Non-WEIRD experimental field work as bricolage: a discourse on methods in the investigation of deixis and coreference in the Karajá language of Central Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Maia
Keyword(s):  
Field Work ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Experimental Field

scholarly journals Linear Lengthening in Iwaidja: An Event-Quantifying Intonation at the Phonology to Semantics/Pragmatics Interface

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Caudal ◽  
Robert Mailhammer
Keyword(s):  
Field Work ◽  
Selectional Restrictions ◽  
Experimental Field ◽  
Event Description ◽  
Specific Device ◽  
Australian Languages

This paper investigates the meaning of a specific intonation contour found in the Northern Australian language Iwaidja called Linear Lengthening Intonation (LLI). Using an experimental field work approach, we analysed approximately 4,000 utterances. We demonstrate that the semantics of LLI is broadly event-quantificational as well as temporally scalar. LLI imposes aspectual selectional restrictions on the verbs it combines with (they must be durative, i.e. cannot describe ‘punctual’, atomic events), and requires the event description effected by said verbs to exceed a contextually-determined relative scalar meaning (e.g., a ‘typical duration’ à la (Tatevosov 2008)). Iwaidja differs from other Northern Australian languages with similar intonation patterns (see e.g. (Bishop 2002: 2002; Simard 2013)), in that it does not seem to have any argument NP-related incremental or event scalar meaning. This suggests that LLI is a decidedly grammatical, language-specific device; not a purely iconic kind of expression (even though it also possibly has an iconic dimension).

scholarly journals Regularities in the formation of entomofauna in alfalfa agrocenosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (31) ◽  
pp. 44-55
Author(s):  
Ivelina Nikolova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Plant Development ◽  
Vegetation Period ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Forage Crops ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Growth Cycles ◽  
Experimental Field ◽  
Harmful Species

The field work was performed at the experimental field of the Institute of Forage Crops, Pleven, Bulgaria during the period of 2006-2009. The share distribution of the orders Coleoptera, Thysanoptera, Diptera, Orthoptera and Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha, Heteroptera, Fulgoromorpha and Cicadomorpha was established for every four alfalfa growth cycles during the vegetation period for four years. It was found that the share participation of orders was determined primarily by the population dynamics of the dominant insect species and it was closely dependent on plant development following a characteristic course over the years. Depending on the food specialization and the division of the species into harmful and beneficial, the share of predators in regrowth corresponded to that of their prey. A clear trend was observed of increasing the share of harmful species and reducing the beneficial ones (Coleoptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with the alfalfa development over the years.

scholarly journals Establishing a cohort in Central Brazil: Strategies and challenges.

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e5210816975
Author(s):  
Claudio Morais Siqueira ◽  
Valéria Christina Rezende Feres ◽  
Livia Aires Coutinho ◽  
João Bosco Siqueira Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Work Team ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Dengue Transmission ◽  
Febrile Episodes

Dengue is considered the most important acute febrile arbovirus in the world due to its burden on morbidity and mortality of countries. Cohort studies are appropriate for understanding dengue transmission dynamics and establishing baselines prior to the adoption of new control strategies. However, these studies pose major operational challenges that tend to hinder their execution, especially in developing countries. The strategies used in implanting and conducting a cohort in Central Brazil (city of Goiania) are presented, including the approaches adopted to overcome the challenges observed. The following steps are described and discussed: defining the field work team, establishing partnerships and the recruitment of participants; the initial serosurvey; technology in field research; and monitoring and evaluation of febrile episodes. A partnership between academia and public health services was the adopted approach and participation of the Municipal Health Secretariat and the Family Health Teams was essential for the proper implementation and conduction of the study. In return, the researchers' performance favored the Health Service through surveillance and health care activities of the population. This interinstitutional experience was successful with benefits for both institutions.

scholarly journals Determination of hydrological roughness by means of close range remote sensing

SOIL ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 613-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kaiser ◽  
F. Neugirg ◽  
F. Haas ◽  
J. Schmidt ◽  
M. Becht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Sigmoid Function ◽  
Statistical Parameters ◽  
Hydraulic Roughness ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Physically Based ◽  
Close Range

Abstract. The objective of the presented work was to develop a method to acquire Manning's n by creating very high-resolution surface models with structure-from-motion methods. As hydraulic roughness is an essential parameter for physically based erosion models, a practical measuring technique is valuable during field work. Data acquisition took place during several field experiments in the Lainbach valley, southern Germany, and on agricultural sites in Saxony, eastern Germany, and in central Brazil. Rill and interrill conditions were simulated by flow experiments. In order to validate our findings stream velocity was measured with colour tracers. Grain sizes were derived by measuring distances from a best fit line to the reconstructed soil surface. Several diameters from D50 to D90 were tested with D90 showing best correlation between tracer experiments and photogrammetrically acquired data. Several roughness parameters were tested (standard deviation, random roughness, Garbrecht's n and D90). Best agreement in between the grain size and the hydraulic roughness was achieved with a non-linear sigmoid function and D90 rather than with the Garbrecht equation or statistical parameters.

Acanthostachys calcicola (Bromeliaceae, Bromelioideae), a new species from a limestone outcrop in Tocantins State, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 472 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-206
Author(s):  
GABRIEL MENDES MARCUSSO ◽  
ALEXANDRE K. MONRO ◽  
PABLO HENDRIGO ALVES DE MELO ◽  
JULIO ANTONIO LOMBARDI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Petal Colour ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
A New Species

A new species of bromeliad, Acanthostachys calcicola, a third taxon for the genus, is here described. A. calcicola was discovered during field work in the limestone outcrops of south-eastern Tocantins, central Brazil. It is most similar to A. strobilacea, but differs from it in petal colour and length, and exserted stamens and pistil. A conservation assessment classifies A. calcicola as endangered (EN) with extinction.

scholarly journals Determination of hydrological roughness by means of close range remote sensing

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 401-425
Author(s):  
A. Kaiser ◽  
F. Neugirg ◽  
F. Haas ◽  
J. Schmidt ◽  
M. Becht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Sigmoid Function ◽  
Statistical Parameters ◽  
Hydraulic Roughness ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Physically Based ◽  
Close Range

Abstract. The objective of the presented work was to develop a method to acquire Manning's n by creating very high resolution surface models with Structure from Motion-methods. As hydraulic roughness is an essential parameter for physically based erosion models, a practical measuring technique is valuable during field work. Data acquisition took place during several field experiments in the Lainbach valley, southern Germany and on agricultural sites in Saxony, eastern Germany and in central Brazil. Rill and interrill conditions were simulated by flow experiments. In order to validate our findings stream velocity was measured with colour tracers. Grain sizes were derived by measuring distances from a best fit line to the reconstructed soil surface. Several diameters from D50 to D90 were tested with D90 showing best correlation between tracer experiments and photogrammetrically acquired data. Several roughness parameters were tested (standard deviation, random roughness, Garbrechts n and D90). Best agreement in between the grain size and the hydraulic roughness was achieved with a non-linear sigmoid function and D90 rather than with the Garbrecht equation or statistical parameters.

scholarly journals O uso da terra e as implicações sócio-ambientais na zona úmida do Rio Araguaia, Estado de Goiás, Brasil

Finisterra ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (86) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Santos
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Flood Plain ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
The Public ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Araguaia River ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Cattle Farming ◽  
The 1960S

The Araguaia River is one of the largest in Brazil and certainly the most significant for the state of Goiás. It played a central role in the discovery of, and settlement in, the hinterlands of central Brazil. The Aruaguia river basin, in between its source and its mouth, is usually divided into three segments – High, Middle and Lower Araguaia – to which correspond different types of landscape. The present study focuses on a segment of the Middle Araguaia that stretches from the Registro do Araguaia district (municipality of Montes Claros) to the southern tip of the Bananal island (municipality of São Miguel do Araguaia). The study area occupies an area of 4,430 km² and is characterized by its smooth relief and hydromorphic soils, which are associated with a discontinuous strip of flood plain. Occupation of the study area intensified from the 1960s onwards, and was driven mostly by pastoralists who were attracted to the area by the low price of the land, the public policy of colonization and the physical characteristics of the region. This article presents an environmental characterisation of these wetlands, based on the interpretation of data acquired through remote sensing and a field work. It then discusses the predominant types of land use and their socio-environmental implications. The analysis refers to the year 2007 and indicates the existence of a number of serious threats to the integrity of the wetlands of the Araguaia River, whose relevance in terms of natural heritage has been acknowledged at the national level. In particular, the results show that 61% of the study area is allocated to either cattle farming or agriculture, and that the predominant economic activity, cattle farming, takes up 42% of that area.

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