This article discusses the syntactic and semantic behaviour of alternative-sensitive particles in Bura (Central-Chadic, Afro-Asiatic), a tone language spoken by about 250.000 speakers in Northeastern Nigeria. The observed findings help to evaluate a number of claims on the syntactic and semantic nature of alternative-sensitive particles, which have been made largely on the basis of European lan...

Goose’s Nest bar, 1003 Notre Dame Ave., was the target of a massive police raid at approximately 11:45 p.m . Saturday night. South Bend Police, including plainclothes vice squad m em bers and In­ diana State Excise officers were involved in the raid, term ed by some observers at the scene as the largest in recent years. South Bend Police confirmed yesterday that nobody was a r­ rested in the in...

The most common causes of hypoparathyroidism are iatrogenic: mostly thyroid or parathyroid surgery. Much less frequently HypoPT is caused by an extensive oncological surgical procedure e.g. because of larynx or upper throat cancer, or external neck radiotherapy, e.g. in the case of lymphoma. In those particular cases, both patients and doctors focus their attention on the oncological nature of ...

Money's ability to enhance memory has received increased attention in recent research. However, previous studies have not directly addressed the time-dependent nature of monetary effects on memory, which are suggested to exist by research in cognitive neuroscience, and the possible detrimental effects of monetary rewards on learning interesting material, as indicated by studies in motivational ...