The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60 % from 4826 to 8134. Much of the improvement in data coverage has come from northern Asia, and the database has consequently been renamed the Eurasian Modern Pollen Database to reflect this geographical enlargement. The EMPD can be viewed online using a dedicated map-based viewer at https://empd2.github.io and downloaded in a variety of file formats at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.909130 (Chevalier et al., 2019)Swiss National Science Foundation | Ref. 200021_16959

The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

The Eurasian (nee European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60% from 4826 to 8134. Much of the improvement in data coverage has come from northern Asia, and the database has consequently been renamed the Eurasian Modern Pollen Database to reflect this geographical enlargement. The EMPD can be viewed online using a dedicated map-based viewer at https://empd2.github.io and downloaded in a variety of file formats at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.909130 (Chevalier et al., 2019).Peer reviewe

The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

Abstract. The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60 % from 4826 to 8134. Much of the improvement in data coverage has come from northern Asia, and the database has consequently been renamed the Eurasian Modern Pollen Database to reflect this geographical enlargement. The EMPD can be viewed online using a dedicated map-based viewer at https://empd2.github.io and downloaded in a variety of file formats at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.909130 (Chevalier et al., 2019).</jats:p

A comparative study of prelevolutionary phanariot poetic anthologies in relation with the manuscript ‘Melpomeni’ written by Nikiforos Kadouniaris (1818)

After the comparison between manuscripts and printed papers which contein phanariot poetry, the ms ‘ELIA 15’ edition, the tablets and the glossary of this thesis’ annex, both general and specific conclusions arose concerning mismagies and the prerevolutionary literary output. Phanariot poetry taught music as well as a new way of perceiving the social affairs. They were promulgated through printing leading text and language to consolidation. They were ideologically connected with the linguistic issue and the modern greek Englightment resulting in linguistic clearance. From anonymity and free circulation, reproduction, recording and rewriting they reached appellation and attribution of authorship. Under their own name, educated Phanatiots changed the form and the content of phanariot poetry which lasted until the end of the 19th century.Από τη σύγκριση χειρογράφων και εντύπων με φαναριώτικα στιχουργήματα, την έκδοση του χφ «ΕΛΙΑ 15», τους πίνακες και το γλωσσάρι του παραρτήματος αυτής της διατριβής, προέκυψαν γενικότερα και ειδικότερα συμπεράσματα για τις μισμαγιές και την προεπαναστατική λογοτεχνική παραγωγή. Τα φαναριώτικα στιχουργήματα δίδαξαν, άμεσα, μουσική σε κοσμικούς και εκκλησιαστικούς, και έμμεσα έναν νέο τρόπο αντίληψης του κοινωνικού γίγνεσθαι. Διαδόθηκαν μέσα από την τυπογραφία, οδηγώντας σε παγίωση το κείμενο και τη γλώσσα. Συνδέθηκαν ιδεολογικά με τις γλωσσικές αναζητήσεις της περιόδου του νεοελληνικού Διαφωτισμού και το αναδυόμενο γλωσσικό ζήτημα, καταλήγοντας στον γλωσσικό καθαρισμό. Από την ανωνυμία και την ελεύθερη διακίνηση, αναπαραγωγή, καταγραφή και επανασύνθεση, έφτασαν στην επωνυμία και στην απόδοση της πατρότητας αυτής της τραγουδισμένης ποιητικής ύλης. Ως είδος εμπλουτίστηκαν και άλλαξαν με την προσωπική και λόγια φαναριώτικη ποιητική παραγωγή, φτάνοντας μέχρι τα τέλη του 19ου αιώνα

Theory of mind abilities in children with Down syndrome and non-specific intellectual disabilities: An empirical study with some educational implications

AbstractSeveral researchers explored the impact of cognition, language and social understanding on theory of mind abilities in typically developing (TD) children and children with intellectual disabilities (ID) (either ID of genetic origin or non-specific ID). The aim of the present study was to determine the specificity of the theory of mind deficit to different groups of children with ID. The results are in accordance with the developmental approach of similar structure hypothesis (Zigler, 1969). The findings are discussed in terms of the specificity of the etiology-related theory of mind profiles of ID groups, considering the educational and social inclusion practices