scholarly journals The relationship between character viewpoint gesture and narrative structure in children

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-434
Author(s):  
FEY PARRILL ◽  
BRITTANY LAVANTY ◽  
AUSTIN BENNETT ◽  
ALAYNA KLCO ◽  
OZLEM ECE DEMIR-LIRA
Keyword(s):  
Reading Skills ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
First Session ◽  
Narrative Abilities

abstractWhen children tell stories, they gesture; their gestures can predict how their narrative abilities will progress. Five-year-olds who gestured from the point of view of a character (CVPT gesture) when telling stories produced better-structured narratives at later ages (Demir, Levine, & Goldin-Meadow, 2014). But does gesture just predict narrative structure, or can asking children to gesture in a particular way change their narratives? To explore this question, we instructed children to produce CVPT gestures and measured their narrative structure. Forty-four kindergarteners were asked to tell stories after being trained to produce CVPT gestures, gestures from an observer’s viewpoint (OVPT gestures), or after no instruction in gesture. Gestures were coded as CVPT or OVPT, and stories were scored for narrative structure. Children trained to produce CVPT gestures produced more of these gestures, and also had higher narrative structure scores compared to those who received the OVPT training. Children returned for a follow-up session one week later and narrated the stories again. The training received in the first session did not impact narrative structure or recall for the events of the stories. Overall, these results suggest a brief gestural intervention has the potential to enhance narrative structure. Due to the fact that stronger narrative abilities have been correlated with greater success in developing writing and reading skills at later ages, this research has important implications for literacy and education.

Narrative abilities of preschool bilingual Norwegian-Russian children

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 617-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Rodina
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Narrative Development ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Language Data ◽  
Language Exposure ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Interdependence Hypothesis ◽  
Narrative Abilities

Aim and objectives/purpose/research questions: The study aims at conducting a comprehensive examination of the initial stages of narrative development in both languages of typically developing Norwegian-Russian simultaneous bilinguals. The objective of the study was to investigate whether narrative structure (macrostructure) and narrative productivity (microstructure) are language-dependent abilities (cf. The Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis) and to explore language exposure effects on the narrative composites. Design/methodology/approach: The Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives was used to assess narrative comprehension and production in preschool Norwegian-Russian children ( N = 16, M = 4;6) as well as in Norwegian- ( N = 16, M = 4;5) and Russian monolinguals ( N = 16, M = 4;5). Data and analysis: Multiple regression and correlation analysis was conducted to establish the relationship between the narrative macro- and microstructure in bilinguals and through the bilingual–monolingual comparison. In addition, more detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis at each level was performed. Individual bilingual children’s data were also considered. Findings/conclusions: Overall the comparison of the narrative macro- and microstructure in the two languages of bilinguals supports the Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis. Norwegian-Russian children’s ability to compose and especially understand a story is equally developed in both languages. Exposure effects revealing the superiority of Norwegian, the majority language, are found primarily for microstructure measures. The complete picture is achieved through the bilingual–monolingual comparison, which suggests that narrative abilities in the minority language are sensitive to the amount of exposure and their acquisition can be vulnerable. Originality and significance/implications: The study provides new evidence on bilinguals’ narrative abilities in a previously unstudied language combination. The new evidence contributes to better understanding of the initial stages of narrative development in typically developing simultaneous bilinguals and establishing the norms for the relevant abilities. Importantly, the study highlights the importance of examining language data in both languages of a bilingual child.

scholarly journals The Narrative Structure and Postclassical Reality in G. R. Martin’s Epic Fantasy Novels A Song of Ice and Fire and the Television Series Game of Thrones

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-208
Author(s):  
Larisa Piskunova ◽  
Igor Yankov
Keyword(s):  
Social Reality ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
National Society ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Fantasy Novels ◽  
Dominant Point ◽  
Specific Position ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Relationship

The classical novels of the 19th century corresponded with early modern national society. At the beginning of the 21st century, serials have replaced classical novels in structuring the form of social reality. The narrative structure of Game of Thronescorresponded with postclassical, postcolonial social reality. The co-existence of different genres, the different types of co-existence between “realistic medieval” and mythological reality, the co-existence of different narrators without a dominant point of view, and the asynchrony of episodes and the dramatic unexpected turns of plot are specific features of forming non-linear space and time. The specific structure of narrative is connected with the specific position of the author and the relationship between the author, the narrators, and power. The depreciation of the ground mythological structure of narrative is a cause of the inflation of catharsis, and induces unlimited series events or an unfinished principal plot. Features of the narrative of Game of Thronesare correlated with the postclassical situation of the co-existence of different social phenomenon that deny each other, but are forced to be connected.

scholarly journals A comparative study of the relationship between the recovery of movement and the anatomical alignment in fractures around the elbow

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 847
Author(s):  
Manish Raj ◽  
Simrat Pal Singh Gill ◽  
Ajay Kumar Rajput ◽  
Santosh Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Satisfactory Result ◽  
Operative Procedure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Common Condition ◽  
Functional Point ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Anatomical Alignment ◽  
Lateral Axis

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The injury around the elbow joint is a common condition in any age group, especially in children as a result of fall, during the course of a child's normal play. The aim of the present study was to study the relationship between the recovery of movements and the anatomical alignment in fractures around the elbow.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> In the present study, 110 cases of fractures around elbow were included. The treatment with conservative or operative procedure depends on the surgeon concerned and his priorities. Sixty-six cases were treated conservatively, and 56 cases required operative intervention. At the time of follow up examination, cases were assessed as to the anatomical and functional point of view according to Flynn's criteria. We evaluated the reduction as per alignment in anteroposterior axis, lateral axis, and angulation. The patients were followed up for over 24 months.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Patients who had good anatomical alignment (grade A) showed 96.87% satisfactory result as compared to the patient who had fair anatomical alignment (91.66%) and poor anatomical alignment (54.54%). Thus in grade A where alignment was up to 76 points, we had satisfactory result in 96.87% patients, where as in grade C where alignment was less than 50 points, the result in 45.5% of patients was poor.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Patients who had good anatomical alignment achieved, showed higher recovery of movement compared to the patient who had fair anatomical alignment and poor anatomical alignment.</p>

scholarly journals Adjusting Lecture Style To Accommodate Student Reading Habits

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Socash
Keyword(s):  
Reading Skills ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Difficult Challenge ◽  
Instruction Style ◽  
Determining Factor

The reasons behind the reading habits of undergraduate MIS students were examined to learn from the students’ point of view why many don’t read the textbook.  Willingness to work hard on homework and project assignments and an appreciation of what is expected of them appears to be in place.  However, carrots, sticks, ruses and requests all meet with limited success when used to encourage reading assigned material.   Four sections of a required business school 2000-level MIS course were asked to respond anonymously to a questionnaire covering the course, textbooks, instructors, and personal reading habits.  Follow-up discussions in the classroom and with individuals volunteering comments provided additional insight.  In open discussions, one is led to believe limited time is the principal determining factor affecting reading habits.  In the questionnaire, admitting to not understanding the textbook material followed by lack of interest in the subject exceeded limited time as the main reasons for not reading.  Lack of interest can often be overcome by changes in instruction style and emphasis.  Working around or compensating for deficient reading skills is a more difficult challenge.  An analysis of the findings is presented in this paper along with the author’s reactions and thinking on restructuring lecture sessions, reading assignments, and presentation practices for teaching undergraduate MIS courses.   

Cara a cara electoral televisado. Análisis audiovisual de los debates entre los candidatos a la presidencia española | Face to face on television. Audiovisual analysis of the Spanish presidential election debates

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Quintas Froufe ◽  
Eva Quintas Froufe
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Marketing ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
The Relationship

ResumenEl poder que la televisión ejerce sobre la arena política no ha pasado desapercibido en el ámbito académico ni socio-político. Su presencia en los procesos políticos es constante, fruto de las posibilidades comunicativas que este medio ofrece en la contienda electoral. El marketing político utiliza la televisión cada vez con mayor asiduidad para dirigirse al electorado a través de uno de los componentes más característicos de las campañas televisadas: los debates electorales. Este artículo tiene como objetivo estudiar la relación existente entre televisión y política en la actualidad, centrándose en el caso particular de los debates electorales televisados. Se ha estudiado el fenómeno del debate electoral desde el punto de vista audiovisual, mediante el análisis de un caso concreto: los debates electorales entre los candidatos a la presidencia de gobierno española que han tenido lugar en 2008. Con esta finalidad, se ha analizado la estructura narrativa de los mismos para valorar las diferencias y similitudes en ambos debates.AbstractThe power that television exerts on the political arena has not remained undetected neither in the academic nor the socio-political fields. Their presence in the political processes is constant, the result of the communicative possibilities that this medium offers in the electoral contest. The political marketing uses television with increasing regularity in order to reach the electorate through one of the most characteristic components of the television campaign: the electoral debates. This article aims to explore the relationship between television and politics at present, focusing on the particular case of televised election debates. The phenomenon of electoral debate has been studied from the audiovisual point of view, through the analysis of a specific case: the election debates between candidates for president of the Spanish government that had taken place in 2008. With this aim, their narrative structure has been analysed in order to observe the differences and similarities between both debates.Palabras claveElecciones; Televisión; Campaña; Comunicación política; Imagen; Vídeo-política.KeywordsElections; Television; Campaign; Political communication; Image; Video-politics.

scholarly journals Two Mulan Films - Same Source, but Different Story: Comparisons on Camera Shot and Colour Styles

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 177-194
Author(s):  
Sogu Hong ◽  
Ejun Hong
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mise En Scene ◽  
Main Message ◽  
The Relationship

“Lady General Hua Mulan” and Disney “Mulan” are created from the same source “Ballad of Mulan”, which is the oldest known version of Mulan’s story. Nevertheless, these two works differ in many ways, such as the characters, Mulan's personality, narrative structure, theme, etc. These differences also affect the mise-en-scène of the work, resulting in a different use of camera techniques and colours. In the process of developing the narrative structure, the director uses various camera techniques and colours to effectively convey specific messages and emotions to the audience. This work examines what the artist intends to present to the audience while changing the distance, angle, or the relationship between the camera and the object, which are the basic elements of the objective point-of-view shot. Regarding the study of colour, this study focuses on the influence of the differences in the narrative structure of the two films on the choice of colour. Also, this study explains how the director uses colour to effectively convey the main message of the narrative.

Relationship between Thyroglobulin and Tumor Detectabilily with Thallium-201 in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (01) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Müller ◽  
Ch. Reiners ◽  
A. Bockisch ◽  
Katja Brandt-Mainz
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Cancer ◽  
Differentiated Thyroid Cancer ◽  
Roc Analysis ◽  
Tsh Suppression ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Test Specificity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Tumor Scintigraphy ◽  
Tsh Stimulation

Summary Aim: Tumor scintigraphy with 201-TICI is an established diagnostic method in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer. We investigated the relationship between thyroglobulin (Tg) level and tumor detectability. Subject and methods: We analyzed the scans of 122 patients (66 patients with proven tumor). The patient population was divided into groups with Tg above (N = 33) and below (N = 33) 5 ng/ml under TSH suppression or above (N = 33) and below (N = 33) 50 ng/ml under TSH stimulation. Tumor detectability was compared by ROC-analysis (True-Positive-Fraction test, specificity 90%). Results: There was no significant difference (sensitivity 75% versus 64%; p = 0.55) for patients above and below 5 ng/ml under TSH suppression and a just significant difference (sensitivity 80% versus 58%; p = 0.04) for patients above and below 50 ng/ml under TSH stimulation. In 18 patients from our sample with tumor, Tg under TSH suppression was negative, but 201-TICI-scan was able to detect tumor in 12 patients. Conclusion: Our results demonstrate only a moderate dependence of tumor detectability on Tg level, probably without significant clinical relevance. Even in patients with slight Tg elevation 201-TICI scintigraphy is justified.

Circulating matrix metaloproteinases as biomarkers in colorectalcancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Tumor Markers ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Tissue Inhibitors ◽  
Natural Tissue

The aim of this research is to offer comprehensive point of view related to perspective tumor markers called matrix metaloproteinases and their natural tissue inhibitors. Those markers are potentially useable mainly in postoperative follow-up in patients with colorectal cancer.

THE ROLE OF LITERACY METHODS IN MASTERING OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE BY STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Tsvetanka Tsenova
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Work ◽  
Developmental Dyslexia ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Empirical Verification ◽  
Literacy Methods ◽  
The Relationship

This article focuses on the relationship between literacy methods applied at school and the emergence of serious difficulties in mastering reading and writing skills that shape the developmental dyslexia. The problem was analyzed theoretically and subjected to empirical verification. Experimental work was presented which aims to study the phonological and global reading skills of 4- th grade students with and without dyslexia. Better global reading skills have been demonstrated in all tested children, and this is much more pronounced in those with dyslexia than their peers without disorders. Hence, the need to develop a special, corrective methodology for literacy of students with developmental dyslexia consistent with their psychopathological characteristics.

A Decade of Disparities in Diabetes Technology Use and HbA1c in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: A Trans-Atlantic Comparison

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ananta Addala ◽  
Marie Auzanneau ◽  
Kellee Miller ◽  
Werner Maier ◽  
Nicole Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Hemoglobin A1c ◽  
Diabetes Technology ◽  
Design And Methods ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes

<b>Objective:</b> As diabetes technology use in youth increases worldwide, inequalities in access may exacerbate disparities in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). We hypothesized an increasing gap in diabetes technology use by socioeconomic status (SES) would be associated with increased HbA1c disparities. <p> </p> <p><b>Research Design and Methods: </b>Participants aged <18 years with diabetes duration ≥1 year in the Type 1 Diabetes Exchange (T1DX, US, n=16,457) and Diabetes Prospective Follow-up (DPV, Germany, n=39,836) registries were categorized into lowest (Q1) to highest (Q5) SES quintiles. Multiple regression analyses compared the relationship of SES quintiles with diabetes technology use and HbA1c from 2010-2012 and 2016-2018. </p> <p> </p> <p><b>Results: </b>HbA1c was higher in participants with lower SES (in 2010-2012 & 2016-2018, respectively: 8.0% & 7.8% in Q1 and 7.6% & 7.5% in Q5 for DPV; and 9.0% & 9.3% in Q1 and 7.8% & 8.0% in Q5 for T1DX). For DPV, the association between SES and HbA1c did not change between the two time periods, whereas for T1DX, disparities in HbA1c by SES increased significantly (p<0.001). After adjusting for technology use, results for DPV did not change whereas the increase in T1DX was no longer significant.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Conclusions: </b>Although causal conclusions cannot be drawn, diabetes technology use is lowest and HbA1c is highest in those of the lowest SES quintile in the T1DX and this difference for HbA1c broadened in the last decade. Associations of SES with technology use and HbA1c were weaker in the DPV registry. </p>

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