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A generation-oriented workbench for performance grammar: Capturing linear order variability in German and Dutch
We describe a generation-oriented workbench for the Performance Grammar (PG) formalism, highlighting the treatment of certain word order and movement constraints in Dutch and German. PG enables a simple and uniform treatment of a heterogeneous collection of linear order phenomena in the domain of verb constructions (variably known as Cross-serial Dependencies, Verb Raising, Clause Union, Extraposition, Third Construction, Particle Hopping, etc.). The central data structures enabling this feature are clausal âtopologiesâ: one-dimensional arrays associated with clauses, whose cells (âslotsâ) provide landing sites for the constituents of the clause. Movement operations are enabled by unification of lateral slots of topologies at adjacent levels of the clause hierarchy. The PGW generator assists the grammar developer in testing whether the implemented syntactic knowledge allows all and only the well-formed permutations of constituents
A generation-oriented workbench for performance grammar: Capturing linear order variability in German and Dutch
We describe a generation-oriented workbench for the Performance Grammar (PG) formalism, highlighting the treatment of certain word order and movement constraints in Dutch and German. PG enables a simple and uniform treatment of a heterogeneous collection of linear order phenomena in the domain of verb constructions (variably known as Cross-serial Dependencies, Verb Raising, Clause Union, Extraposition, Third Construction, Particle Hopping, etc.). The central data structures enabling this feature are clausal âtopologiesâ: one-dimensional arrays associated with clauses, whose cells (âslotsâ) provide landing sites for the constituents of the clause. Movement operations are enabled by unification of lateral slots of topologies at adjacent levels of the clause hierarchy. The PGW generator assists the grammar developer in testing whether the implemented syntactic knowledge allows all and only the well-formed permutations of constituents
Notch and cancer: a double-edged sword
Abstract.: The highly conserved Notch signaling pathway plays pleiotropic roles during embryonic development and is important for the regulation of selfrenewing tissues. The physiological functions of this signaling cascade range from stem cell maintenance and influencing cell fate decisions of barely differentiated progenitor cells, to the induction of terminal differentiation processes, all of which have been found to be recapitulated in different forms of cancers. Although Notch signaling has mostly been associated with oncogenic and growth-promoting roles, depending on the tissue type it can also function as a tumor suppressor. Here we describe recent findings on Notch signaling in cancer and tumor angiogenesis, and highlight some of the therapeutic approaches that are currently being developed to interfere with tumor growth and progressio
Hydrological influences on long-term gas flow trends at locations in the Vogtland/NW Bohemian seismic region (German-Czech border)
One of the typical methods for the identification of seismo-hydrological effects is to monitor changes in the free
gas flow throughout springs or mofettes. For several years, the gas flow regime of mineral springs at Bad Brambach
(Germany) and mofettes in the Nature Park Soos (Czech Republic) and its dependence on hydro-/meteorological
parameters have been studied. The mineral spring âWettinquelleâ, Bad Brambach, is a well-known seismo-
hydrologically sensitive location for swarmquakes at a special epicentral area of NW Bohemia. Since 2000,
a slight upward trend in the gas flow of three Bad Brambach mineral springs has been observed, which became
stronger after the âEisenquelleâ spring capture reconstruction (winter 2003/2004). Similar behaviour could be detected
at a mofette in Soos. The results correspond to a 3He/4He mantle ratio increase in gases at mofettes in the
Cheb Basin (CZ) traced by other authors for more than 12 years, and could give hints for a higher degassing activity
of the magma body below that area. Common and special properties in the degassing regimes of the Bad
Brambach and Soos locations are discussed. It is demonstrated that the long-term gas flow trend was interrupted
in 2003 because of very low groundwater levels. This effect was amplified by the artificial groundwater lowering
during the âEisenquelleâ spring capture reconstruction
Potential climate change impacts on the water balance of subcatchments of the River Spree, Germany
Lusatia is considered one of the driest regions of Germany. The climatic water balance is negative even under current climate conditions. Due to global climate change, increased temperatures and a shift of precipitation from summer to winter are expected. Therefore, it is of major interest whether the excess water in winter can be stored and to which extent it is used up on increasing evapotranspiration.
Thus, this study focuses on estimating potential climate change impacts on the water balance of two subcatchments of the River Spree using the Soil and Water Integrated Model (SWIM). Climate input was taken from 100 realisations each of two scenarios of the STatistical Analogue Resampling scheme STAR assuming a further temperature increase of 0 K (scenario A) and 2 K by the year 2055 (scenario B) respectively. Resulting from increased temperatures and a shift in precipitation from summer to winter actual evapotranspiration is supposed to increase in winter and early spring, but to decrease in later spring and early summer. This is less pronounced for scenario A than for scenario B. Consequently, also the decrease in discharge and groundwater recharge in late spring is lower for scenario A than for scenario B. The highest differences of runoff generation and groundwater recharge between the two scenarios but also the highest ranges within the scenarios occur in summer and early autumn. It is planned to estimate potential climate change for the catchments of Spree, Schwarze Elster and Lusatian Neisse
High Enthalpy Ablation Testing at DLR Cologne
Testing thermal protection capabilities of ablative materials is one of the main working areas of DLRâs arc heated facilities LBK in Cologne. Work on this particular topic has been intensified about five years ago with the following major focus points: Significant improvement of the facilities testing capabilities with respect to cold wall heat flux rates and stagnation pressure. Ablation testing in Martian atmosphere. Influence of dust particle erosion on ablation
Real-time observation of interfering crystal electrons in high-harmonic generation
Accelerating and colliding particles has been a key strategy to explore the
texture of matter. Strong lightwaves can control and recollide electronic
wavepackets, generating high-harmonic (HH) radiation which encodes the
structure and dynamics of atoms and molecules and lays the foundations of
attosecond science. The recent discovery of HH generation in bulk solids
combines the idea of ultrafast acceleration with complex condensed matter
systems and sparks hope for compact solid-state attosecond sources and
electronics at optical frequencies. Yet the underlying quantum motion has not
been observable in real time. Here, we study HH generation in a bulk solid
directly in the time-domain, revealing a new quality of strong-field
excitations in the crystal. Unlike established atomic sources, our solid emits
HH radiation as a sequence of subcycle bursts which coincide temporally with
the field crests of one polarity of the driving terahertz waveform. We show
that these features hallmark a novel non-perturbative quantum interference
involving electrons from multiple valence bands. The results identify key
mechanisms for future solid-state attosecond sources and next-generation
lightwave electronics. The new quantum interference justifies the hope for
all-optical bandstructure reconstruction and lays the foundation for possible
quantum logic operations at optical clock rates
Efficient room temperature cw Yb:glass laser pumped by a 946nm Nd:YAG laser
By pumping with a cw diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser operating at 946nm laser operation of a new Yb-doped phosphate glass with 440mW cw output power and a slope efficiency of 48% with respect to the absorbed pump power was achieved at room temperature
Electromagnetic Couplings of Nucleon Resonances
An effective Lagrangian calculation of pion photoproduction including all
nucleon resonances up to GeV is presented. We compare our
results to recent calculations and show the influence of different width
parametrizations and offshell cutoffs on the photoproduction multipoles. We
determine the electromagnetic couplings of the resonances from a new fit to the
multipole data.Comment: 20 pages, latex, 6 figures. Misprints corrected, text & 3 figures
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