Speaker-specific intonational marking of narrow focus in Egyptian Arabic

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Cangemi ◽  
Dina El Zarka ◽  
Simon Wehrle ◽  
Stefan Baumann ◽  
Martine Grice
Keyword(s):  
Egyptian Arabic ◽  
Narrow Focus

scholarly journals Reframing ‘integration’: acknowledging and addressing five core critiques

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Spencer ◽  
Katharine Charsley
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Recent Criticism ◽  
Heuristic Model ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Methodological Nationalism ◽  
Narrow Focus ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractEmpirical and theoretical insights from the rich body of research on ‘integration’ in migration studies have led to increasing recognition of its complexity. Among European scholars, however, there remains no consensus on how integration should be defined nor what the processes entail. Integration has, moreover, been the subject of powerful academic critiques, some decrying any further use of the concept. In this paper we argue that it is both necessary and possible to address each of the five core critiques on which recent criticism has focused: normativity; negative objectification of migrants as ‘other’; outdated imaginary of society; methodological nationalism; and a narrow focus on migrants in the factors shaping integration processes. We provide a definition of integration, and a revised heuristic model of integration processes and the ‘effectors’ that have been shown to shape them, as a contribution to a constructive debate on the ways in which these challenges for empirical research can be overcome.

scholarly journals Elucidating the Complex Interactions between Stress and Epileptogenic Pathways

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron R. Friedman ◽  
Luisa P. Cacheaux ◽  
Sebastian Ivens ◽  
Daniela Kaufer
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Blood Brain Barrier ◽  
Inflammatory Cytokine ◽  
Stress Hormones ◽  
Brain Barrier ◽  
Barrier Dysfunction ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Narrow Focus ◽  
Analytical Tools

Clinical and experimental data suggest that stress contributes to the pathology of epilepsy. We review mechanisms by which stress, primarily via stress hormones, may exacerbate epilepsy, focusing on the intersection between stress-induced pathways and the progression of pathological events that occur before, during, and after the onset of epileptogenesis. In addition to this temporal nuance, we discuss other complexities in stress-epilepsy interactions, including the role of blood-brain barrier dysfunction, neuron-glia interactions, and inflammatory/cytokine pathways that may be protective or damaging depending on context. We advocate the use of global analytical tools, such as microarray, in support of a shift away from a narrow focus on seizures and towards profiling the complex, early process of epileptogenesis, in which multiple pathways may interact to dictate the ultimate onset of chronic, recurring seizures.

Collaborative Research: Once More Into the Breach

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 510-511
Author(s):  
EVAN CHARNEY
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Molecular Level ◽  
Organ System ◽  
Biomedical Science ◽  
Memorial Hospital ◽  
Narrow Focus ◽  
Higher Power ◽  
Practice Based Research

In this issue, Christoffel and associates1 described a new program of practice-based research involving community pediatricians and the Department of Pediatrics at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. In one sense, all clinical research is practice based and has a long and honorable history in medicine. What has changed is that the gap between those who conduct research and those in clinical practice has widened. As the pathophysiology of diseases is better understood, the frontier of biomedical science has moved from the whole patient to the organ system, the cell, and, now, the molecular level. It is as if each generation of researchers has snapped a progressively higher power lens under the microscope, with a deeper but more narrow focus.

A missing link: a distributed cognitive perspective on fit

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayanga Bandara Herath
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Cognitive Perspective ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Narrow Focus ◽  
Cognitive Framework ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Complex Social Systems

PurposeThis article presents a cognitive framework to study dynamic/adaptive aspects of a collection of popular fit measures used in organisation research, in an attempt to highlight what there is to be gained.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a distributed e-cognition (DEC) framework to examine the current organisational literature of fit measures.FindingsThis paper highlights that most measures have a rather narrow focus and do not address dynamic/adaptive aspects in complex social systems (e.g. organisations). To both provide a way to integrate fit measures and cover the cognition gap in this literature, this article highlights the need for a more sophisticated measure.Originality/valueThis paper provides a novel approach to examining organisational fit literature through a distributed (e)-cognitive framework.

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