Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Translating Text and Context: Translation Studies and Systemic Functional Linguistics. Volume 2: From Theory to Practice. 2nd ed.

Following on the first volume (Manfredi 2008), which focuses on the theoretical issues that link Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Translation Studies (TS), this second volume of Translating Text and Context aims at demonstrating how they can be fruitfully exploited in the actual practice of translation. The book starts with the illustration of four models informed by SFL which have been offered by renowned TS scholars and linguists (House 1977/1981, 1997, 2014; Bell 1991; Baker 1992/2011; Steiner 1997, 1998, 2004) and which, to varying degrees, have been applied to the practice of translation. Then, partly drawing on such models, as well as on the SFL analysis outlined by Miller (2005), the book puts forth a Hallidayan approach to translation practice, integrated with further insights from TS. The goal is to offer a tool for translation teaching, to be employed for both the production and evaluation of target texts, working with the language pair English/Italian. It is argued that the proposed SFL approach could be exploited to translate a wide range of text-types, from (semi-)specialized to literary. The model is also seen in operation through the practical analysis and translation, from English into Italian, of a diverse range of sample texts, from a variety of text-types. The book’s ultimate aim is to offer a contribution to translation education, in the hope that an SFL integrated approach could provide a systematic method for coping with the intricacies that languages, texts and contexts inevitably pose in a complex and multifaceted process such as translation is.
Bis[diaquahydrogen(1+)] naphthalene-1,5-disulfonate

In the structure of the title compound, 2H5O2+·C10H6O6S22−, the naphthalene-1,5-disulfonate anion is located on an inversion centre. Two independent water mol­ecules share a proton via a strong hydrogen bond, giving rise to a diaqua­hydrogen(1+) (dihydronium) cation. Strong hydrogen bonds between the diaqua­hydrogen(1+) cations and the sulfonate groups of the naphthalene-1,5-disulfonate anions produce a three-dimensional network.
Image processing with the random neural network

Enhancing image quality and combining observations into a coherent description are essential tools in various image processing applications such as multimedia publishing, target recognition, and medical imaging. In this paper we propose two novel approaches for image enlargement and image fusion using the Random Neural Network (RNN) model, which has already been successfully applied to the problems such as still and moving image compression, and image segmentation. The advantage of the RNN model is that it is closer to biophysical reality and mathematically more tractable than standard neural methods, especially when used as a recurrent structure.
Examining the Psychological Impact of Computer Technology: An Updated Cross-Cultural Study

The Computer Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a measure of perceptions by individuals of their anxiety in different situations toward computers. The CAS was developed a number of years ago before computer technology became such an integral part of life. Covariance modeling techniques were used to examine whether the originally proposed construct of computer anxiety has undergone change in a sample of German college students. Results provide support for the invariance of the factor structure of the scale.
A modified two-stage LQ reliable control

This paper introduces a modified version of the previously proposed two-stage LQ reliable control (TSLQRC), which is a discrete-time version of Veillette's reliable LQ regulator, such that the controls improve on the known performance gain margin results of the TSLQRC by tolerating the insertion of any independent gains into the whole feedback loops. It is shown that the desired gain margins satisfy a modified gain margin constraint. An application of the proposed modified gain margin constraint to design an optimal single-stage LQ reliable guaranteed cost controller is also illustrated. A numerical example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed results.
Deontic logic: a concise overview

In this paper we shall give a short (and incomplete) historic overview of the branch of modal logic that is concerned with (reasoning about) norms and normative behaviour, viz. deontic logic. Typically, deontic logic has operators for deontic / normative modalities such as prohibition, permission and obligation. The paper is meant as an introduction to the more advanced papers that appear in the book.
Towards a contextual model of information seeking on the Web

This paper discusses everyday life information seeking via the World Wide Web, and its many contexts at various levels of abstraction. First, empirical Internet-searching studies are reviewed, the conclusion of which is the fact that they yield an exceedingly limited and fragmentary picture of the context of the activity. Therefore, the aim of the paper is theoretical: to propose – based on holistic reflection and earlier literature – a truly contextual model of Web searching from an individual's perspective. The various layers – life-worlds, domains, situations, action, information action, information seeking, information sources, Internet and Web – of the framework are presented one by one, and the dynamics of the whole creation is eventually outlined. At the end, the usefulness and application of the model are deliberated upon. It is claimed that the framework amounts to an exhaustive description of the context of Web information seeking, and that the theoretical construct can be taken advantage of in .
Compact pat trees

Given a text string $S = \sb{s\sb1s\sb2s\sb3\. s\sb{n}},$ we want to preprocess S such that given a pattern $P = p\sb1p\sb2p\sb3\. p\sb{m},$ we can find $\{i\vert s\sb{i\. s\sb{i+m-1}} = P\}$ as efficiently as possible. Suffix trees are a data structure solution to this problem. Unfortunately, when n is large, the storage required by a suffix tree can be prohibitive. This thesis presents several related new representations for a close relative of the suffix tree, the PAT tree, that retain the functionality of suffix trees while requiring a fraction of the storage used by current methods.
Statistical Methods for Psychology

This seventh edition of Statistical Methods for Psychology, like the previous editions, surveys statistical techniques commonly used in the behavioral and social sciences, especially psychology and education. Although it is designed for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it does not assume that students have had either a previous course in statistics or a course in mathematics beyond high-school algebra. Those students who have had an introductory course will find that the early material provides a welcome review. The book is suitable for either a one-term or a full-year course, and I have used it successfully for both. Since I have found that students, and faculty, frequently refer back to the book from which they originally learned statistics when they have a statistical problem, I have included material that will make the book a useful reference for future use. The instructor who wishes to omit this material will have no difficulty doing so. I have cut back on that material, however, to include only what is still likely to be useful. The idea of including every interesting idea had led to a book that was beginning to be daunting.
Arabic Text Data Mining: a Root-Based Hierarchical Indexing Model

Abstract The world has recently witnessed a tremendous growth in the volume of text documents available on the Internet, digital libraries, news sources, and company-wide intranets. Text data mining, as a multidisciplinary field involving information retrieval, text analysis, information extraction, clustering, categorization, linguistics, database technology, machine learning, and data mining, is becoming more significant, and efforts have been intensified in studies like information retrieval, practical applications of which are becoming more and more necessary to end users and to the scientific community itself, in order to fetch the increasingly available information efficiently. In the past few years, not only have new documents been produced directly in digital form, thus being suitable for automatic indexing, but also many of the older documents have been ported from their physical medium to the digital one. The meaning of a document is represented by a vector of features, which are weighted according to a measure that best estimate relevance. Text categorization presents unique challenges due to the large number of attributes present in the data set, large number of training samples, and attributes dependencies. This article focuses on speeding up the information retrieval process in Arabic document base by using a root-based hierarchical indexing model. Simulation results demonstrated that speed gain in the range of 50-100 can be achieved for typical queries.
Training of library and information science (LIS) professionals in Kenya: A needs assessment

Purpose – First, to assess the status of the job market for library and information science (LIS) professionals in Kenya and the adequacy of current curricula and training resources in LIS training institutions in the country. Secondly, to identify priority areas of training and critical IT skills required by LIS professionals in relation to current job market and performance requirements.Design/methodology/approach – Using a survey research design data was collected from various categories of LIS stakeholders: students, lecturers, professionals and employers. In total 110 subjects were selected for this study using various sampling techniques and a response rate of 76.4 per cent was achieved. Questionnaires with closed and open‐ended questions were used to collect data. This was a descriptive study and therefore descriptive statistics were used.Findings – A job market for LIS professionals in Kenya is perceived to exist. However, there is a general observation that the current LIS training programmes in .
Student Perceptions of an Assessed, Online, Collaborative Activity.

In this online collaborative activity, adapted from a face-to-face tutorial activity, students each provided data and suggestions about its interpretation, by contributing to a series of wiki pages. They undertook an assessment question based on interpretation and implications of their findings. The activity involved probing questions inviting students to add comments about the interpretation and long-term implications of their results. It enabled weaker and less confident students, who reported finding the topic challenging, to build on comments from others and add their own valuable contributions. Nine participating students were asked in telephone interviews about their perceptions of the activity, and their comments were categorised. Categories included the visual, practical/authentic and collaborative nature of the activity, feeling of responsibility to the group, and deeper understanding of the topic. The relative importance of the aspects of the activity represented by these categories for more and less able students was explored using an optional online questionnaire. The activity is being adapted for use in other contexts in which a complex question, posed on a wiki, enables students to build on each other's responses to gain a deeper understanding, and therefore helps weaker or less confident students to understand particularly challenging concepts. Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
Memory consistency models for shared memory multiprocessors

The memory consistency model for a shared-memory multiprocessor specifies the behavior of memory with respect to read and write operations from multiple processors. As such, the memory model influences many aspects of system design, including the design of programming languages, compilers, and the underlying hardware. Relaxed models that impose fewer memory ordering constraints offer the potential for higher performance by allowing hardware and software to overlap and reorder memory operations. However, fewer ordering guarantees can compromise programmability and portability. Many of the previously proposed models either fail to provide reasonable programming semantics or are biased toward programming ease at the cost of sacrificing performance. Furthermore, the lack of consensus on an acceptable model hinders software portability across different systems. This dissertation focuses on providing a balanced solution that directly addresses the trade-off between programming ease and performance. To address programmability, we propose an alternative method for specifying memory behavior that presents a higher level abstraction to the programmer. We show that with only a few types of information supplied by the programmer, an implementation can exploit the full range of optimizations enabled by previous models. Furthermore, the same information enables automatic and efficient portability across a wide range of implementations. To expose the optimizations enabled by a model, we have developed a formal framework for specifying the low-level ordering constraints that must be enforced by an implementation. Based on these specifications, we present a wide range of architecture and compiler implementation techniques for efficiently supporting a given model. Finally, we evaluate the performance benefits of exploiting relaxed models based on detailed simulations of realistic parallel applications. Our results show that the optimizations enabled by relaxed models are extremely effective in hiding virtually the full latency of writes in architectures with blocking reads (i.e., processor stalls on reads), with gains as high as 80%. Architectures with nonblocking reads can further exploit relaxed models to hide a substantial fraction of the read latency as well, leading to a larger overall performance benefit. Furthermore, these optimizations complement gains from other latency hiding techniques such as prefetching and multiple contexts. We believe that the combined benefits in hardware and software will make relaxed models universal in future multiprocessors, as is already evidenced by their adoption in several commercial systems.
Unix-based multiple-process system, for real-time data acquisition and control

Rex (real-time experimentation) is a real-time system that utilizes the multiple process structure of Unix to divide its functions among various cooperating processes. A running Rex system includes a comm process to control keyboard interaction, a scribe process to write data on disk, an int process to respond to interrupts from clocks, analog-to-digital converters, etc., and a display process to generate online graphic displays. A Rex system is not limited to these processes and may include others. This modular architecture is flexible and easy to maintain. Various applications may use the same comm and scribe but different ints or displays. The boundaries imposed by distributing Rex among multiple processes afford some protection against code becoming excessively intertwined and difficult to modify. Rex is written in c, a structured high level language. 7 references.
Implications of Multimodal Learning Models for foreign language teaching and learning

This literature review article approaches the topic of information and communications technologies from the perspective of their impact on the language learning process, with particular emphasis on the most appropriate designs of multimodal texts as informed by models of multimodal learning. The first part contextualizes multimodality within the fields of discourse studies, the psychology of learning and CALL; the second, deals with multimodal conceptions of reading and writing by discussing hypertextuality and literacy. A final section outlines the possible implications of multimodal learning models for foreign language teaching and learning.
Functional versus conventional strength and conditioning programs for back injury prevention in emergency responders

Back pain and back-related injuries are common complaints among emergency responders. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two strength and conditioning programs in improving back muscle characteristics and disabilities in emergency responders (firefighters/paramedics). Participants (n = 24) were randomized into two groups to complete 16 weeks of supervised exercise intervention: 1) Functional training used unilateral movements that mimicked the asymmetrical nature of emergency operations, 2) Conventional training performed bilaterally loaded exercises. Outcome measures were maximum isometric back extension strength, passive muscle stiffness, lumbar extensor fatigability, and revised Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire. A mixed model Analysis of Variance with repeated measures was performed to compare the difference over time and between groups. While the training effects were similar between groups, both programs improved isometric back extension strength (+21.3% functional, +20.3% conventional, p < 0.001, ηp 2 = 0.625) and lumbar extensor muscle fatigability (+17.4% functional, +9.5% conventional, p = 0.009, ηp 2 = 0.191). Bilateral symmetry in muscle stiffness was improved as indicated by reduction in symmetry index (-7.1% functional, -11.8% conventional, p = 0.027, ηp 2 = 0.151). All self-reported pain and disability scores fell within the category of “minimum functional limitation” throughout the intervention and 6-month follow-up periods. For frontline firefighters and paramedics, both functional and conventional strength training are effective for improving back muscle characteristics.
Zero translations and cross-linguistic equivalence: Evidence from the English-Swedish Parallel Corpus

This paper examines omission (zero translation) and related translation strategies in the English-Swedish Parallel Corpus and, in particular, how translators handle various discourse expressions (connectors, particles) that do not have a straightforward equivalent in the target language. It is demonstrated that, although connectors are sometimes omitted for other reasons than cross-linguistic non-equivalence, omission is especially common with language-specific connectors and particles which have no obvious target language counterpart, such as the Swedish explanatory connector namligen and modal particle ju and the English transitional markers now and well. These expressions also give rise to various compensatoy translation strategies which only partly capture the meaning of the original. The paper also examines the cultural transfer effect caused by the translation of English terms of endearment (darling, love, etc) which have no natural counterparts in Swedish and therefore sound affected and 'foreign' when rendered in Swedish. (Less)
Small-Scale Social Survey Methods

1. Social Survey: Basic Issues 2. Sampling: Probability or Random Methods 3. Non-probability Sampling Methods 4. Gaining Access to the Relevant Group 5. Focusing Survey Topics and Questions 6. The Relationship between Questions and Answers 7. Refining the Question 8. The Trialling Stage 9. Designing Questionnaires and Interview Schedules 10. The Piloting Stage 11. Running the Main Study 12. Descriptive Data Analysis 13. Statistical Analysis 14. Content Analysis 15. Interpretation and Writing up.
A transfictive tale: life of the artist as a self-brand

The body serves as a critical site of identity performance particularly when considering the implications of technology on construction of the self. This thesis investigates the growing interest in the development of transfictive artists as art practice and how through the use of multimedia platforms it is possible to create and establish a fictional identity through transmedia storytelling. Each of the fictional artists selected for this research, namely Susan Fielder, Donelle Woolford, Cherry Lazar, Ona Artist and Seren Sancler, function to draw the audience into exploring issues of identity, performance, in particular, the artist persona as exemplifying selfebrity. This original contribution to knowledge explores the ideas, concerns and ways of creating a transfictive heteronymic persona in relation to gender politics, the ways in which media convergence is utilised to develop identity, performance and the importance of self-branding. The case studies are discussed in relation to the above issues, demonstrating where appropriate the influence that digital media has had on contemporary art by offering new challenges and opportunities to explore issues of identity construction. By taking an autoethnography approach to explore identity performance, the research incorporates visual autoethnography to illuminate directly the construction process of crafting a fictive artist, Seren Sancler, as a site for the development of new knowledge about transfictive storytelling as a process to develop identity. What this particular thesis intends to examine is why artists are creating fictive artists and how this specific art practice reflects and informs the culture from which it emerges.
A Comprehensive Survey on WiMAX Scheduling Approaches

The institute of Electrical and Electronics IEEE 802.16 standard is a real revolution in wireless metropolitan area networks (wireless MANs) that enables high-speed access to data, video and voice services. The IEEE 802.16 is mainly aimed at providing broadband wireless access (BWA). Thus, it complements existing last mile wired networks such as cable modem and xDSL. Its main advantage is fast deployment which results in cost saving.
Microblogging Opinion Mining Approach for Kuwaiti Dialect

In this paper, we present an approach to extract and classify opinion in microblogging. It is based mainly on linguistic resources produced for the Kuwaiti dialect used by an SVM classifier. The approach has been tested on a corpus of 340,000 tweets about "interrogation of ministers by the National Assembly of Kuwait"-"استجواب الوزراء " during the last two years. Tweets were collected automatically by a module developed in java. This corpus has been manually annotated by three Kuwaiti dialect native speakers. We obtained an average value of precision and recall respectively 76% and 61%.
STEPS IN ADVISING TRANSLATION STUDENTS TO LEARN ENGLISH AUTONOMOUSLY

Many translation students feel that their English is inadequate and are unhappy with their proficiency level and the grades they get in their English courses. They feel that course materials and class activities are insufficient for developing their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The article proposes a model of a self-study program to help students practice English on their own. The self-study program consists of a plan for self-study, with deadlines and time slots for developing the required skill(s), a weekly and monthly study schedule, online activities for developing the target skill according to each student's needs and her proficiencyl level. The advisor gives sample online activities and helps students assess their EFL skills using online tests. The students keep a weekly log of their progress. At the end of the semester, they answer a questionnaire-survey to assess the self-study program and find out areas of imrpovement and weaknesses.