Designing Internet Dictionaries

The design of internet dictionaries roughly falls into two categories: built from the ground up and converted from print. Whereas the former often shows little influence from the hands of the lexicographer the latter proves that printed and electronic publishing require very different design solutions. Unfortunately, this has not yet been brought to the attention of the publishers. The article will try to explain this on the basis of a critical examination of two internet dictionaries, neither of which are overly convincing in their approach

Theoretical and Computational Solutions for Phraseological Lexicography

the danish idiom dictionary has been criticized by Ken Farø to use a less than optimal theory in the description of what a phraseme really is. A closer examination of that theory, however, shows that this is not the case due to the hitherto neglected role of the common, non-academic user who has little need for an in-depth classification. The current article describes how the danish idiom dictionary puts the simplified theory into use and how a new and improved version currently under way improves on the theory by focusing on the user’s needs, thereby reducing the necessity for complicated classifications. the danish idiom dictionary including its search capabilities is described in full

Søgemønstre i logfiler

Unlike traditional methods for user surveys of printed dictionaries log files have the potential to lead to better user surveys of online reference works. The lexicographer has the possibility to follow the user search by search. Each detail in the search pattern allows for a classification of user types and perhaps even usage situations, the knowledge of which opens up for realistic assessment of a dictionary’s design. However, it is necessary to combine the analysis of a log file with user studies to reap the full benefits

Orddeling: Principper og omsætning til leksikografisk praksis

Hyphenation is not often referred to as being part of the most important topics inlinguistic research. But in normal everyday life it becomes the focus of our attentionespecially when using hyphenation programmes in word processors. This interestbecomes obvious when reading the complaints of readers about hyphenation errorscommitted in newspapers. The readers and writers that request information abouthyphenation are directed to the rules laid down by “Dansk Sprognævn” in their“Retskrivningsordbogen”. These rules display a lack of clarity which calls for revision

Psychiatric Diagnoses in Individuals with Non-Syndromic Oral Clefts:A Danish Population-Based Cohort Study

The aim of this study was to investigate the risk of psychiatric diagnoses in individuals with non-syndromic oral clefts (OC) compared with individuals without OC, including ages from 1 to 76 years.Linking four Danish nationwide registers, we investigated the risk of psychiatric diagnoses at Danish psychiatric hospitals during the period 1969-2012 for individuals born with non-syndromic OC in Denmark 1936-2009 compared with a cohort of 10 individuals without OC per individual with OC, matched by sex and birth year. The sample included 8,568 individuals with OC, observed for 247,821 person-years, and 85,653 individuals without OC followed for 2,501,129 person-years.A total of 953 (11.1%) of the individuals with OC (9.6% for cleft lip (CL), 10.8% for cleft lip and palate (CLP) and 13.1% for cleft palate (CP)) and 8,117 (9.5%) in the comparison group had at least one psychiatric diagnosis. Cox proportional hazard regression model revealed that individuals with OC had significantly higher risk of a psychiatric diagnosis (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.12-1.28). When examining cleft type, no difference was found for CL (HR = 1.03, 95% CI: 0.90-1.17), but CLP was associated with a small increased risk (HR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.01-1.26), whereas individuals with CP had the largest increased risk (HR = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.30-1.62). The largest differences were found in schizophrenia-like disorders, mental retardation and pervasive developmental disorders, but we found no increased risk of mood disorders and anxiety-related disorders.Individuals with non-syndromic OC had significantly higher risk of psychiatric diagnoses compared with individuals without OC. However, the elevated risk was observed for individuals with CLP and CP but not for individuals with CL and the absolute risk increase was modest

The effects of oral clefts on hospital use throughout the lifespan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Oral clefts are one of the most common birth defects worldwide. They require multiple healthcare interventions and add significant burden on the health and quality of life of affected individuals. However, not much is known about the long term effects of oral clefts on health and healthcare use of affected individuals. In this study, we evaluate the effects of oral clefts on hospital use throughout the lifespan.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We estimate two-part regression models for hospital admission and length of stay for several age groups up to 68 years of age. The study employs unique secondary population-based data from several administrative inpatient, civil registration, demographic and labor market databases for 7,670 individuals born with oral clefts between 1936 and 2002 in Denmark, and 220,113 individuals without oral clefts from a 5% random sample of the total birth population from 1936 to 2002.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Oral clefts significantly increase hospital use for most ages below 60 years by up to 233% for children ages 0-10 years and 16% for middle age adults. The more severe cleft forms (cleft lip with palate) have significantly larger effects on hospitalizations than less severe forms.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The results suggest that individuals with oral clefts have higher hospitalization risks than the general population throughout most of the lifespan.</p

11p Microdeletion including WT1 but not PAX6, presenting with cataract, mental retardation, genital abnormalities and seizures: a case report

WAGR syndrome (Wilms' tumor, aniridia, genitourinary abnormalities and mental retardation) and Potocki-Shaffer syndrome are rare contiguous gene deletion syndromes caused by deletions of the 11p14-p12 chromosome region

Genomic deletions in OPA1 in Danish patients with autosomal dominant optic atrophy

BACKGROUND: Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA, Kjer disease, MIM #165500) is the most common form of hereditary optic neuropathy. Mutations in OPA1 located at chromosome 3q28 are the predominant cause for ADOA explaining between 32 and 89% of cases. Although deletions of OPA1 were recently reported in ADOA, the frequency of OPA1 genomic rearrangements in Denmark, where ADOA has a high prevalence, is unknown. The aim of the study was to identify copy number variations in OPA1 in Danish ADOA patients. METHODS: Forty unrelated ADOA patients, selected from a group of 100 ADOA patients as being negative for OPA1 point mutations, were tested for genomic rearrangements in OPA1 by multiplex ligation probe amplification (MLPA). When only one probe was abnormal results were confirmed by additional manually added probes. Segregation analysis was performed in families with detected mutations when possible. RESULTS: Ten families had OPA1 deletions, including two with deletions of the entire coding region and eight with intragenic deletions. Segregation analysis was possible in five families, and showed that the deletions segregated with the disease. CONCLUSION: Deletions in the OPA1 gene were found in 10 patients presenting with phenotypic autosomal dominant optic neuropathy. Genetic testing for deletions in OPA1 should be offered for patients with clinically diagnosed ADOA and no OPA1 mutations detected by DNA sequencing analysis