1. Assumptions about the order of elements. The modal order of elements in clauses in languages from New Guinea is SOV. No one would dispute this, and examples are easy to come by. The following 2ve sentences serve as examples of the wide spread of SOV word order in New Guinea. The examples are from Fore, a Goroka language from the eastern highlands; Lani, a Dani language from the western highl...

This paper deals with new proposals for the design of passive solutions adapted to the climate of the highlands of Madagascar. While the strongest population density is located in the central highlands, the problem of thermal comfort in buildings occurs mainly during winter time. Currently, people use raw wood to warm the poorly designed houses. This leads to a large scale deforestation of the ...

This paper describes the hitherto unknown larva of Apatania helvetica Schmid 1954. Sequence data from the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase region were used to associate adult females and larvae. Genetic data confirmed the autochthonous status of this taxon within the parthenogenetic Apatania muliebris Complex ('sous groupe') sensu Schmid 1954. Information on the morphology of the larva is giv...