Scalar Relaxation of the Second Kind. A Potential Source of Information on the Dynamics of Molecular Movements. 4. Molecules with Collinear C–H and C–Br Bonds

To test the hypothesis that population-specific pheromones guide adult salmonids to their natal streams, juvenile and adult coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were tested for chemosensory responses in two-choice tanks. Coho salmon from Quinsam and Big Qualicum rivers, British Columbia, Canada, distinguished their own population from the other. Tagging evidence indicates that straying between these two rivers and a third, geographically intermediate river seldom occurs. Thus, population-specific chemicals constitute a potential source of information for homing coho salmon, though their role vis-à-vis imprinted odors from other sources could not be evaluated.

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“Enwau Prydeinig gwyn?” Problematizing the idea of “White British” names and naming practices from a Welsh perspective

AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples ◽

10.1177/1177180118786244 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 251-259

Author(s):

Sara Louise Wheeler

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Underlying Assumption ◽

Cultural Community ◽

Personal Names ◽

Potential Source ◽

Source Of Information ◽

Opening Up ◽

Naming Practices

Our personal names are a potential source of information to those around us regarding several interconnected aspects of our lives, including our: ethnic, geographic, linguistic and cultural community of origin, and perhaps our national identity. However, interpretations regarding identifiably “White British” names and naming practices are problematic, due to the incorrect underlying assumption of a homogeneity in the indigenous communities of ‘Britain.’ The field of names and naming is a particularly good example of the wide linguistic and cultural chasm between the Welsh and English indigenous ‘British’ communities, and thus the generally paradoxical concept of “Britishness” in its wider sense. In this paper, I will explore names and naming practices which are particularly distinctive to a Welsh context, thus unearthing and opening up for wider debate the hidden diversity within the assumed and imposed category of “White British privilege.”

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Word Shape as a Cue to the Identity of a Word: An Analysis of the Kučera and Francis (1967) Word List

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A ◽

10.1080/14640748708401809 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 39 (4) ◽

pp. 675-700 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Peter Walker

Keyword(s):

Word Recognition ◽

Experimental Approach ◽

Word List ◽

Reading Performance ◽

Potential Utility ◽

Potential Source ◽

Lower Case ◽

Small Set ◽

Source Of Information ◽

Word Shape

A word printed in lower-case letters has a characteristic shape as a result of the pattern created by its ascending, descending and neutral letters. The importance of word shape as a cue in word recognition, though debated for many years, has still to be satisfactorily resolved. On the assumption that the utility of a word's shape will depend on the extent to which it precludes all but a relative small set of candidate words, a promising approach to the issue compares reading performance for words with rare versus common shapes. As a prerequisite to this experimental approach, however, the distinctiveness of different word shapes needs to be determined. To this end, all of the three- to seven-letter words from the Kučera and Francis (1967) corpus were analysed. This revealed that although word shape in itself is rarely adequate to uniquely identify a word, when it is combined with knowledge of other orthographic features its potential utility is enhanced considerably. Examination of the distribution of letter types across letter positions within words revealed a potential source of information concerning word boundaries. It is suggested that this information may contribute to reading when, for example, the interword spacing is tight. The association of word-shape distinctiveness with a number of other word features is also reported.

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YouTube as a potential source of information on deep venous thrombosis

Phlebology The Journal of Venous Disease ◽

10.1177/0268355516673795 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (8) ◽

pp. 543-547 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mehmet Ş Bademci ◽

Serkan Yazman ◽

Tevfik Güneş ◽

Gokhan Ocakoglu ◽

Kaptanderya Tayfur ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Deep Vein Thrombosis ◽

Treatment Modalities ◽

Medical Professionals ◽

Scientific Content ◽

Exclusion Criteria ◽

Vein Thrombosis ◽

Potential Source ◽

Scientific Accuracy ◽

Deep Vein ◽

Source Of Information

Background No work has been reported on the use of video websites to learn about deep vein thrombosis and the value of education using them. We examined the characteristics and scientific accuracy of videos related to deep vein thrombosis on YouTube. Methods YouTube was surveyed using no filter and the key words ‘deep vein thrombosis’ and ‘leg vein clot’ in June 2016. The videos evaluated were divided into three groups in terms of their scientific content, accuracy, and currency: useful, partly useful, and useless. Results Of the 1200 videos watched, 715 (59.58%) were excluded with the exclusion criteria. Although most of the videos uploaded (22.9%, n = 111) were created by physicians, the number of views for website-based videos was significantly higher (p = 0.002). When the uploaded videos were assessed in terms of their usefulness, videos from physicians and hospitals were statistically more useful than other videos (p < 0.001). Conclusions For videos created by medical professionals to be of higher quality, we believe they should be more up-to-date and comprehensive, and contain animations about treatment modalities and early diagnosis in particular.

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The internet as a potential source of information about radiological procedures for patients

Journal of Digital Imaging ◽

10.1007/bf03168340 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 46-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Karen M. Horton ◽

Melissa R. Garland ◽

Elliot K. Fishman

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Potential Source ◽

Radiological Procedures ◽

Source Of Information

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Knowledge and attitude about eye donation amongst anganwadi workers in a rural block of Pune district in India: a quasi experimental study

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203535 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (9) ◽

pp. 3669

Author(s):

Amruta Barhate ◽

Prasad Pore ◽

Amol Nath

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Corneal Transplantation ◽

Potential Source ◽

Corneal Transplants ◽

Before And After ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire ◽

Source Of Information ◽

Eye Donation

Background: Corneal diseases constitute a significant cause of visual impairment and blindness in India. Corneal transplantation is a major solution for this. In order to increase the corneal transplants, motivation of rural population is must to increase eye donation rates. Anganwadi workers (AWWs) constitute a major potential source of information in rural areas which needs to be educated to increase the procurement of corneas. The aims and objectives of the study was to compare the knowledge and attitude about eye donation amongst AWWs in rural Pune before and after intervention.Methods: The study was conducted in a randomly selected block of Pune. A pre-designed, pre-tested, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was filled by the AWWs. A session on eye donation was conducted. The AWWs again filled the same questionnaire.Results: Study comprised of 86 AWWs, seventy-one (%) AWWs were aware about eye donation. Media was the main source of information followed by doctors. About 25.6% workers knew that cornea is the part of eye used for transplant. Eyes can be donated within 6 hours of death was known to 61.6% participants. A significant increase in the knowledge and attitude about eye donation occurred after intervention and most of them were willing to pledge for their eyes.Conclusions: Simple intervention in the form of lectures and short talks can make a significant change in the knowledge and attitude of AWWs.

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