scholarly journals Verbal Communication in Robotics: A Study on Salient Terms, Research Fields and Trends in the Last Decades Based on a Computational Linguistic Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Marin Vargas ◽  
Lorenzo Cominelli ◽  
Felice Dell’Orletta ◽  
Enzo Pasquale Scilingo
Keyword(s):  
Computational Linguistic ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Scopus Database

Verbal communication is an expanding field in robotics showing a significant increase in both the industrial and research field. The application of verbal communication in robotics aims to reach a natural human-like interaction with robots. In this study, we investigated how salient terms related to verbal communication in robotics have evolved over the years, what are the topics that recur in the related literature, and what are their trends. The study is based on a computational linguistic analysis conducted on a database of 7,435 scientific publications over the last 2 decades. This comprehensive dataset was extracted from the Scopus database using specific key-words. Our results show how relevant terms of verbal communication evolved, which are the main coherent topics and how they have changed over the years. We highlighted positive and negative trends for the most coherent topics and the distribution over the years for the most significant ones. In particular, verbal communication resulted in being highly relevant for social robotics. Potentially, achieving natural verbal communication with a robot can have a great impact on the scientific, societal, and economic role of robotics in the future.

scholarly journals The Research Behaviour and Dynamics of Science in Periods of Crisis: Case Study of COVID-19 Leading to Discovery of mRNA Vaccines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Coccia
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Critical Characteristics ◽  
Dynamics Of Science

Abstract No studies to date allow us to explain the dynamics of science and research behavior in the presence of crisis to support research policy for allocating resources with effectiveness and planning scientific research to provide solutions directed to positive societal impact. The main goal of this study is to explain the research behavior and dynamics of science during a global crisis, focusing on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that has generated a pandemic crisis worldwide. Results suggest critical characteristics of the research behavior and dynamics of science in global crisis, namely: evolution of research field is driven by new and consequential environmental threats in human society to be solved in a short run; evolution of crisis-driven research fields field is pulled by few (parent) disciplines (3–5) that generate more than 80% of documents; the most active institutions in crisis-driven studies are mainly academic institutions localized in advanced countries; main funding institutions in scientific production of crisis-driven research fields are public organizations of rich nations and global charitable foundations; the most productive countries of crisis-driven research fields are nations direct to support their global leadership; moreover, research behavior of crisis-driven research fields is mainly based on scientific publications having open access for a widespread diffusion of results for a higher social impact; finally, scientific production of crisis-driven research field has a higher density of short communications with letters and notes to systematize quickly findings, publish and spread them. Overall, then, this study provides critical characteristics of research behavior and dynamics of science in global crises that could be of benefit to policymakers to design science policies and plan research programmes to generate fruitful science advances and technological breakthroughs directed to reduce negative effects of crisis on socioeconomic systems and improve wellbeing of people.

Datafication research: Mapping the field for a future agenda

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110466
Author(s):  
Sofie Flensburg ◽  
Stine Lomborg
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Current State ◽  
User Perspectives

A growing body of research centers around the concept of “datafication” suggesting a buzz around data studies and, perhaps, the emergence of a research field. This article analyzes and discusses the current state of datafication research. Our dataset comprises 463 publications on datafication identified through a systematic literature search in Web of Science and Scopus, an explorative network analysis of keyword co-occurrences and a content analysis of these publications. We map datafication research interests in various research fields, find that the majority of studies are theoretically oriented, whereas empirical analyses largely apply qualitative approaches and rarely make use of data-driven methods. We suggest studies on datafication can be devised into categories reflecting research interests in either user understandings and practices or in infrastructure and technological processes of datafication. The latter strand is particularly sparse in empirical anchoring, and needs empirical and methodological attention. We conclude by outlining three paths for future datafication research to cross-pollinate infrastructural and user perspectives, highlighting the bridging role of communication research in such an endeavor.

scholarly journals Translation and Political Discourse

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mátyás Bánhegyi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe paper describes the text linguistic research of political texts in the field of Translation Studies and presents an overview of critical discourse analysis-based studies. First, the relationship between text, power and ideology and its implications on the role of translation are explored. This is followed by a review of a number of studies on the translation of political texts and on the power relations involved. The paper classifies such studies into the following six categories representing distinct research fields: translators' professional roles and politics; translators acting as mediators in situations of political conflict; translators' professional responsibilities and the strategies they apply; the inference of translators' own historical, social and cultural backgrounds; manipulation in the translation of literary texts and other text types; and critical discourse awareness in Translation Studies. The most recent studies in the above research fields and their results are also presented. It is concluded that these approaches exhibit quite varied research methods and their results are almost impossible to compare. With a view to the future development of this research field, it seems expedient to introduce a unified research theory, method and tool.

scholarly journals Sprache und Sprachen der Volga German Studies Eine globale Perspektive

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
Egor Lykov
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
German Studies ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Language History ◽  
The Us

This paper analyses the language usage in the most recent publications related to Volga German Studies as an interdisciplinary research field dealing with the language, history and culture of Volga Germans. Individual historiographies from the US, Canada, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Georgia, Brazil and Argentina will be compared concerning the various languages of scientific publications. Particular attention will be paid to scientific communication between these national research centers, and the role of bilingual publications in the scientific discourse of the discipline will be focused upon. Furthermore, the influence of the increasing role of English in the scientific discourse on Volga German Studies will be discussed.

scholarly journals Steroidal Anticancer Agents: An Overview of Estradiol-related Compounds

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 652-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Minorics ◽  
Istvan Zupko
Keyword(s):  
Anticancer Agents ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
New Information ◽  
Steroid System ◽  
Endogenous Steroid

Research of steroidal compounds as anticancer agents started almost 50 years ago. During the past decades, several innovative new steroids, like cyproterone, finasteride, estramustin, exemestane and fulvestrant have successfully become a part of routine clinical practice. Meanwhile, a vast amount of new information have accumulated about the functions of the endogenous steroid system (including the characterization of enzymes, receptors, transcription pathways, etc.) and about the role of steroids in carcinogenesis. Therefore, it is regularly required to review the latest published results, focusing on a well-defined part within this research field that has definitely developed into a highly diversified speciality by now. Herein, we make an attempt to summarize the most recent results reported about anticancer agents of estrane backbone, focusing on their mechanisms of action and their structure-activity relationships. Due to the vast number and various accessibilities of scientific publications, neither other reviews nor this one can be considered as absolutely exhaustive. In spite of these restrictive factors, the current review makes a good opportunity to define the recent scientific trends in the field of estradiol-related anticancer agents.

Altmetrics Spectrum of Bioinformatics Literature

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-35
Author(s):  
Shri Ram
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Weighted Score ◽  
Comprehensive Search ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Scopus Database

Social media is increasingly used for the dissemination of scientific publications by most science, technology and management (STM) journals. Bioinformatics is one of the new areas of research emerging in the subject tree. The role of social media in increasing the awareness of published works in bioinformatics has not been previously explored. Here, a qualitative analysis of the highest trending works in bioinformatics along with a correlation analysis with their social media metrics (altmetrics) is made. A comprehensive search has been performed for articles related to the bioinformatics using the SCOPUS Database. Further, a highly-cited article with more than 1000 citations has been filtered out. Another comprehensive search for bioinformatics articles using the Altmetric database was conducted. The Altmetric database provides a total weighted score of all online mentions for an article received on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and mainstream media sources. There is a significant correlation has been found between the patent mention and citations.

СТРУКТУРА, МОДЕЛИ И СТРАТЕГИИ УЧАСТИЯ ГОРОДСКИХ СООБЩЕСТВ В КОНФЛИКТАХ

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
А. И. Кольба ◽  
Н. В. Кольба
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
City Government ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
The City

The article describes the structural characteristics of the urban communities of the city of Krasnodar and the related features that impact their participation in urban conflicts. This issue is considered in a number of scientific publications, but there is a need to expand the empirical base of such studies. On the base of expert interviews conducted with both city activists, their counterparty (representatives of the municipal government) and external observers (journalists), the parameters of urban communities functioning in the process of their interaction with other conflict actors are revealed. The communities characteristics such as the predominantly territorial principle of formation, the overlap of online and offline communications in their activities, the presence of a “core” with a relatively low number of permanent participants and others are determined. Their activities are dominated by neighborly and civilian models of participation in conflicts. The possibilities of realizing one’s own interests through political interactions (participation in elections, the activities of representative bodies of power, political parties) are not yet sufficiently understood. Urban communities, as a rule, operate within the framework of conventional forms of participation in solving urgent problems, although in some cases it is possible to use confrontational methods, in particular, protest ones. In this regard, the most often used compromise, with the desire for cooperation, a strategy of behavior in interaction with opponents. The limited activating role of conflicts in the activities of communities has been established. The weak manifestation of the civil and especially political component in their activities determines the preservation of a low level of political subjectivity. This factor restrains the growth of urban communities resources and the possibility of applying competitive strategies in interaction with city government and business.

Small model languages as tools for reflection

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Rastall
Keyword(s):  
Simple Model ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Small Model

The paper presents a way of investigating verbal communication and examining assumptions about it independently of particular approaches to linguistic analysis through the development of imaginary language systems using very limited models (small model languages), identifying limitations, and finding ways to extend them. The imaginary systems are compared to real verbal phenomena to highlight communicational principles and show where questions arise. They can be pedagogical tools. A simple model is introduced as an example and ways of extending it are considered along with the questions that are raised in the process.

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