Perspective: What constitutes a quality paper in separation science?

Perspective Paper: Information Science

The task assigned to me in the preparation of this paper was to discuss the interrelationship between linguistics and information science, using the book by Sparck Jones and Kay (1973) as my point of departure. My viewpoint is that of the information scientist and I make no claim to have more than a superficial acquaintance with the field of linguistics. The paper is restricted to a considerati...

Perspective Paper: Library Science

On the understanding that a respect for terminology is necessary in a paper likely to be read by linguists, I should perhaps start by reviewing the connotations of the term library, before identifying one particular type as the standpoint from which I shall consider the keynote document by Sparck Jones and Kay (1973). Libraries are, of course, as diverse as the people or organisations which cre...

What Constitutes a Contract?

What Constitutes Evidence of Complex Reasoning in Science?

The U.S. priority on testing and accountability challenges school administrators to adopt, adapt or develop assessment systems that provide concrete evidence in particular subject matter areas such as science. Curricular programs emphasizing constructivist learning approaches and complex reasoning such as scientific inquiry are often not well matched to the assessment instruments used to evalua...

Psychological Science Youssef Ezzyat and Lila Davachi What Constitutes

The idea of episodic memory implies the existence of a process that segments experience into episodes so that they can be stored in memory. It is therefore surprising that the link between event segmentation and the organization of experiences into episodes in memory has not been addressed. We found that after participants read narratives containing temporal event boundaries at varying location...