The lexicographical treatment of idioms in business dictionaries from the point of view of the translator as user

Economic language presents a hybrid nature. Unlike other LSPs, this discourse shows a high degree of emotive meaning, abstract processes like metaphor, which bring about the great number of idioms used in business English, and the complexity involved in their translation into Spanish. The analysis of the lexicographical treatment of five business idioms in nineteen dictionaries of economics (monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual) reveals that specialized lexicographical resources should improve their treatment of idioms and other phraseological units if they are to respond to the needs of users like translators. It is suggested that specialized works should include idioms as lemmas, offer more types of syntactic-semantic information and structure it more systematically, for example, by basing their entries on the conceptual structure of economy

Electronic Health Records Functionalities and Quality of Care: Conceptual Model and Research Agenda

There currently exists a rich stream of literature dedicated to exploring how different electronic health records (EHR) functionalities, such as Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), and Health Information Exchange (HIE), improve various aspects of hospital performance. The purpose of this work is to summarize current state of the art and present a conceptual model that demonstrates dependencies between different functionalities of EHR and their impact on healthcare quality measures. In addition, we are creating a research agenda for future studies. We searched studies published between 2010 and 2020 in databases such Business Complete Source, Web of Science, and Google Scholars. Our initial search covers 52 studies published in journals such as Information Systems Journal, Health Affairs, Journal of Health Economics, Production and Operations Management, Decision Support Systems, Management Science, Journal of Operations Management, and others. We are also using a snowball sampling to identify more studies for our conceptual model. Identified studies indicated the relationships between different functionalities of EHR and various measures of quality of care. We used Donabedian’s (2005) approach of evaluating the quality of care to classify different areas in hospital improvements that we identified in our literature review. Donabedian’s framework categorizes quality of care measures by three groups: structure, process, and outcomes. Structural measures reflect the context in which healthcare service are delivered. These are mainly physical and organizational characteristics of hospitals. Furthermore, process measures reflect the interactions between patients and health providers. These measures demonstrate how care is delivered and the manner is which care is delivered. Finally, outcome measures indicate the impact of healthcare services on patients’ health status. Our conceptual model delineates the relationship between EHR functionalities, such as CPOE, CDSS, and HIE, and different structural measures (healthcare spending, return on investment, hospital efficiency, patient safety events), process measures (healthcare delivery, productivity of healthcare providers, patient care coordination, process compliance), and outcome measures (readmissions, patient mortality, patient morbidity, and patient satisfaction). Various theoretical perspectives were used to guide most of the studies: transaction cost economics, dynamic capabilities, resource-based view, task-technology fit theory, cybernetic control theory, information processing theory, agency theory, adaptive structuration theory, and others. We conclude this conceptual work by presenting a research agenda for future theoretical and empirical studies

A Municipal Audit Fee Model Using Structural Equation Modeling

The purpose of this project is to model municipal audit fees using an audit economics framework and then analyze this conceptual framework empirically using structural equation modeling, because structural equation models are excellent for examining complex and interdependent environments.  The sample is large cities using 1996 data.  The theoretical model uses five constructs to explain audit fees:  (1) client size, (2) complexity of client operations, (3) financial risks including demographic characteristics, (4) auditing factors, and (5) governance structure.  The final model includes six variables directly related to audit fee plus five mediating variables.  The results demonstrate that SEM modeling can explain audit fees and provides more information on how the highly correlated independent variables are interrelated in the context of explaining audit fee levels

DACC program cost and work breakdown structure-dictionary. General purpose aft cargo carrier study, volume 2

Results of detailed cost estimates and economic analysis performed on the updated 201 configuration of the dedicated Aft Cargo Carrier (DACC) are given. The objective of this economic analysis is to provide the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with information on the economics of using the DACC on the Space Transportation System (STS). The detailed cost estimates for the DACC are presented by a work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure that all elements of cost are considered in the economic analysis and related subsystem trades. Costs reported by WBS provide NASA with a basis for comparing competing designs and provide detailed cost information that can be used to forecast phase C/D planning for new projects or programs derived from preliminary conceptual design studies. The scope covers all STS and STS/DACC launch vehicle cost impacts for delivering an orbital transfer vehicle to a 120 NM low Earth orbit (LEO)

GPACC program cost work breakdown structure-dictionary. General purpose aft cargo carrier study, volume 3

The results of detailed cost estimates and economic analysis performed on the updated Model 101 configuration of the general purpose Aft Cargo Carrier (ACC) are given. The objective of this economic analysis is to provide the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with information on the economics of using the ACC on the Space Transportation System (STS). The detailed cost estimates for the ACC are presented by a work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure that all elements of cost are considered in the economic analysis and related subsystem trades. Costs reported by WBS provide NASA with a basis for comparing competing designs and provide detailed cost information that can be used to forecast phase C/D planning for new projects or programs derived from preliminary conceptual design studies. The scope covers all STS and STS/ACC launch vehicle cost impacts for delivering payloads to a 160 NM low Earth orbit (LEO)

The last five years of Big Data Research in Economics, Econometrics and Finance: Identification and conceptual analysis

Today, the Big Data term has a multidimensional approach where five main characteristics stand out: volume, velocity, veracity, value and variety. It has changed from being an emerging theme to a growing research area. In this respect, this study analyses the literature on Big Data in the Economics, Econometrics and Finance field. To do that, 1.034 publications from 2015 to 2019 were evaluated using SciMAT as a bibliometric and network analysis software. SciMAT offers a complete approach of the field and evaluates the most cited and productive authors, countries and subject areas related to Big Data. Lastly, a science map is performed to understand the intellectual structure and the main research lines (themes)

Classical Logical versus Quantum Conceptual Thought: Examples in Economics, Decision theory and Concept Theory

Inspired by a quantum mechanical formalism to model concepts and their disjunctions and conjunctions, we put forward in this paper a specific hypothesis. Namely that within human thought two superposed layers can be distinguished: (i) a layer given form by an underlying classical deterministic process, incorporating essentially logical thought and its indeterministic version modeled by classical probability theory; (ii) a layer given form under influence of the totality of the surrounding conceptual landscape, where the different concepts figure as individual entities rather than (logical) combinations of others, with measurable quantities such as 'typicality', 'membership', 'representativeness', 'similarity', 'applicability', 'preference' or 'utility' carrying the influences. We call the process in this second layer 'quantum conceptual thought', which is indeterministic in essence, and contains holistic aspects, but is equally well, although very differently, organized than logical thought. A substantial part of the 'quantum conceptual thought process' can be modeled by quantum mechanical probabilistic and mathematical structures. We consider examples of three specific domains of research where the effects of the presence of quantum conceptual thought and its deviations from classical logical thought have been noticed and studied, i.e. economics, decision theory, and concept theories and which provide experimental evidence for our hypothesis.Comment: 14 page

The study of conceptual metaphors in ESAP L2 writing: range and variability

The article presents the study of the influence of professional competence of EFL learners on their academic writing. The task was approached through analyzing learners’ competence in specific knowledge domains - knowledge of terms and specific concepts, represented as conceptual metaphors. Conceptual metaphor models were analyzed in the English written texts produced by Russian students with different competences in economics – at both non-professional and professional levels of academic discourse (NPAD and PAD respectively). Metaphor Identification Procedure VU University Amsterdam (MIPVU) was applied to metaphor identification, and alternative metaphor and preferential conceptualization analysis was performed to compare the scope of source and the range of target in NPAD and PAD. Findings highlight the areas of commonality as well as divergence in terms of students’ professional competence represented in conceptual metaphors in L2 writing. The main differences in the scope of the source analysis are quantitative rather than qualitative. The range of target comparison between NPAD and PAD indicates a significantly larger range of targets for the professional level students, a lower level of metaphorization for the non-professional level, and inclusive strategies across the two levels. Practical recommendations suggest an improved research methodology for studying metaphor production in EAP and ESP as well as a deeper understanding of ESP content and its structure