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Theognis of Megara and the Divine Creating Power in the Framework of Semiotic Textology: An Application of János Sándor Petöfi’s Theory to Archaic Gr…
2012
This paper is a demonstration of an application of Semiotic Textology to a limited case study. The main aspects of Semiotic Textology, the theory elaborated by Petöfi, are presented; secondly the linguistic aspects of the interpretation of lines 133-134 of the Theognis of Megara's poem, analysed in the framework of said theory, are presented. All the relevant syntactic, semantic, pragmatic information involved in text processing have been considered. Through fixed steps, it is shown that text processing is not exclusively a grammatical activity, because within a theoretical interpretation an Interpreter needs a number of contextual hypotheses, in order to understand the author's ontology. ©…
Oral valganciclovir for coloni c dilatation in ulcerative colitis associated with Human cytomegalovirus infection
2009
Starptautisku lielpasākumu ekonomiskās ietekmes novērtēšana.
2016
Starptautisku liepasākumu norise rada dažāda veida ietekmi vietējā, reģionāla un nacionālā līmenī, tostarp ekonomisko ietekmi, kuras novērtēšanas tradīcija pasaulē izveidota jau pagājušajā gadsimtā, bet Latvijā kļuvusi aktuāla vien pēdējos gados. Darba mērķis ir pētīt un apkopot informāciju par starptautiskiem lielpasākumiem, to radīto ietekmi un ekonomiskās ietekmes novērtēšanas metodēm, kā arī izstrādāt priekšlikumus lielpasākumu novērtēšanā un norisē ieinteresētajām pusēm. Bakalaura darba izstrādes rezultātā tika noskaidroti galvenie ieguvumi un ekonomiskā ietekme, ko rada starptautisku lielpasākumu norise Latvijā, kā arī to novērtēšanas iespējas. Bakalaura darbs sastāv no ievada, 3 noda…
Operationalization of un-captured GDP - Innovation stream under new global mega-trends
2016
With the understanding that current ICT-driven global development depends on a trend shifting from traditional co-evolution of computer-initiated ICT, captured GDP, and economic functionality to new co-evolution of the Internet, un-captured GDP, and supra-functionality beyond economic value, the following hypothetical view was postulated: The disparity between the world's ICT leader countries with respect to happiness/welfare amidst great stagnation (Finland) or conspicuous economic growth (Singapore) can be attributed to the difference of the state in the above shifting trends. The foregoing hypothetical view was demonstrated on the basis of an empirical analysis measuring dependency on un…
INNOVATIVE MASS-DAMPING-BASED APPROACHES FOR SEISMIC DESIGN OF TALL BUILDINGS
2021
Mass damping is a well known principle for the reduction of structural vibrations and applied in tall building design in a variety of configurations. With mass usually small (around 1% of building mass), the properly “tuned” mass damper (TMD) shows great effectiveness in reduc-ing wind vibrations, but minor advantages under earthquake excitations. The above limitation can be surpassed by utilizing relatively large mass TMD. For this pur-pose, two different solutions are here proposed. In both cases, the idea is to separate the building into two or more parts, thus allowing for a relative motion between them, and acti-vating the mass damping mechanism. In the first solution, the building is …
Politically-Built Floods. The Chone Water Megaproject in Ecuador
2018
La construcción e implementación del megaproyecto hídrico Chone (Costa ecuatoriana) ha sido legitimada como medio para promover el desarrollo de la ciudad, pero ha inundado y transformado territorios rurales campesinos de manera permanente. El discurso utilitario en torno al ‘beneficio de las mayorías’ urbanas ha justificado el proyecto, en desmedro de la presumida ‘minoría subdesarrollada’ en el área rural. Durante la implementación del megaproyecto, los campesinos han sido presentados como ‘atrasados’ y ‘pre-modernos’; alejados de los imaginarios urbanos modernos acordes con la noción oficial de progreso y desarrollo. Los hacedores de política presentan el riesgo de inundaciones sólo como…
Granice języka a granice językoznawstwa
2016
Kwestię granic języka i lingwistyki autor rozważa, odwołując się do tzw. pełnej teorii naukowej. W złożonej hierarchiczno-sieciowej strukturze tej teorii można wyróżnić trzy poziomy; bazę filozoficzną, interpretacyjny obraz świata oraz część empiryczną. A następnie skupia uwagę na tej bazie, tj. na założeniach ontologicznych i epistemologiczno-aksjologicznych teorii języka. Wyróżnia cztery sposoby istnienia rzeczywistości językowej (konkretne teksty, system językowy, indywidualną i zbiorową świadomość językową), które pozostają we wzajemnych relacjach. Omawiając współczesną sytuację poznawczą w naukach humanistycznych i społecznych, przywołuje pojęcie paradygmat i zwrot oraz wskazuje na dom…
The fnr Gene of Bacillus licheniformis and the Cysteine Ligands of the C-Terminal FeS Cluster
1998
Many of the O2-responsive gene regulators of bacteria are members of the fumarate nitrate reductase-cyclic AMP receptor protein family of transcriptional regulators (12, 13, 15, 17) with predicted structures similar to those of the cyclic AMP receptor protein (11). The Fnr (stands for fumarate nitrate reductase regulator) protein from Escherichia coli (FnrEc) controls the expression of a variety of genes, mainly of anaerobic respiration and metabolism (5, 13). It contains a N-terminal cluster of three essential cysteine residues which are supposed to bind together with Cys122 a [4Fe 4S]2+ cluster which is required for O2 sensing (4, 7, 8, 10, 16). A wide variety of gram-negative bacteria co…
Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe
2018
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals have been established to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. Delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals will require a healthy and productive environment. An understanding of the impacts of chemicals which can negatively impact environmental health is therefore essential to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, current research on and regulation of chemicals in the environment tend to take a simplistic view and do not account for the complexity of the real world, which inhibits the way we manage chemicals. There is therefore an urgent need for a step change in the way we study and communic…
New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease
2010
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant public health problem, and recent genetic studies have identified common CKD susceptibility variants. The CKDGen consortium performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data in 67,093 individuals of European ancestry from 20 predominantly population-based studies in order to identify new susceptibility loci for reduced renal function as estimated by serum creatinine (eGFRcrea), serum cystatin c (eGFRcys) and CKD (eGFRcrea 60 ml/min/1.73 m 2; n = 5,807 individuals with CKD (cases)). Follow-up of the 23 new genome-wide-significant loci (P 5 × 10 8) in 22,982 replication samples identified 13 new loci affecting renal function and CKD (in or…