This article reports the results of a preliminary analysis of translation equivalents in four languages from different language families, extracted from an on-line parallel corpus of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four The goal of the study is to determine the degree to which translation equivalents for different meanings of a polysemous word in English are lexicalized differently across a var...

Brittain described a method of ischio-femoral arthrodesis in 1941, and in 1948 reported successful fusion in eighty-four of 105 hips. Comparable figures were reported by Freiberg (1946) in six cases, by Foley (1949) in nineteen cases and by Cholmeley (1956) in fifty-five cases. The purpose of this paper is to review the cases of sixty-four patients who underwent arthrodesis of the hip at Wright...

One thousand university students were e-mailed a survey about relationships they had established on the Internet. Of the 248 who returned the survey, eighty-eight (36%) indicated they had formed a friendship with another individual in an on-line setting. Nineteen (22%) described it as a close romantic relationship. These respondents were e

A basic familiarity with musculoskeletal disorders is essential for all medical school graduates. The purpose of the current study was to test a group of recent medical school graduates on basic topics in musculoskeletal medicine in order to assess the adequacy of their preparation in this area. A basic-competency examination in musculoskeletal medicine was developed and validated. The examinat...

The article subjects the assumptions and prescriptions of the 'Corporate Culture' literature to critical scrutiny . The body of the article is devoted to teasing out the distinctive basis of its appeal compared with earlier management theory . It is seen to build upon earlier efforts (e .g . 'theory Y') to constitute a self-disciplining form of employee subjectivity by asserting that 'practical...