Focusing on issues of class identity, this paper explores the relationship between sociolinguistics and Raymond Williams’ view hegemony as “relations domination subordination… [that saturate] whole process living…: Our senses assignments energy, our shaping perceptions ourselves world” (1977: 109-110). It assesses kinds insight afforded in both variationist interactional sociolinguistics, then ...

In this paper we investigate the notion of developing generic aspects in Hyper/J and compare it with other approaches.

To investigate whether personality traits affect the rate of decline of gray matter volume, we analyzed the relationships between personality traits and the annual rate of changes of gray matter volume in 274 healthy community dwelling subjects with a large age range by applying a longitudinal design over 6 years, using brain magnetic resonance images (MRI) and the Revised NEO Personality Inven...

Personality neuroscience is a rapidly expanding field of study fueled by a growing interest in understanding the structural brain correlates of individual differences in personality. Data on the structural brain correlates of personality are especially lacking from large-scale studies, and are nearly nonexistent in the adolescent age group. Furthermore, the role of sex differences in structural...

This study sought to determine whether additional radiotherapy is necessary in patients after optimal surgery for stage IIA rectal cancer and how the different covariates influence the efficacy of radiotherapy. The first primary rectal cancer was identified from the 1988-December 2013 Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database. We identified 13647 patients with IIA rectal cancer, in wh...

Abstract In the face of ever escalating global socioecological crises, necessity radical systemic transformations has gained increasing political and academic traction over last decade, among others in context ‘green’ bio-based economies. We draw on works philosophers Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe Judith Butler to develop a typology transformational dynamics. this typology, word transformation...

In the last decades and as a result of rapid transformation terrestrial ecosystems, new category called ‘neo-ecosystems’ has emerged. dry plains Argentina, agricultural expansion replacing forests, woodlands natural grasslands generated water surpluses at regional scale. This excess favoured development neo-wetlands characterized by shallow tables, frequent waterlogging progressive salinization...

a significant transformation in turkey's foreign policy orientation occurred after the justice and development party (adaletvekalkınmapartisior akp in turkish) gained power in 2002. this change was the cause of dissatisfaction of turkish secular military leaders, kemalists and pro-westerners who are concerned that similar to the former islamist parties, the akp might seek to strengthen isl...