The Discourse of Classified Advertising: Exploring the Nature of Linguistic Simplicity (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)
Linguists who have studied simplified varieties of a given language, such as pidgins or the language of care-givers, have tended to explain similarities in their structure by the fact that they use the same mechanisms of simplification. Bruthiaux tests this idea by looking at the structure of classified ads in American English, using a body of 800 ads from four categories: automobile sales, apartments for rent, help wanted, and personal ads.
Added by: alexa19 | Karma: 4030.48 | Science literature, Medicine | 14 August 2010
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Stem Cell Research (New Biology)
Throughout its development in the past few years, controversy and debate have surrounded stem cell research. Since skin cells have the capability to divide, our skin can heal itself through the division of cells. Scientists have attempted to apply this theory to major organs, trying to see if stem cells can be used to make the repairs that post-mitotic cells cannot.
Added by: ebuensar | Karma: 263.16 | Science literature, Other | 14 August 2010
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Atlas of the Galilean Satellites
Complete color global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - are compiled for the first time in this important atlas. Featuring images taken from the recent Galileo mission, this atlas is a comprehensive mapping reference guide for researchers.
The Garden of the Sphinx: 150 Challenging and Instructive Puzzles
These mathematical puzzles have appeared in the newspaper Le Monde during the past few years. A number of readers have responded to the challenge by offering not only original solutions and modes of attack but also by stating new problems related to those proposed.
Geometric Partial Differential Equations and Image Analysis
This book provides an introduction to the use of geometric partial differential equations in image processing and computer vision. It brings a number of new concepts into the field, providing a very fundamental and formal approach to image processing. State-of-the-art practical results in a large number of real problems are achieved with the techniques described. Applications covered include image segmentation, shape analysis, image enhancement, and tracking.
