The Paratext of Egyptian Blogs

2019 ◽  
pp. 48-93
Author(s):  
Teresa Pepe
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Main Text ◽  
Larger Sample ◽  
Social Backgrounds

In this chapter, the book shifts to an analysis of the blogs as autofiction. This section deals with the paratext, that is information that is secondary to the main text, such: titles, choices of authorship (onymity, pseudonymity); the visual layout of the blog; interviews with the blog authors revealing their social backgrounds and their reasons to blog. The first part of the chapter focuses on the analysis of the paratext of the six blogs chosen as case studies: Wassiʿ Khayalak (Widen Your Imagination) by Ahmed Naji; Ma Bada Li (What Seemed to Me) by Amr Ezzat; Tanatif Maʿat (Ma3t’s Bits and Pieces) by Mona Seif (Munā Sayf); Yawmiyyat Imraʾa Mithliyya (Diary of a Gay Woman) by the writer who uses the pseudonym ‘Emraamethlya’; Al-Kanaba al-Hamra (The Red Sofa) by Bilal Husni (Bilāl Ḥusnī); and Yawmiyyat ʿAnis (Diary of a Spinster) by Abeer Soliman (ʿAbīr Sulaymān). In the second part, the data retrieved from these blogs are analysed together with the larger sample of blogs selected for this study.

The Effect of Preference of Music on Reaction Time

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Delaney Cowart ◽  
Hailey Durham ◽  
Elizabeth Morse ◽  
Meaghan Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
P Value ◽  
Noise Cancelling ◽  
Time Test ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Exploratory Case Studies ◽  
Reaction Time Test ◽  
Larger Sample

A series of 4 collective, exploratory case studies were conducted in order to determine the effect of different genres on reaction time. The Brain Gauge System was used to measure raw reaction time via a tactile reaction time test, testing three different conditions: no music, preferred genre, classical music. The subjects listened to 10 minute increments of music on noise-cancelling headphones and took the tactile reaction time test once before listening and twice (2 minute and 8 minute mark) while the music was playing. Results indicated that there was a general trend of increased reaction time (i.e., decreased performance) with music playing in the background. An ANOVA test was performed, with a resulting p-value of 0.411. While statistical analysis proved the results to be insignificant, the trends found in the case studies indicate that listening to music worsens your reaction time. Furthermore, preferred types of music do not have a significant effect on reaction time. Consistent with literature, this indicates that music in general is a form of distraction, regardless of preference and genre. Further in-depth studies need to be conducted with a larger sample size in order to expand upon these preliminary findings.

Duplication and Innovation: Study of the Design of Chinese Senior Residential Communities

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 2837-2841
Author(s):  
Hao Rui Wu ◽  
Chao Ping Hou
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Residential Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Innovation Study ◽  
Social Backgrounds

The development of Chinese senior residential communities is just in the fledging period. Hence, the planning, design and other related experience is very limited. Some newly built senior residential communities, were duplications of successful projects in developed countries, with some minor changes. These new endeavours were lacking in enough comprehensive considerations regarding local cultural and social backgrounds during the fast construction requirements. Through the utilization of documentary research and case studies, this paper examined and compared the international and domestic cases, in order to decipher the exiting problems and challenges regarding these newly built senior accommodations. Coming from the perspectives of planning and architectural design, this paper proposes some improvements regarding satisfying the seniors physical and psychological requirements based on Chinese culture and the social backgrounds and practical requirements of the seniors.

Corporate Sustainability: Challenge to Managerial Orthodoxies

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dexter Dunphy
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
Sustainability Management

ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the issue of corporate sustainability. It examines why achieving sustainability is becoming an increasingly vital issue for society and organisations, defines sustainability and then outlines a set of phases through which organisations can move to achieve increasing levels of sustainability. Case studies are presented of organisations at various phases indicating the benefits, for the organisation and its stakeholders, which can be made at each phase. Finally the paper argues that there is a marked contrast between the two competing philosophies of neo-conservatism (economic rationalism) and the emerging philosophy of sustainability. Management schools have been strongly influenced by economic rationalism, which underpins the traditional orthodoxies presented in such schools. Sustainability represents an urgent challenge for management schools to rethink these traditional orthodoxies and give sustainability a central place in the curriculum.

Short-Form Application of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test to Latino Children

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-235
Author(s):  
David L. Ratusnik ◽  
Carol Melnick Ratusnik ◽  
Karen Sattinger
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Latino Children ◽  
Data Application ◽  
York Metropolitan Area ◽  
Multiple Regression Technique

Short-form versions of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar (Toronto, 1973) and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (Lee, 1971) were devised for use with bilingual Latino children while preserving the original normative data. Application of a multiple regression technique to data collected on 60 lower social status Latino children (four years and six months to seven years and one month) from Spanish Harlem and Yonkers, New York, yielded a small but powerful set of predictor items from the Spanish and English tests. Clinicians may make rapid and accurate predictions of STSG or NSST total screening scores from administration of substantially shortened versions of the instruments. Case studies of Latino children from Chicago and Miami serve to cross-validate the procedure outside the New York metropolitan area.

Case Studies for Telepractice in AAC

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Rose Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Eye Gaze ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Computer Experience ◽  
Access Methods ◽  
Complex Communication Needs ◽  
Barriers To Service ◽  
Communication Needs

As the field of telepractice grows, perceived barriers to service delivery must be anticipated and addressed in order to provide appropriate service delivery to individuals who will benefit from this model. When applying telepractice to the field of AAC, additional barriers are encountered when clients with complex communication needs are unable to speak, often present with severe quadriplegia and are unable to position themselves or access the computer independently, and/or may have cognitive impairments and limited computer experience. Some access methods, such as eye gaze, can also present technological challenges in the telepractice environment. These barriers can be overcome, and telepractice is not only practical and effective, but often a preferred means of service delivery for persons with complex communication needs.

What Makes for Effective Online Treatment?

ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-13
Author(s):  
Kristen Chmela
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Fluency Disorders ◽  
Online Treatment

In November, Kristen Chmela—executive director of the Chmela Fluency Center in Long Grove, Ill.—chatted with participants from ASHA’s online conference, Case Studies in Fluency Disorders. The Leader listened in.

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