University of Neuchâtel

A Two-layer Annotation Scheme for the Pragmatic Analysis of the Passive

Abstract Current pragmatic research shows that structures such as the periphrastic passive influence the interpretation of utterance meaning, yet none specifies how linguistic structure gives rise to a given pragmatic effect. The existing body of literature remains mainly theoret...

Tomé de Burguillos, poeta erótico: una lectura del soneto 2 de las Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos (1634) de Lope de Vega

This paper proposes an erotic interpretation of Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos Sonnet 2, as well as a reflection on the hermeneutics of eroticism. To this end, and after an overview of scholarly literature on eroticism in Golden Age literature, in the B...

Tree island area in oil palm agroforests directly and indirectly drives evaporative fraction

Abstract. Evapotranspiration (ET) – the combined water flux from soil and vegetation to the atmosphere – is a key component of water cycling and climate regulation, and strongly affected by land-use changes. The evaporative fraction (EF), representing the proportion of available...

Root exudates-microbe interactions promote nodulation in legume-based intercropping

The classical nitrogen competition hypothesis posits that intercropping enhances legume nodulation as a passive response to reduced soil N availability. We propose a complementary mechanism whereby nitrogen competition serves as an ecological trigger, while root exudate-mediated...

Mowing meadows without conditioner and the availability of bee-friendly habitats synergistically benefit wild bees in agricultural landscapes

Healthy populations of wild bees are essential for the pollination of wild plants and many crops. However, wild bees are under pressure, in particular due to the intensification of agriculture. To counteract negative effects, mitigation measures are being implemented via agri-env...

Understanding spatial and temporal evolution of progressive excavation damage zone in granitic rocks – development of a novel mine-by and laboratory experimental framework at the BedrettoLab

Abstract. The brittle damage around tunnels in the form of spalling is common in massive crystalline rocks subjected to high in-situ stresses. Understanding the short-term development and long-term evolution of the Excavation Damage Zone (EDZ) is particularly important for deep g...

The Haagerup property is not invariant under quasi‐isometry

Abstract Using the work of Cornulier–Valette and Whyte (see Appendix A for the latter), we show that neither the Haagerup property nor weak amenability is invariant under quasi‐isometry of finitely generated groups. Appendix B shows, using the same examples, that the same holds f...

Constructions with crossed syntactic dependencies show elevated lexical cohesion: the compensatory collocation hypothesis

Abstract Natural languages avoid syntactic structures with crossed syntactic dependencies. To the extent that such structures nonetheless occur, they have been explained as the result of competing motivations, such as dependency length minimization, the facilitation of incrementa...

No effect of short‐term exposure to ocean acidification on individual‐level variation in behaviour and susceptibility to predation in a Great Barrier Reef damselfish

Abstract Ocean acidification, caused by rising carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the atmosphere, has been reported to negatively impact a wide variety of behaviours in fishes, including activity, exploration, and predator avoidance. These effects have been documented at the population le...

All Different All Equal: High Polymorphism in Nebela (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) Revealed by Additional Sampling and Barcoding

Hyalospheniids are a conspicuous group of testate amoebae whose rich morphology has allowed their classification based on the characterization of their shells. However, recent studies showed the occurrence of convergences and phenotypic plasticity, which complicate their taxonomy...

Revisiting the Normalization of the Moran's I Index: A Correlation‐Based Approach With Inference

Summary Moran's index, the canonical measure of spatial autocorrelation, may take values outside the interval when arbitrary spatial weight matrices are used. This lack of boundedness complicates interpretation and may lead to misleading conclusions. We systematically evaluate se...

Scaffolding students-AI dialogue for safe educational interactions

Abstract Adolescents are the fastest-growing and largest age group adopting Large Language Models (LLMs), tools not specifically designed for their educational, emotional, and developmental needs. Safe, pedagogically grounded AI interactions are essential for both AI literacy and...

Chimpanzee food calls provide information about the value and type of food: a playback study

Abstract Functionally referential signals are taxonomically widespread but vary greatly in the specificity of information they convey to receivers. Chimpanzee food calls indicate the relative preference value of the eliciting food in a way that is intelligible to receivers, but w...

A reusable model of pangenome selection informs optimal surveillance strategies over vaccine introductions

Abstract Background The human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of disease, including pneumonia and meningitis. The introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines (PCVs) initially reduced the burden of disease through a reduction of colonisation by vaccine-targe...

Host status of cultivated and wild Fragaria genotypes to the quarantine root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne chitwoodi and Meloidogyne fallax

Abstract The quarantine root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne chitwoodi and Meloidogyne fallax pose a significant phytosanitary risk to agricultural production, yet little is known about their ability to reproduce on strawberry. This study evaluated the host status of cultivated and wi...

A determinant on birational maps of Severi–Brauer surfaces

We define a determinant on the group of automorphisms of non-trivial Severi–Brauer surfaces over a perfect field. Using the generators and relations, we extend this determinant to birational maps between Severi–Brauer surfaces. By means of this determinant and a group homomorphis...

Pinwheels in symplectic rational and ruled surfaces and non‐squeezing of rational homology balls

Abstract We use almost toric fibrations and the symplectic rational blow‐up to determine when certain Lagrangian pinwheels, which we call liminal , embed in symplectic rational and ruled surfaces. The case of ‐pinwheels, namely Lagrangian , answers a question of Kronheimer in the...

Deconstructing Thinghood = Constructing Personhood?

This article analyses the deconstruction of animals' thinghood status in Switzerland, asking what this reform reveals about the construction of new legal subjects within a democratic legal order. It aims to highlight the importance of the legislative procedure in such cases. The...