2008年1月10日 星期四

Antonio Caetano de Abren Freire Egas Moniz






António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (born November 29, 1874, died December 13, 1955), pron. IPA: , was a Portuguese Neurologist. He was the first Portuguese to receive a Nobel Prize, "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses".
He was born in Avanca, Portugal. He was the inventor of prefrontal leucotomy which was changed to lobotomy by American surgeons Walter Freeman and James Watts, who introduced a larger severing of the neural fibres. It was used as a surgical approach to the radical treatment of several kinds of mental diseases; one of the several types of psychosurgery. For this work, Moniz received the Nobel Prize in 1949, jointly with the Swiss neurophysiologist Walter Rudolf Hess.




Antonio Caetano de Abren Freire Egas Moniz (1874-1949* -1955) 生平



Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz


ANTONIO CAETANO DE ABREU FREIRE EGAS MONIZ




António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz







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Walter Rudolf Hess


A Swiss neurophysiologist, Walter Rudolf Hess (1881-1973) won the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (with Antonio Egas Moniz) for discovering the role played by certain parts of the brain in coordinating the functions of internal organs.
The son of Professor Clemenz Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess was born at Frauenfeld, Switzerland, on March 17, 1881. In 1900 he became a medical student at the University of Lausanne, and after more study in Switzerland and Germany, he graduated from the University of Zurich in 1906. He became a practicing ophthalmologist, but in 1912 he turned to physiology. In 1917 Hess was appointed professor of physiology and director of the Institute of Physiology at the University of Zurich.




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Scientist: Walter Rudolf Hess

1949年諾貝爾生理醫學獎 ~發現間腦為體內所有器官的協調中樞~

Walter Rudolf Hess

Walter Rudolf Hess Biography (1881-1973)

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949

Walter Rudolf Hess born March 17, 1881, Frauenfeld, Switz.died Aug. 12, 1973, Ascona

Walter Rudolf Hess

WALTER RUDOLF HESS --1949 Nobel Laureate in Medicine



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Marcello Barbieri


The idea that the genetic code is only the first of a long series of organic codes was proposed for the first time in 1985 in the book The Semantic Theory of Evolution. Since then, the experimental scenario has changed considerably and the arguments in favour of other organic codes have increased, making it necessary to add a second volume to that first book.



Marcello Barbieri






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John Deely

John Deely (born 1942) is Professor of Philosophy at the Center for Thomistic Studies of the University of St. Thomas (Houston). He is one among many accomplished scholars at the Center.
His main research concerns the role of semiosis (the action of signs) in mediating objects and things. He specifically investigates the manner in which experience itself is a dynamic structure (or web) woven of triadic relations (signs in the strict sense) whose elements or terms (representaments, significates and interpretants) interchange positions and roles over time in the spiral of semiosis. He is currently (2006-2007) Executive Director of the Semiotic Society of America.

John Deely (1942-)


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Claude Levi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss was one of the most influential anthropologists of the 20th century. The founder of Structuralism, Lévi-Strauss was also notable for his extensive field work among primitive tribes and his (Marxist-influenced) view that the customs and beliefs held by such tribes were in no way inferior to the customs and beliefs held by so-called civilized societies.

While other anthropological schools of thought focused on studying the history and material culture of primitive societies (describing their tools, weapons, homes, costumes) or on their social structures (politics, kinship, roles of men vs. women), Lévi-Strauss' Structuralism focused on the harder to define inner life of a society and its members. He attempted to describe systems of meaning and the ways in which these were expressed in a culture's mythologies and relationships of exchange (between individuals within the culture).

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Claude Levi-Strauss :1908 - Present


Claude Lévi-Strauss born Nov. 28, 1908, Brussels, Belg.

Levi-Strauss--The Structural Study of Myth

Claude Gustave Lévi-Strauss

Claude Levi- Strauss (1908-19xx)


Lévi-Strauss, Claude --Biographie et bibliographie ,Anthropologue français.

Claude Lévi-Strauss --A cura di DIEGO FUSARO

Claude Lévi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss -- Biographie en résumé

Claude Lévi-Strauss - Mythe en muziek

Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-)

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LEVI -STRAUSS ,CLAUDE --Anthropologist











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Interview with Claude Lévi Strauss (1972), part 1





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Claude Lévi-Strauss - Reflexions Faites (part 6)
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2008年1月9日 星期三

Thomas Albert Sebeok


Thomas A. Sebeok, a pioneer in the field of semiotics and Distinguished Professor emeritus of linguistics and semiotics at Indiana University, died at his home on December 21, 2001.




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Thomas Sebeok

Thomas Albert Sebeok, "Biologist Manqué"

Thomas A. Sebeok (1920-2001)

Sebeok, Thomas A., 1920-2001.








Books by Thomas A. Sebeok





Thomas A. Sebeok and biology: Building Semiotics
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Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)

The classic English country gentleman, Darwin seems an unlikely figure to create a controversy. He had developed a radical theory that brought him into conflict with a very traditional establishment – the Anglican Church. History has vindicated him and he is now celebrated as one of the greatest and most innovative scientists who ever lived. But, Alfred Russel Wallace, who hit upon the theory at the same time, has not received similar recognition.
To this day, Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is widely accepted, and explains the distant origins and fantastic variety of life on Earth.

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Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution

The Origin Of The Species - Part 1 - Authour's Introduction

Origin of Species: Introduction

Charles Darwin - Evolution's Voice - Part 2

Charles Darwin - Evolution's Voice - Part 3

Charles Darwin - Evolution's Voice - Part 4

CHARLES DARWIN - LEGACY 1

CHARLES DARWIN LEGACY 2

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CHARLES DARWIN LEGACY 4

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Biosemotics '961 Fall Semaster'

Embodied Construction Grammar

Neural Theory of Language

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

手語研究(一)

手語研究(二)

手語研究(三)

手語研究(四)

Baby Sign Language

The Uniqueness of the Human Brain

Gene, Organism and Environment: Bad Metaphors and Good Biology

Evolution theory is right

Brain control-Monkey

Health Matters: Healthful Benefits of Pets

Decisions: How Do We Animals Decide What To Do?

Technology, the Brain, and the Future with Ray Kurzweil

Brain, spinal cord and cells: A neuro- primer for non-neurologists
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Musical Semiotics

音樂符號學呢主要是在說明音樂中所用的符號所能表達出來的感覺。音樂是一種想法; 而這種想法是, 「音樂是符號而且依靠表示過程或記號過程，是顯然真實。」一個音樂的符號可能是一個系統、一篇曲目或它的表現、一種音樂的形式、一種風格、一個作曲家、一位音樂家，她或他的樂器,等等
在音樂方面-這些音樂是在聽者、音樂家、作曲家 , 分析家或批評家的心被發展的另一個符號。那些符號都是被開發在那些人的腦中。

Semiotics in Music

Musical Semiotics in the 1990s: The state of the art

Introductory notes to the Semiotics of Music

Art. 154: Semiotics Aspects of Musicology : Semiotics of Music

Music Culture

A SEMIOTIC THEORY OF MUSIC:
ACCORDING TO A PEIRCEAN RATIONALE

揭開風花雪月的迷霧：解讀台灣流行音樂中的愛情世界（1989-1998）*

高達《芳名卡門》中: 音樂與敘述的辯證關係
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About Semiotics Resource

About : Topics in Semiotics ,
Seminal Authors andActive Writers

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Species to Observe -- Pig

我是豬
我為雜食性動物，我的平均壽命約10-15年，我在出生後5-12個月就可以配種，妊娠期約為112天。我的外型肥胖，四肢粗短，耳朵突出，頭大眼睛小，犬齒成獠牙狀。我的性情溫馴，適應力強，因為我很容易飼養和繁殖力強，所以在很久以前就被人類馴化飼養。


環繞鼻孔的盤狀軟骨鼻頭是我最大的特徵，也是我最有趣的身體構造，我的鼻頭由一塊前鼻骨支撐，因此能像推土機般地挖掘地面，找尋食物。我的腳上有蹄，其中兩個大而扁平的蹄負責承受全身的重量，在柔軟的地面上行走時，另兩個較短的側蹄也會接觸到地面，協助分散體重。我的尾巴則細而捲曲，動作靈活，且有稀疏的簇毛。


我的群居生活的動物，有社會位序，由打鬥產生老大和老二等階級排序。我會發出不同種聲音作為個體間互相溝通的訊號。對噪音較不敏感，因為我們自己也很吵。我的好奇心強，若有異物丟入欄舍中，我會用嘴玩許久。我跑的速度很快，除了奔跑速度很快外，我也很會游泳。我會四處遷移、沒有領域性，但我會遺留分泌物作為辨識的依據。


我的嗅覺非常靈敏，可用鼻子嗅尋食物，並用我強韌的鼻端掘土或拱樹根。主要為晨昏覓食，覓食時間每日約6-7小時。我們一大群吃飯時會搶食，老大優先，老么最後。冬天天氣冷時胃口好，夏天天氣熱時胃口差。冬夏的食量可相差25-35%。我和人一樣喜食重鹹口味。


我的智商比狗還高，在所有的動物裡排名第一，我既友善合群又好玩。我認為包括，大象和類似人猿的所有動物裡，我是最聰明的，我也欣賞我自己對包括人類在內的其他動物的態度，我一點也不猜疑，也像馬、牛和羊般地絕對服從，我不像山羊許多事漠不在乎；亦不似鵝般對任何人都有敵意，或如貓降格相從的架式，或如狗般取悅主人。我以近乎民主的角度視我等為同儕或手足，並且認為我們當然了解牠的語言，沒有任何尊卑或是不敬，我給人一種自然、愉快和大家都是同志的感覺。

　　我是很好玩、敏感又友善的動物，我視大地為家，愛用身體去接觸萬物。在大自然的環境裡，特別是天氣很炎熱，蒼蠅揮之不去時，我就和公鹿、水牛和其他動物般愛在泥淖裡打滾。

　　但是，我本身並不愛待在泥沼裡，只是利用它來降低體溫，避免蒼蠅的糾纏，假如環境予許的話，我會如森林中的其他動物般自然地保持整潔，是絕不會把睡覺、吃飯或是活動的地方弄髒。
我的一生大概只有七八個月，有趣的是在以前傳統式的飼養下，營養不均衡或不得要領，我生長速度比較慢，但我的壽命比較長。　



關於豬的介紹

豬

從認識豬開始

世界的豬

動物之台灣諺語--與豬有關之諺語

豬的繁殖計劃及技術

動物科技資訊 -台灣豬隻的來源

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2008年1月5日 星期六

4歲娃見人不說話 和動物有得聊

更新日期:2008/01/05 04:39 　黃文正／綜合報導
　4歲的英國小女童蘿絲．魏考克，疑似罹患罕見的基因異常疾病，影響言語能力，出生後，從未說過任何一句話。某次，她的父母發現，蘿絲竟跟乳牛說起話來，驚喜之餘，決定讓她多跟動物相處，希望假以時日，「杜立德小姐」除了跟動物說話之外，也能開口喊他們一聲「爸比」或「媽咪」。
　自出生以來，蘿絲不曾叫過「爸比」或「媽咪」，肚子餓了、身體疲倦或不舒服，也不會開口抗議，令她的父母擔憂不已。在醫師建議下，某次他們帶蘿絲去農場遊玩，讓她多與動物接觸，他們驚訝地發現，蘿絲非常喜歡跟乳牛說話。如今，只要跟動物在一起，她便會立刻打開話匝子，滔滔不絕與動物說些大家聽不懂的話。
　蘿絲的母親艾絲梅開心地說：「我們以前從未聽過她開口說話，看她開始與乳牛說話，心中的喜悅真是難以形容。」女兒愛跟動物說話，讓她與丈夫戴夫燃起希望，兩人還以黑人喜劇演員艾迪．墨菲主演的電影《怪醫杜立德》，幫女兒取了「杜立德小姐」的可愛外號。儘管，蘿絲目前並無法跟艾迪墨菲飾演的杜立德醫生一樣，不僅能與動物說話話，也能正常說人話。
　小蘿西疑似罹患一種少見的染色體異常疾病，導致聲帶與氣管近端肌無力，阻礙正常言語的能力。另外，她也有學習障礙與自閉症。
　37歲的艾絲梅與41歲的戴夫．魏考克住在英格蘭赫福特郡的畢夏普史托福德市，兩人還有一個2歲大的小女兒露比。
　艾絲梅說：「當我們抵達農場看到乳牛，蘿絲整個人突然亢奮起來，起初我還以為聽錯了，再三確定我並沒有聽錯，她並不是真的說人聽得懂的話，而是在跟乳牛說話，雖然乳牛並沒有回應。」「蘿絲跟動物之間有種奇妙的連結，平常，她的眼睛很少會跟我們的眼睛接觸，也不太會呻吟或嘆息，但跟乳牛、馬兒在一起，她卻變得像老朋友一樣聊個不停。」
　艾絲梅又說：「她與動物的親密共鳴，讓許多人都感到驚奇，她從一個內向沉默的孩子，一下變得滔滔不絕。」
　魏考克夫婦如今計畫帶蘿絲前往美國接受進一步的診治，像是與海豚一起游泳，希望對她有所幫助，「只要她能有一丁點的進步，就非常值得了。」


出處：中國時報
版位：F2/國際新聞
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2008年1月3日 星期四

成語園地-動物篇與植物篇

英語成語園地-動物篇

台北植物園數位導覽資訊網

植物成語

植物成語大考驗

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