective that is in turn modified. These include "how extremely high", "how politically incorrect" and "how damn important". The focus here is on adverbs such as "extremely", which have been used in the literature on exclamatives as a test of exclamativity, but which have not been given to this date a compositional semantics. I argue that, even if this has been challenged in the literature for Remarkably adverbs such as "surprisingly", "extremely" is a degree predicate, where degrees are not construed as positive numbers on a scale but rather as equivalence classes of individuals (Cresswell 1976). This research has interesting ramifications for the analysis of degree expressions "how" and "so" vs. "very" and "enough) and for the distinction between interrogative and exclamative clauses.
Null Complement Anaphors as Definite Descriptions
Authors: Williams Alexander
Published: August 2015

This paper develops the observation that, for many predicates, Null Complement Anaphora (NCA) is like anaphora with a descriptively empty definite description (Condoravdi & Gawron 1996, Gauker 2012). I consider how to distinguish this sort of NCA from pronouns theoretically, and then observe an unnoticed exception to the pattern. For verbs like "notice", NCA is neither like a definite description nor like a pronoun, raising a new puzzle of how to represent it
A unified analysis of the same, phrasal comparatives, and superlatives
Authors: Pollard Carl Jesse , Smith Elizabeth Allyn
Published: August 2015

We present a unified categorial analysis of several types of English comparative, superlative, and THE SAME/DIFFERENT (S/D) sentences, thereby accounting for parallels among these constructions first noted in Heim ms. Our analysis, couched in a linear-logic-based from of categorial grammar along the lines of Oehrle 1994, builds on the basic insights underlying Barker's (2007) `parasitic scope' analysis of internal readings of THE SAME, but is simpler and more general than Barker's. Ours is also the first unified analysis of all three kinds of phenomena. Our analysis of phrasal comparatives captures their essential similarity to associate-remnant S/D constructions such as ANNA READ THE SAME BOOK AS BILL.
Degree Infinitival Clauses
Authors: Bylinina Lisa
Published: August 2015

I discuss the structure and semantic composition of the so-called "Attributive-with-Infinitive" construction -- a construction that contains a positive gradable adjective in the attributive position, and a gapped infinitival clause. Studying the way the adjective combines with the infinitival clause will suggest a new type of an infinitival clause -- a degree interval-denoting one. The analysis will have consequences for the nature of a positive morpheme.