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One of the central features of human language is that speakers can verbalize states of affairs that are not factual, but that rather should, might, or could be the case. Non-factual ideas can be expressed through words and constructions that belong to the grammatical domain of modality (Palmer 2001)

Mountain social-ecological systems contribute critically to ecosystem services at local, regional and global scales. Yet they are critically vulnerable to climate, political and economic changes which compound with natural climate harshness and variability and with natural risks. Therefore co-design

ULTIMATE is a three-year proposal for an ambitious research project focused on upper limit technology investigations mandatory to attain THz electronics. InP-based transistors are the world’s fastest three-terminal semiconductor devices. Regardless of whether bipolar or field-effect transistors are

The project entitled “Characterization of defects by Advanced Diffraction techniques to evaluate micro-crystals deformation stages” (CharADiff) aims at gaining a detailed understanding of the mechanics of small scale objects (micro and nano-crystals) by the implementation of an unprecedented combina

Many diseases are associated with the progressive transformation of vascularized tissue to a fibrotic state. This is accompanied by structural and functional alterations in the microvasculature which can lead to cell death or trigger coping mechanisms such as endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (E

A major aim of biology and ecology is to understand the historical and contemporary processes that underpin patterns of biodiversity and shape the particularly species-rich assemblages of certain regions. This requires unraveling a number of key processes: (i) the macroevolutionary dynamics of speci

Interacting random walks refer to a variety of models for complex large-scale disordered phenomena, motivated by questions in statistical physics, biology, economics and statistics. The interaction feature of these models produces long- memory effects which cannot be analyzed by the tools of classic

The clonal propagation of seeds without sexual reproduction (apomixis) bears enormous promises for sustainable agriculture and food security. Introducing apomixis to agronomically important plants could revolutionize breeding practices by enabling fixation of hybrid traits-of-interest including hete

Polyethylene is by far the most significant polymer worldwide in terms of volume of production, and demand for this product continues to rise. The size of the market and increasing demand means that producers need to increase capacity either by improving existing processes, or building newer, more e