University of Naples - L'Orientale

The challenges of symmetrical voice languages for Universal Dependencies

Abstract This chapter deals with problems that arise when attempting to apply a Universal Dependencies (UD) annotation to languages which have more than one basic transitive construction, that is, where the subject is not by default an agent, and the object is not by default a pa...

Bony labyrinth taxonomic identification and long-term evolution of livestock in the Southwest and Central Asia

Abstract Southwest and Central Asia were pivotal regions for the domestication and dispersal of domestic herbivores. Here we investigate long-term variation in bony labyrinth morphology of domestic bovids (sheep, goats and cattle) across the last 10 000 years. We focused on the o...

Paradigm Lock‐In and Strategic Surprise: Explaining Israel's October 7 Intelligence Failure

Abstract Israel's failure to anticipate Hamas's deadly 2023 assault, despite the existence of multiple credible warnings, represents one of the country's gravest intelligence failures. This article explains how and why intelligence organizations discount such warnings during prot...