Written language is a complex communication signal capable of conveying information encoded in the form of ordered sequences of words. Beyond the local order ruled by grammar, semantic and thematic structures affect long-range patterns in word usage. Here, we show that a direct application of information theory quantifies the relationship between the statistical distribution of words and the se...

This paper argues that glossing is an essential stage in the borrowing of writing systems. I use the term “glossing” in a somewhat extended sense to refer to a process where a text in one language is prepared (annotated, marked) to be read in another. I argue that this process of “vernacular reading” – reading a text written in the script, orthography, lexicon and grammar of a more prestigious ...

*Abu-Qare AW, Abou-Donia MB. 2001. Inhibition and recovery of maternal and fetal cholinesterase enzyme activity following a single cutaneous dose of methyl parathion and diazinon, alone and in combination, in pregnant rats. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 1989. Decision guide for identifying substance-specific data needs related to toxicological profiles; Notice. The effects o...

SOURAV SAMANTA Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University Institute of Technology, Burdwan, Westbengal, INDIA [email protected] AMARTYA MUKHERJEE Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, Westbengal, INDIA [email protected] AMIRA S. ASHOUR Department of Electronics & Electrical Communications Engineering, Faculty of Engg., Tanta Univ., EGYPT. College of Computers &...

Adenylyl Cyclase Cell Signaling as a Target and Underlying Mechanism for Persistent Effects of Early-Life Organophosphate Exposure by Abayomi A. Adigun Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Theodore Slotkin, Ph.D., Supervisor ___________________________ Mohamed Abou Donia, Ph.D. __________________________...

Attempts at Cloning the Rat Mesangial Cell Na+-Dependent and Na+-Independent Cl--HCO3Exchange Proteins Based Upon DNA Homology to the Chloride-Bicarbonate Exchange Protein AE-1 (Band 3): Identification and Sequence of a Unique 1.7 kb Partial-Length cDNA Clone. Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam, Bruce A. Davis,b William C. Summers,a and Walter F. Boron.b aDepartment of Therapeutic Radiology, and bDepartment ...

Organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) are used as additives in plasticizers, foams, hydraulic fluids, anti-foam agents, and coatings for electronic components/devices to inhibit flames. These chemicals were developed and used as flame retardants because of environmental and health concerns of previously used brominated and chlorinated flame retardants (FRs). OPCFRs are divided into five mai...

Methodological issues in modelling time-of-travel preferences Moshe Ben-Akiva & Maya Abou-Zeid a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11 – 0236, FEA-CEE, Room 2M3, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Leban...