Regional variations in occupancy frequency distribution patterns between odonate assemblages in Fennoscandia

The focus of the paper is on the frequency, distribution patterns and semantic profile of the necessitive impersonal reik(ė)ti ‘need’ in old and contemporary Lithuanian texts. The study employs corpus based quantitative and qualitative analysis to investigate the patterns of use of reik(ė)ti ‘need’ in the Database of Old Writings (16th-17th centuries) as well as the fiction sub-corpus of the Corpus of the Contemporary Lithuanian Language and the humanities and biomedical sciences sub-corpora of the Corpus of Academic Lithuanian (CorALit). The study follows van der Auwera and Plungian’s (1998) modality framework. The quantitative analysis shows that the present tense form reikia ‘need.PRS.3’ is the dominating one across all the sub-corpora analysed. The results of the qualitative study indicate that the deontic sub-type of participant external modality is prevailing in the old Lithuanian texts as well as in the fiction sub-corpus and in the biomedical sciences texts of the contemporary Lithuanian. The discourse of the humanities displays a fairly frequent employment of reik(ė)ti ‘need’ for discourse organising functions alongside the deontic uses. Although the usage patterns of reik(ė)ti ‘need’ in the biomedical sciences and the humanities share certain common features, they also point to discipline specific trends of argumentation. It is also important to observe that the objective deontic reik(ė)ti ‘need’ seems to gradually acquire the features of subjective deontic modality over time, which corresponds to the typical subjectification cline (cf. Traugott 1989).

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An Evaluation of Preposition Representation in the Omani Basic Education ELT Textbooks

Handbook of Research on Curriculum Reform Initiatives in English Education - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5846-0.ch018 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 311-328

Author(s):

Rahma Al-Mahrooqi ◽

Faisal Said Al-Maamari ◽

Christopher Denman

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Frequency Distribution ◽

English Language ◽

Basic Education ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

English Language Teaching ◽

Design Phase ◽

Textbook Design ◽

Practical Implications

The chapter employed a corpus-based approach to evaluate the representation of prepositions in the Omani Basic Education English language teaching (ELT) school textbooks in Grades 1-4. In doing so, it sought to investigate English preposition distribution patterns in the textbooks in order to understand more about how Omani learners are introduced to them. To achieve this, a corpus of Omani ELT school textbooks was used and a qualitative page-by-page content analysis performed through manual content analysis. Findings indicate that prepositions were not presented with enough frequency for learners to be adequately exposed to them across all grades. Moreover, results suggest that the textbook writers have not considered the frequency distribution of patterns of prepositions during the textbook design phase. Practical implications of these results are offered.

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Urbanization and species occupancy frequency distribution patterns in core zone areas of European towns

European Journal of Ecology ◽

10.1515/eje-2016-0014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 23-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Jukka Jokimäki ◽

Jukka Suhonen ◽

Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki

Keyword(s):

Frequency Distribution ◽

Bird Species ◽

Selection Procedure ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

Habitat Diversity ◽

Natural Habitats ◽

Environmental Diversity ◽

The North ◽

Core Species ◽

Species Occupancy

AbstractMore and more of the globe is becoming urbanized. Thus, characterizing the distribution and abundance of species occupying different towns is critically important. The primary aim of this study was to examine the effect of urbanization and latitude on the patterns of species occupancy frequency distribution (SOFD) in urban core zones of European towns (38 towns) along a 3850-km latitudinal gradient. We determined which of the three most common distributional models (unimodal-satellite dominant, bimodal symmetrical, and bimodal asymmetrical) provides the best fit for urban bird communities using the AICc-model selection procedure. Our pooled data exhibited a unimodal-satellite SOFD pattern. This result is inconsistent with the results from previous studies that have been conducted in more natural habitats, where data have mostly exhibited a bimodal SOFD pattern. Large-sized towns exhibited a bimodal symmetric pattern, whereas smaller-sized towns followed a unimodal- -satellite dominated SOFD pattern. The difference in environmental diversity is the most plausible explanation for this observation because habitat diversity of the study plots decreased as urbanization increased. Southern towns exhibited unimodal satellite SOFD patterns, central European towns exhibited bimodal symmetric, and northern towns exhibited bimodal asymmetric SOFD patterns. One explanation for this observation is that urbanization is a more recent phenomenon in the north than in the south. Therefore, more satellite species are found in northern towns than in southern towns. We found that core species in European towns are widely distributed, and their regional population sizes are large. Our results indicated that earlier urbanized species are more common in towns than the species that have urbanized later. We concluded that both the traits of bird species and characteristics of towns modified the SOFD patterns of urban-breeding birds. In the future, it would be interesting to study how the urban history impacts SOFD patterns and if the SOFD patterns of wintering and breeding assemblages are the same.

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Allozyme frequency distribution patterns at two gene loci of the phosphoglucomutase and one gene locus of fumarate hydratase enzymes in nine cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp) landraces in three agroecological zones

Journal of the Ghana Science Association ◽

10.4314/jgsa.v2i3.17887 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

I. K. Asante

Keyword(s):

Frequency Distribution ◽

Vigna Unguiculata ◽

Gene Locus ◽

Fumarate Hydratase ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

Agroecological Zones

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Special Articles on Global and Regional Environment and Chemistry. pH and Its Frequency Distribution Patterns of Acid Precipitation in Japan.

NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI ◽

10.1246/nikkashi.1991.913 ◽

1991 ◽

pp. 913-919 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Moritsugu KITAMURA ◽

Takunori KATOU ◽

Kyoichi SEKIGUCHI ◽

Keisuke TAGUCHI ◽

Motonori TAMAKI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Frequency Distribution ◽

Acid Precipitation ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

Regional Environment

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Interrelationships Between Headspace Volatile Concentration, Selected Seed-Size Categories and Flavor in Large-Seeded Virginia-Type Peanuts1

Peanut Science ◽

10.3146/i0095-3679-16-1-8 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 38-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

H. E. Pattee ◽

E. W. Rogister ◽

F. G. Giesbrecht

Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Frequency Distribution ◽

Seed Size ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

Taste Panel ◽

Flavor Evaluation ◽

Roasted Peanut ◽

Headspace Volatile ◽

Low Intensity ◽

The Difference

Abstract During the 1987 crop year a quality survey using the organic volatile meter (OVM) was conducted at six (A-E) peanut buying stations located throughout Northampton County, NC. Three different frequency distribution patterns were observed for sample headspace volatile concentration (HSVC) levels. At locations A and B about 66% of the samples analyzed had an HSVC of 8.8 mg/kg air or less. An HSVC of 8.8 mg/kg air is considered to be a volatile concentration at which peanut samples are marginally acceptable. Locations C, D, and F had about 58% of the samples with an HSVC of 8.8 mg/kg air or less while Location E had approximately 45%. At an HSVC level of 24.8 mg/kg air or less the percentages were approximately 88, 87, and 69%, respectively. Most of the difference in frequency distribution patterns is thought to result from environmental factors which influenced the average maturity of the crop at harvest. Trained taste panel profiling of a roasted peanut paste made from selected screen-sized seed fractions and HSVC levels indicated that the fruity character note was most characteristic of the off-flavor associated with increasing HSVC values. Low intensity levels were characterized as sweet fruity and higher levels of intensity as an alcohol-fermented fruity character. Further flavor evaluation of roasted peanut paste from selected screen-sized seed fractions showed all fractions with an HSVC of 7.6 mg/kg air or above were unacceptable while fractions with HSVC levels between 5.3 and 3.1 mg/kg air were marginally acceptable. Fractions with HSVC levels at 2 mg/kg air or less were acceptable.

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Growth and Distribution of Frequency Long Fish (Decapterus sp) Catching Products In Iner And Outside Waters Of Bara Buru District - Maluku

Agrikan Jurnal Agribisnis Perikanan ◽

10.29239/j.agrikan.13.2.310-317 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 310

Author(s):

Abdussabar Polanunu ◽

Samsia Umasugi ◽

M. Chairul Basrun Umanailo

Keyword(s):

Frequency Distribution ◽

Catchment Area ◽

Average Length ◽

Standing Stock ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

Fish Length ◽

Fishing Gear ◽

Long Line ◽

Pelagic Fishing ◽

Traditional Fishing

The waters of Bara Bay as one of the small pelagic fishing areas in Buru Regency have considerable potential. Fishing efforts carried out by small fishermen using traditional fishing gear such as gill nets and long line have changed along with the development of fishing technology so that studies are needed related to standing stock and the dynamics of fish resource populations. This study aims to determine the growth and frequency distribution patterns of Layang fish (Decapterus sp) and to compare body lengths of fish caught outside the bay and in the bay of Bara. The result study showed that the highest frequency distribution of Layang (Decapterus sp) fish was outside the bay at 208-218 mm, and the location in the bay was 168-179 mm in length. The growth pattern of Layang fish (Decapterus sp) at both catchment locations (Outside Bay and in the bay) is negative allometric meaning that the length growth is faster than the weight growth.The relationship between fish length and weight was very strong with value R = 0.995 at the Outside Bay catchment area and an R = 0.983 value at the Inside Bay catchment location. There is a difference in the length of the Layang fish (Decapterus sp) caught outside the bay and inside the bay with a significant value of p<0.05 where the average length of the Layang fish (Decapterus sp) outside the Bay is greater (215.876 mm) than the average length of Layang fish (Decapterus sp) in the inside Bay (193.661 mm).

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