bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Study on the Effect of Varun Twak Lepa in Management of Vyanga
Authors: Mundhe Swati Shivaji , Ade Vinod
Published: September 2020

Vyanga is a disease, which decreases the glowing complexion of the face and affects the skin. Among many diseases concerned with the cosmetic values, Vyanga is common disease one of them known to us from thousands of years. Acharya Sushruta and Vagbhatta has mentioned Vyanga as Kshudra Roga. Though it is considered as Kshudra Roga(minor disease),   but it has got a major importance as a cosmetic problem in the society. Vyanga can be correlated with melasma, it is the common pigmentary disorder characterised by symmetrical hyper pigmented macules on face. Aim-To study on the effect of Varun Twak Lepa in management of Vyanga. In this study, the trial drugs used were  Varun Twak Lepa for topical application. Material and methods- A total 40 patients of Vyanga were selected from OPD and IPD of Kayachikitsa. Observation and results- To study the effect of Varun Twaka Lepa assessment of patient were done on the basis of MSI score. In all three types, dermal, epidermal and mixed significant result was found on 20th and 30th day. In comparison of three types of melasma more significant result was found in epidermal type.
Efficacy of Bibhitakavaleha in Management of Kaphaja Kasa with special reference to Chronic Bronchitis
Authors: Wajpeyi Sadhana Misar , Deshmukh Manish , Bhojraj Nandini
Published: September 2020

Kasa is the disease of Pranavaha strotas. It may develop as an independent disease, symptom or complication. In Kaphaja Kasa Kasavega is associated with Bahala Ghana Nishtivana. It can be correlated with Chronic Bronchitis due to similarities of signs and symptoms. Chronic Bronchitis is characterized by productive cough associated with sputum for at least 3 consecutive months for more than two successive years. The initial symptoms are repeated attacks of productive cough which shows a steady increase in severity during the winter months and present all the year round with recurrent respiratory infections. Ayurveda described many herbomineral formulations for management of Kasa. One such formulation Bibhitakavaleha is mentioned in Gadanigraha, which consists of Bibhitaki (Terminalia bellerica Roxb.), Gomutra (Cow urine) and Madhu (Honey). Methods: In this case series 30 patients having classical symptoms of Kaphaja Kasa were treated with Bibhitakavaleha 10gm twice a day with lukewarm water for 15 days with the aim to prove the efficacy of it in the management of Kaphaja Kasa. Subjective criteria like Kasavega, Kasa nishtiva, Shwaskricchrata, Peenas, Shirshool and Aruchi with Laboratory parameters like TLC (Total Leukocyte Count), Neutrophils, Absolute Eosinophil Count (AEC) and ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate) were assessed before and after treatment. Result: Significant improvement was observed in all parameters after treatment. Bibhitaki possesses Kashaya Rasa, Madhura Vipaka, Ushna Veerya & Laghu, Ruksha Guna which plays a major role in relieving Kasa. Conclusion: Hence it can be concluded that Kaphaja Kasa can be effectively treated with Bibhitakavaleha.
An Open Label Single Arm Clinical Study on Churna basti administered in Modified Kala Basti Schedule in Amavata
Authors: Rajan Amritha , M Ashvini Kumar , A Lohith B
Published: September 2020

Basti is considered to have multifaceted effect as it cures the diseases of Shakha,Koshta,Marmas and Sarva Avayavas.Acharya Chakrapani mentions the unique concept of Churna Basti comprising of Saindhava Lavana, Sneha, Churnas(Rasna, Vacha, Bilwa, Shatapushpa, Ela, Putika, Madanaphala, Pippali, Devadaru, Kushta), Ushnajala and Amladravya as the key ingredients. These drugs possess ushna & teekshna gunas, Deepana-Pachana, Vata Kaphahara and Shula-Shothahara properties which may help in attaining Agni deepti, Laghutva, Nirama Lakshana and Shoolahara effect.Based on this concept,the ingredients are modified and is practiced in the management of Santharpanotha vikaras like Amavata. Amavata is the disease affecting Asthi and Sandhis wherein Ama and Vata are the initiating factors in the pathogenesis. Moreover, the chief pathogenic factors, being contradictory in nature poses difficulty in planning the line of treatment. Rheumatoid Arthritis can be correlated to Amavata on the basis of etiology, pathology, therapeutic signs and symptoms. The figures of prevalence vary substantially ranging from 0.3% to 2.1% of the population, with peak incidence in the fourth decade of life.  A combination of Vaishwanara choorna, Rasna Saptaka Kashaya and Dhanyamla administered in Amavata is yielding beneficial effects as the ingredients possess the properties opposite to that of Amavata and therefore acts positively on the disease. Therefore, due to wide spectrum of disease, much prevalence in the society and lack of effective medicaments the present study was planned based on this concept and statistically highly significant effects (P>0.0001) were observed in the various assessment parameters of Amavata such as Sandhishoola, Sandhishotha, Sandhistabdhata , Sandhisparsa Asahyata etc. In overall effect of therapy maximum number of patients (40.12%) got marked improvement. Therefore, Churna Basti comprising of drugs possessing properties opposite to Ama can be considered as a good remedy in the management of Amavata.
Motivos de interés por la docencia e identidad profesional del futuro profesorado de Educación Física. Análisis en los másteres universitarios de Sevilla, Granada y Jaén (España)
Authors: Castaneda-Vázquez Carolina , Pérez-Cortés Antonio , Valdivia-Moral Pedro A. , Zurita-Ortega Féliz
Published: September 2020

La identidad profesional docente está determinada por los motivos de interés hacia la profesión, así como por los cambios en las actitudes y creencias de los futuros docentes. El presente estudio pretende conocer el interés por la profesión docente y los motivos que incitan al alumnado del Máster de Educación Secundaria (especialidad Educación Física) de las Universidades de Granada, Sevilla y Jaén (España), a decantarse hacia la profesión docente, así como sus ideas previas acerca de la formación inicial. Para ello se aplicó el  Cuestionario sobre interés por la docencia y la formación inicial (CIDFI) (Pontes, Ariza y del Rey, 2010) a una muestra de 217 estudiantes (154 hombres y 63 mujeres, de entre 21 y 35 años). Los datos revelaron una tendencia vocacional predominante especialmente en las mujeres, considerando muy importantes los conocimientos de pedagogía, didáctica y programación docente, así como la adquisición de destrezas para motivar a los alumnos por el aprendizaje. Como propuesta de mejora, parece conveniente incluir dentro del máster actividades que permitiesen explicitar las ideas previas y motivaciones de los futuros docentes, así como estos datos deberían tenerse en cuenta en el diseño de la formación inicial, tanto general como específica, de los futuros docentes de Secundaria.
Estudio e intervención en niños con Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad de educación primaria
Authors: Fernández Gacho Leticia , Arias González Víctor , Rodríguez Navarro Henar , Manzano Soto Nuria
Published: September 2020

Se desarrolla en este texto un estudio de dos casos de niños con sintomatología TDHA (Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad) en el ámbito escolar. Se realiza una intervención psicoeducativa específica desde un enfoque inclusivo y constructivista. Se evalúan las mejoras respecto a los indicadores seleccionados. Dentro del programa de intervención se destacan como indicadores relevantes para el tratamiento educativo aspectos tales como: el entrenamiento en las habilidades sociales y la intervención en sus comportamientos disruptivos, impulsivos e inatentos, que provocan problemas sociales. Los resultados apuntan hacia la mejora en el ámbito académico y en el social del alumnado con TDHA, incidiendo en la necesidad de intervenir no solo en las habilidades sociales, sino en la conducta específica para la mejora de los casos.
Formación del profesorado de Secundaria en España: Un estudio a través de los Másteres Oficiales en Educación Secundaria en universidades públicas
Authors: González Sala Francisco , Bisquert Bovert Mar , Haba-Osca Julia , Osca-Lluch Julia
Published: September 2020

Es en el curso académico 2009-2010 cuando comienza a impartirse el Máster de Profesor de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato, Formación Profesional, Enseñanza de Idiomas y Enseñanzas Deportivas. El objetivo del estudio es determinar las similitudes y diferencias en el plan de estudios del máster de formación del profesorado en universidades públicas españolas. Según el Registro de Universidades, Centros y Títulos se localizaron 43 universidades públicas en las que se imparte el Máster. Los resultados muestran una gran variedad de denominaciones con respecto al título del máster. Si bien presentan una estructura similar con respecto a las materias en los módulos genéricos y específicos, existen diferencias en cuanto a los créditos para cada una de estas. Son las especialidades de Educación Secundaria las más impartidas frente a las de Formación Profesional. La oferta es de más de 12.290 plazas, habiendo diferencias en cuanto al precio por crédito según el máster. Se puede concluir que el máster presenta una estructura muy similar acorde a la ley en la mayoría de las Universidades, detectándose la necesidad de una mayor y más amplia formación dirigida a la Formación Profesional. Tras diez años de impartición del máster cabe reflexionar acerca del mismo en relación a aspectos como las competencias del mismo, créditos pedagógico-didácticos, prácticum, profesorado que imparte el master o criterios de acceso al mismo.
Visiones del alumnado y el sentido del prácticum en educación primaria
Authors: Cortés-González Pablo , González Alba Blas , Padua Arcos Daniela
Published: September 2020

El presente trabajo recoge el proceso de análisis y reflexión compartida en torno a cómo contribuye el periodo de prácticas en la formación académica y en la identidad profesional de los estudiantes del grado de primaria de las universidades de Málaga y Almería. Durante los cursos 2016/17, 2017/18 y 2018/19 y en el marco del Proyecto de Investigación denominado ‘La identidad profesional del profesorado novel’, se han investigado con un total de 192 alumnos de prácticas de ambas universidades. A partir de grupos de reflexión y discusión, entrevistas y las valoraciones que el alumnado ha plasmado en sus porfolios, se hace un acercamiento a sus respectivas experiencias en la asignatura del Prácticum. Sus voces nos muestran la distancia percibida y existente entre el currículum expuesto en el aula universitaria y la realidad escolar, y el impacto experimentado por el alumnado tras comprobar que muchos centros de prácticas no han cubierto sus expectativas. Este proceso compartido, colectivo y reflexivo desarrollado en la asignatura del Prácticum y el proceso de la investigación ha permitido al alumnado reconstruir y deconstruir su identidad docente y mostrar algunas de las debilidades y limitaciones percibidas en cuanto a la relación universidad-centro de prácticas.
VP 28 Pasiwari, Sukarman
Authors: Immler Nicole L. , scagliola stef
Published: September 2020

PDF van Indonesisch historisch verslag van aanval op Rawagede geschreven door Sukarman, voorzitter van de stichting voor hulp aan de weduwen van Rawagede en organisatie van de herdenking op 9 December. Het verslag is vertaald naar het Nederlands door journalist en Indonesie kenner Peter Schumacher.
VP 38 Tuinier, Glissenaar
Authors: scagliola stef
Published: September 2020

38.a Bericht van Dirk Jan Tuinier op Linkedin met toelichting over het werk van de Stichting Vredeseducatie en hoe Rawagede als case gebruikt wordt.

38.b Beschrijving van de activiteiten van Jan Glissenaar in Rawagede in het contactblad van de vereniging Wederzijds
Vertical distribution of particle-phase dicarboxylic acids, oxoacids and α-dicarbonyls in the urban boundary layer based on the 325 m tower in Beijing
Authors: Zhao Wanyu , Ren Hong , Kawamura Kimitaka , Du Huiyun , Chen Xueshun , Yue Siyao , Xie Qiaorong , Wei Lianfang , Li Ping , Zeng Xin , Kong Shaofei , Sun Yele , Wang Zifa , Fu Pingqing
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Vertical distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxoacids, α-dicarbonyls and other organic tracer compounds in fine aerosols
(PM2.5) were investigated at three heights (8, 120 and
260 m) based on a 325 m meteorological tower in urban
Beijing in the summer of 2015. Results showed that the concentrations
of oxalic acid (C2), the predominant diacid, were more
abundant at 120 m (210±154 ng m−3) and
260 m (220±140 ng m−3) than those at the
ground surface (160±90 ng m−3). Concentrations of
phthalic acid (Ph) decreased with the increase in height, indicating
that local vehicular exhausts were the main contributor. Positive
correlations were noteworthy for C2 ∕ total diacids with mass
ratios of C2 to main oxoacids (Pyr and ωC2) and α-dicarbonyls (Gly and MeGly) in polluted
days (0.42≤r2≤0.65), especially at the ground
level. In clean days, the ratios of carbon content in oxalic acid to
water-soluble organic carbon (C2−C ∕ WSOC) showed larger
values at 120 and 260 m than those at the ground
surface. However, in polluted days, the C2−C ∕ WSOC ratio
mainly reached its maximum at ground level. These phenomena may
indicate the enhanced contribution of aqueous-phase oxidation to
oxalic acid in polluted days. Combined with the influence of wind
field, total diacids, oxoacids and α-dicarbonyls decreased by
22 %–58 % under the control on anthropogenic activities during
the 2015 Victory Parade period. Furthermore, the positive matrix
factorisation (PMF) results showed
that the secondary formation routes (secondary sulfate formation and
secondary nitrate formation) were the dominant contributors
(37 %–44 %) to organic acids, followed by biomass burning
(25 %–30 %) and motor vehicles (18 %–24 %). In this
study, the organic acids at ground level were largely associated
with local traffic emissions, while the long-range atmospheric
transport followed by photochemical ageing contributed more to diacids
and related compounds in the urban boundary layer than the ground
surface in Beijing.
GloFAS-ERA5 operational global river discharge reanalysis 1979–present
Authors: Harrigan Shaun , Zsoter Ervin , Alfieri Lorenzo , Prudhomme Christel , Salamon Peter , Wetterhall Fredrik , Barnard Christopher , Cloke Hannah , Pappenberger Florian
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Estimating how much water is flowing through rivers at
the global scale is challenging due to a lack of observations in space and
time. A way forward is to optimally combine the global network of earth
system observations with advanced numerical weather prediction (NWP) models
to generate consistent spatio-temporal maps of land, ocean, and atmospheric
variables of interest, which is known as a reanalysis. While the current generation
of NWP models output runoff at each grid cell, they currently do not produce river
discharge at catchment scales directly and thus have limited utility in
hydrological applications such as flood and drought monitoring and
forecasting. This is overcome in the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS;
http://www.globalfloods.eu/, last access: 28 June 2020) by coupling surface and
sub-surface runoff from the Hydrology Tiled
ECMWF Scheme for Surface Exchanges over Land (HTESSEL) land surface model used within ECMWF's
latest global atmospheric reanalysis (ERA5) with the LISFLOOD hydrological
and channel routing model. The aim of this paper is to describe and evaluate
the GloFAS-ERA5 global river discharge reanalysis dataset launched on 5 November 2019 (version 2.1 release). The river discharge reanalysis is a
global gridded dataset with a horizontal resolution of 0.1∘ at a
daily time step. An innovative feature is that it is produced in an
operational environment so is available to users from 1 January 1979 until
near real time (2 to 5 d behind real time). The reanalysis was evaluated
against a global network of 1801 daily river discharge observation stations.
Results found that the GloFAS-ERA5 reanalysis was skilful against a mean
flow benchmark in 86 % of catchments according to the modified
Kling–Gupta efficiency skill score, although the strength of skill varied
considerably with location. The global median Pearson correlation
coefficient was 0.61 with an interquartile range of 0.44 to 0.74. The
long-term and operational nature of the GloFAS-ERA5 reanalysis dataset
provides a valuable dataset to the user community for applications ranging
from monitoring global flood and drought conditions to the identification of
hydroclimatic variability and change and as raw input for post-processing
and machine learning methods that can add further value. The dataset is
openly available from the Copernicus Climate Change Service Climate Data
Store: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/cems-glofas-historical?tab=overview (last access: 28 June 2020) with the following DOI: https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.a4fdd6b9 (C3S, 2019).
Consolidating the Randolph Glacier Inventory and the Glacier Inventory of China over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Investigating Glacier Changes Since the mid-20th Century
Authors: Liu Xiaowan , Xu Zongxue , Yang Hong , Li Xiuping , Peng Dingzhi
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Glacier retreat in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), the "third pole of the world", has attracted the attention of researchers worldwide. Glacier inventories in the 1970s and the 2000s provide valuable information to infer changes in individual glaciers. However, individual glacier volumes are either missing, incomplete or have large errors in these inventories, and thus, the use of these datasets to investigate changes in glaciers in QTP in the past few decades has become a challenge, particularly in the context of climate change. In this study, individual glacier volume data in the Randolph Glacier Inventory version 4.0 (RGI 4.0, 1970s) and the second Glacier Inventory of China (GIC-Ⅱ, 2000s) are recalculated and consolidated using a slope-dependent algorithm based on elevation datasets for the QTP. The two consolidated inventories (The data are available under https://doi.org/10.11888/Glacio.tpdc.270390 (Liu, 2020). For the time of review, the data will be accessible through the following review link https://data.tpdc.ac.cn/en/data/4b88e394-0eb4-44c4-aa38-32aeb614daff/.) are validated by comparing the observed and estimated glacier data reported in the literature. The two consolidated glacier inventories are then compared for different mountains over the QTP to detect changes in glacier areas, volumes, fragmentation status, etc. during the past 3–4 decades. Based on the results, the slope-dependent algorithm performed well in computing individual glacier volumes and other elements, compared with the widely used volume-area scaling which often leads to overestimation in the interior Plateau and underestimation in other areas of the QTP in both RGI 4.0 and GIC-Ⅱ. The comparison of the two inventories reveals a total area of glaciers in the QTP of approximately 59026.5 km2 in the RGI 4.0 and 44301.2 km2 in the GIC-Ⅱ. The total glacier volume is 4045.9 km3 in the GIC-Ⅱ compared with 4716.7 km3 in the RGI 4.0. The results suggest a significant retreat and melting of glaciers in the QTP. However, variations are observed in different glaciers. The Karakoram Mountains contain the largest number of surged glaciers, while the highest level of retreat is observed in the Gandise Mountains. An increase in the fragmentation index is observed in the northern mountains, particularly the Pamir Plateau, which displays the highest trends of glacier movement and deformation. The glacier volumes decrease mainly on south-westward aspects and increase to various extents on the other aspects of most mountains. The consolidation of the glacier inventories and the findings of the analysis performed in this study provide important databases for future glacier-related studies, particularly for investigating the effects of climate change on glaciers in the past and projecting future effects.
A Nested Multi-Scale System Implemented in the Large-Eddy
Simulation Model PALM model system 6.0
Authors: Hellsten Antti , Ketelsen Klaus , Sühring Matthias , Auvinen Mikko , Maronga Björn , Knigge Christoph , Barmpas Fotios , Tsegas Georgios , Moussiopoulos Nicolas , Raasch Siegfried
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Large-eddy simulation provides a physically sound approach to study complex turbulent processes within the atmospheric boundary layer including urban boundary layer flows. However, such flow problems often involve a large separation of turbulent scales, requiring a large computational domain and very high grid resolution near the surface features, leading to prohibitive computational costs. To overcome this problem, an online LES-LES nesting scheme is implemented into the PALM model system 6.0. The hereby documented and evaluated nesting method is capable of supporting multiple child domains which can be nested within their parent domain either in a parallel or recursively cascading configuration. The nesting system is evaluated by simulating first a purely convective boundary layer flow system and then three different neutrally-stratified flow scenarios with increasing order of topographic complexity. The results of the nested runs are compared with corresponding non-nested high- and low-resolution results. The results reveal that the solution accuracy within the high-resolution nest domain is clearly improved as the solutions approach the non-nested high-resolution reference results. In obstacle-resolving LES, the two-way coupling becomes problematic as anterpolation introduces a regional discrepancy within the obstacle canopy of the parent domain. This is remedied by introducing canopy-restricted anterpolation where the operation is only performed above the obstacle canopy. The test simulations make evident that this approach is the most suitable coupling strategy for obstacle-resolving LES. The performed simulations testify that nesting can reduce the CPU time up to 80 % compared to the fine-resolution reference runs while the computational overhead from the nesting operations remained below 16 % for the two-way coupling approach and significantly less for the one-way alternative.
Examining the operational use of avalanche problems with decision trees and model-generated weather and snowpack variables
Authors: Horton Simon , Towell Moses , Haegeli Pascal
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Avalanche problems are used in avalanche forecasting to describe snowpack, weather, and terrain factors that require distinct risk management techniques. Although they have become an effective tool for assessing and communicating avalanche hazard, their definitions leave room for interpretation and inconsistencies. This study uses conditional inference trees to explore the application of avalanche problems over eight winters in Glacier National Park, Canada. The influence of weather and snowpack variables on each avalanche problem type were explored by analyzing a continuous set of weather and snowpack variables produced with a numerical weather prediction model and a physical snow cover model. The decision trees suggest forecasters’ assessments are not only based on a physical analysis of weather and snowpack conditions, but also contextual information about the time of season, location, and interactions with other avalanche problems. The decision trees show clearer patterns when new avalanche problems were added to hazard assessments compared to when problems were removed. Despite discrepancies between modelled variables and field observations, the model-generated variables produced intuitive explanations for conditions influencing most avalanche problem types. For example, 72 h snowfall was the most significant variable for storm slab avalanche problems, skier penetration depth was the most significant variable for dry loose avalanche problems, and slab density was the most significant variable for persistent slab avalanche problems. The explanations for wind slab and cornice avalanche problems were less intuitive, suggesting potential inconsistencies in their application as well as shortcomings of the model-generated data. The decision trees illustrate how forecasters apply avalanche problems and can inform discussions about improved operational practices and the development of data-driven decision aids.
Senses and Meanings of Conservative Treatment in People with Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors: Xavier Brunno Lessa Saldanha , Hermógenes Juliana Faco Amaral , Ribeiro Yonara Cristiane , Sá Ana Carla Silveira de , Ávila Fernanda Maria Vieira Pereira , Flores Paula Vanessa Peclat
Published: September 2020

Objective: To unveil the senses and meanings of conservative treatment in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Materials and Methods: A descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach. It was developed in 2017, with a sample of individuals with CKD undergoing conservative treatment. A semi-structured interview was used and the data were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics and content analysis.

Results: 25 individuals participated in the study, of which 56 % were female; 52 % belonged to the 60-79-year-old age group; 48 % were white-skinned; 48 % did not complete elementary school; and only 12 % worked. Content analysis revealed two categories: food restriction: anguishes and impacts that affect the daily lives of patients with CKD and the social imaginary and fear related to renal replacement therapy.

Conclusions: The results revealed that diet and fear about dialysis therapy produce uncertainty, anxiety, and insecurity, in addition to a wide and impacting change in people’s lives.
Zonas tipológicas intermedias en Personas de Carlos Fuentes
Authors: Vidaurre Carmen
Published: September 2020

Aproximación analítica al libro Personas de Carlos Fuentes, publicado póstumamente, en el que se reúnen fragmentos de memorias y semblanzas sobre un conjunto de notables personajes entre los que se encuentran Alfonso Reyes, Luis Buñuel, François Mitterrand, André Malraux, Pablo Neruda, Julio Cortázar, Fernando Benítez, Susan Sontag, Lázaro Cárdenas. Esta obra hace evidente la presencia de elementos propios de distintos géneros (testimonio, biografía, memoria, ensayo.), punto en el que se centra este estudio, desde un enfoque metodológico-analítico, para precisar las consecuencias que la recuperación de estos modelos retóricos tienen, desde el punto de vista ideológico y de los procesos de comunicación.
Discourse Structure: Swings and Roundabouts
Authors: Webber Bonnie , Prasad Rashmi
Published: September 2020

The goal of understanding how discourse is more than a sequence of

sentences has engaged researchers for many years. Researchers in the

1970's attempted to gain such understanding by identifying and

classifying the phenomena involved in discourse. This was followed by

attempts in the 1980s and early 1990s to explain discourse phenomena

in terms of theories of abstract structure. Recent efforts to develop

large-scale annotated discourse corpora, along with more lexically

grounded theories of discourse are now beginning to reveal interesting

patterns and show where and how early theories might be revised to

better account for discourse data.
The Nordic Dialect Corpus – a joint research infrastructure
Authors: Johannessen Janne Bondi
Published: September 2020

The paper describes the Nordic Dialect Corpus as of June 2010. The corpus is a tool that combines a number of useful features that together makes it a unique and very advanced resource for researchers of many fields of language search. The corpus is web-based and features full audio-visual representation linked to transcriptions and translations.
Constructional Profile of the Verbal Prefix ZA-: A Comparative Study of Russian and Polish
Authors: Sokolova Svetlana , Lewandowski Wojciech
Published: September 2020

In this paper we investigate the semantic and syntactic properties of the prefix ZA- in Russian and Polish against the background of the Locative Alternation. We provide lists of alternating verbs for Russian and Polish and examine their occurrences with the prefix ZA- as presented in the Russian National Corpus and the Polish National Corpus. While the literature on the prefix ZA- mainly offers semantic analysis, we look at the “constructional profile” of ZA-, i.e. the relative frequency distribution of the two locative constructions for each ZA-verb. Our data suggest that there are both similarities and differences in the syntactic behavior of the corresponding ZA-verbs in Russian and Polish, although in general there is a strong tendency for ZA- to be used in the Goal-Object construction. We provide evidence that both constructions are possible with verbs like ‘hang’ and ‘pour’, which, according to lexical approaches, should not alternate. Our study fortifies the idea that prefixes and constructions correlate and that the Locative Alternation is construction-driven. The data analyzed also indirectly supports the classification of alternating verbs as “manner”, “path” and “hybrid”.
Degree semantics for Russian verbal prefixes: The case of pod- and do-
Authors: Kagan Olga
Published: September 2020

This paper proposes a formal semantic approach to Slavic verbal prefixes. A hypothesis is put forward according to which a verbal prefix imposes a relation between two degrees on a scale. One is a degree associated with the event denoted by the verbal predicate. The other one is the standard of comparison, contributed by a linguistic expression that appears in the sentence, or by the context. The scale to which the prefix applies is most typically contributed by the linguistic environment in which the prefix appears. The paper demonstrates how the proposed analysis applies to two specific morphemes in Russian: the prefixes pod- and do-.
The English R Coming! The never ending story of Portuguese rhotics
Authors: Veloso João
Published: September 2020

Os róticos são provavelmente a classe consonântica do português que conheceu o maior número de mudanças no último século. A literatura costuma referir as observações de Viana (1883, 1903) a propósito do início do processo de substituição gradual da vibrante múltipla alveolar pela vibrante múltipla uvular. Neste artigo, tentamos identificar e datar outras mudanças, verificadas posteriormente, que vieram alterar a configuração e a organização geral das vibrantes do português: (i) na subclasse das vibrantes múltiplas, referiremos a introdução de consoantes fricativas (e, nas variedades brasileiras da língua, das consoantes glotais também) para o lugar do rótico uvular que iniciou o processo de entrada no português no final do século XIX; (ii) na subclasse das vibrantes simples, referiremos a emergência das variantes retroflexas, admitidas para o português do Brasil há já algumas décadas (principalmente, em resultado da variação sociolinguística) e que, no português europeu, parece começar a instalar-se a partir da fala de jovens escolarizados de alguns centros urbanos. Estes dados encontram suporte em alguns estudos recentes e, como será posto em destaque no presente texto, no corpus do Arquivo Dialetal do Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto.
'Reporter fired for plagiarism': a forensic linguistic analysis of news plagiarisam
Authors: Sousa-Silva Rui
Published: September 2020

O plágio tem sido tradicionalmente classificado como um ato imoral e violador das normas éticas, mais do que uma ação ilegal (Garner 2009; Goldstein 2003), e o plágio jornalístico não é exceção. Como referem Coulthard & Johnson (2007), a reutilização de texto por jornalistas, sem atribuição ou com atribuição de autoria inadequada, não é normalmente considerada plágio. A isto acresce o facto de as convenções relativas à reutilização de notícias das agências não serem universais. Porém, as graves consequências inerentes à má prática jornalística (como o caso de Jayson Blair, do The New York Times) mostram que as implicações não se limitam à esfera da ética, mas, pelo contrário, possuem impacto legal, incluindo processos de demissão. Um dos problemas, no entanto, consiste em provar determinada reutilização textual como plágio.

Este estudo apresenta os resultados de uma análise linguística forense que pode ser utilizada para provar casos de suspeita de plágio ou para iniciar a investigação de textos insuspeitos. Com o objetivo de identificar os mecanismos utilizados -— e como -— pelos jornalistas para comporem os "seus próprios" textos a partir das notícias das agências, este trabalho compara notícias publicadas na secção "Mundo" de jornais de referência portugueses com possíveis fontes publicadas em inglês. Os resultados da análise mostram que: (a) a atribuição de autoria é, frequentemente, inadequada, mesmo quando os jornais de referência citam as suas fontes (normalmente, conhecidas agências internacionais); (b) nem sempre existe uma correspondência direta com uma única fonte entre a versão plagiadora e a versão plagiada (indicando reutilização de texto de diferentes media e websites internacionais); e (c) as notícias são plagiadas a partir de textos publicados noutras línguas, constituindo plágio translingue. Conclui-se que a análise linguística forense possui potencial de prova e de investigação em casos de plágio e violação de direito de autor, não só monolingue, mas também translingue.
Affinity Mining of Documents Sets via Network Analysis, Keywords and Summaries
Authors: Brazdil Pavel , Trigo Luís , Cordeiro João , Sarmento Rui , Valizadeh Mohammadreza
Published: September 2020

Encontrar pessoas com interesses semelhantes dentro de um domínio pode fornecer um importante auxílio na gestão de centros de investigação. Como a produção académica é facilmente obtida em bases de dados bibliográficas e académicas, estas podem ser usadas para descobrir as afinidades entre os investigadores que não estejam já evidenciadas pela co-autoria. Este processo de descoberta dá-se com a ajuda de técnicas de análise de texto, na base dos termos utilizados nos respectivos documentos. A afinidade pode ser representada em forma de rede, em que os nós representam os artigos de cada investigador e as ligações representam similaridade entre os diferentes investigadores. Cada nó pode ser caracterizado através de diversas medidas de centralidade na rede e algoritmos de detecção de comunidades permitem identificar grupos com interesses semelhantes. Cada nó é ainda caracterizado por um conjunto de palavras-chave e resumos descobertos automaticamente com a ajuda de técnicas avançadas. Este artigo fornece mais detalhes sobre os métodos adoptados e/ou desenvolvidos, alguns dos quais foram implementados no nosso protótipo. Os métodos descritos são gerais e aplicáveis a muitos domínios diferentes, incluindo documentos que descrevem projetos de I&D, documentos associados a legislação, processos judiciais ou procedimentos médicos. Acreditamos deste modo que este trabalho pode ser útil para um público relativamente amplo.
ENCADEAr: ENCADEAmento automático de notícias
Authors: Abreu Carla , Teixeira Jorge , Oliveira Eugénio
Published: September 2020

This work aims at defining and evaluating different techniques to automatically build temporal news sequences. The approach proposed is composed by three steps: (i) near duplicate documents detention; (ii) keywords extraction; (iii) news sequences creation. This approach is based on: Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, Name Entity Recognition and supervised learning algorithms. The proposed methodology got a precision of 93.1% for news chains sequences creation.
O Japão visto de Portugal: Exploração usando um corpo de textos jornalísticos
Authors: Costa Luís Fernando
Published: September 2020

The Portuguese were the first Europeans establishing contact with Japan in the 16th century. They wrote about what they had seen there, which was the start of a long history of documenting Japan in Portugal. Even though the relationship between the two countries had its ups and downs throughout the times, fascination for Japan among the Portuguese seems to continue.

The goal of the study reported in this article was to identify which aspects of Japan most drawn the attention of Portuguese media in the 90s. Concordances and frequencies from the CETEMPúblico corpus, containing texts published in the Portuguese daily newspaper PÚBLICO in the 90s, and a combination of automatic and manual processes, were used for that purpose.
Empréstimo lexical, conceptualização e variação: Para a abordagem sociocognitiva e socioletométrica dos estrangeirismos no português
Authors: Soares da Silva Augusto
Published: September 2020

This paper first advocates an onomasiological, concept-based and socio-cognitive approach to lexical borrowing, expanding the current loanword research from lexical items towards concepts. Second, it presents a corpusbased and concept-based sociolectometrical study on differences in the use of loanwords in European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese and their impact on diachronic lexical variation between the two national varieties. In the first part, the main topics and contributions of the Cognitive Sociolinguistic perspective on borrowability, and concept-based sociolectometrical methods of measuring variation in the success of loanwords are highlighted. In the second part, English and French loanwords in the field of football and clothing terminologies are analyzed through possible receptor Portuguese equivalents and advanced corpus-based sociolectometrical measures, such as featural measures (calculating the proportion of terms possessing a special feature) and uniformity measures (calculating onomasiological homogeneity and convergence/divergence between language varieties). These measures are based on onomasiological profiles, i.e. sets of alternative synonymous terms, together with their frequencies. As a development of our previous research on lexical convergence and divergence between European and Brazilian Portuguese (Soares da Silva 2010), the data include thousands of observations of the usage of alternative terms to refer to 43 football and clothing concepts. Corpus material was extracted from sports newspapers and fashion magazines from the 1950s, 1970s and 1990s/2000s, Internet chats related to football, and labels and price tags pictured from clothes shop windows. Football and clothing concepts confirm the hypothesis that the influence of foreign languages is stronger in the Brazilian variety than in the European variety. The use of loanwords has contributed towards onomasiological heterogeneity within and across the two national varieties in the last 60 years.
Introduction
Authors: Welo Eirik
Published: September 2020

An introduction to the papers in the volume and a short presentation of the PROIEL project.
Immigrants in Norway and Their Choice of Names: Continuation or Adaption?
Authors: Reisæter Guro
Published: September 2020

The article focuses on names chosen for children born into families in which one or both parents are immigrants to Norway, and it discusses whether the infants get names that show a continuation of traditions from the country of the immigrant parent(s), or names that point to an adaption to Norwegian standards. The data referred to in the article is mainly based on research conducted with bilingual families and individuals in Tromsø in Northern Norway, and it reveals that many of the children are given names that convey their bilingual background and emphasize naming traditions from the immigrant country. There are however also a frequency of names indicating that the parents have had in mind the children's growing up in Norway and their integration into Norwegian society. All along there are numerous cases showing the parents' perception of the close link between name and identity, and their wish to express identity through naming. In addition this article focuses on the names of adult immigrants. It reveals that when individuals change one or more of their names once they have settled in Norway, there are specific reasons for altering something that is so closely related to their identity. Frequently the name change a􏰄ects their sense of self and has an impact both practically and mentally.
Who Is Hvalbiff? Name and Identity in W. F. Hermans’s “Beyond Sleep”
Authors: Van Dalen-Oskam Karina
Published: September 2020

One of the functions of names in literary texts is Akzentuierung — Anonymisierung (accentuating — anonymizing) (Debus, 2002, 84). By giving a character a certain name, an author can accentuate that name and that character; conversely, by not providing a name where a name could be expected, an author can keep that person anonymous. Both approaches are deviations from ‘normality’. This paper proposes that the accentuating and anonymizing function of literary names can be closely linked to the idea of ‘foregrounding’ as developed in stylis- tic research. To illustrate this, this paper presents an analysis of the accentuating and anonymizing use of personal names in the novel Beyond Sleep (1966) by Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995), one of the most important 20th-century Dutch literary authors. This paper shows that the stylistic application of names that have an accentuating or anonymizing function is key to sustaining the plot of Beyond Sleep.
The sacral stamp of Greek: Periphrastic constructions in New Testament translations of Latin, Gothic, and Old Church Slavonic
Authors: Drinka Bridget
Published: September 2020

Among the sociolinguistc forces at work in the languages of the world, religious affiliation and the accompanying reverence for the symbols of that affiliation must rank among the most powerful. Religious texts serve as repositories of cultural tradition and become, for their followers, reliquaries of the very word of God. Besides the conservatizing, archaizing pressures which often grow up within a religious tradition, these texts also act as conduits for cultural and linguistic innovation as they spread, through transmission and translation, to surrounding populations. The New Testament (NT) represents just such a cultural conduit, providing not only a blueprint for Christian social behavior but also a pattern for Christian linguistic expression, providing a new lexicon, a special syntax, a style of its own, simple and spare. It was this style, these lexical and syntactic patterns, which came to be imbued with social value to connote membership in the Christian community, and which came to be imitated, sometimes subtly, sometimes blatantly, by translators of the New Testament.
Aspect use in Slavic infinitives and corresponding da-constructions
Authors: Alvestad Silje Susanne
Published: September 2020

In the most comprehensive comparative account of aspect use in Slavic to date, Dickey [2000], ten Slavic languages are considered based on seven parameters of use, but two important verb forms are left unaccounted for: the imperative and the infinitive. The imperative was dealt with in Benacchio [2010], von Waldenfels [2012], and Alvestad [2013]. Now it is time the infinitive receives its fair share of attention too. Thus, in a larger project I compare how aspect is used in the infinitive in Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish, Upper Sorbian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian and Slovene and in the corresponding da-constructions in Bulgarian and Macedonian (and Serbian, Croatian and Slovene) based on a study of several parallel-annotated novels in the Parasol1 corpus. In light of existing literature, one could hypothesize that i) in the infinitive, the freedom of choice is significant as far as aspect use is concerned (see, e.g., Galton [1976]), and ii) the East-West divide in aspect use can be observed in the infinitive as well. My initial findings, however, which are from Russian and Croatian and presented in this paper, suggest that i) must be refuted and ii) must be modified; in East Slavic, the perfective aspect is far more widespread in the infinitive than in the other verb forms. From this starting point I outline, towards the end of the article, how we can proceed to be able to account for the findings within a formal theoretical framework. The picture of how aspect is used in the Slavic languages is not complete until infinitives, and the corresponding da-constructions, are accounted for.
Predicative possession in Medieval Slavic Bible translations Predicative Possession in Early Biblical Slavic
Authors: McAnallen Julia
Published: September 2020

Late Proto-Slavic (LPS) had an inventory of three constructions for expressing predicative possession. Using the earliest Slavic Bible translations from Old Church Slavic (OCS), and to a lesser degree Old Czech, a number of conclusions can be drawn about the status of predicative possession for LPS. The verb iměti ‘have’ was the most frequent and least syntactically and semantically restricted predicative possessive construction (PPC). Existential PPCs with a dative possessor appear primarily with kinship relations, abstract possessums, and in a number of other fixed construction types; existential PPCs with the possessor in an u + genitive prepositional phrase primarily appear with concrete and countable possessums. Both existential PPCs call for an animate, most often pronominal, possessor. The u + genitive was the rarest type of PPC in LPS, though it had undoubtedly grammaticalized as a PPC.
Consonants and Vowels in the Western Gurage Variety Inor: Complex Connections between Phonemes, Allophones, and Free Alternations
Authors: Abza Tsehay
Published: September 2020

This paper is concerned with the phonemic status of consonants and vowels of Inor, a Peripheral Western Gurage language in the southern part of Ethiopia. Determining the status of Inor consonants and vowels is a task well worth doing, as scholars disagree on their categorization. Qualitative research methodology is used in the study. The linguistic data have been collected using key informants and they have been analyzed thematically. The findings show that labialized and palatalized consonants have a pho-nemic status, even if the predictability of their occurrence cause them to be grouped in addition under the phonetic inventory of the language. It is also determined that, in addition to being the allophone of b, there are some indicators showing that a fricative bilabial ß is phonemic, though this needs further investigation. Moreover, the high central vowel ɨ has double status, being both phonemic and epenthetic.
Visual Recognition of Graphic Variants of Amharic Letters: Psycholinguistic Experiments
Authors: Negesse Feda , Ado Derib
Published: September 2020

One of the problems of Amharic orthography is a lack of consistency where the four Amharic sounds (/h/, /ʔ/, /s/ and /s’/) are mapped onto more than a single letter. The objective of these psychological experiments was to investigate the visual recognition of the graphic variants of the letters, both in isolation and within words. The experiments involved computation of the frequency counts of the letters in the Ten Ten Corpus for Amharic and the result revealed that there is a clear pattern of preference for the letters: the letters representing /h/ had the pattern , the letters representing /ʔ/ had the pattern , the letters representing /s/ had the pattern , and the letters representing /s’/ had the pattern in descending order of frequency. Similarly, the experiments indicated that frequency counts are significantly related to visual recognition of a letter, with the more frequent letters recognized faster with fewer errors. It was also observed that the target letters were recognized with a shorter reaction time when they were paired with themselves, but the recognition time was longer when they occurred with their graphic variants. Moreover, significantly higher percentage of errors were made when the target letters were matched with their graphic variants or their distractors in the alphabet recognition task. Similar patterns were also observed in the lexical decision task when the target letters were presented in words and pseudo-words. More rigorous psycholinguistic experiments, which will involve a large number of participants, are recommended to validate the results of the current experiments.