Çalışmada Gagauz dilinin şiirsel boyutu tematik bağlamda incelenerek işlevsel açıdan yansıttığı anlam yelpazesi analiz edilmiştir. Bu nedenle ve işlev odaklı bütüncül bir izlenim işe koşulmuştur. Bir yazın sanatı olmasının yanı sıra, fonetik yörüngede beliren şiiri; simetri, harmoni orantı gibi estetiğe dair biçimsel nitelikleri de bünyesine katmıştır. Böylece yüzey yapıda betimsel görünüm serg...

In this doctoral thesis, we apply premises of cognitive linguistics to terminological definitions and present a proposal called the flexible terminological definition. This consists of a set of definitions of the same concept made up of a general definition (in this case, one encompassing the entire environmental domain) along with additional definitions describing the concept from the perspect...

Humans can fairly easily identify roads in remote sensing images, but this has turned out to be a difficult task for computers. Most previous work in this area has utilized statistical and rule-based techniques, which depended primarily upon spectral information. However, it appears that spectral information alone is insufficient to identify roads in Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite imagery, s...

Despite evidence that men are typically perceived as more appropriate and effective than women in leadership positions, a recent debate has emerged in the popular press and academic literature over the potential existence of a female leadership advantage. This meta-analysis addresses this debate by quantitatively summarizing gender differences in perceptions of leadership effectiveness across 9...

BACKGROUND Africa bears 24% of the global burden of disease but has only 3% of the world's health workers. Substantial variation in health worker performance adds to the negative impact of this significant shortfall. We therefore sought to identify interventions implemented in sub-Saharan African aiming to improve health worker performance and the contextual factors likely to influence local ef...

Research suggests that community reintegration (CR) after injury and rehabilitation is difficult for many injured servicemembers. However, little is known about the influence of the contextual factors, both personal and environmental, that influence CR. Framed within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and Social Cognitive Theory, the quantitative portion of a...

Affinity diagramming is a commonly used contextual design practice in the development of interactive systems. Currently many tools exist that attempt to support the process of designing. However, experts and novices alike eschew tool use, instead preferring traditional paper and whiteboard methods. In this paper, we explore the potential of using Multiple Display Environments (MDEs) for the pro...

This paper presents an ethnographically-informed study of the practices at a game company that develops serious games for business training. Games research focuses mainly on the game product, paying little attention to the design and development process. This study attempts to address this gap. We examined the day-to-day activity of a team responsible for designing and developing game content. ...

BACKGROUND Utilizing a psychosocial stress approach, we report psychosocial stressors that Latina/o immigrant day laborers in Baltimore report as workplace hazards and the contextual factors that shape these stressors. METHODS Through a community-academic partnership, we conducted focus groups (n = 18) and key informant interviews (n = 9) using instruments developed between academics and the ...

Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care has become an important policy goal in the United States and other countries, but evidence to inform interventions to address disparities is limited. The objective of this study was to identify important dimensions of interventions to reduce health care disparities. We used qualitative research methods to examine interventions aimed at impro...