BACKGROUND For the first time, an outbreak of chikungunya has been reported in the Americas. Locally acquired infections have been confirmed in fourteen Caribbean countries and dependent territories, Guyana and French Guiana, in which a large number of North American travelers vacation. Should some travelers become infected with chikungunya virus, they could potentially introduce it into the Un...

Colopsinols D (1) and E (2), two new polyhydroxyl linear carbon chain compounds, have been isolated from the cultured marine dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated on the basis of two-dimensional NMR and FAB-MS/MS data.

This paper contributes experimental evidence regarding the question of how relative pronouns are interpreted in English non-restrictive relative clauses with relative pronoun piedpiping (RPPP). Kotek and Erlewine (2015) and Erlewine and Kotek (to appear b) claim that the whrelative pronoun is sensitive to intervention effects inside its pied-piping constituent (cf Sauerland and Heck 2003, Cable...

The International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (i-FAB) is an international collaborative activity which will have an important impact on the foot and ankle biomechanics community. It was launched on July 2nd 2007 at the foot and ankle session of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) meeting in Taipei, Taiwan. i-FAB is driven by the desire to improve our understanding of foot ...

Gatton Professor of International Banking and Financial Economics, University of Kentucky; and Vice President and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Valuable research assistance was provided by Zarmeen Katchi, Steven Fay, Carmen Corral-Solines, and Raquel Chmielewski. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect official positions of the Federal Reserve Ba...

Luise von Flotow is a Professor of Translation Studies at the School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa, Canada. She got her BA in German and French from the University of London (1974) and her MA in French from the University of Windsor (1985) and her Ph.D. in French from the University of Michigan (1991). Professor von Flotow was the director of the School of Translation ...

in 2010, the ministry of education of one of the most diverse provinces in canada initiated the implementation of a support program for newcomer students to facilitate their academic, linguistic, social, and cultural adaptation in french speaking schools. this longitudinal multiple case study will document how immigrant parents support their children’s learning, and create a home environment co...