Conceptual metonymy in lexicalization

This paper gives an insight into the way metonymy models lexicalized plurals in Englis

The church of the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This article presents an analysis of historical and architectural aspects of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in the town of Disna, Miory district, Vitebsk region. Highlights cultural value and uniqueness of the object. Particular attention is paid to history of the town, which makes clear the importance of the architectural object for the town. Along with the architectural design work it provides information about the current state of the church

The church of the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This article presents an analysis of historical and architectural aspects of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in the town of Disna, Miory district, Vitebsk region. Highlights cultural value and uniqueness of the object. Particular attention is paid to history of the town, which makes clear the importance of the architectural object for the town. Along with the architectural design work it provides information about the current state of the church

Idioms in the framework of linguistic typology, culture and mentality

This paper illustrates the differential and integrative features of phraseological units in different languages, their correlations with language and mental structures. The process of implementing the phraseological statements is considered as a constant correlation of the communicative information with conceptual and linguistic categorie

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF APPLYING OF OIL AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS IN AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORT

The basic aspects of modern fuel ecological problems of motor transport and future trends of oil fuels substitution by alternative ones, including composite energy carriers are considered. The results of vehicles’ tests according to the European driving schedule are presented and a complex analysis of vehicles’ ecology economic indexes is given

Role and responsibilities of a teacher in the lifelong learning sector

Teaching is quite challenging and demanding alongside with many other careers. The main role of every teacher is to involve and engage your students in learning activities. An appropriate level of language, appropriate terms understandable to your students will motivate them to learn mor

A RESPONSE OF THE "RESERVOIR-WELL" SYSTEM TO DISTANT EARTHQUAKES

The results of joint processing of hydrogeological and seismic data obtained at the Large-Scale Research Facilities "Mid-Latitude Geophysical Observation Complex "Mikhnevo" for a 12-year observation period are presented in the article. Responses of the "reservoir-well" system to the passage of seismic waves from distant earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.3-9.0, recorded at the epicentral distances from 1863 to 16507 km, have been identified in the database. Maximum values of groundwater level variations and ground velocity under seismic impact have been determined. The power-law dependence of the levels amplitudes of confined and weakly confined aquifers on the maximum vertical ground velocity has been established. A spectral analysis of 6-hour intervals (3 hours before and 3 hours after earthquakes) of seismic and hydrogeological data was performed. The frequencies corresponding to the maximum values of ground velocity and groundwater level variations were determined in the normalized spectra. The intervals within which the extremes of the hydrogeological responses are traced at background values of the ground velocity are identified in the low-frequency range. The amplitude-frequency characteristics of the "reservoir-well" systems differ under seismic impacts at epicentral distances up to 4901 km. The responses of the systems to earthquakes at epicentral distances of 11024-14026 km are similar

High-quality genome assembly of Capsella bursa-pastoris reveals asymmetry of regulatory elements at early stages of polyploid genome evolution

© 2017 The Authors The Plant Journal © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Polyploidization and subsequent sub- and neofunctionalization of duplicated genes represent a major mechanism of plant genome evolution. Capsella bursa-pastoris, a widespread ruderal plant, is a recent allotetraploid and, thus, is an ideal model organism for studying early changes following polyploidization. We constructed a high-quality assembly of C. bursa-pastoris genome and a transcriptome atlas covering a broad sample of organs and developmental stages (available online at http://travadb.org/browse/Species=Cbp). We demonstrate that expression of homeologs is mostly symmetric between subgenomes, and identify a set of homeolog pairs with discordant expression. Comparison of promoters within such pairs revealed emerging asymmetry of regulatory elements. Among them there are multiple binding sites for transcription factors controlling the regulation of photosynthesis and plant development by light (PIF3, HY5) and cold stress response (CBF). These results suggest that polyploidization in C. bursa-pastoris enhanced its plasticity of response to light and temperature, and allowed substantial expansion of its distribution range