JDN 2-19: Hitting the Target but Missing the Mark

the impact of skopos on syntactic features of the target text

the present study is an experimental case study which investigates the impacts, if any, of skopos on syntactic features of the target text. two test groups each consisting of 10 ma students translated a set of sentences selected from advertising texts in the operative and informative mode. the resulting target texts were then statistically analyzed in terms of the number of words, phrases, si...

Hitting the Target, Missing the Point: Youth Policies and Programmes in Kenya

Missing the mark on stem cells.

President Bush’s long awaited decision on federal funding for stem cell research has a little for everybody but completely satisfies no one. By limiting research funding to some 60-odd existing stem cell lines (or colonies), did the president stake out a clear moral position or merely craft a political compromise? Whatever the answer, there are important implications for the future of research ...

Hedge Fund Benchmarking: Missing the Mark?

Benchmarking Non-Traditional Investments More Complex There is $2.9 trillion2 invested in hedge funds, another $200 billion3 in alternative mutual funds and a McKinsey & Company report suggests these amounts are projected to grow significantly in the coming years4. That growth is understandable given our lower for longer return expectations for traditional asset classes and the potential for en...

Prostate cancer biomarkers: Are we hitting the mark?

PURPOSE Localised prostate cancer diagnosis and management is increasingly complex due to its heterogeneous progression and prognostic subgroups. Pitfalls in current screening and diagnosis have prompted the search for accurate and invasive molecular and genetic biomarkers for prostate cancer. Such tools may be able to distinguish clinically significant cancers from less aggressive variants to ...