Book Reviews

Imagination and Power: A Study of Poetry on Public Themes (Thomas R. Edwards) (Reviewed by Robert W. Uphaus, Michigan State University (East Lansing))The World and the Book: A Study of Modern Fiction (Gabriel Josipovici) (Reviewed by Robert W. Uphaus, Michigan State University (East Lansing))The Drawings of ]ohn Ruskin (Paul H. Walton) (Reviewed by Jan B. Gordon, State University of New York at Buffalo)Circles Without Center: Paths to the Discovery and Creation of Self in Modern Literature (Enrico Garzilli) (Reviewed by Nilli Diengott, Tel-Aviv University)Ezra Pound: An Introduction to the Poetry (Sister Bernetta) (Reviewed by Jerome Mazzaro, State University of New York at Buffalo)Ezra Pound and the Troubadour Tradition (Stuart Y. McDougal) (Reviewed by Jerome Mazzaro, State University of New York at Buffalo)Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy (Michael Baxandall) (Reviewed by Bernard Goldman, Wayne State University)Aldous Huxley (Keith May) (Reviewed by Robert Ashley, Ripon College

Validity and invariance of Turker’s corporate social responsibility scale in five cross-cultural samples

As organizational research turned its focus to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), interest also grew in the individual’s perspective on CSR. When looking for cross-cultural comparisons of the effects of CSR, measurement invariance is of utter importance as a questionnaire might not be equivalent in all investigated samples and thus bias results. We examined a previously published questionnaire assessing different aspects of personal CSR ratings. Factorial validity and measurement invariance was tested by means of confirmatory factor analysis and Bayesian structural equation modeling in five samples (total N = 1120): 2 US-American, 2 German, and 1 English-speaking Indian sample. In an exploratory-confirmatory approach, the originally proposed factor structure was altered to finally comprise four facets of CSR: employee-related CSR, environmental CSR, philanthropy and customer-related CSR. Measurement invariance tests showed evidence for small differences of the English and German version as well as significant divergences of the measurement model in the Indian sample. In conclusion, we show the validity of the questionnaire for a circumscribed Western context but are hesitant about further transfers. Future research on perception of CSR in non-western contexts might depend on new and tailored questionnaires

Book Reviews

Imagination and Power: A Study of Poetry on Public Themes (Thomas R. Edwards) (Reviewed by Robert W. Uphaus, Michigan State University (East Lansing))The World and the Book: A Study of Modern Fiction (Gabriel Josipovici) (Reviewed by Robert W. Uphaus, Michigan State University (East Lansing))The Drawings of ]ohn Ruskin (Paul H. Walton) (Reviewed by Jan B. Gordon, State University of New York at Buffalo)Circles Without Center: Paths to the Discovery and Creation of Self in Modern Literature (Enrico Garzilli) (Reviewed by Nilli Diengott, Tel-Aviv University)Ezra Pound: An Introduction to the Poetry (Sister Bernetta) (Reviewed by Jerome Mazzaro, State University of New York at Buffalo)Ezra Pound and the Troubadour Tradition (Stuart Y. McDougal) (Reviewed by Jerome Mazzaro, State University of New York at Buffalo)Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy (Michael Baxandall) (Reviewed by Bernard Goldman, Wayne State University)Aldous Huxley (Keith May) (Reviewed by Robert Ashley, Ripon College

Some Pitfalls of LK-to-LJ Translations and How to Avoid Them

. In this paper, we investigate translations from a classical cut-free sequent calculus LK into an intuitionistic cut-free sequent calculus LJ. Translations known from the literature rest on permutations of inferences in classical proofs. We show that, for some classes of firstorder formulae, all minimal LJ-proofs are non-elementary but there exist short LK-proofs of the same formula. Similar results are obtained even if some fragments of intuitionistic first-order logic are considered. The size of the corresponding minimal search spaces for LK and LJ are also nonelementarily related. We show that we can overcome these difficulties by extending LJ with an analytic cut rule. 1 Introduction Characterizing classes of formulae for which classical derivability implies intuitionistic derivability was one topic in the Leningrad group around Maslov in the sixties. Such classes are called (complete) Glivenko classes which were extensively characterized by Orevkov [7]. More recently, people ar..

Development of a method and an assessment construct for person-centered translation of dementia public stigma scales

BackgroundWith the number of people with dementia dramatically increasing over time and dementia becoming a major health concern worldwide, scales have been developed to assess the stigma socially attached to this neurodegenerative disorder. There are, however, almost no available methods and assessment constructs for person-centered translation of dementia public stigma scales.ObjectiveTo develop such a method and such an assessment construct by translating the Dementia Public Stigma Scale (DPSS) into standard written Chinese.MethodsWe translated the DPSS following three major steps: (1) literal translation and mistranslation identification; (2) panel discussions of items with problematic translations; and (3) the final checking of the translated scale. Informed by the translation and adaptation process, we then developed a method for person-centered translation of dementia public stigma scales. Based on this method and our panel discussions, we finally proposed a tripartite assessment construct for quality evaluation of the translation of dementia public stigma scales.ResultsForward and backward translation did not work sufficiently in dementia public stigma scale translation. Mistranslations were induced by three major causes, including confusion caused by multiple Chinese meanings of the immediate Chinese direct translation, the lack of immediate Chinese direct translation because of varying positive/negative emotions attached to multiple translations, and the lack of culture-specific idioms in Chinese. Based on these factors, we proposed a tripartite dementia translation assessment construct. Following this assessment tool, we determined the best Chinese version that could further be tested for its psychometric properties among the public.ConclusionA method and an assessment construct for person-centered translation of dementia public stigma scales were developed. Such a method and such an assessment construct could be followed in the translation of dementia public stigma scales and the translation evaluation of such scales

Structural Analysis and Matrix Interpetive System /SAMIS/ program Technical report, Feb. - Aug. 1966

Development of characteristic equations and error analysis for computer programs contained in structural analysis and matrix interpretive syste

Discourse analysis models in the training of translators : an emperical approach

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A think-aloud protocols investigation of lexico-semantic problems and problem-solving strategies among trainee English-Arabic translators.

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