This paper will describe typologically unusual onset clusters in Choapan Zapotec, an Oto-Manguean language spoken in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico. Onset clusters in Choapan Zapotec (CHO) violate sonority sequencing principles (SSP) in theoretically problematic ways; prohibitions in CHO against almost all types of coda consonants combine with these facts to create even more problems for cu...

ises (1949, p. 725) convincingly argues that, given the existence of the long-run objectives instilled by private property rights, cooperation in the form of division of labor and trade emerge naturally; and therefore, under these circumstances, "there is no need to enforce cooperation by special orders or prohibitions." His explanation is clear: when private property rights are defined and enf...

BACKGROUND There is a consensus among the halachic authorities that life-saving actions override Sabbath prohibitions. They are painstaking in securing that the sanctity of the Sabbath is maintained but that not a single life be lost. OBJECTIVE This manuscript examines if and when a relative's presence at the bedside of a seriously ill individual is potentially life-saving against the backdro...

BACKGROUND Control of human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) in the Democratic Republic of Congo is based on mass population active screening by mobile teams. Although generally considered a successful strategy, the community participation rates in these screening activities and ensuing treatment remain low in the Kasai-Oriental province. A better understanding of the reasons behind ...

Much has changed in the 25 years since conservative Southern congressmen attempted to derail Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by offering an amendment that would extend its prohibitions to employment discrimination against women.' It is difficult to capture in the dry text the mocking condescension with which Congressman Smith of Virginia offered the amendment as his supporters chortled t...

People have a great variety in their needs. There is a great demand for personalized services, especially those interacting with their environment. In this paper, we propose a norm based approach for personalizing smart environments that constraint user requirements by means of non functional requirements expressed in terms of permissions, obligations or prohibitions.

In this work we present a visual model called CO Diagrams for the specification of e-contracts. This model includes specification of obligations, permissions, prohibitions, reparations and restrictions such as real time constraints. We also define a formal semantics of the visual model intended for the analysis and verification of the modeled contracts.

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