“…There is growing evidence that obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia are prevalent, persistent and characterized by a distinct pattern of familial inheritance, neurocognitive deficits and brain activation. …”

“…Both reflect a predilection in our cognitive architecture that is fundamental to an evolving, but fragile, sense of humanity. The book further argues for a regulative norm of self-corrective inquiry, an appreciation of the hypothetical nature of all knowledge. …”

“…Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) are becoming more prevalent in our aging population, and traditional methods of monitoring ND symptoms can be challenging. …”

“…Our present is characterized by a heretofore unknown pressure on the environment, raising our awareness of the fragility of our planet and our responsibility to preserve it. …”

“…This Special Issue is dedicated to research in any area related to applied linguistics, including language acquisition and language learning; language teaching and curriculum design; language for specific purposes; psychology of language, child language and psycholinguistics; sociolinguistics; pragmatics; discourse analysis; corpus linguistics, computational linguistics and language engineering; lexicology and lexicography; and translation and interpretation…”

“…With the rapidly increasing prevalence of these disorders in the Czech Republic and worldwide, the possibilities of diagnosing the motor skills of children with ASD are an increasingly important priority. …”

“…From her ancestral village, in a region notorious for its gangsters, to the mega-city where she now lives, Zaidi provides a nuanced perspective on forging a sense of belonging as a minority and a migrant in places where other communities consider you an outsider, and of the fragility of home left behind and changed beyond recognition. …”

“…In addition, the GNSS is fragile to interference and spoofing, which should be emphasized for unmanned systems and smart devices. …”

“…Due to the high prevalence of Eating Disorders (ED) and obesity over the life-spam and the increasing comorbidity between both conditions, the goal of this Special Issue, "Eating Disorders and Obesity: Through the Life Course", was to approach that situation from a broader perspective. …”

“…Von der Weltpolitik eines Trump, Orban und Erdogan über Popmusik von Rammstein und Frei.Wild bis hin zu Hate Speech in sozialen Medien - das Provozieren, das Brechen von Tabus, das Relativieren von bislang gültigen Werten sowie erhitzte öffentliche Debatten prägen längst unseren medialen Alltag.Pop(musik)kulturelle Phänomene und mittlerweile auch medialisierte Politik(er*innen) bewegen sich dabei zwischen bewusstem Tabubruch, dosierter Provokation und medienwirksamen Spielen mit Grenzüberschreitungen und -verschiebungen - mal progressiv, mal regressiv, mal schwer einzuordnen. …”

“…Ad hoc decisions, traditional approaches, and "quick and dirty" solutions add up to fragile, more complex systems (and organizations)--reducing the pace of change, driving up costs, and degrading security. …”

“…The bulk of this volume presents the latest research on 13 major health threats to the elderly, covering prevalence, impact on the older person's life, cost, and intervention. …”

“…Peacekeeping is treated in a pragmatic light, seen as a form of international military cooperation for the preservation or restoration of international peace and security. …”

“…Researching Life Stories critically and pragmatically reflects upon the use of life stories in social and educational research. …”

“…This is a challenging book which illuminates many of the major issues of contemporary moral philosophy including: the practical nature of moral thought, free will and choice, morality and religious belief, and the pragmatics of moral discourse…”

“…Yet other research will be concerned with the study of conversation/discourse and areas subsumed under the heading of pragmatics or discourse studies. There will be a substantial editors' introduction, further reading in the chapters and a comprehensive index…”

“…Austin's insights about the pragmatics of assurance-giving and the semantics of knowledge claims into a systematic whole. …”

“…Hugh Collins highlights the potential of the fraternity as an instrument of political patronage, and attributes its success in this area to the important balance achieved in the Garter's constitution and fellowship between pragmatic considerations and knightly ideas. His examination of the interdependence of these two facets thus reveals the extent to which political society in the late middle ages founded its ambitions and aspirations on the cult of chivalry…”

“…Die vereinfachenden und undifferenzierten Repräsentationen einer zweigeteilten Ukraine, basierend auf Sprache, Religion oder politischen Einstellungen, prägen das Bild von der ukrainischen Gesellschaft außerhalb des Landes. …”
Sumario

“…The aim was to erect a stable and well governed democracy, but the outcome was a fragile state, which still threatens the stability of the Balkans and Europe's internal security. …”