In this paper I propose a unified account of two phenomena that have so far only been treated independently of each other: (I.) the strong tendency of German demonstrative pronouns (henceforth: D-pronouns or DEM) like der and die to be resolved to antecedents that have not been maximally salient in the preceding sentence, and (II.) the fact that D-pronouns cannot be interpreted as syntactically...

The anthropic pressure on natural systems is the main cause for present process of biodiversity loss in terrestrial biosphere [1]. Really, human disturbance Earth affects 74.1% and marine habitats, including 22.4% completely modified, 51.7% partially disturbed just 25.9% pristine conditions [2]. At beginning third millenium, middle a post-industrial era, named “Anthropocene” [3], mankind causin...

The previous chapters have considered the financial penalties involved in changing from an even-aged system to an uneven-aged system, the relative cost increases or decreases associated with various scales of working in the uneven-aged forest, and the influence of other variables such as the length of the transformation period, age at which transformation begins, and type of harvest system. Apa...

Several researchers—most notably Lennart Sjoberg and his colleagues—have proposed that the moral aspects of risk provide a better explanation of risk perception than the psychometric paradigm or Cultural Theory, neither of which accounts for moral concerns. This study is possibly the first to assess empirically the perception of the risks and benefits of a transgenic food crop—transgenic Bt (Ba...