Temporal Features of Handwriting: Challenges for Forensic Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
Arnold J.W.M. Thomassen ◽  
GP VanGalen
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Forensic Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Features ◽  
Forensic Application ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Temporal Features ◽  
Motor Process ◽  
Over Time

This paper looks at handwriting as a multi-stage motor process which develops over time and leaves its time-bound marks in the writing trajectory. It explains some of the time-based research methodology and points out a number of ‘dynamic’ features with potential relevance for forensic application. The final sections of the paper contain suggestions for research leading to the re-establishment of temporal features in the static trace, which could support the handwriting expert’s effort to decide on a document’s authorship and on the circumstances at the time of writing. Some of these suggestions present challenges for prolonged interdisciplinary research co-operation. Purchase Article - $10

Interdisciplinary knowledge combinations and emerging technological topics: Implications for reducing uncertainties in research evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seokbeom Kwon ◽  
Jan Youtie ◽  
Alan L Porter
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Synthetic Biology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Interdisciplinary Knowledge ◽  
Over Time

Abstract This article puts forth a new indicator of emerging technological topics as a tool for addressing challenges inherent in the evaluation of interdisciplinary research. We present this indicator and test its relationship with interdisciplinary and atypical research combinations. We perform this test by using metadata of scientific publications in three domains with different interdisciplinarity challenges: Nano-Enabled Drug Delivery, Synthetic Biology, and Autonomous Vehicles. Our analysis supports the connection between technological emergence and interdisciplinarity and atypicality in knowledge combinations. We further find that the contributions of interdisciplinary and atypical knowledge combinations to addressing emerging technological topics increase or stay constant over time. Implications for policymakers and contributions to the literature on interdisciplinarity and evaluation are provided.

scholarly journals Forensic Traceological Analysis of Works of Visual Arts

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-123
Author(s):  
Sh. N. Khaziev
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Forensic Analysis ◽  
Forensic Research ◽  
Works Of Art

The article discusses the fundamentals of traceological forensic analysis of visual artworks within both the framework of forensic traceological examination and comprehensive forensic research with the participation of expert-traceologists. Works of art are investigated to identify them, diagnose their condition, and establish the origin of various negative changes. Forensic traceology methods can play an essential role in the controversial attributions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures. The necessity and feasibility of developing a modern forensic traceological research methodology of fine artworks are substantiated.

Myelodysplastic syndromes – current diagnostics

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Beata Celuch ◽  
Iwona Urbanowicz ◽  
Jadwiga Nowicka ◽  
Wiesława Nahaczewska ◽  
Iwona Bil-Lula
Keyword(s):  
Myelodysplastic Syndromes ◽  
Myeloid Leukemia ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Laboratory Diagnostics ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Cytogenetic Changes ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Clinical Problems ◽  
Over Time

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a heterogeneous group of hematopoietic neoplastic diseases characterized by inefficient hematopoiesis, resistant peripheral cytopenias and an increased risk of transformation to acute myeloid leukemia. They may exist as primary forms, which most often are accompanied by molecular and cytogenetic changes or secondary forms, among others after chemotherapy or other cancers. MDS diagnostics are multi-stage and time-consuming. Includes multidirectional examination of peripheral blood and bone marrow for cytomorphology, cytogenetics, molecular disorders, immunohistopatology and immunophenotyping. The evolution of molecular changes in the course of MDS makes the clinical picture and laboratory parameters change over time, which requires constant updating of medical knowledge and high competences from cytomorphologists and histopathologists. The development of hematooncological diagnostics resulted in updating the MDS classification in 2016. The aging population will undoubtedly increase the incidence of myelodysplastic syndromes, which will be one of the most demanding diagnostic and clinical problems for haematologists and laboratory diagnostics in the near future.

Evolution of methodology and reporting of emergency medicine quantitative research over a 20-year period

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 324-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Smith ◽  
Patrick Date ◽  
William Spencer ◽  
Erik de Tonnerre ◽  
David McDonald Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Over Time

ObjectiveWe aimed to determine trends over time in article origin, and article and methodology characteristics.MethodWe examined original research articles published every fifth year over a 20-year period (1997–2017) in six emergency medicine (EM) journals (Ann Emerg Med, Acad Emerg Med, Eur J Emerg Med, Emerg Med J, Am J Emerg Med, Emerg Med Australas). Explicit data extraction of 21 article characteristics was undertaken. These included regional contributions, specific article items and research methodology.Results2152 articles were included. Over the study period, the proportional contributions from the USA and the UK steadily fell while those from Australasia, Europe and ‘other’ countries increased (p<0.001). All specific article items increased (p<0.01). Institutional Review Board/Ethics Committee approval and conflicts of interest were almost universal by 2017. There were substantial increases in the reporting of keywords and authorship contributions. The median (IQR) number of authors increased from 4 (2) in 1997 to 6 (3) in 2017 (p<0.001) and the proportion of female first authors increased from 24.3% to 34.2% (p<0.01). Multicentre and international collaborations, consecutive sampling, sample size calculations, inferential biostatistics and the reporting of CIs and p values all increased (p<0.001). There were decreases in the use of convenience sampling and blinding (p<0.001). The median (IQR) study sample size increased from 148 (470) to 349 (2225) (p<0.001).ConclusionTrends over time are apparent within the EM research literature. The dominance in contributions from the US and UK is being challenged. There is more reporting of research accountability and greater rigour in both research methodology and results presentation.

scholarly journals Moderating Effects of Teachers’ Teaching Experience on Home Learning Associated with Literacy Skills among Chinese Preschoolers

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Chan Mei Yee ◽  
Zarinah Arshat
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Home Learning ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

<p>This study was designed to determine the influence of home learning on Chinese preschoolers’ literacy skills is likely to be moderated by the level of teacher’s teaching experience. There were 136 preschoolers aged ranged between three to six years old with their parents and teachers recruited in this study using a Multi-Stage Cluster sampling technique. The results of the Hierarchical Multiple Regression analysis indicate that teacher’s teaching experience has a significant moderating effect on the strengths of the relationship between home learning and preschoolers’ literacy skills. Further research is needed to investigate more deeply to identify whether these relationships are upheld over time and with diverse sample. </p>

scholarly journals From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482092367
Author(s):  
Samantha Shorey ◽  
Benjamin Mako Hill ◽  
Samuel Woolley
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
Stage Analysis ◽  
Over Time

Although socializing is a powerful driver of youth engagement online, platforms struggle to leverage social engagement to promote learning. We seek to understand this dynamic using a multi-stage analysis of over 14,000 comments on Scratch, an online platform designed to support learning about programming. First, we inductively develop the concept of “participatory debugging”—a practice in which users learn through the process of collaborative technical troubleshooting. Second, we use a content analysis to establish how common the practice is on Scratch. Third, we conduct a qualitative analysis of user activity over time and identify three factors that serve as social antecedents of participatory debugging: (1) sustained community, (2) identifiable problems, and (3) what we call “topic porousness” to describe conversations that are able to span multiple topics. We integrate these findings in a framework that highlights a productive tension between the desire to promote learning and the interest-driven sub-communities that drive user engagement in many new media environments.

Phenomenological Silence Surrounding Infant Death

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Steen Lauterbach
Keyword(s):  
Infant Death ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Human Suffering ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
Over Time

This paper explores the phenomenological silence that surrounds infant death in spite of growing literature and public focus on death. Phenomenological silence is articulated as involving a lack of social awareness and consciousness, as being related to denial. The paper discusses other sensitive phenomena, involving intense human suffering, as being surrounded by a similar silence. As a research methodology and perspective, phenomenology is discussed as being useful in investigating sensitive, silent topics. Further, when viewed over time, a longitudinal phenomenological perspective is useful in validating, understanding, and creating new meanings. The article ends with a discussion of nursing work, which is often sensitive and thus, often surrounded by a phenomenological silence.

scholarly journals Transformation in interdisciplinary research methodology: the importance of shared experiences in landscapes of practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Clark ◽  
Karen Laing ◽  
David Leat ◽  
Rachel Lofthouse ◽  
Ulrike Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Shared Experiences

Training top civil servants in turbulent environments: An ongoing struggle for curriculum

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis A. Halley
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Turbulent Environments ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

This article provides a historical literature review and exploratory descriptive case study of one U.S. Federal agencyʼs efforts to design an appropriate government-wide leadership development curriculum for incumbent top or senior civil servants. The U.S. Federal Executive Institute was founded in 1968, it spans the 20th and 21st centuries, it illustrates changes in the compact that exists between government and its top civil servants over time, and it illustrates challenges this agency confronts addressing the task of interagency leadership development. The main findings are three continuities and three discontinuities between curriculum development then and now. Conclusions outline issues for future interdisciplinary research to inform the intellectual roots for 21st century curricula aligned to emerging roles and the challenges top career executives actually confront.

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