Thematic Variables Research Articles

How to managepatientsin English–Spanish translation

This paper describes the application of a target-oriented contrastive analysis model to an extensive corpus of medical research articles. The analysis focuses on the Methods section and a subset of lexical items representing persons viewed as the object of clinical study. Quantitative contrastive analysis revealed statistically significant differences between the translations from English and the independently created Spanish texts in all the thematic, syntactic and lexical variables analysed. Qualitative contextual analysis showed that four basic criteria for thematic position and a series of associated translation strategies are capable of correcting the excesses and deficits observed, thus producing a more natural and acceptable target language text.

The development of Israeli children's images of Jews and Arabs and their expression in human figure drawings.

The development of images of Jew and an Arab in Jewish Israeli children who were 4-15 years of age was investigated by means of human figure drawings followed by the administration of questionnaires. The drawings were scored on structural and thematic variables. The questionnaires assessed beliefs and intentions. The hypotheses predicted a differential perception of in- and out-groups and peaks in negativity toward the out-group at preschool age and in early adolescence. Results indicate that, irrespective of age, Jewish Israeli children have generalized images of the two ethnic groups. Preschoolers expressed both positive biases toward the in-group and negativism toward the out-group. and early adolescents manifested mainly negative biases toward the out-group. Children in middle childhood and mid-adolescents manifested reductions in both in-group favoritism and out-group negativity.

The development of Israeli children's images of Jews and Arabs and their expression in human figure drawings.

The development of images of "a Jew" and "an Arab" in Jewish Israeli children who were 4-15 years of age was investigated by means of human figure drawings followed by the administration of questionnaires. The drawings were scored on structural and thematic variables. The questionnaires assessed beliefs and intentions. The hypotheses predicted a differential perception of in- and out-groups and peaks in negativity toward the out-group at preschool age and in early adolescence. Results indicate that, irrespective of age, Jewish Israeli children have generalized images of the two ethnic groups. Preschoolers expressed both positive biases toward the in-group and negativism toward the out-group. and early adolescents manifested mainly negative biases toward the out-group. Children in middle childhood and mid-adolescents manifested reductions in both in-group favoritism and out-group negativity.

Cartographic transformations and the piezopleth maps method

AbstractNumerous types of anamorphoses, or cartographic transformations, have been perfected, leading to a distorted picture as compared to the usual map representations. Piezopleth maps are a particular case; their construction rests on a physical model used for strength resistance calculations and structures resolution in civil engineering. Locations and thematic variables are combined in the same process; their interrelations point out the differences in potential and are expressed by distortions of surfaces of the structure and shifting of locations. This process, which requires the elaboration of a geographical background with a mesh structure, gives unusual but very expressive maps, whether in comparing phenomenons on a given date or the same phenomenon through time.

Cartographic transformations and the piezopleth maps method

Numerous types of anamorphoses, or cartographic transformations, have been perfected, leading to a distorted picture as compared to the usual map representations. Piezopleth maps are a particular case; their construction rests on a physical model used for strength resistance calculations and structures resolution in civil engineering. Locations and thematic variables are combined in the same process; their interrelations point out the differences in potential and are expressed by distortions of surfaces of the structure and shifting of locations. This process, which requires the elaboration of a geographical background with a mesh structure, gives unusual but very expressive maps, whether in comparing phenomenons on a given date or the same phenomenon through time.

Linguistic and Thematic Variables in Recall of a Story by Disadvantaged Children

MILGRAM, NORMAN A.; SHORE, MILTON F.; and MALASKY, CHARLOTTE. Linguistic and Thematic Variables in Recall of a Story by Disadvantaged Children. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1971, 42, 637-640. An illustrated story was read aloud to disadvantaged and advantaged kindergarten and first-grade children who then retold the story in their words. The oral productions were analyzed in terms of linguistic categories (number of words and sentences) and thematic categories (story-relevant sentences and essential themes). While advantaged children surpassed disadvantaged on all 4 measures, the differences favoring the advantaged children were greater on the linguistic than on the thematic categories.