Twitter has proven itself a rich and varied source of language data for linguistic analysis. For Twitter is more than a popular new channel for social interaction in language; in many ways it constitutes a whole new genre of text, as users adapt to its new limitations (140 character messages) and to its novel conventions such as retweeting and hash-tagging. But Twitter presents an opportunity o...

Aspirin (ASA) is the most commonly prescribed antiplatelet agent. Although evidence for efficacy of aspirin secondary prevention ischemic events in patients with established cardiovascular disease strong, its role primary has been subject controversies over past decades. In fact, historical trials have shown only modest benefit terms reduction events, mostly myocardial infarction and to a lesse...

The elasticity of metaphor as a communication strategy has spurred philosophers to question its ability to mean anything at all. If a metaphor can elicit different responses from different people in varying contexts, how can one say it has a single meaning? Davidson has argued that metaphors have no special or secondary meaning, and must thus mean exactly what they seem to mean on the surface. ...

Ciguatera fish poisoning is caused by the consumption of contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs). The most distressing symptoms are cutaneous sensory disturbances, including cold dysesthesia and itch. CTXs neurotoxins known to activate voltage-gated sodium channels, but no specific treatment exists. Peptidergic neurons have been critically involved in ciguatera disturbances. Protease-activated rec...

ions for transition systems with applications to stubborn sets. / Hansen, Henri. Concurrency, Security, and Puzzles: Essays Dedicated to Andrew William Roscoe on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. toim. / Thomas Gibson-Robinson; Philippa Hopcroft; Ranko Lazić. Springer International Publishing, 2017. s. 104-123 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Painos 10160). Tutkimustuotos More stubborn set ...

This paper intends to study the problem of standardizing the way small Unmanned Vehicles (UxV) are commanded and the way they report results. A particular focus is placed on multi-robot operations, where a team of unmanned air, ground and sea vehicles collaborate as a coordinated, seamlessly-integrated team. A strong effort shall be devoted to the integration of them as a heterogeneous fleet. T...

This special issue of European Policy Analysis on COVID-19 policies follows two previous ones addressing that topic. The first one was published in the fall 2020 to examine initial reactions governments shock crisis (Colfer, 2020), and second 2022, analyze how governance processes had evolved with prolongation (Malandrino & Mavrot, 2022). spring 2023 marks 3rd year pandemic, which gives us even...