The present study focuses on the sociopragmatic functions of punning which appears to be the most frequent form of humour Greek politicians produce in parliament.The analysis takes into consideration the institutional particularities of this setting: in parliamentary systems such as the Greek one, competition and disagreement among political partie

Background: Most emergencies in Goa arise due to road traffic accidents and drowning, which have been compounded by the rise in number of recorded accidents in 2007 to be above 4000.It is believed that 11 people meet with an accident on Goa′s roads every day and this is expected to rise by 10% by next year.Similar is the case with dro

Abstract The consumption of inadequately thermally treated fish is a public health risk due to the possible propagation of Anisakis larvae.The present study demonstrated the physiological and histopathological changes that accompanied an oral inoculation of crude extracts from fresh and thermally treated Anisakis Type II (L3) in rats.Worms were iso

Study region: Thirteen catchment regions of the Yellow River basin, located in northern China.Study focus: Drought is a natural phenomenon characterized by a water deficiency that impacts various aspects here of the hydrological cycle.Water deficit signals propagate through the hydrological system and are manifested in the sequential occurrence of