The renaissance of North American large rivers: synthesis of the special section

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin L. DeBruyne ◽  
Edward F. Roseman
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Large Rivers

La religion, objet juridique non identifié ? Approches comparées des opérations de droit et de ses effets sur le religieux

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
Valérie Amiraux ◽  
David Koussens
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
North American ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
North African ◽  
Interdisciplinary Perspective ◽  
Objective Tool

Over the last two decades, public discussions on religion, whether national, supranational or international, have emerged increasingly in the juridical arena (courts, tribunals and parliaments). This movement can be observed in North American and European contexts, as well as in North African and Middle-Eastern countries. This special section aims to investigate the following issues from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective: (1) The legitimacy of law, when used as an objective tool, to participate in the interpretation of religion; (2) The distributive effects of this process of interpretation, through its generation of definitions and assessment of the legitimacy of religion, in public and social life. The reflection on the centrality of law in the management of religion is a call for innovative theoretical and empirical research which focuses on the ways various actors engage in situations involving religion (participation, reaction, contestation, etc.).

The renaissance of ecosystem integrity in North American large rivers

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward F. Roseman ◽  
Robin L. DeBruyne
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Large Rivers ◽  
Ecosystem Integrity

Adaptation of the Connected Speech Test: Rerecording and Passage Equivalency

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan K. Saleh ◽  
Paula Folkeard ◽  
Ewan Macpherson ◽  
Susan Scollie
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
North American ◽  
First Language ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Connected Speech ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Speech Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Unit Standard

Purpose The original Connected Speech Test (CST; Cox et al., 1987) is a well-regarded and often utilized speech perception test. The aim of this study was to develop a new version of the CST using a neutral North American accent and to assess the use of this updated CST on participants with normal hearing. Method A female English speaker was recruited to read the original CST passages, which were recorded as the new CST stimuli. A study was designed to assess the newly recorded CST passages' equivalence and conduct normalization. The study included 19 Western University students (11 females and eight males) with normal hearing and with English as a first language. Results Raw scores for the 48 tested passages were converted to rationalized arcsine units, and average passage scores more than 1 rationalized arcsine unit standard deviation from the mean were excluded. The internal reliability of the 32 remaining passages was assessed, and the two-way random effects intraclass correlation was .944. Conclusion The aim of our study was to create new CST stimuli with a more general North American accent in order to minimize accent effects on the speech perception scores. The study resulted in 32 passages of equivalent difficulty for listeners with normal hearing.

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