English Language Version Research Articles

The impulsive behavior short scale-8 (I-8): A comprehensive validation of the English-language adaptation.

The Impulsive Behavior Short Scale–8 (I-8) measures the psychological construct of impulsivity with four subscales comprising two items each (completion time < 1 min). The aim of the present study was threefold: (1) to assess the psychometric properties (objectivity, reliability, and validity) of the English-language I-8; (2) to compare these psychometric properties with those of the original German-language source version of the scale; and (3) to test the cross-national comparability of the scale via measurement invariance tests. For this purpose, we used heterogeneous quota samples from the UK and Germany. Our results indicate that I-8 is a reliable and valid short scale with highly comparable psychometric properties across both language versions. In addition, I-8 showed a highly similar correlational pattern with various extraneous variables across the two nations. Furthermore, partial scalar invariance and full invariance of residual variances held, allowing the comparison of latent means and observed (co)variances across nations. I-8 lends itself as a measure of impulsive behavior especially in surveys in which assessment time is limited, such as in large-scale cross-national surveys.

The Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI): Psychometric Properties of a German-Language Adaptation, Temporal Stabilities of the Skills, and Associations with Personality and Intelligence.

Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills comprise a broad set of abilities that are essential for building and maintaining relationships, regulating emotions, selecting and pursuing goals, or exploring novel stimuli. Toward an improved SEB skill assessment, Soto and colleagues recently introduced the Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI). Measuring 32 facets from 5 domains with 192 items (assessment duration: ~15 min), BESSI constitutes the most extensive SEB inventory to date. However, so far, BESSI exists only in English. In three studies, we comprehensively validated a novel German-language adaptation, BESSI-G. Moreover, we expanded evidence on BESSI in three ways by (1) assessing the psychometric properties of the 32 individual skill facets, in addition to their domain-level structure; (2) providing first insights into the temporal stabilities of the 32 facets over 1.5 and 8 months; and (3) investigating the domains’ and facets’ associations with intelligence, in addition to personality traits. Results show that BESSI-G exhibits good psychometric properties (unidimensionality, reliability, factorial validity). Its domain-level structure is highly similar to that of the English-language source version. The facets show high temporal stabilities, convergent validity with personality traits, and discriminant validity with fluid and crystallized intelligence. We discuss implications for research on SEB skills.

Polish Translation and Validation of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-30).

Traditional voice evaluations, including imaging techniques, auditory-perceptual ratings, and acoustic and aerodynamic analyses, fail to assess the global handicap that a patient experiences as a result of a voice disorder. The Voice Handicap Index (VHI) is currently one of the most widely used and psychometrically robust instruments for measuring voice disability. The aim of the study is to translate and validate a Polish version of the VHI. The original English-language version of VHI-30 was translated into Polish. We enrolled 188 subjects—123 patients (91 women and 32 men) with voice disorders and 65 controls (53 women and 12 men) without voice disorders. Results obtained by the patients were significantly higher than those obtained by the controls on the Emotional subscale (U = 519.0; p < 0.001), Functional (U = 829.0; p < 0.001), Physical (U = 331.0; p < 0.001), and the global score (U = 390.0; p < 0.001). There were statistically significant negative correlations between maximum phonation time and global score (rho = −0.31; p < 0.01) as well as all three subscales. Shimmer and Smoothed Amplitude Perturbation Quotient were correlated positively with the global score (rho = 0.22; p < 0.05; rho = 0.25; p < 0.01, respectively) and with all three subscales. There were also statistically significant correlations between VHI scores and auditory perceptual evaluation. In the patient group, there was excellent internal consistency (α = 0.97) and strong test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation = 0.94). The cut-off value equal to 17 points was estimated. The Polish VHI showed excellent internal consistency, good test–retest reproducibility, and clinical validity. It is a useful tool for evaluating the voice disability perceived by a patient.

Editorial policy in promoting scientific periodicals (on the example of the &lt;i&gt;Gyroscopy and Navigation&lt;/i&gt; journal)

The paper describes the editors’ experience of development and promotion of a scientific and technical journal Gyroscopy and Navigation intended for scientists and specialists in the art, and published in the Russian and English versions. The effectiveness of various tools for increasing the citation of the journal is analyzed, and the examples of their practical use are given. The features of interaction with the authors and readership of both the Russian and English-language versions of the journal, i.e., specialists in navigation and motion control of various moving objects are shown. Work with the Russian-speaking audience of the journal is based on direct contacts with researchers through online seminars, which facilitates the formation of a community of scientists loyal to the publication and interested in the journal development. At present, one of the main goals of the journal is to increase the level of its global reputation and influence. This is solved by sending regular information letters about the publication of new issues of the journal with a brief description of published materials to particular addressees. As a result of the measures taken, the number of downloads of full texts of articles in the English version of the journal, as well as their citation, has increased significantly (2.5 times), which, in turn, has considerably increased the rating of the journal in the Scopus database. For example, the CiteScore index increased from 1.7 to 2.6 between 2019 and 2021. In this paper, it is shown that the difficulties in promoting the Russian-language version of the journal are due to the small audience of Russian-speaking specialists in this subject area, and due to the specific procedure of journal ratings calculation in the Russian Science Citation Index.

The English-language version of the Self-Report Symptom Inventory: a pilot analogue study with feigned head injury sequelae

Questionnaire-based symptom validity tests (SVTs) are an indispensable diagnostic tool for evaluating the credibility of patients’ claimed symptomatology, both in forensic and in clinical assessment contexts. In 2019, the comprehensive professional manual of a new SVT, the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI), was published in German. Its English-language version was first tested in the UK. This experimental analogue study investigated 20 adults simulating minor head injury symptoms and 21 honestly responding participants. The effect sizes of differences between the two groups were large, with the simulating group endorsing a higher number of pseudosymptoms, both on the SRSI and the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology, and scoring lower on the Reliable Digit Span than the control group. The results are similar to those obtained in previous research of different SRSI language versions, supporting the effort to validate the English-language SRSI version.

The Internal-External Locus of Control Short Scale-4 (IE-4): A comprehensive validation of the English-language adaptation.

The Internal–External Locus of Control Short Scale–4 (IE-4) measures two dimensions of the personality trait locus of control with two items each. IE-4 was originally developed and validated in German and later translated into English. In the present study, we assessed the psychometric properties (i.e., objectivity, reliability, validity) of the English-language IE-4, compared these psychometric properties with those of the German-language source version, and tested measurement invariance across both language versions. Using heterogeneous quota samples from the UK and Germany, we find that the English-language adaptation has satisfactory reliability and plausible correlations with 11 external variables (e.g., general self-efficacy, self-esteem, impulsive behavior, Emotional Stability), which are comparable with those of the German-language source version. Moreover, metric measurement invariance of the scale holds when comparing the UK and Germany, implying the comparability of correlations based on the latent factors across the two nations. As an ultra-short scale (completion time < 30 s), IE-4 lends itself particularly to the assessment of locus of control in survey contexts in which assessment time or questionnaire space are limited. It can be applied in a variety of research disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, or economics.

Screening for health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder in Saudi Arabia

Whilst there has been a growing interest in children’s welfare in recent years, there has been a lack of consideration for those with special needs or health conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Both children with ASD and neurotypical children may be affected by low self-esteem, poor physical condition, or psychological distress at school, which can affect their quality of life. It is therefore important for children and young people to have their quality of life measured and understood. While, for the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia, there has been the translation of health-related quality of life tools, there is a need to ensure their validity compared to the original English language versions. In light of this need, this paper presents the development and application of the KIDSCREEN-52 method to measure the quality of life for children with ASD and neurotypical children in schools in Saudi Arabia. A quantitative approach was employed to achieve the development of the method consisting of instrument translation and the standardized assessment of the quality of life for Saudi pupils. This developed method was found to independently and analytically assess the quality of life in Saudi pupils. The results from the application of the developed instrument revealed that although children without ASD rated their quality of life higher than those with ASD, overall, most Saudi Arabian students with ASD enjoy a reasonable quality of life. The findings of this study should be of interest to educators and individuals working with and on behalf of school-aged children and young people in foreign language settings where the application of development instruments could reveal the health-related quality of life.

Religious Otherness and National Identity in Scandinavia, c. 1790–1960: The Construction of Jews, Mormons, and Jesuits as Anti-citizens and Enemies of Society

Religious Otherness and National Identity in Scandinavia, c. 1790–1960: The Construction of Jews, Mormons, and Jesuits as Anti-citizens and Enemies of Society

Eurolect – Übersetzung in Bewegung. Diachrone Variation der Übersetzung des Passivs in institutionellen Rechtstexten

This study scrutinizes interlingual Eurolect from the perspective of the use of passive structures in the English language versions of EU institutional-legal texts while monitoring their variations in translation in the Slovak language versions. For the purpose of observing the diachronic variations in institutional translation, specific English-Slovak parallel corpora were compiled. The translational analysis draws on a text-based and corpus-driven approach while incorporating a mixed-method as a fusion of both qualitative and quantitative research in order to provide the most relevant outcome. To enable the quantitative analysis of the corpora to be accomplished precisely and time-efficiently, we employed the Sketch Engine Corpus Query Tool. The research findings reveal an increasing tendency in the use of passives in EU translation when comparing post-accession and contemporary subcorpora, suggesting a shift in English-Slovak translation practice despite institutional recommendations.

Methodological approaches to creating a Russian-language version of the AGROVOC thesaurus

The article considers the methodological principles used in the creation of the Russian-language version of AGROVOC, the multilingual thesaurus of the international information system for agriculture and food of the UN FAO AGRIS. The stages and content of the works on the creation of the Russian version are considered. The results of the work done are presented: studying the lexical composition of the AGROVOC thesaurus; comparative analysis of approaches to assigning the status of a term in the dictionary entries of national thesauri; researching in solving issues of lexical polysemanticism and disambiguate in the AGROVOC thesaurus; analysis of the meaning of synonymy relations; studying the functions of the “Note” field. When creating the Russian-language version, the methodology of translating terms directly by agricultural specialists was used, ensuring thereby a high-quality selection of equivalents to English terms of the English-language version of the thesaurus and with the minimal revision needed. The work started with finding equivalents for the descriptors, then proceeded to translating synonyms. Word combinations and relators were used to eliminate lexical polysemanticism and disambiguate of terms. When selecting an equivalent to an English AGROVOC term, the developers of the Russian-language version were guided by the following basic rules: the undesirability of literal translation; the differentiation of concepts and the use of relators to emendate terms; artificial formation of equivalents when accurate translation was impossible. For precise selection of the Russian equivalent of a term of the thesaurus we analysed all its relationships with the other terms -broader and narrower, synonyms, associated terms, as well as the text of notes, which could indicate limitations of the scope of use of the term, emendation of a concept, etc.

TECHNIQUES OF IMPLEMENTING PRAGMATIC EQUIVALENCE IN HYPERTEXT TRANSLATION (BASED ON UNIVERSITY WEBSITES)

Russian universities need to focus on the effectiveness of the communicative and pragmatic potential of hypertext when creating an English-language version of the site. Since the choice of the correct or incorrect translation strategy will affect, respectively, the nature of the interpretation of the content consumed by its users. When translating a hypertext space, it is necessary to take into account its non-linguistic characteristics, namely: formatting of the text, its location, the presence of graphic elements as they have a certain pragmatic influence on the recipient, causing them to have a specific reaction to the presented content of the site. In the course of the analysis, it was revealed that when transferring hypertext by translators, in order to preserve the pragmatic equivalent, the following translation techniques were used: literal translation, addition, omission, generalization, compression. Thus, when transmitting hypertext, the usual translation transformations are employed.&#x0D; Background. In order to preserve pragmatic equivalence when translating hypertext, it is necessary to rely on the audience of the translation text, that is, to take into account the cultural, psychological, and national characteristics of the recipients.&#x0D; Purpose. The article identifies and examines examples of the translation of hypertext space materials while preserving the non-linguistic features of the original, affecting the preservation of its pragmatic potential.&#x0D; Materials and methods. The research material was the English and Russian versions of the websites of the following Russian universities: RUDN, OSU, MGIMO, KFU. In the course of the work, the analysis of theoretical and methodological literature on the research problem, linguistic analysis of the research material, the method of continuous sampling and comparative analysis of the original and translation were used.&#x0D; Results. The results of the study showed that when translating university websites, it is necessary to take into account not only the linguistic features of the original, but also the non-linguistic markers of the original (graphic segmentation of the text, font, location of information, etc.), since they also have a pragmatic effect on the recipient, causing him a certain pragmatic attitude to the reported. Choosing the wrong translation strategy can lead to the fact that the pragmatic potential of the original will be transferred only partially or even lost.&#x0D; Practical implications. The results of the study can be used to compile a corpus of typical mistakes made when translating websites of higher educational institutions and to make recommendations for translators in the field of hypertext translation.

"Great Vespers" by B. М. Ledkovsky in the singing tradition of the Orthodox Church in America

The article deals with a collection of hymns by the famous church composer and regent B. M. Ledkovsky, a representative of the Russian musical diaspora, whose creative path during the last almost twenty-five years of his life was connected with the United States of America. The verbal basis of the collection was made up of the liturgical texts of the Great Vespers service translated from Church Slavonic into English. Without making a detailed excursion into the historical past of America and without having the intention to create a picture of the formation and establishment of Orthodoxy on American soil (this topic, multi-level and multi-valued, is worthy, in our opinion, of more than one special study), the author touches only on individual events and facts of this history. Referring to the modern church-singing practice, which is accepted today in the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) only partially, and focusing mainly on some features of the services of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), the author considers "Great Vespers" as a collection that generally corresponds to one of the rites of the Russian Orthodox Church, along with the All – Night Vigil written by B. M. Ledkovsky. The English-language verbal basis used in “Great Vespers” is seen as specific to the liturgical work of B. M. Ledkovsky, who always belonged to the Russian Orthodox Church – both in Russia and abroad after the revolution, but at the same time very consonant with the liturgical practice of the OCA, which gradually switched to the national, English language. Published in 1976 St. Vladimir's Seminary Press (SVS Press), one of the leading theological educational institutions of the Orthodox Church in America, where B. M. Ledkovsky worked as a teacher of church music for a number of years, "Great Vespers", composed by the composer on the order of the Seminary, was published after his death. The final revision and preparation of the collection for publication was made by D. Drillock, a student and junior colleague of B. M. Ledkovsky, E. and J. Erikson, R. Evich. They also, as indicated in the publication, carried out an English-language adaptation of the liturgical texts. It is characteristic that the musical component of most of the Great Vespers chants is the material of Obikhod Ledkovsky (All-Night Vigil), published in 1959 in Jordanville in the printing house of St. Job of Pochaevsky Holy Trinity Monastery. Individual hymns of this collection (litanies, Sunday troparia, and others) were later included in the editions of St. Vladimir Seminary in 1980 and 1982 in English ("Holy Week"; "Divine Liturgy", “The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts”). The proposed article examines the composition of the collection, with its features, based on the material of several hymns, shows the confirming statements of the composer and the approaches to harmonization that are fundamentally important for him, which he uses here and in other works. Some attention is also paid to the analysis of musical and linguistic parameters of harmonizations, the issues of vocalization of the chanted liturgical text.

Animal welfare requirements in publishing guidelines.

Descriptions of measures taken to optimize animal welfare are often absent from scientific reports of animal experiments. One reason may be that journal guidelines inadequately compel authors to provide such information. In this study, online English language versions of the 'Guidelines to authors' (GTAs) from 54 national biomedical journals were examined for neutral (unrelated to welfare) and non-neutral keywords referring to: animal welfare; the '3Rs'; the ARRIVE (2010) guidelines, and regulations pertaining to animal experimentation. Journals were selected from nine countries (UK, US, China, Canada, India, Brazil, Germany, Japan and Australia) and seven biomedical specialties (oncology, rheumatology, surgery, pharmacology, medicine, anaesthesia and veterinary medicine). Total GTA word counts varied from 1137 to 31,609. The keyword count identified per category were expressed per myriad (10,000) of total word count. One-way analyses of variance followed by post hoc Tukey pairwise comparisons revealed greater non-neutral per myriad word counts for (a) veterinary GTAs compared with medicine, oncology, rheumatology or surgery; (b) British, compared with Australian, Canadian, German and Japanese GTAs; and (c) no differences between non-neutral categories. The English language versions of GTAs of British and veterinary medical journals contain more words associated with animal welfare, the 3Rs and the ARRIVE guidelines than those from eight other countries and six other medical specialities. The exclusion of 'national' language versions from analysis precludes attempts to identify national differences in attitudes to laboratory animal welfare.

Abstract 5905: User characteristics of “Cook For Your Life” - a website designed to support cancer patients and survivors

Abstract Purpose: Cook for Your Life (cookforyourlife.org) is a bilingual, science-based nutrition and culinary website designed for cancer patients and survivors based at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The website has been used as a tool and resource for health intervention research. This analysis described the characteristics of English and Spanish language users who responded to an online survey. Methods: Visitors to cookforyourlife.org were invited to participate in an online survey collecting demographic characteristics and health behaviors. Those at least 18 years old were eligible. Respondents with a cancer diagnosis were asked a subset of questions about treatment and side effects. English language (EL) and Spanish language (SL) versions launched in December 2020 and April 2021, respectively. Survey data were analyzed through October 2021 and only included those completing at least 50% of the survey questions. Demographic characteristics from web analytics data were compared. Results: Among EL respondents, 3039 initiated the survey and 2417 completed at least 50% of the questions. Of these, 53% were persons with a cancer diagnosis, 8% were caregivers of cancer patients, and 39% other. The majority of EL respondents were US residents (77%), but many were also from Europe (11%) and Canada (6%). Cancer patients/survivors were most likely to be ≥55 years old, female, non-Hispanic white, have income &amp;gt;$100K, and be college educated. Caregivers and others were younger, but otherwise had similar demographics. Among cancer patients/survivors, 46% had breast cancer and 7% pancreatic and 49% reported having treatment side effects in the past week, with 31% citing fatigue and 15% anxiety. Among SL respondents, 804 initiated the survey and 545 were eligible for analysis. Of these, 17% were cancer patients/survivors, 8% caregivers, and 75% other. SL respondents were also more likely to be female and highly educated, but were younger, from South/Latin America, and had income &amp;lt;$30K. Among SL cancer survivors, 31% had breast cancer and 8% had colorectal. Web analytics data on 1.5+ million visitors from December 2020 to October 2021 indicated most visitors were 71% female and lived in South/Latin America (35%) or the US (31%). Conclusions: Respondents of the Cook for Your Life English-language website survey were predominantly US women with high socioeconomic status; many had history of breast cancer. Conversely, Spanish-language respondents had more socioeconomic diversity, but fewer were diagnosed with cancer. Web analytics data suggested survey respondents may differ demographically from general website users. Knowledge about our website users is necessary for developing targeted strategies to improve reach. Future research efforts will focus on delivering content to more varied populations of cancer patients and survivors, their caregivers, and individuals interested in cancer prevention. Citation Format: Eileen Rillamas-Sun, Liza Schattenkerk, Sofia Cobos, Kate Ueland, Heather Greenlee. User characteristics of “Cook For Your Life” - a website designed to support cancer patients and survivors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022; 2022 Apr 8-13. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 5905.

A Systematic Review of the Variation in Pain Catastrophizing Scale Reference Scores Based on Language Version and Country in Patients with Chronic Primary (Non-specific) Pain.

IntroductionThis systematic review aimed to investigate variations of reference scores for the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) between language versions and between countries in patients with chronic primary pain (CPP) or chronic primary pain, not otherwise specified (CPP-NOS).MethodsElectronic searches of the Ovid/Embase, Ovid/MEDLINE, and Ovid/PsycINFO databases were conducted to retrieve studies assessing PCS scores in adults with CPP or CPP-NOS proposed by the International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision for any country where the translated PCS was available. The protocol for this systematic review was prospectively registered on the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews 2018 (registration number: CRD 42018086719).ResultsA total of 3634 articles were screened after removal of duplicates. From these, 241 articles reporting on 32,282 patients with chronic pain were included in the review. The mean (± standard deviation) weighted PCS score across all articles was 25.04 ± 12.87. Of the 12 language versions and 21 countries included in the review, the weighted mean PCS score in Asian languages or Asian countries was significantly higher than that in English, European, and other languages or Western and other countries. The highest mean score of the weighted PCS based on language was in Japanese (mean 33.55), and the lowest was in Russian (mean 20.32). The highest mean score of the weighted PCS based on country was from Japan (mean 33.55), and the lowest was from Australia (mean 19.80).ConclusionThe weighted PCS scores for people with CPP or CPP-NOS were significantly higher in Asian language versions/Asian countries than in English, European and other language versions or Western and other countries.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40122-022-00390-0.

КОРПУСНИЙ ПРОФІЛЬ СЛОВА ЯК ПЕРСПЕКТИВНИЙ ІНСТРУМЕНТ ПЕРЕКЛАДАЧА

The article presents a corpus-based method developed to specify the cross-linguistic equivalence of words based on the analysis of their corpus profiles. The method was tested on the example of the names of emotional concepts (ECs) which form «an anger petal» of R. Plutchik’s wheel of emotions in its English, German and Ukrainian language versions. The first stage of the investigation involved the comparative analysis of definitions of the lexemes mostly used by translators to convey the English «anger petal» in German and Ukrainian. It allowed eliminating the cases of false equivalence. At the second stage the results of the previous one were verified by the use of language corpora data. For this purpose, language corpora data were involved to define the common and distinctive senses of 10 most relevant emotional proximates of each analysed EC as to their relevance and intensity indicators. These indicators are used as criteria of cross-cultural equivalence of anger-like ECs, so the results of proximate analysis formed quite an objective basis for featuring such cross-cultural equivalence of the compared concepts: Anglo-Saxon «annoyance» ↔ German «Ärger» ↔ Ukrainian «роздратування»; A-S. «anger» ↔ Germ. «Wut» ↔ Ukr. «гнів»; A-S. «rage» ↔ Germ. «Zorn» ↔ Ukr. «лють». Extrapolated on the language level, this analysis made it possible to detect current semantic shades of the names of these ECs that helped to define the more precise German and Ukrainian equivalents for the Anglo-Saxon lexemes annoyance, anger and rage. The development of the second stage of the method testified to the fact that forming profiles of words in language corpora and the comparative analysis of their frequency do not require translators’ special efforts, so this approach to specifying the equivalence of language units can be considered as a perspective one in translation studies.

Type 2 Diabetes Health Literacy Assessment Tool: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Iranian Version

BackgroundAdequate health literacy can lead to self-care behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Although there is an instrument for measuring the health literacy of patients with diabetes, there is no Persian version of the instrument in Iran.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to translate the Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Diabetes (CHLSD) and evaluate the psychometric parameters of the Iranian version.MethodsIn this methodological study, using a standard forward-backward translation procedure, the original English language version of the questionnaire was translated into Persian. Face and content validity steps were performed for psychometric measurements. To perform construct (convergent) validity, a cross-sectional study was carried out with the participation of T2D patients admitted to the diabetes clinic (aged over 25 years old). To test the reliability, internal consistency was assessed by Kuder-Richardson (K-R) coefficient, and a test-retest was performed by Spearman correlation coefficient.ResultsA total of 283 patients with T2D (mean age: 52.4 years and standard deviation: 11.5) were included in the study. The factor loadings of the variables were checked by calculating the correlation value of the characteristics of a construct with that construct, whose value was greater than 0.4. The K-R coefficients for the whole instrument and its four subscales (remembering, application, analysis, and comprehension) were 0.8, 0.71, 0.73, 0.87, and 0.89, respectively. Re-testing of the instrument with an interval of two weeks indicated the acceptable stability of the instrument (ICC ≥ 0.8).ConclusionsOur findings showed that the Iranian version of CHLSD is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the health literacy in patients with diabetes.

Publication of scientific journals in the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2001–2010

The publication of scientific journals performs a number of functions, including that of state importance, which, in turn, embrace the country image formation and determination of its place on the international arena by demonstrating the level of scientific and economic potential development of the State. Therefore, the process of publishing and studying scientific journals is an actual task. This article considers the publication of scientific journals in SB RAS in the period of 2001–2010 thereby clarifying and complementing to the picture of the regional and all-Russian scientific book publishing. The source base is representative as, based on the current archives of the Siberian enterprise “Science” RAS (printing house No. 4) and the Siberian publishing company “Nauka” of RAS, the analysis of normative-legislative documents, prepared by the Presidium of SB RAS and the Scientific-Publishing Council of SB RAS, regulating organizational and financial aspects of the Branch activities for the publication of scientific journals in the period under study, has been made. Besides, all issues of the weekly newspaper SB RAS “Science in Siberia” for the period of 2001– 2010, 24 scientific journals published by the Publishing House of SB RAS (ISO RAS), which founder was SB RAS together with institutes, as well as scientific journals published in scientific institutes and institutions of SB RAS, universities, private publishing houses have been viewed. The role of the Scientific-Publishing Council of SB RAS (INSO SB RAS) as a permanent advisory body of SB RAS Presidium, which formed and implemented into practice the strategic tasks of publishing, is presented. The discrepant role of English-language versions of journals, which, on the one hand, contribute to the entry of Russian science on the international arena and its integration into the global science, present its results to the world community, forming a positive image of the country, on the other hand, demand considerable labor and financial expenses, is disclosed. The obtained data allow revealing and characterizing the basic structural divisions of SB RAS publishing and printing base for issuing scientific journals (Publishing House of SB RAS, publishing houses of scientific centers, institutes and institutions of SB RAS, universities), and composing the list of private publishing houses, attracted by the Branch for these objectives.

Portable automated rapid testing in Spanish: Validation and norms of central hearing processes on a Mexican population

Portable automated rapid testing of central auditory processing measures implemented in the app PART (https://braingamecenter.ucr.edu/games/p-a-r-t/) were adapted for Spanish-speaking populations. This adaptation included the generation of a corpus equivalent to the CRM to test a speech-on-speech masking task, in addition to frequency modulation tasks, temporal gap, temporal, spectral and spectro-temporal modulations, and pure tone detection in noise. This battery of tests was selected for its potential clinical utility and its previous validation across several settings including remote testing with participant-owned headphones, tablets or smartphones. Here, we tested 96 young adults in Mexico City (ages 18–45) with normal hearing. As expected, distributions of scores were similar to previously reported norms for the English-language version of the battery in English-speaking populations. Scores for the newly developed Spanish-language speech-on-speech masking tests were also similar to data previously reported in English-speaking populations. Furthermore, there was no significant effects of age or subjective hearing handicap (HHIA) in any of the tests. This study can be now used as a normative dataset, and the adapted battery can be used as an accsessible tool (available freely online) for valid and reliable testing of central auditory processing measures in Spanish-language populations.

Measuring Six Facets of Curiosity in Germany and the UK: A German-Language Adaptation of the 5DCR and Its Comparability with the English-Language Source Version

The five-dimensional curiosity-scale revised (5DCR) by Kashdan et al. (2020) is the most comprehensive curiosity inventory available to date. 5DCR measures six facets of curiosity with four items each. Here, we present a German-language adaptation of the 5DCR and comprehensively validate this adaptation in a diverse sample of adults from Germany (N = 486). Moreover, we provide new evidence on the original English-language 5DCR in a parallel sample from the UK (N = 483). In both countries, we investigate the six facets' reliability, factorial validity, and convergent and discriminant validity with a large set of individual-differences constructs. In addition, we analyze the measurement invariance of the curiosity facets across the UK and Germany and across socio-demographic subgroups defined by age, sex, and education. Findings demonstrate that the new German-language adaptation of 5DCR and its English-language source version show psychometric properties similar to the original studies by Kashdan et al. (2020) in the United States. All six curiosity facets reach at least partial scalar invariance across cultures, sex, education, and mostly also across age groups. The findings support the six-faceted theory of curiosity and show that 5DCR allows for a valid assessment of curiosity across cultures.