This paper aims to provide a comprehensive survey of phrasal and clausal comparative constructions in the N. W. Caucasian language Abkhaz (in relation to data from the standard, Abzhywa dialect). Following the lead of Knecht (1976), the following three terms will be used throughout this article: (a) Remainder = in the phrasal comparative, a single NP (preceded by “than” in English); in the clausal comparative, the remains of the clause; (b) Trigger = the quantified constituent in the controlling clause; (c) Target = the compared constituent in the comparative clause obligatorily deleted by Comparative Deletion.
Cíl: Publikace případu falešně zvýšené koncentrace bilirubinu u pacientky s mnohočetným myelomem. Metoda: U pacientky s diagostikovaným a léčeným mnohočetným myelomem byla stanovena atypicky vysoká hodnota sérového bilirubinu diagnostickým kitem Roche na přístroji Modular a normální, o dva řády nižší hodnota téhož analytu diagnostickým kitem Olympus na přístroji Olympus 400. Výsledky: Pacientka měla v krvi koncentraci paraproteinu IgG kappa 61,6 g/l. Sérový bilirubin, stanovený na přístroji Modular měl hodnotu 546 μmol/l, zatímco při opakovaném měření na přístroji Olympus 400 byla hodnota u stejné pacientky 6 μmol/l. Nižší hodnota korespondovala s klinickým stavem pacientky. Diskuse a závěr: Oba výrobci upozorňují ve svých pracovních návodech na potenciální možnost pozitivních interferencí v přítomnosti IgM lambda. Zjistili jsme extrémní pozitivní chybu o velikosti dvou řádů v přítomnosti paraproteinu IgG kappa u jednoho z nich (Roche). Chyba je snadno detekovatelná inspekcí záznamu kinetiky reakčního průběhu a neměla by ujít pozornosti při vydávání výsledků., Objective: Falsely elevated serum bilirubin in patient with multiple myeloma. Method: We determined serum bilirubin in a patient with multiple myeloma by using Modular and we repeated analysis by using Olympus 400. Results: Concentration of IgG kappa was 61.6 g/l. Serum bilirubin value measured on the Modular Roche has been 546μmol/l, while repeated measurement on Olympus 400 provided value only 6 μmol/l. Lower Olympus value corresponded to clinical status of the patient. Discussion and conclusion: Both producers introduce in their working manual the possibility of IgM lambda interference for bilirubin measurement. We found extremely high systematic error in presence IgG kappa only in Modular Roche, not in Olympus 400. Analyzer Modular Roche gives the possibility of an easy error determination by using inspection of kinetic of reaction run., Šolcová L., Friedecký Bedřich, Radocha J., Tichý M., Maisnar V., Holečková M., Vávrová J., and Lit.: 3
We propose results about sign-constancy of Green's functions to impulsive nonlocal boundary value problems in a form of theorems about differential inequalities. One of the ideas of our approach is to construct Green's functions of boundary value problems for simple auxiliary differential equations with impulses. Careful analysis of these Green's functions allows us to get conclusions about the sign-constancy of Green's functions to given functional differential boundary value problems, using the technique of theorems about differential and integral inequalities and estimates of spectral radii of the corresponding compact operators in the space of essential bounded functions.
In this essay the author reflects on the subject of state-building, its interpretation and impact on the society. The government usually understands state-building differently than the opposition. The question is raised whether the development does not lead from state-building to “herd-building”, when smaller and larger groups behave like an easy-to-manipulate herd. But how can we revert this process?
We offer the quantitative estimation of stability of risk-sensitive cost optimization in the problem of optimal stopping of Markov chain on a Borel space X. It is supposed that the transition probability p(⋅|x), x∈X is approximated by the transition probability p˜(⋅|x), x∈X, and that the stopping rule f˜∗ , which is optimal for the process with the transition probability p˜ is applied to the process with the transition probability p. We give an upper bound (expressed in term of the total variation distance: supx∈X∥p(⋅|x)−p˜(⋅|x)∥) for an additional cost paid for using the rule f˜∗ instead of the (unknown) stopping rule f∗ optimal for p.
Treaty provisions on the free movement of persons do not directly address free movement of family members. The right to move to and reside in another Member State for family members of the moving EU citizens is anchored in the secondary law, namely in the Directive 2004/38. However, the Court of Justice, under certain circumstances, grants the right of residence for family members-third country nationals outside the scope of the Directive, even in the Member State of the EU citizen’s nationality, by virtue of different Treaty provisions. That brings a lot of inconsistency, legal uncertainty and, in the end, risk of injustice. This article summarizes the different legal sources of residence right for family members-third country nationals in that internal situation as adjudicated by the Court of Justice until nowadays and assesses on that background whether the time is ripe for an amendment of the Directive 2004/38.
The authors look into a current topic – history and present of the legal implementation of the right to strike in the Czech Republic. They introduce pieces of legislation that to some extent governed this right in the past and continue to govern it today. An important law, which established the right to strike during the Austrian-Hungarian period was the coalition act from 1870. This act was received in the Czechoslovak legal system by receiving standard No. 11/1918 Col. The article then chronologically introduces other pieces of legislation up until the present, when the fundamental document for the right to strike is the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms and the Act No. 2/1991 Col. on collective bargaining. However, a law governing strikes outside of collective bargaining is still missing. This should be fixed.