In the 19th century, there was extensive research on cholera: the disease was generally attributed to miasmatic causes, but this concept was replaced, between about 1850 and 1910, by the scientifically founded germ theory of disease. In 1883, Robert Koch identified the vibrion for the second time, after Filippo Pacini's discovery in 1854: Koch isolated the comma bacillus in pure culture and exp...

There has been a strong call for increased clarity and transparency of method in qualitative research. Although qualitative data analysis has been detailed, data management has not been made as transparent in the literature. How do data collection and analysis interact in practical terms? What constitutes sufficient data? And can research be both planful and emergent? In this paper, the author ...

Slavic aspect has remained a mystery for centuries and continues to fascinate linguists. The genesis of this intricate grammar category is even a greater puzzle. This paper aims at computationally reconstructing the prerequisite for aspect – the emergence of a system of markers for Aktionsarten. We present an experiment where artificial language users develop a conventional system as the conseq...

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Cosmological lessons from earlier centuries 3. From nebulae to galaxies 4. The emergence of the idea of expansion 5. The principal cosmological models of the first half of the century 6. The discovery of background radiation and some implications 7. The COBE results and the analysis of the fluctuations 8. Changes in the epistemological status of cosmological research...

The 4.9 Mw earthquake of 11 November 2019 at Le Teil (France) occurred a very shallow depth (about 1 km), inducing the surface rupture La Rouvière fault. question was raised shortly after about potential impact nearby quarry. Thanks to satellite differential interferometry, here, we revealed existence secondary quasi-parallel Bayne Rocherenard A newly processed seismic cross-section allowed us ...

Background and aim: The third stage of labour is one of the most troublesome stages of child delivery. The basic principle of the third stage management is administrating prophylactic uterotonics. However, the time of its administration varies in different hospitals. This study aimed to determine the effect of intramuscular oxytocin injection after emergence of the fetal anterior shoulder or pl...