This chapter lays out the basic assumptions and workings of optimality-theoretic syntax. After sketching central aspects of the model of grammar presupposed in optimality theory, I address four pieces of evidence for optimality-theoretic approaches to syntax in the first core section (viz., the ubiquity of constraint conflict, the existence of repair phenomena, the notion of default, and cross-...

Voluntary actions typically produce suppression of afferent sensation from the moving body part. We used transcranial magnetic stimulation to delay the output of motor commands from the motor cortex during voluntary movement. We show attenuation of sensation during this delay, in the absence of movement. We conclude that sensory suppression mainly relies on central signals related to the prepar...

S/ SUMMARY ONLY Retail Shopping Behaviour in Canada and Estonia: A University Student Perspective ..................................................................................................................... 113 Brent McKenzie (University of Western Ontario) Reaching out for Mall Shoppers: Shopping Value, Mall Atmosphere and Approach Behavior ...............................................

Twenty-six patients suffering from damage to the right side of the brain, 19 of whom exhibited signs of left neglect, as well as 32 matched controls, ran 3 spatial cuing tasks. Patients were also tested with 2 cancellation tests, a line-bisection test, the copy of a complex drawing, and a visual extinction procedure. Results first showed correlations between extinction and cancellation tests pe...

Patients with cancer have multiple psychosocial needs during inpatient admissions. However, nurses often are not sure how to best approach those psychosocial needs. Therefore, the purpose of this survey was to determine the educational needs of inpatient oncology nurses in terms of providing psychosocial care to patients and to determine the barriers that inpatient nurses experience when provid...

to the contagiousness of leprosy. From the reports before us, it appears that thirty-six medical officers are of opinion that the disease is contagious, twenty-six are doubtful on this point, and twenty-four deny that leprosy can be communicated from one person to another. The majority, therefore, are in favour of contagion ; but it is expressly stated in several of the reports that " leprosy i...

In this article the issue of textual organisation is analysed from the viewpoint of thematicprogression. We propose to study the extent to which the different thematic networks orprogressions established within a text vary depending on the type of text, namely in thisinstance a specialised scientific text and a popularised account. Some possible didactic offshootsfrom this analy...

Sirolimus, a mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor, is an increasingly used immunosuppressant in solid-organ transplantation. There are an increasing number of reports of unusual oedematous adverse effects associated with this drug, including lymphoedema, ascites and pleural effusions, and a few reports of pericardial effusions. No pathophysiological explanation for these phenomena has been d...

In this article, we argue that the physical structure of the front garden and its ecosystem is determined by an ensemble of diverse social and natural processes. The essential social form is that of visuality,an abstract compositional force which provides conventions for assessing objects but also for reshaping their surface countenance and establishing their location within the garden. Accordi...

Selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulators are used as a therapy for ER+ clinical breast cancer, but they exhibit adverse effects. Herbal medicines may provide an alternative or complementary approach. Taheebo, extracted from the inner bark of the Tabebuia avellandae tree found in the Brazilian Amazon, exhibits selective anti-proliferative effects in carcinoma cell lines. The present study ide...