Building on previous works (e.g. Kubozono 2006, and Kang 2010), this article attempts to establish a taxonomy for loanword prosody, referring specifically to the patterns of stress, tone, or pitch-accent that are found in loanwords. Toward a taxonomy, we consider the following factors: (i) whether the pronunciation of the word in the source language influences the assignment of prosody in the b...

When characterizing optimal solutions of both scalar and vector optimization problems usually constraint qualifications have to be satisfied. By considering sequential characterizations, given for the first time in vector optimization in this paper, this drawback is eliminated. In order to establish them we give first of all sequential characterizations for a convex composed optimization proble...

A flow system to perform Chan-Lam coupling reactions of various amines and arylboronic acids has been realised employing molecular oxygen as an oxidant for the re-oxidation of the copper catalyst enabling a catalytic process. A tube-in-tube gas reactor has been used to simplify the delivery of the oxygen accelerating the optimisation phase and allowing easy access to elevated pressures. A small...

Affective reaction is a little researched area in political news. This study examined three factors that might generate affective responses in addition to the candidates themselves: the use of exemplars in television stories, the valence of story content and the affinity of audience members toward candidates. A within subject experiment was conducted. Results indicated that candidates and valen...

Multimodality is integrated into the majority of our multimedia experiences, most commonly with intent. However, some experience an unintentional, and subjective perceptual response to a stimulus in another sensory domain due to the neurological phenomena synaesthesia. This paper discusses the application of music-colour synaesthetic mappings in live ensemble performance. A succinct discourse o...

One Healthy People 2010 objective is that 80% of women in the United States start a pregnancy with optimal levels of folic acid. This often requires women to use folic acid supplements preconceptionally to get adequate levels. Efforts to achieve the objective have resulted in a suboptimal floor effect at less than 50% of women. We advance a framework based on exemplification theory, identifying...

This paper proposes a pragmatic analysis of two so-called fallacies in argumentation, namely the ‘Slippery Slope’ and ‘Guilt by Association’. I will examine their rational use, and argue that they exemplify at least partially non-cooperative, but still inference-based conversational moves.

In Quality of Experience (QoE) research, the concept of ’expectations’ is frequently used but seldom defined with sufficient clarity and precision. In this paper, we present theoretical and conceptual approaches originating from various research fields that deal with expectations and its measurement. In addition, we also present results from our own empirical work to exemplify how to measure an...

The sketch deals w ith the problems of poetic letter. During exemplification issue, poems by Julian Przyboś, Cyprian Norwid and Ignacy Krasicki are used. It turns out that important issues can be seen from perspective selected, but also deep anthropological problems, arising interpretative process. tools for understanding them provided thinkers post-Husserlian phenomenology, in this case Dietri...