Afasi og tropologi

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Om metafor og begreb

Metaphor is neither noise nor ornament. It is shown that philosophers as Aristotle and Hegel display metaphor in dealing with metaphor, intrinsically, in definitions and descriptions. Metaphor, thus, is not mere substitution of verba impropria for verba propria but mapping between coexisting semantic domains as suggested by G. Lakoff. Metaphor is pervasive in everyday thinking - and in scientific discourse as well, when confronted with terra nova: Concepts »burrowed« from existing, developed disciplines may, projected on lesser wellstructured research areas, functionas models establishing formal analogy or isomorfism between model and research object.Metaforen er ikke blot ornamental eller specifikt poetisk, den har en kognitiv funktion. Den traditionelle opfattelse, der betragter metaforen som en substitution, hvorved et »egentligt« udtryk erstattes af en »uegentligt«, er derfor i bedste fald utilstrækkelig. Der præsenteres i stedet en opfattelse, der giver metaforen en begrebsstrukturerende funktion. Metaforen gennemtrænger dagligdags tænkning - og i den videnskabelige diskurs har den bl.a. en funktion, når man befinder sig over for nyt land for erkendelsen: Begreber; overtaget fra eksisterende, udviklede discipliner; kan, når de projiceres på mindre velstrukturerede forskningsområder; fungere som modeller, idet der etableres formel analogi eller isomorfi mellem model og forskningsobjekt

Metaforen som interaktion

I.A. Richards, M. Black, Lakoff & Johnso

DSB og den langsigtede trafikplanlægning 1930-1990: Fra enkeltprojekter til fremtidsplanlægning

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Ødipusmyten hos Sophokles og Jean Cocteau

Denne artikel beskæftiger sig med Sophokles’ Oedipus Tyrannus og Jean Cocteaus reception af dette værk i de to tragedier Oedipe-Roi og La Machine Infernale. Artiklen falder i to kapitler, der primært er helliget analyser og fortolkninger af de tre værker

The organic chemistry in the innermost, infalling envelope of the Class 0 protostar L483

Context: The protostellar envelopes, outflow and large-scale chemistry of Class~0 and Class~I objects have been well-studied, but while previous works have hinted at or found a few Keplerian disks at the Class~0 stage, it remains to be seen if their presence in this early stage is the norm. Likewise, while complex organics have been detected toward some Class~0 objects, their distribution is unknown as they could reside in the hottest parts of the envelope, in the emerging disk itself or in other components of the protostellar system, such as shocked regions related to outflows. Aims: In this work, we aim to address two related issues regarding protostars: when rotationally supported disks form around deeply embedded protostars and where complex organic molecules reside in such objects. Methods: We observed the deeply embedded protostar, L483, using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Band~7 data from Cycles~1 and 3 with a high angular resolution down to $\sim$~0.1$^{\prime\prime}$ (20~au) scales. Results: We find that the kinematics of CS~$J=7$--$6$ and H$^{13}$CN~$J=4$--$3$ are best fitted by the velocity profile from infall under conservation of angular momentum and not by a Keplerian profile. The spatial extents of the observed complex organics are consistent with an estimated ice sublimation radius of the envelope at $\sim$~50~au, suggesting that the complex organics exist in the hot corino of L483. Conclusions: We find that L483 does not harbor a Keplerian disk down to at least $15$~au in radius. Instead, the innermost regions of L483 are undergoing a rotating collapse. This result highlights that some Class~0 objects contain only very small disks, or none at all, with the complex organic chemistry taking place on scales inside the hot corino of the envelope, in a region larger than the emerging disk.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figure

Indigenous Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Oxic Subseafloor Oceanic Crust

Oceanic ridge flank systems represent one of the largest and leastexplored microbial habitats on Earth. Fundamental ecological questions regarding community activity, recruitment, and succession in this environment remain unanswered. Here, we investigated ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in the sedimentburied basalts on the oxic and young ridge flank at North Pond, a sediment-filled pond on the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and compared them with those in the overlying sediments and bottom seawater. Nitrification in the North Pond basement is thermodynamically favorable and is supported by a reactiontransport model simulating the dynamics of nitrate in the crustal fluids. Nitrification rate is estimated to account for 6% to 7% of oxygen consumption, which is similar to the ratios found in marine oxic sediments, suggesting that aerobic mineralization of organic matter is the major ammonium source for crustal nitrifiers. Using the archaeal 16S rRNA and amoA genes as phylogenetic markers, we show that AOA, composed solely of Nitrosopumilaceae, are the major archaeal dwellers at North Pond. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that the crustal AOA communities are distinct from those in the bottom seawater and the upper oxic sediments but are similar to those in the basal part of the overlying sediment column, suggesting either similar environmental selection or the dispersal of microbes across the sediment-basement interface. Additionally, quantitative abundance data suggest enrichment of the dominant Nitrosopumilaceae clade (Eta clade) in the basement compared to the seawater. This study explored AOA and their activity in the upper oceanic crust, and our results have ecological implications for the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in the crustal subsurface

Quantitatively Measured Anatomic Location and Volume of Optic Disc Drusen: An Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Optic disc drusen (ODD) are found in up to 2.4% of the population and are known to cause visual field defects. The purpose of the current study was to investigate how quantitatively estimated volume and anatomic location of ODD influence optic nerve function. Anatomic location, volume of ODD, and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer and macular ganglion cell layer thickness were assessed in 37 ODD patients using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography. Volume of ODD was calculated by manual segmentation of ODD in 97 B-scans per eye. Anatomic characteristics were compared with optic nerve function using automated perimetric mean deviation (MD) and multifocal visual evoked potentials. Increased age (P = 0.015); larger ODD volume (P = 0.002); and more superficial anatomic ODD location (P = 0.007) were found in patients with ODD visible by ophthalmoscopy compared to patients with buried ODD. In a multivariate analysis, a worsening of MD was significantly associated with larger ODD volume (P <0.0001). No association was found between MD and weighted anatomic location, age, and visibility by ophthalmoscopy. Decreased ganglion cell layer thickness was significantly associated with worse MD (P = 0.025) and had a higher effect on MD when compared to retinal nerve fiber layer thickness. Large ODD volume is associated with optic nerve dysfunction. The worse visual field defects associated with visible ODD should only be ascribed to larger ODD volume and not to a more superficial anatomic ODD location