Ever-changing Face Research Articles

When interlocutor's face-language matching alters: An ERP study on face contexts and bilingual language control in mixed-language picture naming.

The present study used event-related potentials (ERP) to examine Chinese-English bilinguals' reactive and proactive language control as they performed mixed-language picture naming with face cues. All participants named pictures in Chinese (first language, L1) and English (second language, L2) across three sessions: a 25% face-language matched session, a baseline session without face cues, and a 75% face-language matched session. Behavioral analyses for reactive language control showed that the asymmetrical switch cost was larger for L2 than L1 in the 25% session and for L1 than L2 in the 75% session. ERP results revealed more negative N2 and LPC during L1 switching in 25% session but enhanced N2 during L2 switching in 75% session. Similar N2 and LPC effect was found during L1 and L2 switching in the baseline context. For proactive language control, the reversed language dominance and enhanced LPC amplitudes during L2 naming were consistent across the three sessions. Our findings suggest that reactive but not proactive language control is modulated by the ever-changing face contexts, which highlights the highly flexible bilingual control systems subserving nonlinguistic cues.

Using A Community of Inquiry in the Design of Histology Curriculum for First Year Medical Students

Histology faculty in the Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine revised the delivery methodology of first‐year histology content in order to improve student performance, increase social interaction among students and faculty, shift to an all‐distance learning environment, and align curricula across our three campuses. This abstract describes an Action Research approach to implementing a Community of Inquiry (CoI) model of learning during a time of unprecedented change at both the program and the global level. An Action Research approach is a pragmatic methodology for improving medical education practice by incorporating change in a collaborative, reflective, cyclical, planned, and practical manner. We chose the CoI model of learning as it is a collaborative‐constructivist approach to instruction and well suited for online and team‐based learning. This model encompasses three prongs to delivering content: a teaching, social, and cognitive presence. In our curriculum, the teaching presence is composed of curated content in the form of self‐guided learning activities (videos, text, assessments) delivered through the Tophat learning platform and organized to support retrieval, interleaving, and spaced learning; the social presence involves student interactions online and in the classroom through discussion boards and team‐based learning activities (independent and faculty‐led); and the cognitive presence takes place with students interacting with learning modules, posting and responding to discussion threads, taking assessments, receiving feedback from assessments and engaging in problem solving exercises during the small‐group learning sessions. Within this model, students are encouraged to take responsibility for self‐directed learning, allowing for personalized investment in life‐long learning. CoI provides a platform to implement the best evidence‐based practices for histology instruction across three campuses with varying student population sizes and educational needs. Early data suggests an increase in student engagement and an improvement in student performance. We believe our model provides insight into effective curricular design for the ever‐changing face of undergraduate medical education.

Palimpsests and urban pasts: The janus-faced nature of whitechapel.

This article examines how palimpsests in city spaces are mediated and negotiated by pedestrians’ individual everyday experiences. The literature on city spaces and palimpsests is rich; however, it has not examined the sharing and fusing of palimpsests into everyday life. To fill this lacuna, we explore how pedestrians mediate the physical path of the parcellations and the layers of meanings accrued over the years. We describe what we term the “Janus face of Whitechapel Road” that characterizes the multidimensional and ever-changing face of London as a world city. We look at the different traffic hinges distributed throughout the urban setting and track people as they encounter these historical and aesthetic landmarks. The experience of London’s palimpsests is an exemplar of this Janus’s face, governed by transitions, time, duality, and passages.

The ever-changing face of phishing

Phishing is one of the oldest tricks in the book. As a form of impersonation-based fraud, you can trace its origins to the days of fax and even snailmail letters. And in essence it's very simple – convince people you're someone you're not in order to convince them to click links, open attachments or take actions that will harm them and enrich the attacker. But as Stu Sjouwerman, founder and CEO of KnowBe4, points out in this interview, that doesn't mean there's nothing new in the world of phishing – in fact, quite the reverse.

IET's International Photography Competition: The Winners

Here are the winners of a new photography competition to capture the ever-changing face of engineering.

Initial Assessment and Evaluation of Traumatic Facial Injuries.

The care of the facial trauma patient continues to evolve in the ever-changing face of medicine. Patients can be reassured that their care is managed by a variety of specialists knowledgeable in the assessment and management of complex facial injuries. Thanks in part to advances in imaging modalities, bone fixation techniques and technology, and a wider array of reconstructive procedures, the foundation upon which the reconstructive ladder of facial injuries rests continues to expand. The overall goal of repair is a return to a preinjury state of form and function.

Is brand loyalty really present in the children's market? A comparative study from Indonesia, Portugal, and Brazil

The children's market is very challenging but has great potential. In the very dynamic and ever-changing face of the children's market, identifying and being able to optimize the factors that can preserve product dominance is the key to product longevity. This paper attempts to identify factors which are identified as the antecedents of brand loyalty in the children's market. We propose a model which tries to encapsulate the antecedents of a brand relationship and its influence toward brand loyalty. We did a semi structure interview in Indonesia, Portugal, and Brazil to validate our model. We also did a survey within these three countries to test our hypotheses. The findings of the preliminary study, semi-structured interviews, and past research suggest that brand personality, brand trust, and brand salience are important antecedents to create a brand relationship in the children's market. Meanwhile, brand loyalty was identified as the consequence of a brand relationship, autobiographical memory, and habituation. It is hoped that this study can contribute to the body of knowledge and understanding of the factors and their inter-relations that can contribute to the development of autobiographical memory and brand loyalty in the children's market. This paper has made a contribution to the extant literature on children as consumers from developed and developing countries. The findings are valuable in assisting companies, especially those in the food industry, to have a better understanding of children's buying behavior.

Can a Deaf charity develop an effective relationship with over 200 CCGs?

BSL Healthy Minds (BSLHM) is a national psychological therapy service in primary care that provides cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and counselling for deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL). There are 211 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England and BSLHM has the onerous task of developing a relationship with each one to set up a contract that would enable BSL users to have the same access to psychological therapies as the general population. This article will consider the obstacles faced when negotiating the ever-changing face of the CCGs, the complex relationships with commissioners, the issues Deaf people face when accessing mainstream mental health services and specialist status. There are possible solutions to the immense difficulties BSLHMs experiences when considering commissioning and this article offers recommendations for changes within the funding structure for the future.

The future and the female academic leader: advancing student engagement.

The future and the female academic leader: advancing student engagement.

A non-explosive test method for generating wide area dynamic blast-type pressure pulse loading on armored panels

The ever-changing face of modern warfare drives the need for improved vehicle armor and the means of testing new protection systems. Test methods to-date have been based on explosive loading or using apparatus such as shock tubes and gas guns to produce representative loading. Each methodology comes with its own set of limitations, such as poor visibility and remote facilities required for explosive testing or limited impact area for the gas gun based methods. A new impact-based method has been developed to address some of these limitations by employing the UC San Diego Blast Simulator, a system composed of high-speed (up to 66 m/s) actuators and a tuned pressure pulse generating projectile. The system has been used to impact a wide area (406 × 406 mm) on large-sized (610 × 610 mm) armor panels at a specific impulse of 7520 Pa s. Panels tested using the non-explosive Blast Simulator were compared to panels subjected to actual blasts with C4 explosive. Metrics of interest were damage modes, extent of damage, and pressure pulse attenuation relative to steel. Results indicate similar damage modes but larger degree of internal damage for the actual blast-tested composite sandwich panels, but a similar level of permanent deformation for the steel panels. The sandwich panels exhibited up to 37% reduction in initial-average transmitted acceleration and 76% reductions in peak transmitted acceleration compared to steel armor panels, at a weight savings of up to 49%. This non-explosive test allows for generating consistent and repeatable wide area pressure pulse loads to facilitate performance comparison and optimization of armor panel designs.

Versions of Damon and Musidora: The Realization of Thomson’s Story in Revisions and Illustrations

Revisions and illustrations occupy a space primary creation and secondary criticism. Authorial revision may slide more toward the former category and illustrations by others toward the latter, but both interrogate and respond to an original text while also forming part of a new or modified text, for other readers to respond to accordingly. In The Art of Discrimination, Ralph Cohen has argued that Thomson's revisions act as a form of secondary criticism upon his own work, as well as a central feature of his creative process; meanwhile, the primary nature of material such as illustrations is best defended by Gerard Genette, and in relation to Thomson has been most extensively explored by Sandro Jung. These critics have demonstrated the necessity of the study of revisions and illustrations and laid the crucial foundations for understanding how these paratextual contexts can create, reinforce, or modify the text's own meaning. I intend to focus on one particular episode of The Seasons, the Damon and Musidora story from Summer, and to show that the ways in which it was revised and illustrated are intrinsically related to its literary themes of change, development, and reciprocity. One question from which this study emerged, and which it seeks to address, is that of how textual and history, like that of revisions and illustrations, can contribute to the aesthetic understanding of a work of literature. My approach requires the application of aesthetic and usually ahistoricist techniques of analysis to historical processes, but this should not be controversial: these processes are, after all, realized in the aesthetic objects of texts and paratexts. However, it is not my intention to subordinate the historical to the aesthetic, but rather to insist upon the relevance of those historical processes, as historical processes, to aesthetic appreciation. The historical and aesthetic are, from this point of view, both mutually formative and enlightening. Historical processes of work produced The Seasons as we know it and as past readers knew it, and aesthetic judgments (primarily Thomson's, but also publishers' and illustrators') informed those historical processes. It is only with reference to an abstract concept of the poem that we can unite the different versions and editions of the poem into one stable though consistently evolving object; but, as I hope to show here, that evolution can and should itself be abstracted and subject to aesthetic examination, by which means it can and should be assimilated into our abstract, aesthetic, and otherwise ahistorical concept of The Seasons. Sebastian Mitchell recently took a similar approach in his mediated of The Castle of Indolence and Liberty, where he is careful to balance between historical context and aesthetic affect (329); he considers historical and literary contexts that informed Thomson's writing, but does so for the sake of understanding how the poems came to be compelling today as well as in the eighteenth century The Seasons is a work that particularly rewards such an approach because of its rich compositional and publication history, and also because of the neat parallels this way of reading and the poem's subject-matter. Thomson's poem is about the intersection of, and balance between, temporal processes and eternal forms; the ever-changing face of nature and the abstract seasons such changes represent: Shade, unperceiv'd, so softening into Shade; / And all so forming an harmonious Whole (A Hymn 25-26). We must seek to strike the same balance in our reading, respecting both the historical, material processes of writing and publishing that made The Seasons, and the timeless identity of the poem as a work of art abstracted from that historical work. The Seasons has not been read as a work of continuing aesthetic affect, despite its historical composition, its publication history, its internal structures, and its themes all inviting such a reading. …

The ever-changing face of breast advocacy

My personal journey into breast cancer advocacy resulted from a diagnosis of low grade DCIS. I joined with others throughout the world in turning adversity into advocacy to support endeavors which further public and professional education, political change and scientific research. This path took me from a mere one woman networking effort to addressing national panels of experts in Washington, D.C. charged with improving quality of breast care. It often became more than a full time job but the rewards were worth it. My family also supported my mission and the potential impact that advocacy could make on both a personal and community level. So I follow in the footsteps of other tenacious advocates and always keep in mind the singular focus of improving standards for quality breast care now and in the future. This paper describes the ever-changing face of advocacy from my viewpoint as a breast cancer survivor.

Military technologies of the world

From the introduction of gunpowder to the reigning era of nuclear weapons, military technological advances have been at the forefront of change. These changes in weaponry have influenced the outcome of many historical events and the downfall or success of major civilizations. All nations have sought to improve military technologies in the hope of gaining the upper hand in conflict. The developments in guns, cannon technology, warships, tanks, and airborne and space weapons, have been crucial in the ever-changing face of war. While it is inherent in human nature to seek better weapons for survival, the use of this weaponry will continue to make an impact on history. Through careful examination of the science and engineering of these weapons, persons can continue to venture into the field of military weaponry with an outlook towards the future. Through the many advancements made in military weaponry, our civilization is one that continues to change in the face of war. Technological advancements made in this area improve upon current war tactics and often are the basis behind military warfare. Technology has proven to transform history, lending itself to be one of the most powerful assets of the human race. Breakthroughs in military technology prove to be at the forefront of war and in many cases the result of war is directly connected through these advancements. In history, major civilizations have seen their rise or downfall through the elevation of weapon technology. Lee delves into the engineering and science behind major weapons such as: guns, cannons, fighter and stealth aircrafts, various types of missiles, attack helicopters, aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, main battle tanks and future weapons. He comprises the knowledge behind the weapons along with an understanding of how the weapons are used and applied to modern warfare. By showing how weapons have changed military warfare, he explains the human nature to seek better weapons for survival, protection, and domination of resources.

The Ever-Changing Face of Sex Stereotyping and Sex Discrimination in the Workplace

A firefighter for the City of Salem, Ohio, sued the fire department and the city for discrimination. The case was based on discrimination related to Smith's (the firefighter's) status as a transsexual. The U.S. Court of Appeals (Sixth Circuit) ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 includes sex discrimination based on sex stereotyping. The Smith case calls attention to the ever-changing face of sex discrimination in the workplace. This article suggests reasons for organizational difficulties in interpreting the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It also discusses issues related to sex stereotyping, and it identifies possible proactive organizational responses.

The Evolution of Sectarian Conflicts in Pakistan and the Ever-Changing Face of Islamic Violence

On 4 July 2003 three gunmen opened fire on a Shia congregation offering prayers in Quetta, Pakistan, killing 52 people and injuring at least 60. A few weeks later, 13 people died in a similar attac...

International Bioethics: West Learns from East

Since its beginning, America has been known as a melting pot, a country welcoming immigrants from the world over. Nonetheless, cultural diversity has an ever-changing face. The United States has seen large numbers of immigrants of European descent through the years, but this is not the current trend. Sometime around 2050, non-Hispanic white Americans will make up only a little over half of the population, down from the current rate of around 82 percent. 1 As diversity continues to increase and immigrants bring with them more varied backgrounds, they will bring to medicine, as both physicians and providers, different perspectives on bioethics.

The ever-changing face of integrated microprocessors - an evolutionary story

Since the invention of the microprocessor, computer-based systems that control and help us in our daily lives have proliferated. This trend is set to continue in an ever increasing way. This article looks at the architectural development of these control systems and introduces some of the latest integrated microprocessor products.

The Ever-Changing Face of the Adult Learner

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