In this paper, Universal any and Negative Polarity Item any are uniformly analyzed as ‘counterfactual’ donkey sentences (in disguise). Their difference in meaning is reduced here to the distinction between strong and weak readings of donkey sentences. It is shown that this explains the universal and existential character of Universaland NPI-any, respectively, and the positive and negative conte...

Here we report the unprecedented discovery of the skeleton of a ritually interred donkey with a metal horse bit in association with its teeth and saddlebag fastenings on its back. This discovery in the Middle Bronze Age III sacred precinct (1700/1650-1550 BCE) at Tel Haror, Israel, presents a unique combination of evidence for the early employment of equid harnessing equipment, both for chariot...

Alexander A. Kamnev , Lyudmila P. Antonyuk, Marinela Colina, Anatoly V. Chernyshev, and Vladimir V. Ignatov 1 Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 410015 Saratov, Russia 2 Division of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Mathematics, Shef®eld Hallam University, Shef®eld S1 1WB, UK 3 Department of Biochemistr...

Anatoly A. Starkov,1 Gary Fiskum,2 Christos Chinopoulos,2 Beverly J. Lorenzo,1 Susan E. Browne,1 Mulchand S. Patel,3 and M. Flint Beal1 1Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, 2Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, and 3Department of Biochemistry, School of Medic...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Working horses, donkeys and mules suffer from numerous diseases and clinical problems. However, there is little information on what owners perceive as important health concerns in their working animals. OBJECTIVES To identify and prioritise with owners the diseases and other health concerns in working equids in central Ethiopia using participatory methodologies. ...

Submitted for the MAR07 Meeting of The American Physical Society Exact Solutions of Burnt-Bridge Models for Molecular Motor Transport ALEXANDER MOROZOV, EKATERINA PRONINA, ANATOLY KOLOMEISKY, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, MAXIM ARTYOMOV, Department of Chemistry, MIT — Transport of molecular motors, stimulated by interactions with specific links between consecutive binding sites (cal...

Oliveira-Filho J.P., Marques J.A., Cunha P.H.J., Medeiros G.X., Riet-Correa F., Machado V.M.V. & Borges A.S. 2012. Sequencing and expression analysis of hepcidin mRNA in donkey (Equus asinus) liver. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 32(10):1050-1054. Departamento de Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu, Distrito de ...