26 results for "Martin Adam"

Vrstvení apelativních složek jako přesvědčovací strategie v závěrečných oddílech českých a anglických kázání

Martin Adam

Časopis pro Moderní Filologii, Vol. 101 No. 1 · 2019 · English · DOAJ Scopus

While persuasion seems to be present virtually in all texts across cultures, times and registers, in many ways it is primarily religious discourse that adopts persuasion as one of its key instruments to convince the audience of the veracity of the doctrine it presents. The present paper explores…

S–V Semantic Affinity in Presentation Sentences with Preverbal Rhematic Subject

Martin Adam

ELOPE, Vol. 10 No. 2 · 2013 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Firmly anchored in the Praguian theory of functional sentence perspective (FSP), the present paper discusses the prototypical type of sentences implementing the so–called Presentation Scale (i.e., that containing a rhematic subject in preverbal position) within fiction narrative discourse. Special…

Presentational capacity of English transitive verbs: On some semantic and FSP aspects of SEIZE

Martin Adam

Linguistica Pragensia, Vol. 29 No. 2 · 2019 · Portuguese · DOAJ Scopus

Even though a number of verbs, owing to their syntactic-semantic characteristics, tend to operate primarily in Presentation or Quality Scales respectively, most verbs generally appear to be capable of acting within both the scales. In authentic communication, the sentence perspective is determined…

Communicative dynamism and prosodic prominence in presentation sentences with initial rhematic subjects

Martin Adam; Irena Headlandová Kalischová

Linguistica Pragensia, Vol. 27 No. 1 · 2017 · Portuguese · DOAJ Scopus

Within the framework of the theory of functional sentence perspective (Firbas 1992), the distinction between presentation and quality scale sentences plays a vital role. The present paper proposes to shed light on one of the most common configurations of presentation sentences, viz. structures with…

Revisiting the information structure of English prepositional phrases in predication

Irena Headlandová Kalischová; Martin Adam

Linguistica Pragensia, Vol. 35 No. 2 · 2025 · Portuguese · DOAJ Scopus

…it follows the Presentation Scale. This corpus-based study, building on Adam & Headlandová Kalischová (2009), examines English sentences with prepositional predications of the pattern BE + PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE (specifically, be at fault, be at large, be in full swing, be in place, be on guard, be…

FSP status of English verbo-nominal structures Be + Prepositional Phrase

Martin Adam; Irena Headlandová Kalischová

Linguistica Pragensia, Vol. 32 No. 2 · 2022 · Portuguese · DOAJ Scopus

In the framework of the theory of functional sentence perspective, if a context-dependent subject is further specified, the sentence implements the Quality Scale. Under favourable conditions, however, the occurrence of a context-independent subject in the same kind of structure may lead to a…

The Concept of the Dynamic Semantic Scales in the Theory of FSP Revisited

Martin Adam; Irena Headlandová Kalischová

Echo des Etudes Romanes, Vol. 8 No. 1 · 2012 · Italian · DOAJ

The theory of functional sentence perspective (FSP) and its research methods have been considered one of the prominent tools of research into information processing. It is widely known that, combining the approaches adopted both by formalists and functionalists, the theory of FSP draws on the…

UM FRAMEWORK CONCEITUAL PARA COMPREENDER E IDENTIFICAR EXPERIÊNCIAS GAMBLIFICADAS

Joseph Macey; Juho Hamari; Martin Adam

Brazilian Creative Industries Journal, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Portuguese · DOAJ

A Gamblificação, isto é, o uso do jogo de azar como ferramenta para influenciar a tomada de decisão do consumidor, tem sido associada mais recentemente à monetização de jogos digitais. Contudo, apesar de tais implementações receberem a maior parte da atenção, a Gamblificação não se restringe a este…

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Risk factors associated with cystic ovarian disease in Norwegian dairy cattle

Østerås Olav; Martin Adam D; Nelson Sindre T

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Vol. 52 No. 1 · 2010 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Background The aims of this study were to establish the incidence of cystic ovarian disease (COD) and its geographical and seasonal variation in Norway, investigate the effect of COD on culling rates, and describe the effects of COD on subsequent reproductive performance and its…

Creating a system of annotation for FSP

Jana Chamonikolasová; Martin Adam; Irena Headlandová Kalischová et al.

Linguistica Pragensia, Vol. 25 No. 1 · 2015 · Portuguese · DOAJ Scopus

The article presents the recent initiative of the authors of the article to prepare the ground for setting up a corpus of texts annotated from the viewpoint of Functional Sentence Perspective (FSP). The authors are followers of Jan Firbas’s approach to information structure, who have carried out a…

ZnO/SiO2 Composite as Catalyst for the Transformation of Glycerol to Glycerol Carbonate ol Carbonate

Yuni Krisyuningsih Krisnandi; Reinhard Eckelt; Hanan Atia et al.

Makara Journal of Science, Vol. 24 No. 1 · 2020 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Zinc oxide/porous silica (ZnO/SiO2) composite was used as a catalyst to transform glycerol to glycerol carbonate (GC), a chemical intermediate and monomer for the synthesis of new functionalized polymers. The ZnO/SiO2 catalyst was prepared using the direct precipitation method by mixing zinc…

Malting Quality of Spring Wheat Varieties

Lenka Sachambula; Vratislav Psota; Markéta Musilová et al.

Kvasný průmysl, Vol. 63 No. 6 · 2017 · English · DOAJ

During a three-year testing period (2013 – 2015), totally 99 samples of spring wheat (11 varieties from three testing localities) were analyzed. The basic parameters (extract, relative extract at 45 °C, diastatic power, final attenuation, friability and β-glucan content in wort as well as some…

Malting quality of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Vratislav Psota; Markéta Musilová; Lenka Sachambula et al.

Kvasný průmysl, Vol. 64 No. 6 · 2018 · English · DOAJ

In the course of three testing years (2013 – 2015), a set of 243 winter wheat samples (27 varieties from three testing sites) were analyzed. Basic technological parameters, and some special characters (wort color, color after boiling, wort haze, polyphenol content and dimethyl sulfide precursors)…

Assessment of progesterone profiles and postpartum onset of luteal activity in spring calving Hereford beef suckler cattle

Waldmann Andres; Ropstad Erik; Reksen Olav et al.

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Vol. 52 No. 1 · 2010 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Background Reproduction is the single greatest factor limiting beef cattle production. Previous research on beef suckler luteal activity has largely focused on the mechanisms, and duration, of postpartum anoestrus. However, the temporal pattern of luteal activity after resumption of…

Nitrogen‐Rich 5,5′‐Azotetrazolates: A Broad Spectrum of Technologically Accessible Gas‐Generating Pyrotechnic Materials

Adam Votýpka; Robert Matyáš; Jakub Mikuláštík et al.

ChemistryOpen, Vol. 15 No. 9 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Ten 5,5′‐azotetrazolate salts with nitrogen‐rich bases was prepared and evaluated as technologically accessible gas‐generating materials. In addition to sufficient performance, the development focused on safety, reliable handling, and environmental responsibility, as essential factors for…

Chemical patterns of colony membership and mother-offspring similarity in Antarctic fur seals are reproducible

Jonas Tebbe; Emily Humble; Martin Adam Stoffel et al.

PeerJ, Vol. 8 · 2020 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Replication studies are essential for evaluating the validity of previous research findings. However, it has proven challenging to reproduce the results of ecological and evolutionary studies, partly because of the complexity and lability of many of the phenomena being investigated, but also due to…

Antimicrobial Activity of Acidifying Hyaluronic Acid–Starch Microfiber Dressings Against Clinical Isolates from Chronic Wounds

Ivana Stará; Petra Moťková; Markéta Vydržalová et al.

Journal of Functional Biomaterials, Vol. 17 No. 2 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a natural biopolymer widely used in wound dressings for its supportive role in the healing process. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of microorganisms in chronic wounds and evaluated the antimicrobial activity of newly synthesized HA–Starch-based materials…

Family characteristics as risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a population-based case-control study.

Martin Feller; Martin Adam; Marcel Zwahlen et al.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 5 No. 10 · 2010 · English · DOAJ Scopus

To date, few risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have been confirmed and the scientific literature is full of controversial "evidence." We examined if family characteristics, particularly maternal and paternal age and number of older siblings, were risk factors for…