In the 1990s the book market and the production and reception of literature in Russia radically changed, conforming to Western patterns. This transformation is mostly – and even from the side of scholars – estimated as an emancipatory development. But unlike vanguard postmodern literature, which considers and ironically reverses clichés and stereotypes, mass fiction provides unambiguous element...

Shore platforms and mass movement phenomena are important elements in the coastal scenery of the British Isles. Both features are particularly well developed along the English Channel coast. Where mass movement is of major importance it tends to inhibit the exposure of shore platforms. Under certain conditions it may temporarily protect the platform from further erosion. The factors which encou...

Solitons have been observed in various physical phenomena. Here, we show that the distinct characteristics of solitons are present in the mass cell movement of non-chemotactic mutants of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum. During starvation, D. discoideum forms multicellular structures that differentiate into spore or stalk cells and, eventually, a fruiting body. Non-chemotactic ...

Center of Mass (CoM) displacement, an important variable to characterize human walking, was estimated in this study using an ambulatory measurement system. The ambulatory system was compared to an optical reference system. Rootmean-square differences between the magnitudes of the CoM appeared to be comparable to those described in literature.

[1] Slope streaks on Mars represent a currently active geological process. Various theories for slope streak formation have suggested that slope streaks form by disturbing only a thin surface veneer, or by staining of the surface, preserving pre-existing topography within the streak. Theories also vary as to whether the formation mechanism requires the presence of water or another liquid. We pr...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.013 0019-1035/ 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (K. Krohn). K. Krohn a,⇑, R. Jaumann , K. Otto , T. Hoogenboom , R. Wagner , D.L. Buczkowski , B. Garry , D.A. Williams , R.A. Yingst , J. Scully , M.C. De Sanctis , T. Kneissl , N. Schmedemann , E. Kersten , K. Stephan , K.-D. Matz , C.M....