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The goal of this contribution to the Elements series is to closely examine Merge, its form, its function, and its central role in current linguistic theory. It explores what it does (and does not do), why it has the form it has, and its development over time. The basic idea behind Merge is quite simple. However, Merge interacts, in intricate ways, with other components including the language's interfaces, laws of nature, and certain language-specific conditions. Because of this, and because of its fundamental place in the human faculty of language, this Element's focus on Merge provides insights into the goals and development of generative grammar more generally, and its prospects for the future.
This volume offers new perspectives on the tension between the rich patterns of language variation that emerge from comparative studies and the quest for simple theoretical primitives. The chapters explore the debate between Cartography and Minimalism: on the one hand, the need for detailed and articulated descriptions of the clausal architecture, and on the other, the endeavor to reduce the theoretical apparatus to fundamental computational mechanisms. The first part of the book begins with a reflection on the goals of modern linguistic theory, and investigates the principles of human language, in an effort to subsume the regularities of particular grammars under a small set of morphosyntac...
Information technology and the information sciences have been part of our lives for some time now. They have revolutionized the healthcare system, changing the whole health landscape, as well as health culture. New devices, sources of data and roles for all those involved in healthcare are being developed as a result. This book presents the proceedings of the 25th European Medical Informatics Conference, held in Istanbul, Turkey in August/September 2014. The conference aims to present the most recent developments in biomedical informatics. The book is divided into 15 sections, which include: decision support systems and clinical practice guidelines; improved healthcare through informatics; data analysis; mobile health; technology and system evaluation; and text mining. The final two sections present posters from the conference. The book will be of interest to all those in the healthcare sector, researchers and practitioners alike, who develop, evaluate or work with information technology.
Storico curioso dai molteplici interessi, Gianvittorio Signorotto ha saputo riflettere, nel corso della sua attività di studioso, su molte questioni: le vicende religiose dell’Italia moderna, la Lombardia spagnola e borromaica, la magnificenza delle corti europee, i concetti di progresso, crisi e decadenza. Seguendo come filo conduttore la modernità, il volume raccoglie i saggi con cui amici e colleghi hanno reso omaggio ai molti ambiti che le ricerche di Signorotto hanno stimolato ed esplorato, attraversando alcuni nuclei salienti: l’intreccio tra politica, religione e diplomazia, passando per Milano; l’incontro fra l’Europa cattolica e gli altri mondi; la riflessione storiografica e culturale. Il quadro che ne emerge è quello di un mondo in costante trasformazione, in cui il mestiere di storico assume, come Signorotto ha mostrato, un valore tutt’oggi inesaurito.
Per raccontare i «capitoli della vita» di Giorgio La Pira (Pozzallo 1904-Firenze 1977) è stato scelto un ordine cronologico. Basandosi su una minuziosa ricerca e proponendo una ampia documentazione inedita, si descrivono i molteplici impegni che – anno dopo anno – il Professore si è trovato ad assumere ed i vari campi della sua azione, a partire dagli anni della sua formazione in Sicilia. Giovanissimo docente universitario di Diritto romano, intellettuale impegnato nel contrasto al fascismo, costituente, parlamentare, sindaco di Firenze, presidente della Federazione mondiale delle città unite, La Pira ha caratterizzato la sua testimonianza in tutti questi ambiti con la fedeltà alla...
“Thinking as a specialist, acting as an ER doctor” The emergency setting remains one of the most important parts of daily clinical practice for surgeons. Moreover, the triage surgeon may be faced with complicated patients, who are often suffering from a wide range of diseases and emerging conditions. To this end, the emergency surgeon must know how to interpret the symptoms/signs of each condition and initiate appropriate management before directing the patient to the most correct path and specialist. Although several books have been published concerning a specific surgical field (e.g. emergencies in vascular, thoracic or general surgery), this book provides a concise and quick point of ...
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