Some Internet genres, in particular Weblogs and discussion fora, have a dubious reputation for giving voice to strongly polemical discourses or hate-speech. This paper investigates the use of dehumanizing metaphors, specifically parasite metaphors, in British debates about immigration. It compares the range of metaphors used in Blogs with that used in online fora and in mainstream newspaper cov...

Reconstructions of the paleoenvironments of early hominids offer a framework for understanding hominid ecological and behavioral adaptations. Habitat reconstructions typically rely upon various biological or physical habitat indicators, and here we present reconstructions of the Plio-Pleistocene paleohabitats of Koobi Fora and Olduvai Gorge as based on fossil bovids (Artiodactyla: Bovidae). Bov...

Os estudos cenográficos iniciaram no campo do teatro e das artes cênicas, porém o termo tem atingido novos lugares. Busca-se compreender como se dá a apropriação conceito de cenografia pelo comércio. Para obter uma melhor compreensão sobre cenografia, este trabalho parte, inicialmente, um resgate histórico origem sua evolução, abordando também com base ampliado que modificado forma ver essa áre...

In 1972, Bennett studied the countable dense homogeneous CDH spaces and in 1992, Fitzpatrick, White, and Zhou proved that every CDH space is a T1 space. Afterward Bsoul, Fora, and Tallafha gave another proof for the same result, also they defined the almost CDH spaces and almost T1, T0 spaces, indeed they prove that every ACDH space is an almost T1 space. In this paper we introduce a new type o...

M. A. Khakoo, J. Muse, H. Silva, M. C. A. Lopes, C. Winstead, V. McKoy, E. M. de Oliveira, R. F. da Costa, M. T. do N. Varella, M. H. F. Bettega, and M. A. P. Lima Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, California 92834, USA Departamento de Física, ICE, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora-MG, CEP 36036-330, Brazil A. A. Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics...

PURPOSE To assess the socioeconomic profile of individuals presenting with primary glaucoma at the ophthalmology service of the university hospital of the Feredal University of Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil. METHODS Submission of a questionnaire to 100 individuals during consultation in the ophthalmology service of the university hospital of Federal University of Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil. RESU...

Online discussion fora have become an important cultural and business asset in the context of many services provided by both non-profit organizations and enterprises. In order to keep and eventually increase the value these systems deliver to their users, it is often necessary to moderate or even manage their dynamics. One way to do this efficiently is to focus primarily on the most influential...