The Case Marker Agrees with the Complement Noun in Odia Noun Phrases

This article demonstrates that in Odia (Indo-Aryan, Indo-European) case-marked noun phrases, the case marker shows agreement with the head noun for plurality. Historically, this phenomenon has arisen through structural reanalysis, namely, keeping the original sequence intact and changing the structure: the exponent of plurality was originally a portion of the noun’s ending, and came to be part of the case marker. Alongside case-marker agreement, Odia has the obligatory numeral quantifier. The interaction of the two phenomena is discussed (i) in light of the cross-linguistic generalization of the (near-) complementary distribution of a plural marker and a numeral classifier (the Greenberg-Sanches-Slobin generalization), and (ii) in the context of the historical development of the Indo-Aryan languages.departmental bulletin pape

Changes in the stores and offices along the Kumamoto Prefectural Road 28 west of the Terasako intersection in Mashiki Town one year after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

We have confirmed that the commercial activity in Mashiki Town is strongly neighborhood oriented, so that stores are oriented to move to nearby areas when they want to resume their business, although they cannot immediately rebuild on site. The temporary shopping malls built in Mashiki Town were all small in size, and although the tenants were able to be close to their pre-earthquake stores, they faced problems attracting customers due to the decrease in the number of residents in the neighborhood.departmental bulletin pape

第60回日本肝臓学会総会報告 : A Better Liver, A Better Life! ～栄光の架橋 2024～

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排卵と交配タイミングの同期化による効率的なマウス生体由来受精卵の作製法

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ヒト精巣上体タンパク質4は重症大動脈弁狭窄症の術後予後予測に有用である

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When Is Confidence in Our Way of Living Justified? : On Bernard Williams's Prescription for Anxiety from Contingency

What ethics can aim for when it is aware of contingency of our way of living? This article answers this question through interpretation of Bernard Williams's view of confidence. In Section 1 and 2, I support the interpretation that Williams believed that ethics should aim for confidence. In Section 3, I argue that precisely, ethics should aim for not merely confidence, but reasonable or justified confidence. In Section 4, I characterize a way of justification in terms of genealogy. In Section 5, I conclude that we can aim for justified confidence in our contingent way of living, not absolute knowledge, decision, and irony.departmental bulletin pape

小脳橋角部腫瘍の術前評価におけるDLR を用いた高分解能 3D T2WI の有効性

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BMP4は培養においてマウスの造血性内皮細胞から造血幹細胞への分化を誘導する

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Justification of Autonomy and Paternalism in the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak : Quest ‘Solidarity’ for an Alternative

The current article claims that it is ineffective to expect that some basic principles ー such as liberty, autonomy, and free choice ー can work in a pandemic situation. In a pandemic outbreak, therefore, the widely discussed strategies of lockdown, quarantine, social distancing, and self-isolation can cause us to revisit the principles of autonomy and paternalism. Quarantine, self-isolation, social distancing, and lockdown are precautions for controlling pandemic outbreaks. Within this context, the current article claims that paternalism has more importance than autonomy as a social decision-making process. One positive aspect of paternalism, in the short term, is that it can effectively prevent national and global threats and coordinate people, governments, and health departments. However, this situation may encourage the state to support paternalism as an acceptable long-term public health policy strategy. But, this is also true, the long-term practice of paternalism, however, cannot benefit our social, political, and democratic ideals. Suppose the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak continues with its prevailing form and character, in that case, many of our social beliefs and values, service concepts of state management, and conventional notions of people’s rights and freedom will be shattered. This article, thus investigates autonomy and paternalism has become unsuccessful in such a tricky situation. In response to this problem, we may approach what the following question: What kind of moral principle should we adopt as an alternative to deal with the emerging situation? This article aims to explore the ethical ideology that is useful and consistent in a pandemic due to the failure of these two moral theories. In responding to this problem, we have referred to ‘solidarity’ as the alternative to interpret the problem.departmental bulletin pape

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