Well Constructions at Sea

Constructions at work

Constructions at work or at rest?

We question whether Adele Goldberg fulfills her self-declared goal in ‘‘Constructions at Work’’, i.e. to develop a usage-based theory that ‘‘can produce an open-ended number of novel utterances based on a finite amount of input’’. We point out converging trends in computational linguistics that suggest formalizations of Construction Grammar. In particular, we go into recent developments in Data...

How Well Do AR5 Sea Surface-Height Model Projections Match Observational Rates of Sea-Level Rise at the Regional Scale?

The reliance upon and importance of climate models continues to grow in line with strengthening evidence of a changing climate system and the necessity to provide credible projections for risk assessment to guide policy development, mitigation and adaptation responses. The utility of the models to project regional rates of sea-level rise over the course of the 21st century is reliant on evaluat...

Seafarer with solitary, well-functioning kidney - fit for service at sea without restrictions?

A 20-year-old, healthy man, who four years earlier had lost a kidney in a skiing accident, applied for a medical fitness certificate for service on board German flag vessels. Under reference to national and international regulations he was initially turned down, but attained permission to sail on appeal. We discuss the justification of denying persons with a single, well-functioning kidney the ...

Internal tides near the Celtic Sea shelf break: a new look at a well known problem

Internal waves generated by tides in the Celtic Sea were investigated on the basis of in-situ data collected at the continental slope in July 2012, and theoretically using a weakly nonlinear theory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model. It was found that internal solitary waves generated over the shelf break and propagated seaward did not survive in the course ...