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This book sets forth the author‟s research on style and stylization among adolescents in urban settings. It examines how speakers in a London school draw on a variety of resources – a foreign language, stylized varieties of English, bits and pieces of media culture – in their everyday activities; the kinds of conversational inferences evoked by these practices; the ways they contribute to situa...

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Recently a number of authors have tried to avoid the failures of traditional Dutch book arguments by separating them from pragmatic concerns of avoiding a sure loss. In this paper I examine defenses of this kind by Howson and Urbach, Hellman, and Christensen. I construct rigorous explications of their arguments and show that they are not cogent. I advocate abandoning Dutch book arguments in fav...

John Hawthorne and David Manley wrote an excellent book on the many issues surrounding the twin notions of reference and singular thought. The book is divided into two parts corresponding to two main objectives. In Part I, which is titled " Against Acquaintance " and includes Chapters 1-3, they present a first case in favour of what they call liberalism — the view according to which neither ref...

This paper describes a preliminary study to demonstrate the application of sex determination of bovine embryos using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in field conditions in Turkey. Three cows were selected according to their fertility records and physical examinations and were super ovulated following oestrus synchronization after artificial insemination. Six embryos were collected using the sta...

First, the editors should be complimented on their selection of an eminent group of contributors from different parts of the world, producing a volume with a truly international perspective. As the preface and the title suggest, this book attempts to provide a practical guide to diagnosing, assessing, and managing obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in a clinical setting. With increasing public...

It has recently been suggested that the practice of bioethics in the area of biology and genetics has been hampered by the lack of an accurate and appropriate metaphor. Beginning with previous metaphors that have compared the genome with a static blueprint or "book of life", I develop a dynamic metaphor that is compatible with our present understanding of the role of genetics in biology. The re...