‘Hollandse’ dorpen in Polen: Hoe anders waren ze eigenlijk?/ ‘Dutch’ Settlements in Poland: How Different Were They Actually?

How General are our Generalizations? What Speakers Actually Know and What They Actually Do

In this paper I bring several perspectives from languagechange and diachronic linguistics more generally to bear on thequestion of how broad linguists’ generalizations about speakers’linguistic behavior should be, and the extent to which they correspondto what speakers actually do themselves. Examples are drawn from thedevelopment of Greek, of English, and of Slavic, and fro...

Freely relaxing polymers remember how they were straightened.

The relaxation of initially straight semiflexible polymers has been discussed mainly with respect to the longest relaxation time. The biologically relevant nonequilibrium dynamics on shorter times is comparatively poorly understood, partly because "initially straight" can be realized in manifold ways. Combining Brownian dynamics simulations and systematic theory, we demonstrate how different ex...

InterVA versus Spectrum: how comparable are they in estimating AIDS mortality patterns in Nairobi's informal settlements?

BACKGROUND The Spectrum computer package is used to generate national AIDS mortality estimates in settings where vital registration systems are lacking. Similarly, InterVA-4 (the latest version of the InterVA programme) is used to estimate cause-of-mortality data in countries where cause-specific mortality data are not available. OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare trends in adult AIDS-relat...

Activity rating scales in adult muscle disease: how well do they actually measure?

INTRODUCTION In an accompanying study we reported on the content of several activity rating scales that have been used for muscle disease. To further aid in achieving consensus we conducted a systematic review to assess the quality of the 19 activity rating scales designed specifically for muscle disease. METHODS We analyzed the measurement properties and the feasibility of the 19 instruments...

IBM Branch Offices: What They Were, How They Worked, 1920s-1980s