Newspaper - The Cleveland Times - Oct. 20, 1972 - Roland Leath

Mrs. Roland Leath named Shelby\u27s 1972 Woman of the Year.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/first-baptist-shelby-roland-leath/1010/thumbnail.jp

Using Multimodal Analysis to Investigate the Role of the Interpreter

Recent research in Interpreting Studies has favoured the argument that, in practice, the interpreter plays an active role, rather than the prescribed role stipulated in professional codes of conduct. Cutting-edge studies utilising multimodal research methods have taken a more comprehensive approach to investigating this argument, searching for evidence of the interpreter’s active involvement not only through textual analysis, but also by examining a range of non-verbal communicative means. Studies using multimodal analysis, such as those by Pasquandrea (2011) and Davitti (2012), have succeeded in offering new insights into the interpreter’s role in interaction. This research presents further investigation into the interpreter’s role through multimodal analysis by focusing on the use of gesture movements, gaze and body orientation in interpreter-mediated communication; it also looks at the impact of the state of knowledge asymmetry on the interpreter’s role. This thesis presents findings from six simulated face-to-face dialogue interpreting cases featuring three different groups of participants and interpreters representing different interpreting settings (e.g. parent-teacher meeting, business meeting, doctor-patient meeting, etc.). By adapting a multimodal approach, findings of this study (a) contribute to our understanding of the active role of the interpreter in Interpreting Studies by exploring new insights from a multimodal approach, and (b) offer new empirical findings from interpreter-mediated interactions to the technical analysis of multimodal communication

Estudio preliminar sobre el potencial de la Terapia de Realidad Virtual para reducir la ansiedad al hablar en público

This study probes on the potentials of Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) to overcome glossophobia in the context of online classes. To achieve the objective, this study employs experimental design in which students who are enrolled in an online public speaking course were grouped into two: Experimental and control group. The experimental group experienced three sessions of VRT throughout the semester whereas the control group did not. After the end of the course, the descriptive analysis findings suggest that the rate of change for the experimental group was -17% in comparison with the control group -4%. This indicates that the experimental group had decreased their public speaking anxiety four times more than the control group; hence suggesting that VRT has helped to reduce the anxiety in public speaking. All in all, this study foreshadows the great potential of VRT in the education and communication field. Keywords: Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA); Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT); online classes; technology in education.Este estudio investiga los potenciales de la Terapia de Realidad Virtual (VRT) para superar la glosofobia en el contexto de las clases en línea. Para lograr el objetivo, este estudio emplea un diseño experimental en el que los estudiantes que están inscritos en un curso de oratoria en línea se agruparon en dos: Grupo experimental y grupo de control. El grupo experimental experimentó tres sesiones de VRT a lo largo del semestre, mientras que el grupo de control no. Después del final del curso, los hallazgos del análisis descriptivo sugieren que la tasa de cambio para el grupo experimental fue de -17% en comparación con el grupo de control -4%. Esto indica que el grupo experimental había disminuido su ansiedad por hablar en público cuatro veces más que el grupo de control; lo que sugiere que VRT ha ayudado a reducir la ansiedad al hablar en público. Con todo, este estudio presagia el gran potencial de VRT en el campo de la educación y la comunicación. Palabras clave: Ansiedad de hablar en público (PSA); Terapia de realidad virtual (VRT); clases en línea; tecnología en educación

Elevated anticardiolipin antibodies in acute liver failure

AbstractAntibodies to cardiolipin (aCLA), a phospholipid primarily localized in inner mitochondrial membranes, were transiently elevated (P<0.01) when mice were exposed to an industrial surfactant and then infected with influenza B virus, a model of acute liver failure (ALF). Children with ALF also had elevated levels of aCLA

Out-of-hospital births: A small but growing phenomenon in high income countries: A viewpoint

This is the final version. Available on open access from the South Asian Midwifery Alliance via the link in this recor

Out-of-hospital births: A small but growing phenomenon in high income countries: A viewpoint.

This short viewpoint article raises some interesting points about freebirthing or unassisted childbirth as a growing phenomenon in high-income countrie