By Xu Shixuan
A transnational language, Bisu is spoken within the border parts of China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos. It used to be first defined in Thailand within the Sixties, and is a vital member of the Bisoid department of the Burmese-Yipho staff in the Tibeto-Burman language relatives. different individuals of this department contain Phunoi, Sangkong, Mpi, and Pyen. this is often an English translation of a linguistic description of the Bisu spoken in Yunnan Province in southwestern China. the unique chinese language textual content was once written via Xu Shixuan of the Institute of Nationality reviews of the chinese language Academy of Social Sciences, as a part of the sequence Newly-Discovered Languages in China. the amount analyses and describes Bisu by way of its constitution, its courting to different languages within the similar kinfolk, and its socio-cultural history, featuring a complete and systematic evaluation of the language. There are huge discussions of the origins and kinds of personal loan phrases in Bisu, an in depth description of its dialects, in addition to quite a few charts of Burmese-Yipho cognates. the 2 appendices contain a lexicon of over 2,000 phrases and 3 Bisu odes. This thorough description of 1 of the lesser-known minority languages of China presents a superb list of a language whose speaker numbers are declining. furthermore, the exact gains of Bisu and the results of touch with different languages akin to Thai and Dai can supply new views within the research of Tibeto-Burman languages.
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The general effect of particulates is to cause fluid release and inflammation, preventing gas exchange in the alveolae. Inflammation of the terminal bronchioles can result in complete blockage. 1 Particle deposition in respiratory system. ß Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2010 Introduction to fire toxicity 15 the alveolae from higher surface tension of the fluid. 5 "m) penetrate into the lung interstitium (between the alvelolar surface and the blood capillaries), where they have been shown to be particularly dangerous, causing interstitial and luminal oedema.
The assignation of cause of death is made by the pathologist (see Chapter 5). 48 In many cases it has not been possible to unambiguously identify the cause of death, since the victim may be severely burnt, but also have a high level of carboxyhaemoglobin in their blood. Given that some of the unspecified deaths may also have been overcome by toxic gas and smoke it is reasonable to assume that fire toxicity is responsible for over 50% of fire deaths in the UK. 3 shows the trend in causes of fire deaths48,49 from 1955 to 2006.
The general effect of particulates is to cause fluid release and inflammation, preventing gas exchange in the alveolae. Inflammation of the terminal bronchioles can result in complete blockage. 1 Particle deposition in respiratory system. ß Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2010 Introduction to fire toxicity 15 the alveolae from higher surface tension of the fluid. 5 "m) penetrate into the lung interstitium (between the alvelolar surface and the blood capillaries), where they have been shown to be particularly dangerous, causing interstitial and luminal oedema.