The contribution starts from outlining the evolution of the scholarly production flow from the print based paradigm to the digital age and in this context it explores the opposition of digital versus analog representation modes. It then develops on the triple paradigm shift caused by genuine digital publishing and its specific consequences for the social sciences and humanities (SSH) which in t...

Der vorliegende Beitrag bietet einen Überblick über zwei Metapherntheorien, die für linguistische Metaphernanalyse als wichtige Beschreibungsrahmen gelten. Zunächst wird der einflussreiche Ansatz von Lakoff und Johnson (1980), Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) mit ihren wichtigsten Grundannahmen dargestellt. Anschließend werden einige Kritikpunkte präsentiert, auf theoretischen methodischen Mäng...

Der GEBETOMAT ist ein Kunstprojekt von Oliver Sturm aus dem Jahr 2008, das einer Fotokabine ähnelt, in der mehr als 300 Gebete über 60 Sprachen abgespielt werden können. spricht diesem Zusammenhang »automatenhaft herstellbaren Erzeugung religiösen Gefühls«. Trotz breiten Rezeption Feuilleton und Boulevardpresse hat sich die Religionswissenschaft bislang nicht für den Automaten interessiert. Dab...

BACKGROUND Nitrites are mainly used in food preservation. These materials could change to nitrosamine due to the effect of heat and gastric acid. Nitrosamine is absorbed in intestine and enters the liver and hepatocytes by portal venous system, and hampers the detoxification system of liver by interfering in cytochrome P450 enzymes, so, the liver gently proceeds to cirrhosis and cancer. OBJEC...

Dengue virus type-2 (DEN-2) has been isolated in Malaysia for more than three decades. The virus caused two major outbreaks in the early 1990s and late 1990s. Phylogenetic analyses performed using available E/NS1 junction sequences identified two DEN-2 genotypes: DEN-2 Asian 1 and DEN-2 Cosmopolitan. DEN-2 Cosmopolitan/Malaysia is the predominant genotype comprising more than 80% of the total i...

P. Reimer, V. Avrigeanu, A. J. M. Plompen,* and S. M. Qaim European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Retieseweg, B-2440 Geel, Belgium Institut für Nuklearchemie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425 Jülich, Germany ‘‘Horia Hulubei’’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, P.O. Box MG-6, 76900 Bucharest, Romania ~Received 5 ...

by Quang Duy Trinh, Ngan Thi Kim Pham, Bao Quoc Lam, Thoa Phan Kim Le, Khanh Huu Truong, Thinh Quoc Le, Hung Thanh Vo, Thuong Chi Tang, Tuan Manh Ha, Yasuyuki Izumi, Masashi Mizuguchi, Satoshi Hayakawa, and Hiroshi Ushijima Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan Children’s Hospital 1, Ho Chi Mi...

Five ballistoconidiogenous yeast strains, isolated from plant leaves at Cuc Phuong National Forest of Ninh Binh, Vietnam, were assigned to the genus Kockovaella based on morphological and chemotaxonomical characteristics. They represent four new species based on analyses of 18S rDNA sequence, sequences of internal transcribed spacer regions, and DNA-DNA reassociation experiments. Four new speci...

Sawflies are important pests of various plant species. Diprion pini (L.) and Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffroy) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) are two of the most important sawfly pests in Italy, and both species are parasitized by the hymenopteran parasitoid Dahlbominus fuscipennis (Zetterstedt). Bacterial endosymbionts are currently studied for their high potential in strategies of biocontrol in a nu...

We herein report the design of a dumbbell-shaped DNA probe that integrates target-binding, amplification and signaling within one multifunctional design. The dumbbell probe can initiate rolling circle amplification (D-RCA) in the presence of specific microRNA (miRNA) targets. This D-RCA-based miRNA strategy allows quantification of miRNA with very low quantity of RNA samples. The femtomolar sen...