Software radios-survey, critical evaluation and future directions

This paper explores the relationship between gender identity and patterns of authorship in peer-reviewed journals as a lens for examining gendered knowledge production and the current status and visibility of men and women in American archaeology. Drawing on feminist theory and the feminist critique of science, I examine how gender imbalance and a lack of diversity continue to affect the work that archaeologists produce. The evaluation of publishing trends serves as a means to investigate knowledge valuation/validation in archaeology and lends insight into the control over archaeological narratives. Analysis of publicacion rates from 1990–2013 in a number of prestigious archaeology research journals (including American Antiquity) as well as smaller-scale regional journals reveals that strong gender differences persist in one of the major ways that data are disseminated to the American archaeological community. I suggest that these patterns are likely a result of authorial behavior, rather than editorial or reviewer bias, and conclude with a discussion of future directions for practitioners to pursue research on gender equity in the discipline.

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Developments in Validity Research in Second Language Performance Testing

The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics ◽

10.5750/bjll.v2i0.15 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 61-68

Author(s):

Hacer Hande Uysal

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Critical Evaluation ◽

Performance Testing ◽

Language Performance ◽

Future Directions ◽

Theoretical Approaches ◽

Critical Approaches ◽

Assessment Performance ◽

Second Language Performance ◽

Validity Research

The present paper aims to provide a short historical overview of the theoretical developments in validity research in second language performance testing. A comparative description and critical evaluation of different views such as the “Trinitarian approach” versus the construct validity model; “uniform approach,” versus “unified approach” as well as alternative and critical approaches to validation in L2 performance testing are presented. These various theoretical approaches are introduced in terms of their definitions of the validity concept, their suggested requirements for the validity research, and their attitudes towards reliability and theory while making interpretations of test scores. The paper also focuses on the current problems with the applicability of these theoretical approaches, and discusses future directions in validity research. Key words: Second language assessment, performance assessment, validity, reliability, validity research

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The Impact of Palliative Care: Present and Future

Journal of Palliative Care ◽

10.1177/082585978500100107 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 35-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elizabeth J. Latimer

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Palliative Care ◽

Symptom Control ◽

Critical Evaluation ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Future Directions ◽

Current Trends ◽

Care Health ◽

The Impact ◽

To Receive

Palliative care is a concept of care with philosophical basis comprising people who work in the field. It exists in relation to a system that stands more or less ready to receive it. The influence of palliative care on the present health care scene is significant. It is reflected in popular thought and literature, current trends in health care, health care literature, new approaches to pain and symptom control, and health sciences education. The factors that will affect the future impact of palliative care are variables related to its definition, the providers themselves, and the system in which it is established. Critical evaluation of the outcome for patients, families, and the system, although difficult in such a field, is essential to defining present activities and future directions.

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Sensors and microarrays in protein biomarker monitoring: an electrochemical perspective spots

Bioanalysis ◽

10.4155/bio-2020-0166 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (18) ◽

pp. 1337-1345

Author(s):

Jan Vacek ◽

Jan Hrbac

Keyword(s):

Critical Evaluation ◽

Laboratory Medicine ◽

Protein Biomarkers ◽

Future Directions ◽

Protein Biomarker ◽

Portable Sensors ◽

Electrochemical Devices ◽

Medicine Today ◽

Development And Validation ◽

New Protein

The development of clinically applicable portable sensors and multiplex protein biomarker assays is one of the most important goals of laboratory medicine today. Sensing strategies based on electrochemical devices are discussed in this overview, with special emphasis on detection principles derived from voltammetry, electrogenerated chemiluminescence, bipolar electrochemistry and impedance-based measurements. Up-to-date examples of electrochemical methods in biomedical research and development are highlighted here, including critical evaluation and future directions of the analysis, development and validation of new protein biomarkers.

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A Survey Of Software Radios: Reconfigurable Platforms, Development Tools And Future Directions

Radioelectronics Nanosystems Information Technologies ◽

10.17725/rensit.2020.12.207 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 207-218

Author(s):

Hassan Nasser ◽

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Abdelrazak Badawieh ◽

Abdulkarim Assalem ◽

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Keyword(s):

Future Directions ◽

Development Tools ◽

Software Radios ◽

Reconfigurable Platforms

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Electron Microscopy of Metal-Matrix Composites

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100069016 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

pp. 404-405

Author(s):

A. Lawley ◽

M. R. Pinnel ◽

A. Pattnaik

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Metal Matrix Composites ◽

Metal Matrix ◽

Critical Evaluation ◽

Elastic Behavior ◽

Matrix Composites ◽

Directionally Solidified ◽

Fracture Characteristics ◽

Broad Program

As part of a broad program on composite materials, the role of the interface on the micromechanics of deformation of metal-matrix composites is being studied. The approach is to correlate elastic behavior, micro and macroyielding, flow, and fracture behavior with associated structural detail (dislocation substructure, fracture characteristics) and stress-state. This provides an understanding of the mode of deformation from an atomistic viewpoint; a critical evaluation can then be made of existing models of composite behavior based on continuum mechanics. This paper covers the electron microscopy (transmission, fractography, scanning microscopy) of two distinct forms of composite material: conventional fiber-reinforced (aluminum-stainless steel) and directionally solidified eutectic alloys (aluminum-copper). In the former, the interface is in the form of a compound and/or solid solution whereas in directionally solidified alloys, the interface consists of a precise crystallographic boundary between the two constituents of the eutectic.

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