An Evaluation of the Rheumatology Periodical Literature used in Britain and the USA

1972 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 119-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. THORPE
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Organization And Administration ◽  
Periodical Literature ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Medical Libraries ◽  
The Uk

An application of the Gross and Gross method for the evaluation of periodicals to the literature of rheumatology used by workers in the UK and USA, has shown that a relatively small number of English language periodicals, the majority of which are not specialist rheumatology ones, contain a high percentage of the relevant papers.It is hoped that this data will be of value in the organization and administration of medical libraries and information units, and useful to the rheumatologist anxious to regularly scan those periodicals which are potentially of the most use to him.

The Use of Biomedical Periodical Literature at the National Lending Library for Science and Technology

1970 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 46-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. N. Wood ◽  
C. A. Bower
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Periodical Literature ◽  
Lending Library ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Language Characteristics ◽  
One Year ◽  
Biomedical Publications ◽  
The Uk

The paper reports the results of a two week questionnaire survey of the use of biomedical periodical literature carried out at the UK National Lending Library in February 1969. The survey was designed to discover the subject, date and language characteristics of the borrowed literature, the most frequently requested journals, and the most popular sources of-references to biomedical publications.The loans were spread over 1,084 titles, although 9 per cent of the issues involved only 2 per cent of the titles. The literature in most demand was less than one year old and in the case of medicine 50 per cent of the requests were for literature less than 3½ years old. The half-life for the biological literature was somewhat longer at 5¾ years. The majority of issues (87.8 per cent) involved English language periodicals.Overall, the principal sources of references to the requested literature were citation lists in other periodical articles. Regarding the more recent literature, however, abstracting and indexing journals were the primary sources of information. For medical references Index Medicus was the most used indexing publication, and for biological references Current Contents.

scholarly journals The Discourse of Migration in English-language Online Newspapers: An Analysis of Images

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 421-433
Author(s):  
Helene Schmolz
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Usa Today ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Do So

AbstractThis paper examines English-language online newspapers from the UK, the USA and Australia and analyses the images of news articles about migration. To do so, the newspapers The Guardian, USA Today and The Sydney Morning Herald have been chosen and news articles collected in August 2016. The corpus consists of 650 news articles comprising about half a million of words. From these, 1,300 images have been extracted, sorted into migration- and not migration-related images and then grouped thematically. Selected and high-frequency categories are examined in more detail, example images analysed more closely, and patterns found and common characteristics are discussed. Investigating a larger image corpus is rare in discourse analysis and is still missing for migration-related issues.

scholarly journals Availability and marketing of food and beverages to children through sports settings: a systematic review

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1373-1379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary-Ann Carter ◽  
R Edwards ◽  
L Signal ◽  
J Hoek
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
English Language ◽  
Food Environments ◽  
Food And Beverages ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

AbstractObjectiveThe current systematic review aimed to identify and critically appraise research on food environments in sports settings, including research into the types of food and beverages available, the extent and impact of food and beverage sponsorship and marketing, and views about food environments among key stakeholders.DesignA systematic review. Fourteen English-language studies (two were papers describing different facets of the same study), published between 1985 and 2011, were identified from searches of electronic databases and bibliographies of primary studies.SettingMost studies originated from Australia (n 10), with the remaining studies originating in the UK (n 1), New Zealand (n 1), the USA (n 1) and Canada (n 1). Data were collected from observations in stadia, websites and televised sports events, through in-depth interviews, focus groups and surveys with sports club members, parents and quick serve restaurant managers.ResultsLiterature exploring food environments in sports settings was limited and had some important methodological limitations. No studies comprehensively described foods available at clubs or stadia, and only one explored the association between food and beverage sponsorship and club incomes. Club policies focused on the impact of health promotion funding rather than the impact of sponsorship or food availability in sports settings.ConclusionsFurther research, including comprehensive studies of the food environment in sports settings, is required to document the availability, sponsorship and marketing of food and beverages at national, regional and club levels and to estimate how sports settings may influence children's diets.

scholarly journals Bibliographic and content analysis of articles on education from Vietnam indexed in Scopus from 2009 to 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuong Huu Nguyen ◽  
Loc Thi My Nguyen ◽  
Trung Tran ◽  
Tien-Trung Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Equity In Education ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the bibliographic characteristics and content of articles on education published in Scopus-indexed journals by authors with Vietnamese affiliations from 2009 to 2018.Methods: Scopus was searched on July 6, 2019 using the search option “affiliation country,” with “Vietnam OR Viet Nam” as the country name, and “subject area” as “social sciences AND education.”Results: A total of 193 articles were identified. They were classified by publication year, co-authors’ country, affiliation, subarea, journal, and author. Content analysis of these articles demonstrated that the number of publications on education from Vietnam in Scopus increased rapidly during the last 10 years. The top five countries of co-authors were Australia, the USA, New Zealand, the UK, and the Netherlands. The main research subfields were English-language teaching, pedagogy, and educational management.Conclusion: Although Vietnamese education researchers collaborated with colleagues in developed countries to publish papers, there was still a lack of articles discussing global trends in education, such as cross-border education, equity in education, and international assessment programs.

scholarly journals New Englishes Norms: A Reality or an Intellectual Ideal?

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Chandrik Balasubramanian ◽  
Adel AbuRadwan
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Salman Rushdie ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Global Nature ◽  
Pedagogical Models ◽  
The Uk

It is now widely accepted that English does not belong to the traditional native speaker countries such as the UK or the USA, and that English across the world has diversified and established roots in different parts of the world. Given this, studies have emerged, that focus on New Englishes being systems unto themselves, and not merely erroneous versions of more traditional “native” Englishes (Rajagopalan, 2012). Scholars today are calling for descriptions of New Englishes to form the bases of New English handbooks, which, they claim, could serve as pedagogical models. Linguists like Lange (2011) and Kachru (1994) and literary figures such as Salman Rushdie alike have called for the recognition of New Englishes to be accepted and used in order to better reflect the global nature of the language The aim of this study is to determine whether new international varieties of English are acceptable among language teachers. Specifically, the paper investigates how acceptable certain well-documented New Englishes structures are among English language professionals working at the tertiary level in the Arab world and North America. The results show that while participants are, in general, more tolerant of New English structures in students’ spoken forms than in both students and their own written forms, they stated that they would not use any of the structures in their own writing. Results also show that the respondents’ native language, specialization and educational qualifications are factors that impact their acceptance of these forms.

scholarly journals School of English for Business Administration

2014 ◽  
pp. 209-211
Author(s):  
S. N. Ledenyova
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
English Language ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
International Economic Relations ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Uk

Department of English Language № 4 was established in 1975 in order to work with students of the Faculty of International Economic Relations, Faculty of International Business and Business Administration and part-time students. Since 2001, the Department works exclusively with the students of the faculty of International Business Administration. Svetlana Ledenyova, PhD in Philology, Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation is the Head of the Department, Effective teaching of English is achieved by inspired members of the department, specializing in linguistic and economic education. Most of them have received their education at leading universities in the UK and the USA. Over the past few years the Department published eight textbooks and other learning materials

Analytical study of open access health and medical repositories

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayaz Ahmad Loan ◽  
Shueb Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
English Language ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Language Diversity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Open Archive Initiative ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Metadata Harvesting ◽  
Linguistic Assessment

Purpose This study aims to assess open access (OA) repositories in the field of the health and medicine (H&M) available in the Directory of the Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) by analysing their various facets like geographical distribution, language diversity, collection size, content types, operational status, interoperability, updating policy and software used for content management. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the objectives of the study, the OpenDOAR was selected as a source for identifying the H&M repositories. The required data were manually collected from 1 to 30 April 2014 and analysed using various quantitative techniques to reveal the findings. Findings The results reveal that the OpenDOAR lists 254 repositories in the field of the H&M contributed by the 62 countries of the world, topped by the USA (15.4 per cent), followed by Japan (7.9 per cent) and the UK (7.5 per cent). The majority of the repositories are institutional (187, 73.6 per cent) in nature, having less than 5,000 items (161, 63.4 per cent) in the collection and mostly consisting of articles (76.0 per cent), theses (49.6 per cent), unpublished documents (33.1 per cent) and books (31.9 per cent). The linguistic assessment shows that the majority of the H&M repositories accept content written in English language (71.3 per cent), followed by Spanish (16.1 per cent) and Japanese (7.5 per cent). The updating policy of these repositories is not up to the mark, as only 67.0 per cent of the H&M repositories have been updated from 2008-2012, but the majority are still operational (91.7 per cent) and are compatible (67.3 per cent) with the Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). About 30 software brands, both commercial and open source, have been used by administrators for creating these repositories and managing their content. DSpace is the most popular software used by 88 (34.7 per cent) repositories, followed by EPrints (43, 16.9 per cent) and Digital Commons (18, 7.1 per cent). Research limitations/implications The scope of this study is limited to the health and medical repositories listed in OpenDOAR, and hence the generalisation is to be cautioned. Practical implications This study is useful for library and information professionals and health and medical professionals across the globe. Originality/value This study is the first attempt to analyse the health and medical repositories in OA sites.

scholarly journals The Influence of Anglicism on French Language——Enrichment or Danger

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Huiwen Yuan
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
French Language ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Original Language ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

The phenomenon of Anglicism is one of the hot linguistic topics which exists in almost every language in the world, especially in the French language. We look back to the history of English and French, and introduce the definition and classification of Anglicism. Considering the predominant place of the UK and the USA in many fields, the English language undoubtedly becomes Lingua franca in recent years.In certain high-tech domains, there are some irreplaceable words or the words which can't be translated properly in the target language. In order to introduce relative concepts, we have to ask the original language for help. That's how the Anglicism appears. And since then, the Anglicism has grown rapidly.By analyzing the history of the two languages, the origin of Anglicism and its development, we try to find out whether the phenomenon of Anglicism causes positive or negative effects for the French language.

scholarly journals Pronouns as Means of Impersonal Presentation in English Quality Press

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Pavel Skorupa ◽  
Tatjana Dubovičienė
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The Body ◽  
Grammatical Category ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Wall Street Journal ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Political Economic

The current paper presents the analysis of pronouns as means of impersonal presentation in English quality press. The article gives the definition of the pronoun as a grammatical category and describes the use and purpose of impersonalization strategies. The data for the investigation was taken from the international English quality newspapers: The Financial Times (UK) and The Wall Street Journal (US), which are the leading daily broadsheet newspapers in the UK and the USA having millions of both print and online subscribers worldwide. The articles on political, economic, and social issues were chosen on a random basis and scrutinized for pronouns as means of impersonal presentation of fact. The body of 187 cases of impersonalization chosen for the analysis were divided into groups with focus on the grammatical category they belong to. The most and least often used classes of pronouns were identified and compared. The results of the current study may be useful for editors, journalists, writers, as well as for further study of impersonalization strategies in the English language.

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