How might one begin to comment on a paper of this scope and ambition? Allow me, firstly, to start this commentary by expressing my gratitude for the opportunity to comment on such a seminal work. This paper is seminal not necessarily in terms of its content as such but, more importantly, in terms of its form. It is in the bold and obviously risky step of proposing an intellectual framework for ...

This study analyzes the evolution of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 141 and 142, through a detailed analysis of comment letters submitted to the FASB on Business Combinations Exposure Drafts 201 and 201 (Revised). Comment letters, an integral part of the standard-setting process, contain valuable insights on the views of part...

We would like to comment on the paper ‘Total and free fluoride concentrations of African dentifrices marketed in West Africa’ by Jordan et al, published in Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry 2011;9:53–58. At the time of publication of the paper, we observed the shortcomings with regard to the method of fluoride analysis used, but since the problem was obvious to those who are working in this ...

BACKGROUND There is substantial underuse and overuse of antibiotic prophylaxis. Current American Heart Association (AHA) recommendations are heavily dependent on echocardiographic data that may not be familiar to referring physicians. We sought to determine the impact of a specific prophylaxis report comment on compliance with AHA recommendations. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a standardized elec...

This paper provides a uniform semantic framework for Topic-Comment Structures in Chinese. It is assumed that the topic element relates to an anaphor occuring in the comment. The comment which contains an unresolved anaphor is semantically underspecified. The semantic interpretation of topic-comment constructions results from the resolution of the anaphoric relation between topic and comment. In...

The recent advent and wide adoption of Social Bookmarking Systems (SBS) has disrupted the traditional model of online content publishing and consumption. Until recently, the majority of content consumed by people was published as a result of a centralized selection process. Nowadays, the large-scale adoption of the Web 2.0 paradigm has diffused the content selection process to the masses. Moder...

les figures mythiques ou légendaires s’adaptent à chaque époque et en chaque lieu. cet article tente de montrer comment constance pipelet, future princesse de salm (1767-1845), une des filles des lumières et admiratrice des idéaux de la révolution française, se sert du récit de la vie de sapho, grande poétesse de l’antiquité, pour proposer une sapho qui est aussi amoureuse, éplorée et trahie qu...

We show that the reply by Tamburini et al (2012 New J. Phys. 14 118002) to our previous comment (2012 New J. Phys. 14 118001) on the experiment reported in Tamburini et al (2012 New J. Phys. 14 033001) does not actually invalidate any of the issues raised in our initial comment. The actual use of orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes for increasing—supposedly without limit—the spectral efficienc...

l’homme est toujours sous le regard des 'autres', c’est sa condition permanente au cours de  son existence. pour montrer cette situation humaine, sartre, philosophe existentialiste et écrivain français le plus connu du xxe siècle, a choisit le théâtre duquel nous avons choisi deux pièces: huis clos et les mouches. dans ces pièces, chaque personnage tente de juger 'l’autre' en le comparant à lui...

Gastronomy represents food as content through social media, explaining the potential of creating for creative industries in Malaysia. However, gastronomy a culture has challenge sustaining this digital era. Therefore, paper attempt to see and besides look feedback based on media Facebook, by part industries. Qualitative analysis thematic were used paper, involving one posting Facebook containin...