...Asian Minority Language Bunak, as an Asian minority language, is not the majority language of any country where it is spoken. The language has alternate names: Buna, Bunake, Bunaq, Gae’, Marae. In the following paragraphs, I will report on its history and current status. Linguists always want to know where is a language spoken. Bunak is spoken in East Timor. The specific locations include Timor island central interior, south coast, Cova Lima District, north of Suai town; Bobonaro District, Maliana south; also into Ainaro District, Zumalai subdistrict. Bunak is also spoken in West Timor, Indonesia. The specific locations include Timor island, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Belu regency, central interior, north of Taroman mountain, near border with Timor Leste. Linguists are also eager to know how many people speak it and who are they. Based on Joshua Project, 61000 people in East Timor (Fig. 1.) and 23000 people in Indonesia speak Bunak. (Joshua Project, 2014) In total, there are 84000 users in all countries. Fig. 1. Percentage of people using Bunak as mother tongue in sucos of East Timor (Timor-Leste), according to census 2010, Wikipedia The Bunak people (also known as Bunaq, Buna', Bunake) are an ethnic group that live in the mountainous region of central Timor, split between the political boundary between West Timor, Indonesia, particularly in Lamaknen District and East Timor. They are surrounded by groups which speak Malayo-Polynesian languages, like the Atoni...
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...views. Becuase this film was produced in UK, the film had to undergo certain levels of scrutiny under media regulation bodies. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Media and Communication, media regulation is the “control and supervision of organizations exercised by external authorities through the application of rules.”(ODMC 2011). The setup of regulation bodies in a society stimulates domestic production of films, and guarantees public interest when watching films within the region affected. The British Board of Film Classification, commonly known by its abbreviation, ‘BBFC’, is a non-profit regulatory organisation in the United Kingdom, setup in 1912 as an independent body to bring a degree of uniformity to the classification of film nationally, and test their suitability for viewing in the home. The BBFC is the regulatory body for films produced and distributed in the UK. They examine “issues such as discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex, sexual violence, theme and violence when making decisions. They also consider context, the tone and impact of a work (e.g. how it makes the audience feel) and even the release format (for example, as DVDs are watched in the home, there is a higher risk of underage viewing).” (BBFC Website: 2015) With the given objectives of the BBFC, it is clear that they have rights to revoke viewing rights of...
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...Developing Guidelines to Design Gestures for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language From the Perspectives of Kinesics and Linguistics Yihan Zhou Seton Hall University Abstract According to kinesics and linguistic theories, this project investigates what parts are involved in making gestures and how gestures carry meanings. A wide range of body parts are involved in making a gesture. According to David Mcneill, the physical movements acquire meaning by iconics, metaphorics, deictics, and beats. The project also discovers an etymological way to connect gestures to Chinese vocabulary. Based on the findings, the project further develops some guidelines to design gestures for teaching Chinese. They are making easy movements, identifying teaching content, making gestures understandable to your students, and applying gestures into teaching. In the end, the project applies the guidelines in designing activities for teaching Chinese pronunciation, vocabulary, character, and culture. Keywords: guidelines, gestures, teaching Chinese, kinesics, linguistics 1. Introduction 2.1 Background Gestures are common body movements: teachers instruct with gestures, referees in soccer game use gestures, people greet each other with gestures. Then what are gestures? Generally speaking, gestures are body movements which accompany and even sometimes replace verbal language. Because of its intimacy with language, it has attracted the people’s attention since Greek and Roman era. People...
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...with different nursing classification systems to compile common information across the continuum. A nurse in the medical unit is able to utilize a care plan that is formulated based on information compiled and translated into best evidenced based practice. “Information gathered is also useful in the educational setting expands nursing knowledge of interventions, outcomes and languages” (Rutherford, 2008). The nurse would choose a nursing diagnosis based on the assessment and collection of patient information. ICNP can be utilized incorporating other systems of classification such as Omaha System, NANDA, NIC, and HHCC (Hynn & Park, 2002). A nursing diagnosis is formulated and a recognized set of interventions would be initiated. With the added benefit of an electronic format at the bedside, the nurse is able to document at the bedside with more precision and timeliness, improving the accuracy of documentation. For example, a patient admitted with the diagnosis of COPD, the nurse could use the nursing diagnosis of impaired gas exchange. A care plan would be created with appropriate interventions and outcome criteria. Care would be more precise based on standardized interventions and outcomes derived from ICNP. A study in 2005 to assess the “expressiveness” of an ICNP based computerized nursing record system. The study discovered that bedside nurses were receptive to its use. Seventy-five percent of data input achieved using the standardized language. Other data input was...
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...Asia-Pacific Database on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) by Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) Sub-Regional Experts Meeting in Asia on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Safeguarding and Inventory-Making Methodologies (Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 December 2005) TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE DIGITAL LIBRARY V.K. GUPTA, National Institute of Science Communication And Information Resources (NISCAIR) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), INDIA CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. PROBLEM DIMENSIONS IN THE INDIAN SCENARIO: SCALE OF MISAPPROPRIATION OF DISCLOSED TK III. HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION INTO IPO PRIOR ART SEARCH SYSTEMS IV. CURRENT STATUS OF TKDL V. TKDL: TOOL FOR ACTIVE RESEARCH VI. STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING ABUSE AND MISAPPROPRIATION OF TKDL VII. REGIONAL INITIATIVES VIII. CONCLUSIONS ANNEX: I. II. III. IV. FORMULATION TRANSCRIBED FROM ANCIENT AYURVEDIC TEXT FORMULATION TRANSCRIBED FROM ANCIENT UNANI TEXT ACCESS AGREEMENT OVERVIEW OF INDIAN SYSTEMS OF MEDICINE Asia-Pacific Database on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) by Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) I INTRODUCTION 1. The grant of wrong patents linked to traditional medicines, which is either based on what is already a part of the traditional knowledge of the developing world, or a minor variation thereof, has been causing a great concern to the developing world. The origin of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) goes back to the legal battle waged by Council of Scientific...
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...ВЫСШЕЕ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЕ ОБРАЗОВ АНИЕ И. В. ЗЫКОВА ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ КУРС АНГЛИЙСКОЙ ЛЕКСИКОЛОГИИ A PRACTICAL COURSE IN ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY Рекомендовано Учебно методическим объединением по образованию в области лингвистики Министерства образования и науки Российской Федерации в качестве учебного пособия для студентов лингвистических вузов и факультетов иностранных языков 2 е издание, исправленное УДК 802.0:801.3(075.8) ББК 81.2Англ 3 я73 З 966 Р е ц е н з е н т ы: доктор филологических наук, профессор кафедры стилистики английского языка Московского государственного лингвистического университета Е. Г. Беляевская; доцент кафедры английского языка Московского государственного лингвистического университета Т. В. Тадевосян; кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры английского языка Московской государственной юридической академии А. В. Дорошенко Зыкова И.В. З 966 Практический курс английской лексикологии = A Practical Course in English Lexicology : учеб. пособие для студ. лингв. вузов и фак. ин. языков / Ирина Владимировна Зыкова. — 2 е изд., испр. — М.: Издательский центр «Академия», 2007. — 288 c. ISBN 978 5 7695 4062 2 Учебное пособие охватывает всю программу курса лексикологии анг лийского языка. В нем рассматриваются важнейшие проблемы лексико логии в свете ведущих принципов современной лингвистики. Введение в теоретические проблемы курса осуществляется на фоне обобщающего описания основ лексического строя английского языка. Каждый раздел пособия снабжен вопросами...
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...CLASSIFICATION OF TEACHING METHODS IN LANGUAGE (final) A teacher‘s responsibility is not only to say all things in books, he has to convey knowledge in them to students. To do that, the teacher of language has to choose effective and suitable teaching methods. We can classify them into two groups, the former is a deductive approach and the latter is an inductive one. For the deductive approach, we can mention the grammar translation method which appeared from 1800. Through translation exercise into the students‘ mother tongue, the teacher can instruct the student’s grammar and vocabulary deductively. Students are taught to write sentences by imitating the grammar rules which they have read. “They also quickly understand the sentences by translating solely words which are taught through bilingual word lists, dictionary studies, memorization” (Richards & Rodgers, 2001, cited by Zhang, n.d). So “this method focuses on reading and writing skill rather than other skills” (Arthur, 2007). This approach is the oldest one and is excessively teacher-centered (Klapper, 2006). The teacher has to give grammar rules and the meaning of words so that students can learn by heart. The more knowledge the teacher provides, the more knowledge the students get. Although it has many weak points, it is suitable for students who start to study second language. It is the easiest and shortest way to learn new words because students hear the explanation in their native language. The inductive classification...
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...Medical Applications of EEG Wave Classification Wanli Min and Gang Luo Medical Background D id you know your brain continuously emits electric waves, even while you sleep? Based on a sample of wave measurements, physicians specializing in sleep medicine can use statistical tools to classify your sleep pattern as normal or problematic. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) now being developed can classify a disabled person’s thinking based on wave measurements and automatically execute necessary instructions. This type of research is exciting, but conducting it requires knowledge of medicine, biology, statistics, physics, and computer science. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is the recording of electrical activity through electrode sensors placed on the scalp. The electricity is recorded as waves that can be classified as normal or abnormal. Measuring EEG signals is not an intrusive procedure; it causes no pain and has been used routinely for several decades. Different types of normal waves can indicate various states or activity levels. Abnormal waves can indicate medical problems. Two important applications of EEG wave classification are diagnosis of sleep disorders and construction of BCIs to assist disabled people with daily living tasks. Sleep, which takes up roughly one-third of a person’s life, is indispensable for health and well-being. Nevertheless, onethird of Americans suffer from a sleep problem. For example, one in five American adults has some...
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...British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) Alana Finn 14R Media Studies Miss Garry The British Board of Film Classification, known as the BBFC, was set up in the film industry in 1984. It is an independent regulator of non-governmental body that classify films before they go to the cinema. They are currently based in Soho Square, London, Regulating the UK only and have a requirement to classify videos, and DVDs as well as some video games under the Video Recordings Act (1984), acknowledging and reflecting the UK's diverse cultural society. Originally set up in 1912 in order to put together rules and judgement on censorship, the British Board of Film Classification was known as the British Board of Film Censors until 1985. The BBFC then changed their name for the reason that they wanted to be known for the much larger role of actual classification that went into the boards work, rather than censorship, also applying the test of 'suitability for viewing in the home'. In the case of films shown in cinemas, local authorities have the final legal authorisation over who can view a particular film. The majority of the time, legal authorities accepts the Board's recommendation for a certificate for a film. Although there have been some exceptions, particularly in the 1970's when the board allowed films such as The Last Tango In Paris and The Exorcist to be released with an X certificate (18+), but many local authorities chose to ban the films regardless. The BBFC is a non-profit...
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...1. Define Literature. Explain it. Literature is the art of written or spoken works. It uses beautiful, meaningful and expressive language. Literature is an expression of thoughts, feelings and imagination through language. It represents the art of one person’s mind through various abstracts and concretive ideas translated to beautiful language that produces different representations and meanings according to the developer and his readers. Readers and listeners of this literary works may interpret the author’s ideas into them and applying them into their lives. It is also the process of encoding one’s beautiful ideas and decoding by interpreter’s imaginative mind. Events or subjects shown in these works are that of the author’s experiences, environment, culture or just a pure imagination. 2. State the classification of prose. Prose is a continual narration and written in common sentence trend. It is the most typical form of written language that uses basic and ordinary grammatical structure with natural flow of sentences or speech. There are different classifications of a prose. Myth is a story or narrative about the origin of the universe, beliefs about the gods and goddesses, stories about man and mystical and mysterious beings. Legend is a narrative or tale of human actions that orally resurfaced version of ordinary source of things. An anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. Essay is written piece that often come from author’s...
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...Advance Inferential Statistics [Name] [Course] [Tutor] [College] [Date] Understand the concepts of Binary Logistic Regression Logistic regression is essential in predicting a categorical variable present in a set of variables that are predictors. During Logistic regression, categorical dependent variable which is the discriminant function is used when all the predictors that are present are continuous and distributed in a nice way. The binary logic regression has become the most preferred data analysis method that describes the relationship between response variable and an explanatory variable that and it is usually used where a variable follows binomial distribution. Assumptions of binary logistic regression Among the assumptions applied in the application of binary logistic regression is that logistic regression usually does not assume a relationship that is linear between the dependable and undependable variables. It is a must for the dependable variable to be a dichotomy i.e. must have two categories. It is also not required that the independent variables to be an interval, distributed in a normal way, linearly related, or even have linear variance within specific groups. Another assumption is that large samples are most important in this regression because it has a maximum likelihood of coefficients of large sample estimates. It is usually recommended that one should have a linear regression of 50 cases and above per predictor...
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...Advance Inferential Statistics [Name] [Course] [Tutor] [College] [Date] Understand the concepts of Binary Logistic Regression Logistic regression is essential in predicting a categorical variable present in a set of variables that are predictors. During Logistic regression, categorical dependent variable which is the discriminant function is used when all the predictors that are present are continuous and distributed in a nice way. The binary logic regression has become the most preferred data analysis method that describes the relationship between response variable and an explanatory variable that and it is usually used where a variable follows binomial distribution. Assumptions of binary logistic regression Among the assumptions applied in the application of binary logistic regression is that logistic regression usually does not assume a relationship that is linear between the dependable and undependable variables. It is a must for the dependable variable to be a dichotomy i.e. must have two categories. It is also not required that the independent variables to be an interval, distributed in a normal way, linearly related, or even have linear variance within specific groups. Another assumption is that large samples are most important in this regression because it has a maximum likelihood of coefficients of large sample estimates. It is usually recommended that one should have a linear regression of 50 cases and above per predictor...
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...Application ORIGINAL XXX 1541-5147 ARTICLES International of Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory and Standardized Nursing Languages in a Case Study of a Woman With Diabetes IJNT Malden, USAJournal Inc Blackwell Publishing of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications Application of Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory and Standardized Nursing Languages in a Case Study of a Woman with Diabetes This paper aims to illustrate the process Coleen P. Kumar, RN, MSN, CNS, is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York. Introduction As the average lifespan is extended, more individuals are coping with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, which has reached epidemic proportions with more than 20 million people in the United States having this diagnosis (Gordois, Scuffham, Shearer, Oglesby, & Tobian, 2003). The American Diabetes Association (ADA) estimates that a million people will be diagnosed of diabetes every year (2004). Long-term complications of diabetes are costly to both the individual and the healthcare system. Over the past decade, diabetes research has focused on pharmacological approaches and lifestyle interventions to the illness (Odegard, Setter, & Iltz, 2006). Recent evidence in the forum of diabetes care revealed a need for healthcare professionals to assess and empower individuals in the self-management of this illness. For the purposes of this case study, health assessment by nurses was defined by Fuller and Schaller-Ayers (2000) as a process...
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...University of Phoenix Material Rhetorical Modes Matrix Rhetorical modes are various methods for effectively communicating through language and writing. Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least two tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. | |Purpose |Structure |Tips | |Rhetorical mode |Explain when or why each |Explain what organizational method works |Provide two tips for writing | | |rhetorical mode is used. |best with each rhetorical mode. |in each rhetorical mode. | |Narration |The purpose of narrative writing |Using Chronological Order. The order in |Writing a Factual Story- based| | |is to tell stories. When you tell |which events unfold, from first to last. |on, and tries to be faithful | | |a story to a friend or family | |in, actual events as they | | |member about an event or incident.| |unfold in real life. | | | | |Writing a Fictional Story- a | | | | ...
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