scholarly journals Acercar Culturas para Derribar Barreras: Traducción de Textos (Inglés-Español) en el Ámbito de la Salud Mental

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 142-149
Author(s):  
Bruno Echaury Galván
Keyword(s):  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Hispanic Population ◽  
Frame Semantics ◽  
Translation Model ◽  
Latino Community ◽  
Fundamental Part ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
The U.S

Resumen: Este artículo presenta el marco teórico de un proyecto que se está teniendo lugar actualmente y que persigue la mejora de la calidad de los documentos informativos traducidos en el ámbito de la Salud Mental, dirigido al público hispano hablante que vive en Estado Unidos. El principal objetivo de este estudio es la creación de un modelo de traducción basado en la adaptación sociocultural y lingüística que mejora la legibilidad del texto y, en consecuencia, la eficacia de la transmisión de información. Los rasgos culturales y  las habilidades lingüísticos de la audiencia (en este caso, la comunidad latina de EE.UU.) deberían ser, en mi opinión, una parte fundamental en métodos y patrones de traducción, ya que ambos juegan un papel importante en el modo en el que el lector se acerca al texto y posteriormente lo entiende. Para introducir estos aspectos en un modelo d traducción, intentaremos combinar la teoría del marco  semántico de Filmore (1976) con diferentes estrategias orientadas a incrementar la legibilidad del texto. La razón de esta selección y del enfoque del proyecto se detallarán a lo largo de este artículo.Abstract: This paper presents the theoretical basis of an on-going translation project that seeks to improve the quality of translated information documents related to Mental Health which are addressed to the Hispanic population living in theUSA. The main objective is achieving a translation model based on sociocultural and literacy appropriateness which boasts documents intelligibility and, in consequence, the effectiveness of information transmission. The cultural features and literacy skills of the target audience (in this case, the U.S. Latino community) should be, in my opinion, a fundamental part of translation methods and patterns, since they both play an important role in the way a reader approaches and subsequently understands a text. In order to implement these aspects in our translation model, we intend to combine Fillmore’s Frame Semantics theory (1976) with different strategies oriented to improve texts intelligibility. The rationale for all these choices and the project’s perspectives are detailed throughout the following pages.

U.S.-Listed Foreign Companies' Choice of a U.S.-Based versus Home Country-Based Big N Principal Auditor and the Effect on Audit Fees and Earnings Quality

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharad C. Asthana ◽  
K. K. Raman ◽  
Hongkang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Just Price ◽  
Reporting Environment ◽  
The U.S

SYNOPSIS We examine why U.S.-listed foreign companies choose to have a U.S.-based (rather than home country-based) Big N firm as their principal auditor for SEC reporting purposes and the effects of that choice for audit fees and earnings quality. We find that the likelihood of the Big N principal auditor being U.S.-based is decreasing in client size and the level of investor protection in the home country, and increasing in the proportion of income earned outside the home country. We also find compelling evidence that U.S.-based Big N auditors are associated with higher-quality earnings (albeit for a higher fee), despite two factors—the greater distance between the U.S.-based (vis-à-vis home country-based) Big N auditor and the client, and the likelihood that much of the audit work is done outside the U.S.—which potentially could lower the earnings quality of the U.S.-listed foreign client when the Big N principal auditor is U.S.-based. Overall, our study suggests that the higher fees associated with a U.S.-based Big N principal auditor is not just price protection; rather, U.S.-based Big N principal auditors are also improving the financial reporting environment by reporting higher-quality audited earnings for their U.S.-listed foreign clients. JEL Classifications: L11; L15; M42.

scholarly journals Together, We Can Make This Place Our Home: Civic Engagement Among Asian Immigrants

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 99-99
Author(s):  
Cindy Bui ◽  
Kyungmin Kim ◽  
Qian Song ◽  
Yuri Jang
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Asian American ◽  
American Culture ◽  
City Council ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
The City ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Acculturation Factors

Abstract Civic engagement is an important dimension of age-friendly communities but has been understudied among Asian immigrant groups. While research has attributed greater civic engagement among immigrants to acculturation factors, the influence of acculturation may be conditioned upon Asian immigrants’ social network and place attachment to their city. We used data from the Asian American Quality of Life survey to analyze civic engagement activity (e.g., City council meeting, voting in a City election) among a diverse sample of middle-aged and older Asian immigrants in Austin, Texas (N = 994). 34.5% of the sample had participated in at least one civic engagement activity in the past 12 months. We examined how such civic engagement is associated with acculturation factors, and further examined whether one’s friend network and perception of their city moderated the association. We found that number of years lived in the U.S., familiarity with mainstream American culture, and number of friends in one’s social network were positively related to civic engagement activity. Furthermore, we found that the association between years lived in the U.S. and civic engagement was more pronounced for immigrants with larger friend networks; the association between familiarity with American culture and civic engagement was more pronounced for immigrants with more positive perceptions of the city. These findings highlight that acculturation may not operate alone in civic engagement among Asian immigrants. Rather, it may also be important to create opportunities for Asian immigrants to feel connected to their community and build meaningful friend networks to encourage civic engagement.

A framework for the evaluation and use of alternative data in the Consumer Expenditure Surveys

1915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Erhard ◽  
Brett McBride ◽  
Adam safir
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Complementary Role ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Weighting Procedures ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics ◽  
The U.S

As part of the implementation of its strategic plan, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has increasingly studied the issue of using alternative data to improve both the quality of its data and the process by which those data are collected. The plan includes the goal of integrating alternative data into BLS programs. This article describes the framework used by the BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) program and the potential these data hold for complementing data collected in traditional formats. It also addresses some of the challenges BLS faces when using alternative data and the complementary role that alternative data play in improving the quality of data currently collected. Alternative data can substitute for what is presently being collected from respondents and provide additional information to supplement the variables the CE program produces or to adjust the CE program’s processing and weighting procedures.

scholarly journals Latinas for Trump Analysis of Processes of Identification and the Use of Narratives to Construct Subject-Positions

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-214
Author(s):  
Mayela Zambrano
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
The United States ◽  
Apparent Contradiction ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Political Preference ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Latino Community ◽  
The U.S

AbstractThe public and commercial spheres constantly address the largest ethnic minority in the United States, people with ancestry or from a Latin American country, as a homogenous group under the ethnopolitical terms “Latinos,” “Hispanics,” and even “Mexicans.” This panethnic view, and the negative stereotypes associated with it, was especially visible during the 2016 presidential election. While the majority of Latinos found Donald Trump’s remarks on “Mexicans” offensive to the Latin community as a whole, a large number of people still supported his opinions, even those belonging to the “Latino” community. Even more so, women of Latino heritage still supported a nominee that went against their own advance in society given his constant misogynistic comments. In this essay, I analyze the groundings for this apparent contradiction in the preference for said candidate. I argue that these women’s political preference is a tool with which they build their identity in the U.S. Besides, I explore the ways in which individuals linguistically construct their own identity in three ways (i) by actively doing the identification instead of merely receiving it by an unknown agent; (ii) by choosing the self-representation of their preference, and (iii) by finding commonalities and bonding with other individuals they deem part of their group. Through this approach, I analyze semiotic processes, such as intertextuality, use of pronouns, and discourse alignment, that are used to construct identifications of the self that go beyond imposed categories, such as gender and ethnicity.

Depression and Health-related Quality of Life for Low-income African-American Women in the U.S.

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2293-2301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori B. Frank ◽  
Louis S. Matza ◽  
Dennis A. Revicki ◽  
Joyce Y. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
American Women ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Aerospace Titanium Alloy Melt Process Quality Improvements

2020 ◽  
Vol 321 ◽  
pp. 04008
Author(s):  
Andrew Woodfield ◽  
Gérard Lemaitre
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Aircraft Engine ◽  
Federal Aviation Administration ◽  
High Density ◽  
Vacuum Arc ◽  
Quality Improvements ◽  
Jet Engine ◽  
Aircraft Accident ◽  
The U.S

This Jet Engine Titanium Quality Committee (JETQC) paper describes industry quality improvements since 1990. Quality refers to freedom from melt-related hard-alpha and high-density inclusions (HDI). JETQC, formed under the auspices of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) following the Sioux City aircraft accident in 1989, is comprised of U.S., E.U. and Japanese aircraft engine manufacturers to address the quality of premium / rotor quality titanium alloy production. Titanium suppliers provide melt-related inclusion data. JETQC focuses on hard-alpha and HDI inclusion rates in premium quality (PQ) titanium alloy products for critical rotating aircraft engine applications. PQ materials typically are produced via triple vacuum arc re-melt (3XVAR) or hearth melt VAR (HMVAR) processes, but more recently, the Skull plus VAR (SVAR) process has been introduced. Hard-alpha rates have continued to decline over the last decade primarily for the HMVAR process. HDI rates declined in the early 90’s, but more recently the overall rate has stayed approximately constant with inclusions confined to the 3XVAR process. Combining the trends for both hard-alpha and HDIs, the HMVAR process has demonstrated in recent years to be higher quality compared with the 3XVAR process.

scholarly journals Stimulation Ultimately Prevails

2019 ◽  
pp. 364-380
Author(s):  
Alan Kominsky ◽  
Tina E. Waters
Keyword(s):  
Airway Pressure ◽  
Multidisciplinary Care ◽  
Sleep Medicine ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Pressure Therapy ◽  
Obstructive Sleep ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
The U.S

This chapter discusses the role of neuromodulation in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Various forms of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS) have been researched, and one commercially available form of stimulation was approved for treatment of moderate to severe OSA by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2014. Because of the novelty of this treatment and subgroup responsiveness, inclusion and exclusion criteria have been developed. The treatment is reserved for select patients who have been deemed to fail or are intolerant of positive airway pressure therapy. The nature of the therapy requires multidisciplinary care from both otolaryngology and sleep medicine specialists. Of the available outcome data, the therapy is effective at not only reducing the severity of OSA but also improving patient-reported outcomes of daytime sleepiness and quality of life.

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