scholarly journals On the status of the scarce fritillary Euphydryas maturna (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Finland

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Wahlberg
Keyword(s):  
Forest Edges ◽  
Southeastern Part ◽  
The Past ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
The Status ◽  
Melampyrum Pratense ◽  
Present Distribution ◽  
Rocky Outcrops ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Made In

The scarce fritillary Euphydryas maturna (L.) is a highly endangered species of butterfly in several European countries. However, in Finland it occurs commonly in the southeastern part of the country and its distribution has remained stable over the past 40 years. The ecology of E. maturna has recently been studied in Finland. In this paper, I review these studies and show that the distribution of the species is tightly linked to its ecology, which differs substantially from the ecology of the same species in central Europe. In Finland, the main larval host plant is Melampyrum pratense (Orobanchaceae), which is common throughout Finland. Euphydryas maturna is restricted to south facing forest edges where the sharp ecotone provides a warm habitat. Larvae need warm microhabitats to be able to grow fast in the spring. Natural forest edges are formed by rocky outcrops, which are common in SE Finland. The distribution of E. maturna coincides with the area where rocky outcrops are common. I suggest that the presence of the granite bedrock close to the surface of the ground largely explains the present distribution of E. maturna in Finland. I also note that the species benefits from clearcuts made in the forests and conclude that E. maturna is not threatened in Finland at the moment.

THE STATUS OF TWO-NEUTRINO AND NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE BETA DECAY SEARCHES

1993 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 507-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.K. MOE
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Experimental Activity ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Direct Counting ◽  
Made In

Substantial progress has been made in double beta decay experiments in the past few years, including the beginning of sensitive new searches for neutrinoless double beta decay, and several additional positive detections of the two-neutrino mode by geochemical, radiochemical, and direct-counting techniques. This review discusses the recent experimental activity.

History, Postmodernism, and Louise Erdrich's Tracks

PMLA ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 109 (5) ◽  
pp. 982-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
American History ◽  
Historical Novel ◽  
Native American History ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Historical Accounts

The deconstruction of history by poststructuralists and some philosophers of history has occurred at the moment when women and indigenous peoples have begun to write their own historical accounts. Louise Erdrich's historical novel, Tracks, brings into focus the necessity and the difficulties of writing Native American history in a postmodern epoch. The novel addresses two crucial issues: the referential value of history (If it is impossible to know the past fully, is it impossible to know the past at all?) and the status of history as narrative (If history is just a story, how is it possible to discriminate between one story and another?). Erdrich's novel suggests the need for indigenous histories to counter the dominant narrative, in which the settling of America is “progress,” but also works toward a new historicity that is neither a simple return to historical realism nor a passive acceptance of postmodern historical fictionality.

scholarly journals On the likelihood of past tense situations still being the case at the time of speaking

1996 ◽  
Vol 113-114 ◽  
pp. 335-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilse Depraetere
Keyword(s):  
Past Tense ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Moment

Abstract Several linguists have pointed out that the past tense has the implicature that the situation it refers to is no longer the case at the moment of speaking (cf. John lived in London in 1985, but he no longer does). In this article, it is argued that in certain types of sentences the implicature associated with the past tense is more likely to be cancelled than in others. It is shown how (un)-boundedness, (a)telicity and the status of adverbials in terms of given or new influence the likelihood of a past tense situation still/no longer being the case at the moment of speaking.

scholarly journals Medical education in china: progress in the past 70 years and a vision for the future

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weimin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Education System ◽  
The Status ◽  
Medical Educators ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Made In

AbstractMedical education in China has undergone significant reforms in contemporary times. As the world’s largest medical education system, it is important to understand the status of China’s medical education in our interdependent world. This paper highlights the current landscape of medical education in China, particularly the progress that have been made in recent years. It also examines the current topics and challenges facing China’s medical educators today, and proposed recommendations for improving medical education in China. The medical education in China will produce better qualified health professionals to meet the health needs of Chinese population according to the new requirements of the “Healthy China 2030” blueprint.

Potorus tridactylus (Kerr) (Marsupialia : Macropodidae): its Distribution, Status and Habitat Preferences in Victoria

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
JH Seebeck
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Present Distribution

The past and present distribution of P. tridactylus in Victoria is described and mapped. Six discrete regional populations are identified. For each region the status of the species is assessed, revealing relative security in all but The Grampians Region. The species' habitat preferences are assessed in terms of vegetation, soils and climate. It is adduced from all available evidence that, overall, the species is not endangered; provided present land management practices are not drastically altered.

scholarly journals Fluid biomarkers in frontotemporal dementia: past, present and future

2020 ◽  
pp. jnnp-2020-323520
Author(s):  
Imogen Joanna Swift ◽  
Aitana Sogorb-Esteve ◽  
Carolin Heller ◽  
Matthis Synofzik ◽  
Markus Otto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Frontotemporal Dementia ◽  
Biological Fluids ◽  
Neurofilament Light Chain ◽  
Neurofilament Light ◽  
The Past ◽  
Repeat Proteins ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Fluid Biomarker ◽  
Dipeptide Repeat ◽  
Made In

The frontotemporal dementia (FTD) spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders includes a heterogeneous group of conditions. However, following on from a series of important molecular studies in the early 2000s, major advances have now been made in the understanding of the pathological and genetic underpinnings of the disease. In turn, alongside the development of novel methodologies for measuring proteins and other molecules in biological fluids, the last 10 years have seen a huge increase in biomarker studies within FTD. This recent past has focused on attempting to develop markers that will help differentiate FTD from other dementias (particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD)), as well as from non-neurodegenerative conditions such as primary psychiatric disorders. While cerebrospinal fluid, and more recently blood, markers of AD have been successfully developed, specific markers identifying primary tauopathies or TDP-43 proteinopathies are still lacking. More focus at the moment has been on non-specific markers of neurodegeneration, and in particular, multiple studies of neurofilament light chain have highlighted its importance as a diagnostic, prognostic and staging marker of FTD. As clinical trials get under way in specific genetic forms of FTD, measures of progranulin and dipeptide repeat proteins in biofluids have become important potential measures of therapeutic response. However, understanding of whether drugs restore cellular function will also be important, and studies of key pathophysiological processes, including neuroinflammation, lysosomal function and synaptic health, are also now becoming more common. There is much still to learn in the fluid biomarker field in FTD, but the creation of large multinational cohorts is facilitating better powered studies and will pave the way for larger omics studies, including proteomics, metabolomics and lipidomics, as well as investigations of multimodal biomarker combinations across fluids, brain imaging and other domains. Here we provide an overview of the past, present and future of fluid biomarkers within the FTD field.

Introduction

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogumil Jewsiewicki ◽  
Bob W. White
Keyword(s):  
Primary Objective ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Horizon Of Expectations

In many societies, especially those where individual and collective memory are marked by the trauma that can accompany authoritarian rule, people attempt to come to terms with the past by finding ways of making it relevant to the present. One way to understand this complex relationship with history is through a careful examination of the practice of mourning. Mourning constitutes, above all, a framework from which the deceased's relationship with the living is collectively inventoried, evaluated, and debated so that the social work of memory may graft the experiences of yesterday onto a horizon of expectations. Defining the status of the deceased means making important decisions about how to “move on,” since the moment of mourning is not only a moment for weighing the acts and deeds of the deceased, but also a way of testing more generally the criteria for becoming recognized as an ancestor. As death seems increasingly present in the lives of people in many parts of Africa, emerging forms of social mourning echo the need for new political futures, and mourning shows itself as an important terrain for the social production of meaning. The primary objective of this collection of articles is to look at how the process of mourning mediates between the past and the future, and how the practices and perceptions of mourning are linked to real and imagined divisions in political time. Mourning, in other words, is a way of rethinking time.

scholarly journals Hyperloop Academic Research: A Systematic Review and a Taxonomy of Issues

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5951
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Gkoumas
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Scopus Database ◽  
Modern Form ◽  
Very High ◽  
Made In

Hyperloop is a proposed very high-speed ground transportation system for both passenger and freight that has the potential to be revolutionary, and which has attracted much attention in the last few years. The concept was introduced in its modern form relatively recently, yet substantial progress has been made in the past years, with research and development taking place globally, from several Hyperloop companies and academics. This study examined the status of Hyperloop development and identified issues and challenges by means of a systematic review that analyzed 157 documents from the Scopus database on Hyperloop since 2014. Following that, a taxonomy of topics from scientific research was built under different physical and operational clusters. The findings could be of help to transportation academics and professionals who are interested in the developments in the field, and form the basis for policy decisions for the future implementation of Hyperloop.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Information Retrieval Behavior of Scientific Bibliographic Databases Users

Bibliosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
K. V. Monankov
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Search Activity ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Made In

Statistical study of the information retrieval behavior of information resources users, generated by Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of RAN (INION RAN), in the search for scientific information over the past decade for two groups of users: guests and registered users, has been carried out. The results of the study are compared with that of the similar studies made in earlier periods to detect changes and trends. Comparative analysis showed a decrease in the search activity of users with the status of a guest, both in terms of the duration of the search session and the use of unique search operations, while the behavior of registered users has not changed. For the analysis, the following indicators were used: search session duration, number of unique operations per session, use of various databases and interfaces types. Such analysis of the information retrieval behavior is relevant for understanding effectiveness of information retrieval resources. The statistical data can be used to design new search interfaces for various categories of users.

scholarly journals The prospective status of women in israel following a clash between the feminist and religious revolutions in the Israeli army

2019 ◽  
pp. 289-302
Author(s):  
Anat Pershitz
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Israeli Army ◽  
Status Of Women

In the past decade, the Israeli Army (IDF) has been undergoing simultane-ously two ‘social revolutions’: a ‘feminist revolution’ and a “religious revolution”. The two revolutions have different and conflicting ideologies causing a clash of values. Feminist values demand the integration of women in the army without gender separation, whereas religious principles require modesty and gender separation. At the moment, in practice, religious values which under-mine women’s equal opportunities in the army outweigh democratic values. If the secular women and men in Israeli society will not act to deprive the IDF of its unofficial and unauthorized role of balancing conflicting values in society, the status and roles of women in the army will be downgraded, directly im-pacting gender inequality in the employment market.

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