scholarly journals Between adverbs and particles: A corpus study of selected intensifiers

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 444-453
Author(s):  
Jana Šindlerová ◽  
Barbora Štěpánková
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Word Class ◽  
Corpus Study ◽  
The Future ◽  
Online Archive ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Class Assignment ◽  
Written Corpus

Abstract In this paper, we present a preliminary study of three intensifiers (absolutně, naprosto, úplně) based on data from three different corpora, a written corpus SYN2020, a web corpus ONLINE-ARCHIVE, and a spoken corpus ORTOFON 1. Providing a parallel annotation of a random sample of each intensifier, we focus on their functions and meanings in context. We analyse their properties in order to define those features which are relevant to their word class assignment, and to prepare grounds for the future disambiguation tasks.

Perspectives of physicians on medical acupuncture in Lebanon: a preliminary study

2020 ◽  
pp. 096452842096883
Author(s):  
Fadila Bassem Naji ◽  
Kamal Wahab ◽  
Ghassan Hamadeh ◽  
Sani Hlais
Keyword(s):  
Integrative Medicine ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Mechanisms Of Action ◽  
Medical Curricula ◽  
Chinese Acupuncture ◽  
The Future ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Medical Acupuncture ◽  
The Difference

Objectives: There are no regulations governing the practice of acupuncture in Lebanon as it is not yet registered as a profession. To our knowledge, no studies have ever been conducted in Lebanon regarding the practice of acupuncture. The purpose of this preliminary study was to explore the knowledge of Lebanese physicians about acupuncture, with the intent of conducting larger scale studies and developing strategies aimed at refining this knowledge in the future, and the ultimate goal of setting guidelines for acupuncture practice in Lebanon. Methods: An online survey looking into physicians’ knowledge of acupuncture, its mechanisms of action, effectiveness, indications and safety, and physicians’ understanding of its concepts, was circulated to 4651 physicians registered in the Lebanese orders of physicians. Results: One hundred forty-nine physicians (3.2%) completed the survey. Most study respondents stated that they were unaware of the difference between traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA) and Western medical acupuncture (WMA). Overall, 30% of respondents had personally used and/or referred patients for acupuncture. Physicians who had personally tried acupuncture were more likely to refer patients for acupuncture (p < 0.001). Those who know the difference between WMA and TCA were more likely to have tried or referred for acupuncture (p = 0.004). 72% believed that acupuncture and other integrative medicine modules should be introduced in medical curricula in Lebanon. Conclusion: Interest in acupuncture among physicians in Lebanon appears to be limited, based on the low response rate. Among respondents, physicians who had tried or referred patients for acupuncture appeared to be more well informed about different acupuncture styles.

The Role of External Auditor Responsible in Examining and Assessing the Sustainability Dimensions of the Audited Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asaad Mohammed Ali Wahhab
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Professional Responsibility ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
External Auditors ◽  
The Future ◽  
Study Population ◽  
External Auditor

The study aims to identify the responsibility of the external auditor in examining and evaluating the dimensions of sustainability information from the perspective of the auditors who are working in Iraqi companies and auditing offices. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire was created and distributed to a random sample of the study population consisting of auditors working in Iraqi companies and auditing offices. 83 questionnaires were retrieved, and all were valid for statistical analysis, which indicates100% of the sample study. The results of the study show that there is awareness among the external auditors in Iraq about their responsibility to examine and evaluate information related to dimensions of economic, environmental and social and the governance rules for sustainability and their application of the standards on the global reporting initiative (GRI). Besides, the presence of high trend among the auditors causing them to be accountable to the society who are the stakeholders, causing problems that can hinder the performance of the auditors in fulfilling their professional responsibility. This study will highlight several pieces of evidence from the works of literature as references of information to the external auditor and the corporate sustainability in Iraq to the future empirical and theoretical researcher.

Emotional Disturbance/Behavioral Disorders and a Delphic Approach to the Future

1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
School Psychologists ◽  
Emotional Disturbance ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Delphi Technique ◽  
Special Education Administrators ◽  
The Future ◽  
Education Administrators ◽  
Year 2000

This study uses a Delphi technique to estimate the likelihood of a set of change statements concerning emotional disturbance/behavioral disorders. Using a national random sample of 900 teachers, special education administrators, and school psychologists through two rounds of responses, estimates are made regarding the likelihood and the desirability of the condition represented by each statement occurring by the year 2000. Results are compared by variables of experience in the field, occupation, and level of educational attainment. Despite certain significant differences between groups the preponderant conclusion is that there is general agreement among the population surveyed regarding their expectations and sentiments about the future of the field.

scholarly journals „THE ANTIQUITY OF THE FATHERLAND AND THE DEEDS OF THE BULGARIANS” BY PETAR BOGDAN BAKSIČ – STRUCTURE, CONTENTS, MAIN HISTORICAL SOURCES

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-85
Author(s):  
Tsvetan VASILEV
Keyword(s):  
17Th Century ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Native Land ◽  
The Future ◽  
Preliminary Study

is preliminary study of the only extant manuscript of the historical tractate, written by the catholic arcbishop Petar Bogdan Baksič (1601–1674) in Latin and rediscovered in 2017, aims to reveal the methodological principlesof the author, the structure and the historical sources of the text. In the treatise there is evidence about the date of its creation (1666) as well as about the main historical sources used by the author. These sources include some well known historical works written by Caesar Baronius, Antonio Bonfini, Martin Cromer, Mauro Orbini, the popular Luca Wadding’s Annales Minorum,dogmatical works and hagiographical accounts of authors such as Charles Vialart, Sixtus of Siena, Pietro de’ Natali, Ivan Tomko Marnavič, Latin translations of medieval ecclesiastical histories, etc. The article claims that the main goal of the author was to offer a historical account of the catholicism in the Bulgarian lands, mainly in the region around Chiprovez, called "fatherland" by Petar Bogdan. Beginning with a preface, the tractate is divided into seventy chapters with separate titles. The tractate is much more than a work of a scholar: it is a confession of faith by one of the leading Bulgarian intellectuals and spiritual figures of the 17th century. Driven by love for his fellow citizens, Petar Bogdan was committed to leave a meaningful and powerful message for the future generations. This is evidenced for instance by the following words in the preface, quotation from Cicero: Parents are dear; dear are children, relatives, friends; one native land embraces all our loves; and who that is true would hesitate to give his life for her, if by his death he could render her a service (Cic. Off. 1. 57.)?

A corpus study of variation in written Chinese

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng-sheng Zhang,
Keyword(s):  
Feature Selection ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
Reduction Method ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Linguistic Variation ◽  
Corpus Study ◽  
Distributional Patterns ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Data Reduction Method

AbstractThe present paper reports on the findings of a preliminary study of written Chinese, using the Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese (LCMC, McEnery & Xiao 2004). The first part of the paper introduces the stylistic features, and briefly describes the distributional patterns of these features across the selected written registers. Then, using a multi-feature, multi-dimensional framework (Biber 1988) and the data reduction method of correspondence analysis, three dimensions are identified and interpreted. The study reveals extensive linguistic variation across written Chinese registers, thus complementing previous observations about stylistic differences between spoken and written Chinese. Finally, issues concerning feature selection and dimension interpretation are discussed.

Access to art collections using Encoded Archival Description and beyond: the future of large-scale consortium projects

2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Rinehart
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Archival Description ◽  
Arts Organizations ◽  
Art Collections ◽  
Individual Institution ◽  
The Future ◽  
Online Archive ◽  
Cultural Content ◽  
The Individual

In a Herculean effort to distribute information about art collections on a previously unknown scale, museums, arts organizations, libraries, and archives have been hard at work developing standards and implementing testbed projects, large-scale union databases which integrate and disseminate information. Two such projects are ‘Conceptual and Intermedia Online’ (CIAO) and ‘Museums and the Online Archive of California’ (MOAC), both using the Encoded Archival Description to describe and provide access to art and other cultural collections. But what is the future of such collaborations and the content portals they spawn? Will they be able to scale up to include hundreds or thousands of institutions, using current models? What are the limitations for such consortia? What are the limitations for participating institutions? Several options appear on the horizon, and one simple need suggests looking to decentralization, and back to the individual institution, for the solution to sharing art and cultural content on a truly vast scale.

On the status of nai in modern Japanese

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony E. Backhouse
Keyword(s):  
Word Class ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
The Status ◽  
Class Assignment

AbstractOne of the commonest words in Japanese, nai has received varying theoretical treatments from linguists, with differing practical consequences. The paper seeks to provide a clear synchronic descriptive account, identifying the issues concerned and considering different positions in the light of relevant criteria. Topics addressed include the incidence of suppletion in Japanese, the weighting of morphological and syntactic criteria in word class assignment, gradience of membership, and the question of diachronic influences on current analyses.

Podiatric medical students' views toward geriatrics and elderly patients. A preliminary study

1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (7) ◽  
pp. 338-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
NR Chumbler ◽  
JM Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Survey Response ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Survey Response Rate ◽  
Preliminary Study

This study examines podiatric medical students' perceptions toward podiatric medicine, their impressions of their geriatric training, and their attitudes toward treating elderly patients. A questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 240 podiatric medical students at the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine. The survey response rate was 57.1%. In general, the podiatric medical students were satisfied with their geriatric training; however, they believed that more geriatric training is needed. Podiatric medical students who entered podiatric medicine for intrinsic reasons, who visited their grandparents frequently, and who had close relationships with them while growing up, had favorable impressions toward geriatric patients. Furthermore, those who have had good geriatric instruction are more likely to have favorable impressions of geriatric patients.

Preliminary Study on Design Flow of Recovery of the Waste Container

2014 ◽  
Vol 878 ◽  
pp. 278-283
Author(s):  
Jia Qi Zhang ◽  
Chang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Design Flow ◽  
Waste Container ◽  
The Future ◽  
Preliminary Study

Container houses have exhibited huge advantages in such aspects as building efficiency, environmental protection and sustainability. This article begins with the present situation of the transformation and application of the waste containers. Then it discusses the characteristics of the containers and provides certain references for the future transformation design of the containers through a case study of the waste containers transformation design flow.

scholarly journals Magnetically Directed Targeting Aggregation of Radiolabelled Ferrite Nanoparticles

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuh-Feng Wang ◽  
Chao-Ming Fu ◽  
Mei-Hua Chuang ◽  
Thau-Ming Cham ◽  
Mei-Ing Chung
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Nanoparticles ◽  
Intravenous Injection ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Radiochemical Purity ◽  
Ferrite Nanoparticles ◽  
Magnetic Control ◽  
Magnetic Targeting ◽  
The Future ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Delivery Techniques

Ferrite magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4or iron (II,III) oxide; 15–25 nm of diameter) were developed. These magnetic nanoparticles are a potential vehicle for magnetically induced target aggregation in living animals. In this preliminary study, the radiochemical purity for the radiolabeled magnetic nanoparticles was examined, and the possibility of the magnetically induced targeting of the radio-nanoparticles was evaluated. Our results showed that radiolabeled ferrite nanoparticles can be used as magnetic targeting agents with high labeling efficiency and stability. These particles can be distributed within living animals via intravenous injection, and the biodistribution of the particles can be potentially controlled by external magnetism. These evaluations will be the groundwork for the future development of delivery techniques for radiopharmaceuticals through external magnetic control.

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