Dyslexia: It's Real

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 978-978
Author(s):  
Ralph Cobrinik
Keyword(s):  
Dyslexic Child ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
Do So

Dr Levine's commentary1 is a disservice to children with dyslexia. While there are other reasons for learning problems, as he points out, many children suffer from this specific entity. It is of more than academic interest that dyslexia finally be recognized and accepted; failure to do so will serve to perpetuate the voo-doo "diagnoses" and "therapy" so many of these children are subjected to. My definition,2 "A dyslexic child is one in whom there are no or almost no signs of neurological, intellectual, environmental, or primary psychological pathology, who has had adequate pedagogic exposure, and still is unable to read or spell with the same degree of success that he experiences in other areas," defines a large specific group of children who deserve to have their problems specifically addressed.

Respect and Criminal Justice

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabrielle Watson
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Justice Practice ◽  
Do So

Respect and Criminal Justice offers the first study of ‘respect’ in criminal justice in England and Wales, where the value is elusive but of persisting significance. The book takes the form of a sustained critique of the ‘respect deficit’ in policing and imprisonment. It is especially concerned with the ways in which both institutions are merely constrained and not characterised by respect. It emerges that they appeal to the word ‘respect’—relying on its inclusive ethos in official discourse when it is expedient to do so—but rarely and only superficially address the prior question of what it is to respect and be respected. Despite academic interest in the democratic design of these institutions in recent decades, respect is more akin to a slogan than a foundational value of criminal justice practice.

scholarly journals A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH ON PRESS CONFERENCE

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioana Olariu ◽  
Bogdan Nichifor
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Press Conference ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Major Interest ◽  
Integrated Communications ◽  
Do So

A press conference is an important tool of public relations. The primary role of public relations is to manage a company’s reputation and help build public consent for its enterprises. The goal of PR is to develop and maintain goodwill with most, if not all, of its publics. Failure to do so may mean loss of customers and revenues, time lost dealing with complaints or lawsuits, and loss of esteem. A company’s publics change constantly. Well-executed public relations is an ongoing process that molds good long-term relationships and plays an important role in relationship marketing and integrated communications. Companies often call press conference when they have significant news to announce, such as the introduction of a new product or advertising campaign. Although used less often by organizations and corporations, this form of delivery can be very effective. The topic must be of major interest to a specific group before it is likely to gain coverage.

scholarly journals Is cultural intimacy crucial? Simit Sarayi at Obilicev Venac in Belgrade: Heterotopia, non-place and place of “others”?

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-476
Author(s):  
Laurent Tournois ◽  
Gordana Djeric
Keyword(s):  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Coffee Shop ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Do So

Drawing on renewed academic interest in the study of Serbian-Turkish relationships, this article addresses the complexities of the Ottoman heritage in a Serbian urban setting through its cultural-symbolic and anthropological dimensions. Specifically, this article explores ?what stands behind? Belgradians? negative attitude towards the Turkish coffee-shop chain Simit Sarayi. To do so, we use Michael Herzfeld?s (1997) cultural intimacy perspective of ?understanding from within? what ?makes sense of space?. We illustrate how the systems of meaning Belgradians use shape the true nature and experience with such an intimate ?Other? that is the Turkish [franchise].

scholarly journals Automatic Curriculum Learning For Deep RL: A Short Survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rémy Portelas ◽  
Cédric Colas ◽  
Lilian Weng ◽  
Katja Hofmann ◽  
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Learning Trajectories ◽  
Asymptotic Performance ◽  
Cross Breeding ◽  
Current State ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Do So

Automatic Curriculum Learning (ACL) has become a cornerstone of recent successes in Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL). These methods shape the learning trajectories of agents by challenging them with tasks adapted to their capacities. In recent years, they have been used to improve sample efficiency and asymptotic performance, to organize exploration, to encourage generalization or to solve sparse reward problems, among others. To do so, ACL mechanisms can act on many aspects of learning problems. They can optimize domain randomization for Sim2Real transfer, organize task presentations in multi-task robotic settings, order sequences of opponents in multi-agent scenarios, etc. The ambition of this work is dual: 1) to present a compact and accessible introduction to the Automatic Curriculum Learning literature and 2) to draw a bigger picture of the current state of the art in ACL to encourage the cross-breeding of existing concepts and the emergence of new ideas.

scholarly journals Boundary Spanning in Sport for Development: Opening Transdisciplinary and Intersectoral Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
Reinhard Haudenhuyse ◽  
John Hayton ◽  
Dan Parnell ◽  
Kirsten Verkooijen ◽  
Pascal Delheye
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
Boundary Spanning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
Organized Sport ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
New Research ◽  
Do So

We can no longer claim that academic interest in the area of sport and social inclusion is lacking. Dedicated books, special issues, commissioned reports, and landmark articles on the topic of social inclusion and sport have been produced by devoted scholars. The same can be said for the burgeoning area of sport for development and peace. These relatively young academic fields seem to be struggling to create new fundamental theoretical insights about how organized sport can both act as an inclusive space and as a vehicle for broader developmental outcomes. Despite scholarly advancements, there remains a number of empirical and theoretical gaps. The aim of this special issue is to critically reflect on issues related to sport, development, and inclusion, and to do so via transdisciplinary and intersectoral perspectives. By making such a contribution, we aim to open up new research pathways.

Holding replication studies to mainstream standards of evidence

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duane T. Wegener ◽  
Leandre R. Fabrigar
Keyword(s):  
Replication Studies ◽  
Replication Research ◽  
Standards Of Evidence ◽  
Do So

AbstractReplications can make theoretical contributions, but are unlikely to do so if their findings are open to multiple interpretations (especially violations of psychometric invariance). Thus, just as studies demonstrating novel effects are often expected to empirically evaluate competing explanations, replications should be held to similar standards. Unfortunately, this is rarely done, thereby undermining the value of replication research.

The Diagnosis of Viral Disease by Electron Microscopy

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 270-273
Author(s):  
William B. McCombs ◽  
Cameron E. McCoy
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Viral Infections ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Bacterial Pathogens ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Viral Pathogens ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
The Past

Recent years have brought a reversal in the attitude of the medical profession toward the diagnosis of viral infections. Identification of bacterial pathogens was formerly thought to be faster than identification of viral pathogens. Viral identification was dismissed as being of academic interest or for confirming the presence of an epidemic, because the patient would recover or die before this could be accomplished. In the past 10 years, the goal of virologists has been to present the clinician with a viral identification in a matter of hours. This fast diagnosis has the potential for shortening the patient's hospital stay and preventing the administering of toxic and/or expensive antibiotics of no benefit to the patient.

Electron Microscopy of a Herpesvirus Isolated from Marek's Disease in Duck and Chicken Embryo Fibroblast Cultures

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 222-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyvan Nazerian
Keyword(s):  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Chicken Embryo Fibroblast ◽  
Marek's Disease ◽  
Marek’S Disease ◽  
Duck Embryo Fibroblast ◽  
Multinucleated Cells ◽  
Viral Particles ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
And Control ◽  
Do So

A herpes-like virus has been isolated from duck embryo fibroblast (DEF) cultures inoculated with blood from Marek's disease (MD) infected birds. Cultures which contained this virus produced MD in susceptible chickens while virus negative cultures and control cultures failed to do so. This and other circumstantial evidence including similarities in properties of the virus and the MD agent implicate this virus in the etiology of MD.Histochemical studies demonstrated the presence of DNA-staining intranuclear inclusion bodies in polykarocytes in infected cultures. Distinct nucleo-plasmic aggregates were also seen in sections of similar multinucleated cells examined with the electron microscope. These aggregates are probably the same as the inclusion bodies seen with the light microscope. Naked viral particles were observed in the nucleus of infected cells within or on the edges of the nucleoplasmic aggregates. These particles measured 95-100mμ, in diameter and rarely escaped into the cytoplasm or nuclear vesicles by budding through the nuclear membrane (Fig. 1). The enveloped particles (Fig. 2) formed in this manner measured 150-170mμ in diameter and always had a densely stained nucleoid. The virus in supernatant fluids consisted of naked capsids with 162 hollow, cylindrical capsomeres (Fig. 3). Enveloped particles were not seen in such preparations.

Debates in Dysphagia Management: How Do You Use Evidence-Based Practice in Your Dysphagia Patient Care?

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-123
Author(s):  
Jeri A. Logemann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Method ◽  
Do So

Evidence-based practice requires astute clinicians to blend our best clinical judgment with the best available external evidence and the patient's own values and expectations. Sometimes, we value one more than another during clinical decision-making, though it is never wise to do so, and sometimes other factors that we are unaware of produce unanticipated clinical outcomes. Sometimes, we feel very strongly about one clinical method or another, and hopefully that belief is founded in evidence. Some beliefs, however, are not founded in evidence. The sound use of evidence is the best way to navigate the debates within our field of practice.

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