scholarly journals CAPITALISING ON TRANSLATION MARKET DATA IN THE FIELD OF COMMERCIAL LAW

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 89-115
Author(s):  
Edyta WIĘCŁAWSKA
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
English Language ◽  
National Court ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Commercial Law ◽  
Search Criterion ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

The author presents data gathered in an online survey questionnaire (https://www.interankiety.pl/i/RGmj5rDv) which is a part of a broader research project related to the quality of translation of English language documents in the field of commercial law that are processed in the judicial registration proceedings in reference to the entities subject to registration at the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register (RP, KRS). The questions and hypotheses posed by the author relate to the relationship or comparison of nation-wide data concerning cases with foreign element in the context of the documents in translation on file in the National Court Register (source texts and their certified translations).The survey is the first stage of this project and has been ascribed a number of aims: allowing for a definition of the genre profile of the corpus texts; identifying the general sociologically conditioned tendencies in their structure; and – primarily – determining the practically feasible search criterion for compiling a design corpus for further quantitative and qualitative analysis of selected language structures (the ensuing stages of the said project). 

scholarly journals The Prevalence and Motivation of the Undeclared Employment in Latvia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 148-158
Author(s):  
Ieva Nagle ◽  
Ilvija Ulmane ◽  
Aleksandra Sutova ◽  
Bruno Bergmanis ◽  
Maris Juruss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Current Definition ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Math Motivation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

Until recently a common practice to combat undeclared employment in Latvia was to provide wide inspections in risk economic sections. New knowledge about the motivation of undeclared employment motivation has raised considerable concerns about the quality of the existing practices. The goal of this study is to investigate the prevalence and motivation of the undeclared employment in Latvia in order to accept/confirm or to deny/reject these concerns. This paper delivers the results of qualitative analysis of the survey that authors undertook. The results show that the current definition of undeclared employment in Latvia cannot be considered as fully supported by society, because the perception of the need to declare employment differs significantly depending on the employment regularity and the relationship with the employer. The authors found that the results obtained in the study on the prevalence of undeclared income do not differ significantly from the results obtained in the previous study of Putnins and Sauka (2018) with the leading “hard math” motivation.

Productive Vocabulary Knowledge of ESL Learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulmalik Usman ◽  
Dahiru Musa Abdullahi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Frequency Profile ◽  
Esl Learners ◽  
The Relationship

The paper seeks to investigate the level of productive knowledge of ESL learners, the writing quality and the relationship between the vocabulary knowledge and the writing quality. 150 final year students of English language in a university in Nigeria were randomly selected as respondents. The respondents were asked to write an essay of 300 words within one hour. The essays were typed into Vocab Profiler of Cobb (2002) and analyzed the Lexical Frequency Profile of the respondents. The essays were also assessed by independent examiners using a standard rubric. The findings reveal that the level of productive vocabulary knowledge of the respondents is limited. The writing quality of the majority of the respondent is fair and there is a significant correlation between vocabulary and the witting quality of the subjects. The researchers posit that productive vocabulary is the predictor of writing quality and recommend various techniques through which teaching and learning of vocabulary can be improved.

scholarly journals Evaluating and Validating Emotion Elicitation Using English and Arabic Movie Clips on a Saudi Sample

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 2218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharifa Alghowinem ◽  
Roland Goecke ◽  
Michael Wagner ◽  
Areej Alwabil
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
English Language ◽  
Recognition Rate ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Behavioural Responses ◽  
Emotion Elicitation ◽  
Video Clips ◽  
Multiclass Svm ◽  
The Relationship

With the advancement of technology in both hardware and software, estimating human affective states has become possible. Currently, movie clips are used as they are a widely-accepted method of eliciting emotions in a replicable way. However, cultural differences might influence the effectiveness of some video clips to elicit the target emotions. In this paper, we describe several sensors and techniques to measure, validate and investigate the relationship between cultural acceptance and eliciting universal expressions of affect using movie clips. For emotion elicitation, a standardised list of English language clips, as well as an initial set of Arabic video clips are used for comparison. For validation, bio-signal devices to measure physiological and behavioural responses associated with emotional stimuli are used. Physiological and behavioural responses are measured from 29 subjects of Arabic background while watching the selected clips. For the six emotions’ classification, a multiclass SVM (six-class) classifier using the physiological and behavioural measures as input results in a higher recognition rate for elicited emotions from Arabic video clips (avg. 60%) compared to the English video clips (avg. 52%). These results might reflect that using video clips from the subjects’ culture is more likely to elicit the target emotions. Besides measuring the physiological and behavioural responses, an online survey was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of the selected video clips in eliciting the target emotions. The online survey, having on average 220 respondents for each clip, supported the findings.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KUALITAS STRATEGI MEMBACA TERHADAP PRESTASI AKADEMIK

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-115
Author(s):  
Suprihadi Suprihadi ◽  
Muh. Syafei
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
The Relationship

The dual-role of the students of English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muria Kudus University as both English language learners and language users gets them to be autonomous, effective, efficient, and strategic readers. The objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between quality of the reading strategy and academic achievement of the students. The subjects of this research were 104 students of EED UMK comprising of all semesters taken randomly. The instrument used was closed-ended questionnaire. The result of this research reveals that there is no relationship between quality of the reading strategy and academic achievement, meaning that the quality of reading strategy does not influence the academic achievement of the students. Implikasions and recommendations for the institution and for further research were proposed.

Exploring Player Understandings of Historical Accuracy and Historical Authenticity in Video Games

2021 ◽  
pp. 155541202110618
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Burgess ◽  
Christian Jones
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Forum ◽  
Historical Accuracy ◽  
Historical Authenticity ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Practical Implications

Video games such as the successful Assassin’s Creed series allow consumers to engage with various historical contexts and to explore them in engaging and influential ways. However, it is unclear what consumers understand as the difference between the historical authenticity and historical accuracy used by developers in these games. Therefore, this research explored players of Assassin’s Creed games’ understanding of these two concepts and how they expected developers to utilize them. The study used a qualitative analysis of 959 online forum comments and an online survey with 88 respondents. While it was found that players understood historical accuracy and valued it in video games, historical authenticity prompted confusion with 43% describing it as the same as historical accuracy. The results were used to develop a new player-centric definition of historical authenticity to clarify player understandings and present useful and practical implications for developers and publishers.

scholarly journals Development of ARCADIA: a tool for assessing the quality of peer-review reports in biomedical research

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. e035604
Author(s):  
Cecilia Superchi ◽  
Darko Hren ◽  
David Blanco ◽  
Roser Rius ◽  
Alessandro Recchioni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Final Version ◽  
Report Quality ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Review Reports ◽  
Definition Of

ObjectiveTo develop a tool to assess the quality of peer-review reports in biomedical research.MethodsWe conducted an online survey intended for biomedical editors and authors. The survey aimed to (1) determine if participants endorse the proposed definition of peer-review report quality; (2) identify the most important items to include in the final version of the tool and (3) identify any missing items. Participants rated on a 5-point scale whether an item should be included in the tool and they were also invited to comment on the importance and wording of each item. Principal component analysis was performed to examine items redundancy and a general inductive approach was used for qualitative data analysis.ResultsA total of 446 biomedical editors and authors participated in the survey. Participants were mainly male (65.9%), middle-aged (mean=50.3, SD=13) and with PhD degrees (56.4%). The majority of participants (84%) agreed on the definition of peer-review report quality we proposed. The 20 initial items included in the survey questionnaire were generally highly rated with a mean score ranging from 3.38 (SD=1.13) to 4.60 (SD=0.69) (scale 1–5). Participants suggested 13 items that were not included in the initial list of items. A steering committee composed of five members with different expertise discussed the selection of items to include in the final version of the tool. The final checklist includes 14 items encompassed in five domains (Importance of the study, Robustness of the study methods, Interpretation and discussion of the study results, Reporting and transparency of the manuscript, Characteristics of peer reviewer’s comments).ConclusionAssessment of Review reports with a Checklist Available to eDItors and Authors tool could be used regularly by editors to evaluate the reviewers’ work, and also as an outcome when evaluating interventions to improve the peer-review process.

Dietary Service Staffing Impact Nutritional Quality in Nursing Homes

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 639-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly M. Smith ◽  
Kali S. Thomas ◽  
Shanthi Johnson ◽  
Hongdao Meng ◽  
Kathryn Hyer
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Certified Nursing Assistants ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Nutrition Services ◽  
Service Staff ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: To examine the relationship between dietary service staff and dietary deficiency citations in nursing homes (NHs). Method: 2007-2011 Online Survey and Certification and Reporting data for 14,881 freestanding NHs were used to examine the relationship between dietary service staff and the probability of receiving a dietary service–related deficiency citation. An unconditional logit model with random effects was employed. Results: Findings suggest that higher staffing levels for dietitians (odds ratio [OR] = .955; p < .01), dietary service personnel (OR = .996; p < .01), and certified nursing assistants (CNAs; OR = .981; p < .05) decrease the likelihood of receiving a dietary service deficiency citation. Conclusion: Higher levels of dietary service and CNA staffing levels have the potential to improve the quality of nutritional care in NHs. Findings help substantiate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed rules for more stringent Food and Nutrition Services in the NH setting and signify the need for further research relative to the impact of dietary service staff on nutritional and clinical outcomes.

scholarly journals Cancer Cachexia: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire L. Donohoe ◽  
Aoife M. Ryan ◽  
John V. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Host Response ◽  
Cancer Cachexia ◽  
Resting Energy Expenditure ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Therapeutic Agents ◽  
Progressive Weight Loss ◽  
Slow Progress ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

Cachexia is a multifactorial process of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue atrophy resulting in progressive weight loss. It is associated with poor quality of life, poor physical function, and poor prognosis in cancer patients. It involves multiple pathways: procachectic and proinflammatory signals from tumour cells, systemic inflammation in the host, and widespread metabolic changes (increased resting energy expenditure and alterations in metabolism of protein, fat, and carbohydrate). Whether it is primarily driven by the tumour or as a result of the host response to the tumour has yet to be fully elucidated. Cachexia is compounded by anorexia and the relationship between these two entities has not been clarified fully. Inconsistencies in the definition of cachexia have limited the epidemiological characterisation of the condition and there has been slow progress in identifying therapeutic agents and trialling them in the clinical setting. Understanding the complex interplay of tumour and host factors will uncover new therapeutic targets.

scholarly journals The Association between Hope and Quality of Life among Adolescents with Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-328
Author(s):  
Ai Mardhiyah ◽  
Koshy Philip ◽  
Henny Suzana Mediani ◽  
Iyus Yosep
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
English Language ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: Hope has been identified as a protective factor that contributes to achieving a better quality to life, especially in patients with chronic disease. The purpose of this review was to synthesize current knowledge about the relationship between hope and quality of life among adolescents living with chronic illnesses.Methods: We searched major English-language databases (PsycINFO, PubMed, and CINAHL) for studies from January 1, 2002 to July 12, 2019. Studies were included if they provided data on hope and its relationship with quality of life among adolescents with chronic diseases.Results: In total, five articles were selected from the 336 studies that were retrieved. All five studies reported a positive correlation between hope and quality of life, such that people with a higher level of hope had a better quality of life. Hope was found to have direct and indirect effects on quality of life in adolescents with chronic diseases.Conclusion: Healthcare professionals should make more efforts to enhance hope in adolescents with chronic diseases in order to improve their quality of life. Future studies exploring how hope develops in adolescents with chronic diseases and the long-term impact of hope on quality of life are necessary.

scholarly journals Pengaruh e-CRM terhadap Kualitas Hubungan dan Hasil dengan Atribut Layanan dan Pemulihan Layanan sebagai Variabel Mediasi

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Rini Apriyanti ◽  
Fatchur Rohman ◽  
Nur Khusniyah Indrawati
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Quality And Outcomes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Service Attribute

This research is expected to find out more about the effect of e-Customer Relationship Management (e-CRM) on relationship quality and outcomes by using service attributes and service recovery as a mediating variable for customers of PT BCA Tbk, The Main Branch of Malang. This study uses a quantitative approach by explanatory research. An online survey method which was conducted on 132 priority customer of PT BCA Tbk The Main Branch of Malang. The analytical method uses SEM-PLS. This research shows that the quality of the relationship results is significantly influenced by e-CRM, and is also significantly and directly influenced by service attributes and service recovery. Each service attributes and service recovery were found to act as mediators in this study, namely partially mediating e-CRM on relationship quality and results. The results also convey that e-CRM can directly and significantly influence each service attribute and service recovery. It's miles hoped this research can assist practitioners in improving the relationship quality and outcomes of the company and customer relationships with e-CRM, through service attributes and service recovery.

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