This paper investigates patterns of rhetorical convergence and divergence in pairs of RA abstracts (English-Spanish and Spanish-English) published in the journal Ibérica. To that end, a total of 84 pairs of author-translated RA abstracts were analyzed. Based on the results of a pilot study, the following rhetorical patterns were analyzed in the corpus: text-referring expressions, degree of epis...

An interactive narrative is an education, training, or entertainment experience, based on a narrative that is guided by authorial intent. Interactive narratives have two important characteristics: some form of authorial intent as represented by the narrative structure and an affordance for autonomy of player characters. Technologies for constructing engaging interactive narratives have been spr...

Aim. The article describes the authorial model of the therapeutic work with children and their families used in night terrors and sleep disorders in children. Methods. The reported symptoms concerned children 7 to 12 years old and were based on difficulties in falling asleep without the physical proximity of a parent or waking up at night and the reported anxiety as well as the need of the pres...

The aim of this article was to distinguish different authorial layers within a 15th-century chronicle, a rare medieval autograph or author’s copy (Croniken van der Duytscher Oirden or Jüngere Hochmeisterchronik), and to test specifically the validity of claims concerning the original composition of the text. A better apprehension of the creative process involved in composing the Croniken is ess...

the present study explored the intensity level of authorial voice in relation to the quality of argumentative writing. 42 undergraduate learners of english as a foreign language (36 girls and 6 boys) spent 45 minutes to individually complete in-class position-taking writing tasks for three weeks. their overall academic writing quality scores assigned based on portfolio assessment were studied i...

Recent advances in the analysis of RNA sequencing data have shown that pseudogenes are highly specific markers of cell identity and can be used as diagnostic and prognostic markers. Furthermore, genetically engineered mouse models have recently provided compelling support for a causal link between altered pseudogene expression and cancer. In this review, we discuss the most recent milestones re...

This article analyses some claims made about the Gàidheal identity in Scotland, with particular reflection on a distinct ‘sociolinguistic turn’ within Gàidhlig studies and related research over last two decades. Through critical analysis of major sociological survey structuring various markers framing identity, normative basis is provided to then assess other classifications by academics whose ...