8,026 research outputs found
Introduction [Academic discourse, genre and small corpora]
No full textThe volume collects papers which focus on a number of features of academic discourse using tools offered by Corpus Linguistics. Academic discourse can be studied to see the ways in which the experts of a discipline construct their own activity in terms of a "conversation" within and around the scientific community. The tools of corpus analysis, especially with reference to small, specialized corpora, have greatly contributed to the study of language variation across genres and across disciplines both from a descriptive as well as from a didactic point of view
Introduction to Silver Jackets
No full textDescription of Silver Jackets in Oregon, an interagency team dedicated to establish and strengthen intergovernmental partnerships at the state level as a catalyst in developing comprehensive and sustainable solutions to state flood hazard challenges.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Presenters: Paul Sclafani, Andy Bryant and Marc Stewart.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.In English
Tradurre senza testo originale: Verso una teoria psicoanalitica della traduzione
No full textIl testo intende offrire unadescrizione introduttiva del modo in cui la psicoanalisi, o almeno una certa lettura della psicoanalisi, affronta la questione della traduzione e, così facendo, intende porre alcune domande teoriche per i translation studies
Irving Fisher and Price-Level Targeting in Austria: Was Silver the Answer?
No full textThe question of price level versus inflation targeting remains controversial. Disagreement concerns, not so much the desirability of price stability, but rather the means of achieving it. Irving Fisher argued for a commodity dollar standard where the purchasing power of money was fixed by indexing it to a basket of commodities. We show that movements in the price of silver closely track the movements in overall prices during the classical gold standard era. The one-to-one relationship between paper and silver bonds suggests that a simple “silver rule" could have sufficed to fix the purchasing power of money.
The Future of Canadian Climate Policy — with Marc Lee
No full textMarc Lee is a Senior Economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives\u27 BC Office. In addition to tracking federal and provincial budgets and economic trends, Marc has published on a range of topics from poverty and inequality to globalization and international trade to public services and regulation. Marc is the Co-Director of the Climate Justice Project, a research partnership with UBC\u27s School of Community and Regional Planning that examines the links between climate change policies and social justice.Resources:Climate Justice Project: www.policyalternatives.ca/projects/cli…tice-projectMarc Lee\u27s Posts on Policy Note: www.policynote.ca/author/marclee/Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: www.policyalternatives.ca/Marc\u27s Twitter: twitter.com/MarcLeeCCPA International Panel on Climate Change, 2021 report: www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1
Silver inhibition on recombinant flavin reductase from Citrobacter freundii A1
No full textIn this study, the flavin reductase (Fre) of Citrobatter freundii A1 was expressed in E. coli DH5a host with 1 mM IPTG induction. This recombinant protein was fused to 6xHis-tag, thus promising easier IMAC purification of the expressed enzyme. Flavin reductase catalyzes the reduction of free flavin using NADH to produce free reduced flavin. The purity of recombinant flavin reductase was observed using 15 % SDS-PAGE and the molecular weight of the target protein was determined to be 27.04 kDa. In this study, flavin reductase activity was measured at 340 nm (e340 = 6.22 mM-1cm-1) due to the oxidation of NADH. The effect of silver ions from silver nitrate (AgNO3) on the activity of flavin reductase was determined. As the concentration of silver ions increased, the relative activity and velocity of flavin reductase reaction decreased over time. Silver ions may inhibit flavin reductase irreversibly via unspecific binding to different amino acids. In conclusion, silver ions could be a potent inhibitor of flavin reductase of C. freundii A1
Arguing the Case. Language and Play in Argumentation
No full textThe work discusses ways in which various disciplines deploy rhetorical devices to "argue their case", as well as to consolidate their identities and maintain them intact. Employing analytical methods deriving from linguistics, logic, psychoanalysis and cultural and literary criticism, it reveals the common premises and illusions behind the claims being made about the "human sciences" today
Language across Disciplines: Towards a Critical Reading of Contemporary Academic Discourse
No full textThe work explores how writers from academic disciplines present themselves and their knowledge claims to their readership through an analysis of the research article, the genre which perhaps most accurately portrays 'state-of-the-art' academic production in the world today. Furthermore, it seeks to gauge how scholars construct disciplinary identity through parameters such as the ways they have of displaying their ideas or assumptions, the forms of argumentation they employ to persuade their readers, and how they represent themselves and others in their texts
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