This paper focuses on minimizing strategies in present-day Netherlandic Dutch. The construction under investigation consists of (1) an element negation (geen); (2) a predicate and (3) minimizer, noun that denotes small quantity is used to reinforce sentential (e.g. geen woord begrijpen ‘to understand not word’). First, we situate the relation other, pragmatic strategies. Then, provide semantic ...

We begin by stipulating three central points upon which we and the broad consensus of commentators agree. First, the effects of reinforcers on behavior can be readily demonstrated under conditions in which the antecedents of behavior are not identified. That is, orderly functional relations emerge between operants and reinforcers when the experimental analysis of the effects of antecedents is i...

Babies may need supplementation due to difficulty breastfeeding. Others must be fed by alternative feeding methods because they are separated from mothers who have returned to employment or school. Recognizing that mothers and caregivers are often not comfortable using other alternative feeding devices, the author endeavored to develop a method of bottle-feeding that would meet the needs of the...

Podcasts are audio or video files which can be automatically downloaded to one’s computer when the episodes become available, then later transferred to a portable player for listening. The technology thereby enables the user to listen to and/or watch the content anywhere at any time. Formerly popular as radio shows, podcasting was rapidly explored and used in different areas and with several pu...

OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of parental solicitousness on self-reported somatic complaints in school-age children. DESIGN AND MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Participants were 564 children (mean age 10 years) and their parents. Children completed self-report measures of somatic complaints, parental solicitousness, depressiveness, fear, and sense of coherence. Somatic complaints were assessed aga...

INTRODUCTION Nutraceutical is a term applied for a plethora of products ranging from isolated nutrients, herbal products to dietary supplements and recently, the interest for a nutraceutical approach to lipid and metabolic disorders is growing. Patients with metabolic conditions seem to appreciate a therapeutic management that does not involve drug treatment, particularly for the side effects d...

Structural and thermodynamic data are presented on the binding properties of anion receptors containing two covalently linked cyclopeptide subunits that bind sulfate and iodide anions with micromolar affinity in aqueous solution. A synchrotron X-ray crystal structure of the sulfate complex of one receptor revealed that the anion is bound between the peptide rings of the biscyclopeptide. Intimat...

The β-decay half-lives of 110 neutron-rich isotopes of the elements from _{37}Rb to _{50}Sn were measured at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. The 40 new half-lives follow robust systematics and highlight the persistence of shell effects. The new data have direct implications for r-process calculations and reinforce the notion that the second (A≈130) and the rare-earth-element (A≈160) abund...