We study perceptions of literariness in a set of contemporary Dutch novels. Experiments with machine learning models show that it is possible to automatically distinguish novels that are seen as highly literary from those that are seen as less literary, using surprisingly simple textual features. The most discriminating features of our classification model indicate that genre might be a confoun...

Scientific material can be difficult to relate to everyday knowledge. Textbook facts can be abstract. This Study of Teaching and Learning project examined the use of "non-fiction novels" (biographies and other books that read like novels but are true) in an undergraduate Sensation and Perception course in order to increase the concreteness of the reading material and to give the students a stor...

We studied the predation rate and prey selection of the least weasel (Mustela ni alis ni alis) on its two most common prey species in boreal environments, the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) and the field vole (Microtus agrestis), in large outdoor enclosures. We also studied the response of weasels to odours of the two species in the laboratory. The enclosure experiment was conducted using ...

This article analyzes the reemergence of the eighteenth century gothic tradition in the graphic novels of the twentieth century and asserts that the Gothic appears at times of great social changes. Hence, early or later examples of this fiction can be seen as metaphors reflecting the emergence of capitalism and the paradigmatic evolution in man’s epistemological consciousness. The target of cri...

BACKGROUND Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is associated with increased risk of cerebral infarction and hemorrhage. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is known to increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease. This study aimed to investigate the association between cerebral SVD and severity of OSA. METHODS A total of 170 patients were included from the patient registry at the present Sleep Cent...

Several novels have appeared after the September 11 attacks whichdeal directly or indirectly with the effect of the event on individuals, both insideand outside of the United States. Though, the novels often claim to deal withthe post- traumatic aftermath of the incident, the writers regularly use Orientaliststereotyping and it seems that after 9/11 this attitude toward Muslims has hardenedand ...

Conrad’s acclaimed works from his middle period have been thoroughly studied from several perspectives including postcolonialism whereas the novels from his early period were overlooked due to their so-called“uneven” quality. The most notable works among Conrad’s early novels are hisLingard Trilogy- three of his early novels which are based on the recurring presence of the Captain Tom Lingard, ...

The problem of transfer from one ALIS (automated library information system) to another is decomposed. models implementation depending the library’s computerization status are defined; these fresh implementa-tion; with further data and simultaneous use data-base by several ALIS. Various methods database transport discussed, i.e. backup recovery; server image porting; tabular through SQL-calls; ...

it was not until the twentieth century, and especially the 1980s, that dutch Gothic fiction began to flourish. This article gives an overview of the history of the Gothic in dutch literature, and discusses the explanations given for the absence of a dutch Gothic tradition. it then examines six Gothic novels from the 1980s in more depth to determine what kind of “cultural work” the Gothic does i...