Proceedings of the 2011 New York Workshop on Computer, Earth and Space Science

The purpose of the New York Workshop on Computer, Earth and Space Sciences is to bring together the New York area's finest Astronomers, Statisticians, Computer Scientists, Space and Earth Scientists to explore potential synergies between their respective fields. The 2011 edition (CESS2011) was a great success, and we would like to thank all of the presenters and participants for attending. This year was also special as it included authors from the upcoming book titled "Advances in Machine Learning and Data Mining for Astronomy". Over two days, the latest advanced techniques used to analyze the vast amounts of information now available for the understanding of our universe and our planet were presented. These proceedings attempt to provide a small window into what the current state of research is in this vast interdisciplinary field and we'd like to thank the speakers who spent the time to contribute to this volume.Comment: Author lists modified. 82 pages. Workshop Proceedings from CESS 2011 in New York City, Goddard Institute for Space Studie

Integrating the Achilles’ heel sheet into assessing translator employability training

Since the Achilles’ heel sheet (AHS) was first piloted in undergraduate translation courses at the University of Granada (UGR) in the early 2000s (Way, 2003, 2008), a considerable number of years have elapsed. During this time the AHS has been modified and refined to meet the growing needs of translator trainees. This article will describe the improvements made to the AHS over the last 14 years and also describe how, after initially being used in translation modules, it has also been used in the Translation Professions module of the Foundations of Professional Translation 1 subject1 of the postgraduate Master’s Degree in Professional Translation. The introduction of the AHS in employability training has allowed us to align formative and summative assessment. By blending the use of diagnostic assessment, the AHS and the final summative assessment activity of the module, trainees are immersed in self-reflective situated learning. The activities not only guide them through an authentic first job application, but also promote self-regulated lifelong learning, critical thinking and introduce them to the importance of continuous professional development (CPD)

Developing Manageable Individualised Formative Assessment of Translator Trainees Through Rubrics

For some time now I have implemented a manageable combined assessment approach emphasising competence and decision-making (Way 2008, 2009). To do this, we must be able to monitor trainees’ planning, monitoring, regulating, evaluating, recognition of flawed and successful processes and task variables during their assignments. The question is: How can translator trainers assess such a vast range of complex processes? One possible solution is through rubrics for each trainee project management role and for the final translation. In this proposal we attempt to counterbalance the multiple demands of trainee assessment, whilst also addressing the time constraints on trainers and the opinions of trainees. In our paper we will present the rationale for the rubrics (after the pilot trial February-June 2020), one rubric example, an example of the Support Sheets for trainees and the outline for a platform which, once constructed, will only require periodical updating by trainers

La traducción como acción social: el caso de los documentos académicos (español-inglés)

Esta investigación se plantea desde la necesidad de comprobar la realidad profesional y el qué hacer diario de los intérpretes jurados en la traducción de los documentos académicos en España, así como desde la necesidad de descubrir y analizar el papel que juega el intérprete jurado en este proceso social. Nos propusimos investigar el contexto social y traductológico de un hecho discursivo en su totalidad, obligándonos a traspasar las fronteras de varias disciplinas implicadas en el proceso social en cuestión. Para llevar a cabo nuestro estudios, esbozamos un marco teórico desde la perspectiva de la Educación Comparada, el Derecho Comparado, la Textología Comparada, la Sociología, el Análisis Crítico del Discurso y la Traductología, lo cual nos permitió plantear un estudio a dos niveles. En el primer nivel, se realiza un estudio descriptivo del contexto social que rige la traducción de los títulos universitarios, especialmente la traducción jurada, haciendo hincapié en las normas existentes que rigen la intervención del intérprete jurado en este proceso social. La segunda parte se centra en un estudio empírico que analiza la situación profesional del intérprete jurado (concretamente en relación con la traducción de los títulos universitarios), los aspectos formales de la traducción profesional de títulos universitarios (especialmente las técnicas de traducción aplicadas a los elementos fundamentales de los títulos para su eficacia en este proceso social) y un análisis de la naturaleza de las relaciones entre los agentes involucrados en este proceso social (Administración, cliente, intérprete jurado, universidades). Para cumplir con nuestros objetivos, diseñamos un nuevo modelo de análisis que nos ha permitido pasar del texto al contexto sociocultural y traductológico, analizando este hecho discursivo desde la perspectiva de los agentes involucrados, especialmente desde la del intérprete jurado. Nuestro universo de sujetos (basado en la lista de intérpretes jurados de la Oficina de Interpretación de Lenguas del MAE) nos ofreció un total de 658. Tras el envío de un cuestionario y dos traducciones a una muestra aleatoria de 300, hemos recopilado una cantidad de datos que podrá ser de gran utilidadTesis Univ. Granada. Departamento de Filologías Inglesa y Alemana. Leída el 22 de septiembre de 200

Exploring the association of the discharge medicines review with patient hospital readmissions through national routine data linkage in Wales: a retrospective cohort study

Objective To evaluate the association of the discharge medicines review (DMR) community pharmacy service with hospital readmissions through linking National Health Service data sets. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting All hospitals and 703 community pharmacies across Wales. Participants Inpatients meeting the referral criteria for a community pharmacy DMR. Interventions Information related to the patient’s medication and hospital stay is provided to the community pharmacists on discharge from hospital, who undertake a two-part service involving medicines reconciliation and a medicine use review. To investigate the association of this DMR service with hospital readmission, a data linking process was undertaken across six national databases. Primary outcome Rate of hospital readmission within 90 days for patients with and without a DMR part 1 started. Secondary outcome Strength of association of age decile, sex, deprivation decile, diagnostic grouping and DMR type (started or not started) with reduction in readmission within 90 days. Results 1923 patients were referred for a DMR over a 13-month period (February 2017–April 2018). Provision of DMR was found to be the most significant attributing factor to reducing likelihood of 90-day readmission using χ2 testing and classification methods. Cox regression survival analysis demonstrated that those receiving the intervention had a lower hospital readmission rate at 40 days (p<0.000, HR: 0.59739, CI 0.5043 to 0.7076). Conclusions DMR after a hospital discharge is associated with a reduction in risk of hospital readmission within 40 days. Linking data across disparate national data records is feasible but requires a complex processual architecture. There is a significant value for integrated informatics to improve continuity and coherency of care, and also to facilitate service optimisation, evaluation and evidenced-based practice

Topic Review Parents&apos; Goals for Children: The Dynamic Coexistence of Individualism and Collectivism in Cultures and Individuals

Abstract Current scholarship on the cultural value systems of individualism and collectivism, and the associated developmental goals of autonomy and relatedness, has moved beyond grand divide theories to emphasize variation within individuals and cultures. We present a theoretical model on the dynamic coexistence of cultural value systems (at the macro level) and parents&apos; developmental goals (at the micro leve

Influence of packing density and stress on the dynamic response of granular materials

Laboratory geophysics tests including bender elements and acoustic emission measure the speed of propagation of stress or sound waves in granular materials to derive elastic stiffness parameters. This contribution builds on earlier studies to assess whether the received signal characteristics can provide additional information about either the material’s behaviour or the nature of the material itself. Specifically it considers the maximum frequency that the material can transmit; it also assesses whether there is a simple link between the spectrum of the received signal and the natural frequencies of the sample. Discrete element method (DEM) simulations of planar compression wave propagation were performed to generate the data for the study. Restricting consideration to uniform (monodisperse) spheres, the material fabric was varied by considering face-centred cubic lattice packings as well as random configurations with different packing densities. Supplemental analyses, in addition to the DEM simulations, were used to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the system dynamics. The assembly stiffness and mass matrices were extracted from the DEM model and these data were used in an eigenmode analysis that provided significant insight into the observed overall dynamic response. The close agreement of the wave velocities estimated using eigenmode analysis with the DEM results confirms that DEM wave propagation simulations can reliably be used to extract material stiffness data. The data show that increasing either stress or density allows higher frequencies to propagate through the media, but the low-pass wavelength is a function of packing density rather than stress level. Prior research which had hypothesised that there is a simple link between the spectrum of the received signal and the natural sample frequencies was not substantiated