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Desert navigator: the journey of an ant/ Rüdiger Wehner
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index"How does a small-brained ant living in the Sahara desert know where it is when searching for prey in the vast expanse of sand and gravel? In Desert Navigator Rudiger Wehner describes and illustrates, in a lively and lucid narrative, how the ants accomplish their navigational tasks by using visual cues in the sky that humans are unable to see, the Earth's magnetic field, the direction of the wind, a step counter, an optic-flow meter and path integrator as well panoramic 'snapshots' of their landmark surroundings, and how they combine all this information to optimally steer their courses. Moreover, a glimpse into the navigator's brain reveals the kind of neural circuitry mediating the observed behavior. Truly, the desert ants have now become model organisms in the study of animal navigation. In telling this discovery story, which he enriches by frequent excursions to other animals and even humans, the author lets us participate in the joys and challenges experienced on a fascinating journey to the desert navigator"--Setting the scene -- The thermophiles -- Finding directions -- Estimating distances -- Integrating paths -- Using landmarks -- Organizing the journey1 online resource (392 pages
Morpho-syntactic patterns in spoken Korean English/ Sofia Rüdiger.
No full textRevision of author thesis (doctoral)--Universität Bayreuth, 2017, titled Characterizing the spoken Korean English repertoire : morpho-syntactic patterns of Korean(ized) English.Includes bibliographical references and index."Morpho-Syntactic Patterns in Spoken Korean English presents fundamental research on the use of English by South Korean speakers. Despite the extraordinary and vibrant status of the English language in South Korean society (demonstrated, for example, by the notion of English Fever), research on the forms of English in the South Korean context has been sadly neglected in the study of World Englishes. This monograph is the first to provide a rich and contextualized description of the Korean English morpho-syntactic repertoire. It draws on the specifically compiled Spoken Korean English (SPOKE) corpus to shed light on Korean uses of plural marking, articles, pronouns, prepositions, and verbs in spoken English, and demonstrates that English is indeed the language of those who use it. This volume will be highly relevant for researchers interested in Expanding Circle Englishes, Asian Englishes, spoken language corpora, and morpho-syntactic variation"--The language contact situation in Korea -- Theorizing English in South Korea -- Methodology and participants -- Morpho-syntactic patterns of spoken English in Korea -- Discussion.1 online resource
TEE - The Electronic Exercise
No full textThe Electronic Exercise (TEE) is an experimental adaptive learning system which uses knowledge structures to apply an intelligent tutoring algorithm and especially the representation of its surmise relation via HASSE diagrams to navigate within the learning material, to visualize the learning progress and convey the structure itself to the learner. TEE is implemented via dynamic HTML and comes with an editor tool for the structure and the test exercises. Thus an author or teacher can build its own TEE system easily
Übersetzung als Schicksal und Aufgabe: Thomas Manns Doktor Faustus als internationaler Roman
No full textThomas Mann played a decisive role in the internationalisation of the modern German novel. The author became an international writer at an early stage: not only because he closely monitored the reception of his works and their translations in the most diverse target contexts, but also because, at the height of his career, he began to reflect on the internationality of his work and his authorial role in a globalised world. This study deals with some particular aspects of this reflection, namely Thomas Mann's development before and during his years of exile and with Doctor Faustus as a prime example of an international novel of German character. The main focus is on the figure of Rüdiger Schildknapp, who is used as a means of comic and ironic refraction in relation to the the international self-image of the novel.
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Wacky! Working papers on the Web as Corpus
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Working Papers on the Web as Corpus
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Front Matter
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A WaCky Introduction
Silvia Bernardini, Marco Baroni and Stefan Evert
Experience Building a Large Corpus for Chinese Lexicon Construction
Thomas Emerson and John O'Neil
Creating General-Purpose Corpora Using Automated Search Engine Queries
Serge Sharoff
Evaluation of Japanese Web-Based Reference Corpora: Effects of Seed Selection and Time Interval
Motoko Ueyama
Measuring Web Corpus Randomness: A Progress Report
Massimiliano Ciaramita and Marco Baroni
Using the Web as a Source of LSP Corpora in the Terminology Classroom
Sara Castagnoli
Specialized Corpora from the Web and Term Extraction for Simultaneous Interpreters
Claudio Fantinuoli
The Net for the Graphs: Towards Webgenre Representation for Corpus Linguistic Studies
Alexander Mehler and Rüdiger Glei
Johannis Ottoni Helbigii, Thuringi, philosophi & medicinae doctoris, Introitus in veram atque inauditam physicam : epistola ex India orientali in Europam ad celeberrimam Sacri Romani Imperii Academiam naturae Curiosorum transmissa, apertus.
No full textA 3rd letter is titled (p. [81]): J.O. Helbigii Epistola intimorum jussu animcorum ad Fraternitatem Roseae Crucis exarata.Title of 2nd supplementary letter, p. [67]: J.O. Helbigii Epistola ad praecedentis libelli, qui intitulatus est, Vis aliena tessae, autorem, Dn. W.F.I. Con. B. It is signed and dated at the end of text (p. 79): Die 18. Novembr. 1680. Helbigius.Title of 1st supplementary letter, p. [49]: Vis aliena tessae, sive, Epistolium responsorium hermeticè commentans & explicans eadem in scripto Helbigiano, Introitus in veram & inauditam physicam intitulato ... contenta verba : aliquot abhinc mensibus Barvthi, nunc Heidelbergae excusum à Samuele Ammonio, anno M DC LXXX. The author is given on p. 61 as: Author. candid. Phoenic. Philosophic.Title on half-title continues: magis elucidatus, et duabus epistolis augmentatus.Scanned copy bound with: D. Joh. Othonis Helbigii, med. doct., Introitvs in veram et inauditam physicam defensus / à Matthia Scheffero. Francofurti : [s.n.], anno 1680.Hogart, R. Alchemy,Mode of access: Internet.Library's copy bound with 2 other works: 1. D. Joh. Othonis Helbigii Introitvs in veram et inauditam physicam defensus / à Matthia Scheffer. Frankfurt, 1680 -- 2. Unversehenes praecipitatum des Ost-Indischen Mercurii / Johann Keysers von Breda. 1681
<sup>2</sup><sub>∞</sub>[Bi<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>6</sub>(pyz)<sub>4</sub>]: A 2D-Pyrazine Coordination Polymer As Soft Host Lattice for the Luminescence of the Lanthanide Ions Sm<sup>3+</sup>, Eu<sup>3+</sup>, Tb<sup>3+</sup>, and Dy<sup>3+</sup>
No full textThe 2D-coordination polymer 2∞[Bi2Cl6(pyz)4] was synthesized from BiCl3 and a self-consuming
melt of pyrazine (pyz). It proves to
be a suitable soft host lattice for in situ co-doping
of the lanthanide ions Sm3+, Eu3+, Tb3+, and Dy3+ during network formation. The series of luminescent
networks 2∞[Bi(2–x)LnxCl6(pyz)4] obtained exhibits an efficient antenna effect on the lanthanide
ions. Emission is almost exclusively observed from the lanthanide
centers at room temperature, whereas cooling to 77 K reveals a bismuth–pyrazine
metal-to-ligand charge transfer related phosphorescence, which is
also present without lanthanide participation. All parts of the coordination
polymer can function for light uptake. Partial substitution is achieved
by statistic replacement of bismuth with lanthanides and can range
up to 25 at. % for trivalent europium
<sup>2</sup><sub>∞</sub>[Bi<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>6</sub>(pyz)<sub>4</sub>]: A 2D-Pyrazine Coordination Polymer As Soft Host Lattice for the Luminescence of the Lanthanide Ions Sm<sup>3+</sup>, Eu<sup>3+</sup>, Tb<sup>3+</sup>, and Dy<sup>3+</sup>
No full textThe 2D-coordination polymer 2∞[Bi2Cl6(pyz)4] was synthesized from BiCl3 and a self-consuming
melt of pyrazine (pyz). It proves to
be a suitable soft host lattice for in situ co-doping
of the lanthanide ions Sm3+, Eu3+, Tb3+, and Dy3+ during network formation. The series of luminescent
networks 2∞[Bi(2–x)LnxCl6(pyz)4] obtained exhibits an efficient antenna effect on the lanthanide
ions. Emission is almost exclusively observed from the lanthanide
centers at room temperature, whereas cooling to 77 K reveals a bismuth–pyrazine
metal-to-ligand charge transfer related phosphorescence, which is
also present without lanthanide participation. All parts of the coordination
polymer can function for light uptake. Partial substitution is achieved
by statistic replacement of bismuth with lanthanides and can range
up to 25 at. % for trivalent europium
Managerial ownership dynamics and firm value$
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Effects of alteplase for acute stroke according to criteria defining the European Union and United States marketing authorizations: individual-patient-data meta-analysis of randomized trials
No full textBackground:
The recommended maximum age and time window for intravenous alteplase treatment of acute ischemic stroke differs between the Europe Union and United States.
Aims:
We compared the effects of alteplase in cohorts defined by the current Europe Union or United States marketing approval labels, and by hypothetical revisions of the labels that would remove the Europe Union upper age limit or extend the United States treatment time window to 4.5 h.
Methods:
We assessed outcomes in an individual-patient-data meta-analysis of eight randomized trials of intravenous alteplase (0.9 mg/kg) versus control for acute ischemic stroke. Outcomes included: excellent outcome (modified Rankin score 0–1) at 3–6 months, the distribution of modified Rankin score, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, and 90-day mortality.
Results:
Alteplase increased the odds of modified Rankin score 0–1 among 2449/6136 (40%) patients who met the current European Union label and 3491 (57%) patients who met the age-revised label (odds ratio 1.42, 95% CI 1.21−1.68 and 1.43, 1.23−1.65, respectively), but not in those outside the age-revised label (1.06, 0.90−1.26). By 90 days, there was no increased mortality in the current and age-revised cohorts (hazard ratios 0.98, 95% CI 0.76−1.25 and 1.01, 0.86–1.19, respectively) but mortality remained higher outside the age-revised label (1.19, 0.99–1.42). Similarly, alteplase increased the odds of modified Rankin score 0-1 among 1174/6136 (19%) patients who met the current US approval and 3326 (54%) who met a 4.5-h revised approval (odds ratio 1.55, 1.19−2.01 and 1.37, 1.17−1.59, respectively), but not for those outside the 4.5-h revised approval (1.14, 0.97−1.34). By 90 days, no increased mortality remained for the current and 4.5-h revised label cohorts (hazard ratios 0.99, 0.77−1.26 and 1.02, 0.87–1.20, respectively) but mortality remained higher outside the 4.5-h revised approval (1.17, 0.98–1.41).
Conclusions:
An age-revised European Union label or 4.5-h-revised United States label would each increase the number of patients deriving net benefit from alteplase by 90 days after acute ischemic stroke, without excess mortality
