205 results on '"Style guide"'
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2. Multi-Style Unsupervised Image Synthesis Using Generative Adversarial Nets
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Guoyun Lv, Syed Muhammad Israr, and Shengyong Qi
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General Computer Science ,Computer science ,convolutional neural network ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Style guide ,Translation (geometry) ,01 natural sciences ,ResNet ,Image (mathematics) ,020204 information systems ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Code (cryptography) ,General Materials Science ,Graphics ,Representation (mathematics) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Paired Data ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,Pattern recognition ,Generative Adversarial Nets ,TK1-9971 ,Task analysis ,Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,Artificial intelligence ,image synthesis ,business - Abstract
Unsupervised cross-domain image-to-image translation is a very active topic in computer vision and graphics. This task has two challenges: 1) lack of paired training data and 2) numerous possible outputs from a single image. The existing methods rely on either paired data or perform one-to-one translation. A novel Multi-Style Unsupervised image synthesis model using Generative Adversarial Nets (MSU-GAN) is proposed in this paper to overcome these disadvantages. Firstly, the encoder-decoder structure is used to map the image to domain-shared content features space and domain-specific style features space. Secondly, to translate an image into another domain, the content code and the style code are combined to synthesize the resulting image. Finally, the bidirectional cycle-consistency loss is used for the unpaired training data; the inter-domain adversarial loss and the reconstruction loss are used to ensure the output image’s realism. Simultaneously, MSU-GAN is able to synthesize multi-style images due to disentangled representation. A Multi-Style Unsupervised Feature-Wise image synthesis model using Generative Adversarial Nets (MSU-FW-GAN) based on the MSU-GAN is proposed for the shape variation tasks. There are two different testing strategies, which include random style transfer and style guide transfer. For objective comparison, the proposed model performs well on all evaluation metrics. The random style transfer experiment results show that compared with CycleGAN on the photo2portraits dataset, MSU-FW-GAN FID, IS scores dropped by 12.77% and 8.06%. For the summer2winter dataset, MSU-GAN FID and IS scores increased by 24.51% and 3.64%. Qualitative results show that without paired training data, MSU-GAN and MSU-FW-GAN can synthesize multi-style and better realistic images on various tasks. more...
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- 2021
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3. Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Infographics Within Medical Information Response Letters
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Hemali Patel, Jane Oreper, Chandni Patel, Zil Patel, and Autri Sajedeen
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Medical education ,business.industry ,Health Personnel ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Infographic ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Style guide ,Comprehension ,Qualitative marketing research ,Presentation ,Market research ,Phone ,Humans ,Perception ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Product (category theory) ,Psychology ,business ,Delivery of Health Care ,Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) ,Qualitative Research ,media_common - Abstract
In a continuing effort to provide innovative formats of presenting medical information in a digestible and comprehensive manner, infographics were created and included in select standard letters created by the Medical Information team. Qualitative and quantitative feedback on the ease of comprehension, flow, layout, and value of infographics within Standard Response Documents (SRDs) was obtained from healthcare professionals (HCPs). A qualitative survey (n = 47) was conducted to assess the ease of comprehension and effectiveness of infographics. The qualitative market research consisted of 25 individual 60-min phone interviews with HCPs focused around two SRDs. It was found that 87% (n = 41) of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the infographic was easy to comprehend. Additionally, 85% (n = 40) of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the infographic was useful in answering their product question. It was found that most HCPs (20/25) appreciated the presentation of the infographics and found them visually appealing. Additionally, most agreed that the infographic provided content that was sufficient in addressing their product inquiries and impactful for clinical decision making. Infographics have proved to be a valuable resource within response letters to address HCP inquiries and provide an option to pharmaceutical companies to evolve the way medical information is presented. more...
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- 2020
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4. Preempting Racist and Transphobic Language in Student Writing and Discussion: A Review of Alex Kapitan's The Radical Copyeditor's Style Guide for Writing about Transgender People and Race Forward's Race Reporting Guide
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Nick Marsellas
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Race (biology) ,Transgender people ,Gender studies ,Student writing ,Sociology ,Style guide - Published
- 2020
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5. Submissions Style Guide for the Global Clinical Engineering Journal
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Jerome S. Schultz and Yadin David
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Technical writing ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Style guide ,Scientific writing ,medicine ,Engineering ethics ,Quality (business) ,business ,Psychology ,Publication ,Clinical engineering ,media_common - Abstract
This paper describes the guidelines for writing effective manuscript that complies with general scientific writing style and in particular with those that are incorporated by the editors and reviewers of the Global Clinical Engineering Journal (www.GlobalCE.org) when they evaluate submission of manuscripts. Readers of this paper will gain understandings of the manuscript preferred writing format and of the submission’s individual sections. Examples are provided for each of individual sections that further explain their purpose and contrast of their various styles. When the guidance provided in this paper is incorporated into a new submission, it is expected to elevate the quality of the writing as well as the desire of young clinical engineers to publish about their work and the interest of the scientific community to read it. more...
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- 2020
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6. Style Guide for the Authors
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Gabriela Marszołek
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Linguistics and Language ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Psychology ,Style guide ,Education ,Visual arts - Published
- 2021
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7. Translation guidelines versus practice
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Katarzyna Wasilewska
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Political science ,Law ,Corpus based ,Legislation ,European commission ,Style guide - Published
- 2021
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8. Review of Peters (1994): The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide
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Kate Wilson
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Linguistics and Language ,Australian English ,Media studies ,language ,Sociology ,Style guide ,Language and Linguistics ,Classics ,language.human_language - Published
- 2021
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9. The Safe Recipe Style Guide: A New Tool to Improve Food Safety
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Hilary Thesmar and Emily Kranias
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Engineering management ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Recipe ,General Medicine ,Style guide ,Food safety ,business ,Food Science - Published
- 2020
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10. Template Files
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Panayota Georgakopoulou
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media_common.quotation_subject ,010102 general mathematics ,Timeline ,010103 numerical & computational mathematics ,Service provider ,Style guide ,01 natural sciences ,Holy Grail ,World Wide Web ,Workflow ,Work (electrical) ,Subtitle ,Quality (business) ,0101 mathematics ,Mathematics ,media_common - Abstract
The use of English template files in workflows involving the multilanguage creation of subtitles from the same source audio assets, typically English, was one of the greatest innovations in the subtitling industry at the turn of the century. It streamlined processes, eliminated duplication of work, reduced direct costs, improved timelines and facilitated the quality control of large volumes of subtitle files whilst expanding the pool of available translators to complete the work. Template files set the basis for the globalisation of the subtitling industry and, almost two decades since their inception, they are still a topic of debate among language service providers and subtitlers. The present paper is a descriptive work, presenting a set of guidelines devised by the present author at the turn of the century, and used in practice for almost a decade in the production of multilingual subtitling work, enhanced and improved upon by the very subtitlers that worked with them. It aims at providing a reference point for debate to researchers in the subtitling field, so as to further the ongoing discussion on interlingual subtitling quality, practices and standards. more...
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- 2019
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11. Netflix'in yerel orijinal dizilerinde alt yazı çevirisi: Hakan Muhafız kültürü muhafaza ediyor mu?
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Seda Kuşçu Özbudak
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Target culture ,History ,Turkish ,Timed text ,Media studies ,language ,General Medicine ,Descriptive research ,Style guide ,Variety (linguistics) ,Tone (literature) ,language.human_language ,Meaning (linguistics) - Abstract
Recently online streaming platforms have facilitated the circulation of audiovisual products. Among these, Netflix reaches more than 130 million viewers around the world. In addition to a variety of American movies, TV shows, and documentaries, Netflix has started to offer local original series from Spain, Germany, Italy, and the U.K. In December 2018, Netflix released its first original series in Turkish entitled “The Protector”. Though Turkish soap operas have been drawing great interest around the world lately, a Turkish series produced for Netflix means reaching considerable number of viewers from different cultural backgrounds. The following descriptive study aims to examine English subtitles of “The Protector” in terms of cultural references to determine if the ‘source cultural tone’ is preserved or the meaning is brought closer to target culture for the sake of providing an audience friendly subtitling and whether the Timed Text Style Guide offered to subtitlers by Netflix affects the subtitling process. Results showed that cultural references were highly domesticated by the subtitler for the international audience and Timed Text Style Guide provided by Netflix was also seen to have a target language oriented approach while requiring improvements in certain translation choices. Future studies focusing on a comparative analysis of subtitles of this show in other languages and the subtitling of other local Netflix original series in other languages may provide a fruitful platform for the exchange on the issues discussed. more...
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- 2019
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12. Creating Figures in R that Meet the AFS Style Guide: Standardization and Supporting Script
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Kurt C. Heim, Hayley C. Glassic, and Christopher S. Guy
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World Wide Web ,Standardization ,Sociology ,Aquatic Science ,Style guide ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Published
- 2019
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13. Penerapan Pelatihan Partisipatif Pada Kegiatan Penulisan Dan Publikasi Karya Ilmiah Bagi Guru SD
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Mawardi Mawardi, Theresia Sri Rahayu, Firosalia Kristin, and Indri Anugraheni
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Paper Writing And Publication ,Community engagement ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Style guide ,Coaching ,lcsh:Education (General) ,Partisipative Training ,School teachers ,Close relationship ,Training material ,Mathematics education ,lcsh:L7-991 ,business ,Psychology - Abstract
The problems that will be solved in Community Engagement (CE) activities for elementary school teachers in Kecamatan Tingkir is the low ability to write scientific paper among teachers. This CE activity was held at SD Tingkir Lor 2 Salatiga. The participants of the CE were 54 elementary school teachers/principals from the Gugus Joko Tingkir. The model of the CE is a participatory training model. The training activities were carried out for three days from April 23-25, and continued online coaching for 2 weeks. Training material covers the Basics of Writing; Problems in Scientific Paper Writing; Searching materials; Introduction of Online Journals, Introduction to Style Guide and How to Submit in Online Journal. Instruments to measure the success of the process and results of training using questionnaires and evaluation sheets. Data analysis techniques used percentage analysis techniques and categorical descriptive. The results of CE is: teacher knowledge about writing increases; skills in writing papers have been shown to increase from a number of articles published successfully; teacher professionalism has increased, proven to be successful in writing scientific articles; and a close relationship between KKG Gugus Joko Tingkir with PGSD-FKIP UKSW. more...
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- 2019
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14. Usability in m-health applications for application in healthcare environments
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Daniel Scherer and Enoch Menezes de Oliveira
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User profile ,Multimedia ,Process (engineering) ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Context (language use) ,Usability ,Style guide ,computer.software_genre ,Software ,Android (operating system) ,business ,computer ,Mobile device - Abstract
Mobile devices have become quite popular over the past few years and as a result, the number of applications for the most diverse functions are available for download, many of them free of charge. However, this range of applications does not follow minimum usability parameters, which results in a high level of rejection by users. Within this mobile world, the insertion of devices that aid the health processes, called m-health, has shown an exponential growth in recent years and with this, the warning signal about the efficiency and security of information has been triggered. To remedy this weakness, the introduction of usability techniques during the application development process appears as crucial for minimizing the problem. Numerous studies cite the need for usability in m-health applications, but none of them points out how to obtain it. In this way, this work aims to verify if the design guidelines provided by the Google / Android platform, which is presented as a contribution to mobile software developers, presents guidelines that make it possible to obtain the maximum usability of these applications, considering the proposed user profile and the context of use involved. To this end, the proposal will be based on the comparison between the guidelines contained in the ISO standard (9241) and in consultation with the style guide of the platform called material design. more...
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- 2021
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15. Random Forest For Hijab Style Selection Based on Face Shape Using Morphological Facial Index
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Aris Puji Widodo, K. N. Dinar Mutiara, and Wina Ratna Wati
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Identification (information) ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Face (geometry) ,Feature extraction ,Pattern recognition ,Artificial intelligence ,Landmark point ,Style guide ,business ,Selection (genetic algorithm) ,Test data ,Random forest - Abstract
Face shape identification is needed to reference the hijab style selection. Many people don’t know their face shape. The mistake of choosing a hijab style makes the face look disproportionate. The morphological facial index model is used to identify the face shape by calculating the length and width of the face. Face Landmark point is used for facial feature extraction which is used as an attribute in the study, namely face height, face width, upper jaw width and lower jaw width. Various kinds of hijab styles and the absence of a hijab style guide make it difficult to choose a hijab style that suits your face shape. Machine learning is needed to create a hijab style selection system. Random Forest was chosen as the method for choosing the hijab style. The purpose of this study is the implementation of a random forest for the selection of hijab styles based on face shape using morphological facial index. This study used 129 images of female facial data which was split into 89% training data and 11% test data. The prediction system produces an accuracy value of 93% with 30 trees for pashmina, scarf and instant hijab styles. The use of the random forest method is proven to be able to predict the selection of hijab styles based on face shape using morphological facial index. Scikit-learn tool used to random forest modelling and evaluated the efficiency of our proposed method. more...
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- 2021
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16. CS50's GitHub-Based Tools for Teaching and Learning
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David J. Malan, Brian Yu, Jelle van Assema, Kareem Zidane, and Chad Sharp
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business.product_category ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Control (management) ,computer.software_genre ,Style guide ,Automation ,World Wide Web ,Laptop ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Compiler ,Set (psychology) ,business ,computer - Abstract
For CS50 at Harvard, we have developed a suite of free, open-source tools to help students with writing, testing, and submitting programming assignments; and to help teachers grade those assignments and check them for plagiarism. help50, a program that parses error messages and provides beginner-friendly advice to interpreting them, helps students understand and resolve often-cryptic compiler errors. check50 runs a set of automated tests on students' code, providing feedback and hints about where students have made errors. style50 lints students' code, highlighting places where it doesn't meet the course's style guide. submit50 allows students to submit assignments to a GitHub repository, without students needing to have knowledge of git or version control themselves. And compare50, an open-source and customizable alternative to Moss, allows teachers to analyze submissions for similarity, looking for pairs or clusters of submissions that might be the result of improper collaboration. The grading and submission tools require only a GitHub account to use, and can serve as free, extensible alternatives to tools like Codio, Gradescope, and Vocareum. In this workshop, we'll introduce each of the tools, and discuss how to use them for your own classroom. To date, each tool has been deployed to hundreds of students on campus and thousands online. Along the way, we'll discuss how to use the tools effectively, compare and contrast them with other options, identify how the tools have changed students' behavior for the better and for worse, and highlight pedagogical and technological changes we've made to redress the latter. Laptop (with Wi-Fi) required. Linux, macOS, or Windows. Latest version of Chrome. more...
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- 2021
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17. When Dullscreen is Too Dull
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Ronald L. Boring
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Computer science ,Interface (Java) ,Vendor ,Human–computer interaction ,Salient ,Control (management) ,Design elements and principles ,Set (psychology) ,Style guide ,Control room - Abstract
Dullscreen as an interface design concept suggests minimizing colors to avoid interface confusion and clutter. Dullscreen designs have been applied in several of the author’s efforts to modernize legacy control rooms in nuclear power plants with digital upgrades. A study on system overviews revealed an unexpected finding. One set of screens followed a vendor’s human-computer interface style guide, which featured a series of colorful elements on the screens. Another set of screens followed an in-house style guide that adhered to dullscreen principles. The discovery that the colorful elements were more visually salient, especially when seen across the control room, pointed to a need to reconsider strict adherence to dullscreen design principles. more...
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- 2021
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18. Advanced Interactive Style Guide for Design Consistency
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Eric VonColln, Bryan L. Croft, Jeffrey D. Clarkson, Mike Nithaworn, Seana Rothman, Lisa Guo, and Odalis Felix
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Philosophy of design ,Interface (Java) ,business.industry ,End user ,Computer science ,Software development ,Look and feel ,User interface ,Software engineering ,business ,Style guide ,User-centered design - Abstract
A design initiative for advanced user interfaces began several years ago with the intent to provide design guidelines for new applications in the form of an interactive prototype toolkit called the User Interface Prototyping Toolkit (UIPT). The concept was to develop a tool that would allow sponsors, customers, end users, designers, engineers and software developers to work together in an iterative fashion to achieve a tailored user interface for the application of interest. An advanced or modern style was applied to the interface to provide a more current and modern look and feel to the user while still adhering to solid principle of design, workflow, tasks, layout, coloring, size, animated actions and user cues or alerts. An overarching goal was to design with a general repeatable structure. This allows each new project to understand what elements are used for and how the work within the user interface. This concept was further exploited by integrating multiple domains within in the same software application and leveraging the use of an end user’s role to smoothly transition from the display from one user role to that of another. UIPT has been successfully integrated with over four projects and a series of user roles and the user interfaces associate with those roles. To maintain this design philosophy an interactive style guide began to be developed to apply design consistency across the multiple projects that utilize UIPT. This interactive style guide just happens to be built with Unity, a 2D and 3D game engine. This is the same tool used to prototype these user interfaces. As such the styles for size, color, layout and other design factors are laid out in an application which can be run to view and work with user interface element illustrated in the common design guide for the projects. Software developers obtain an advantage of having access to the code of the interactive style guide which contains not only how the code is to be implemented but contains the style specification already built into the code. This is advantageous as a means maintain design consistency, not having to repeat design and software development for a majority of the user interface. Additionally, new software developers and designers are provided with a solid template which helps in bring them up to speed at an accelerated rate. more...
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- 2021
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19. Reporting with Aloha: How Hawaiian Values and Practices Can Improve Journalism
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Ann Auman and Keʻōpūlaulani Reelitz
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business.industry ,Cultural identity ,common ,common.demographic_type ,Language revitalization ,Public relations ,Style guide ,Indigenous ,language.human_language ,Native Hawaiians ,language ,Journalism ,Sociology ,business ,Storytelling ,Hawaiian language - Abstract
This study presents the initial results of a quest to document the values and practices of journalism produced by Native Hawaiians. The objective is to disrupt and improve journalism by integrating Hawaiian perspectives and practices while supporting the revitalization of Hawaiian language and culture. The knowledge gleaned from Hawaiian journalists helped launch the creation of a Resource and Style Guide for Hawaiʻi. Much can be learned from Hawaiian values and cultural practices on how to include Indigenous perspectives, if we apply a broader interpretation of Western ethical journalism guidelines. Western media will also need to invest in training and education for all journalists and hire more Indigenous people. more...
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- 2021
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20. Common Interactive Style Guide for Designers and Developers Across Projects
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Bryan L. Croft, Jeffrey D. Clarkson, Odalis Felix, Seana Rothman, Mike Nithaworn, and Eric VonColln
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Philosophy of design ,Software ,Workflow ,Interface (Java) ,Computer science ,business.industry ,End user ,User interface ,Software engineering ,business ,Style guide ,User-centered design - Abstract
Advanced user interfaces continue to improve through better design which in turn translates to more effective development and end use. The intent of this work is to provide design guidelines that can be used across all new applications. An interactive prototype toolkit called the User Interface Prototyping Toolkit (UIPT) was developed to allow sponsors, customers, end users, designers, engineers, and software developers to work together in an iterative fashion to achieve a tailored but guided user interface for the application of interest. Modern styles were applied with a consistent and common look and feel while adhering to solid principle of design, workflow, tasks, layout, coloring, size, animation, and user cues. The design required a general repeatable structure for designers and developers with the intent to allow each new project to understand the overall design and incorporate the features and functionality in accordance with style guide principles. UIPT integrates multiple domains within in the same software application with the ability to efficiently transition an end user’s role from one display presentation to another. To date, several projects and user roles have been integrated into the UIPT. In support of this design philosophy an interactive style guide is in continuous development to apply a common reusable design across the multiple projects that utilize the UIPT-based interface. Both the UIPT application and the interactive style guide were built with Unity, a 2D and 3D game engine. Styles for size, color, layout, and other design factors are laid out in the style guide itself which can be run to visualize and examine interactions. This is advantageous for new and experience software developers because the guide itself contains the code and styles necessary to implement the various components of the user interface while supporting design consistency with reusable code for rapid deployment. more...
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- 2021
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21. PRACTICES, PITFALLS AND GUIDELINES IN VISUALISING LAGRANGIAN OCEAN ANALYSES
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C. Kehl, R. P. B. Fischer, and E. van Sebille
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Technology ,Visual study ,Visualisation design ,Computer science ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) ,Style guide ,Oceanography ,Domain (software engineering) ,symbols.namesake ,IPCC visual style guide ,Visual guidelines ,Lagrangian analysis ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Applied optics. Photonics ,14. Life underwater ,Instrumentation ,Communication design ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,Data science ,Visualization ,TA1501-1820 ,symbols ,TA1-2040 ,Lagrangian - Abstract
The Lagrangian analysis of particulate matter, biota and drifters, which are dispersed by turbulent fluid currents, is a cornerstone of oceanographic studies, covering diverse study objectives. The results of Lagrangian simulations and observations is predominantly visualised by means of easy-access plotting interfaces and simple presentation techniques. We analysed over 50 publications from the years 2010–2020 with respect to their visual design to deduce common visualisation practices in the domain. Individual figures are analysed towards adherence to visualisation best-practices, algebraic visualisation guidelines and the IPCC visual style guide. In this article, we present the resulting best-practices and common pitfalls in the design of Lagrangian ocean visualisations. Based on this visual study, we highlight that raising awareness of established visual guidelines may have a higher impact on improving the visual quality of publications in oceanography than the vigorous development of more general-purpose visualisation tools. more...
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- 2021
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22. Creating a Framework for Home Ownership Documentation
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Michelle Sidler, Natalie Butts-Ball, and Susan A. Youngblood
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Documentation ,Rural poverty ,business.industry ,Ecology (disciplines) ,Suite ,Narrative ,Sociology ,Public relations ,business ,Style guide ,Studio ,Style (sociolinguistics) - Abstract
This study of Rural Studio's style guide uses artifacts and interview findings to examine the role of the style guide in an organization that promotes home ownership to mitigate rural poverty. To address these challenges, the team is developing a suite of communication products. As we conducted the study, we came to understand the style guide as a technology, a dynamic element of the genre ecology that is shaped by and in turn shapes the narratives about both individuals and the problem as a whole. more...
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- 2020
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23. David Oliver: Caring about language doesn't mean we can't care
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David Oliver
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Identity politics ,Media studies ,General Medicine ,Meaning (existential) ,Clinical care ,Style guide ,Psychology ,Tone (literature) ,Terminology - Abstract
Back in February, the Daily Telegraph ’s Celia Walden used her column to mock the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) style guide on the correct terminology and formats to use in nursing communications.12 The piece was ostensibly light hearted, its tone gently ribbing what Walden saw as the RCN’s po-faced attitude. But it wasn’t hard to construe the meaning behind the joke—namely, that we’ve become far too obsessed with “woke” language and identity politics, that it’s distracting and detracting from the vital work of clinical care, and that staff have better things to worry about than putting their foot in it or getting into … more...
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- 2020
24. Dickens After Dickens
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Emily Bell
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Style (visual arts) ,History ,Cultural history ,Cultural studies ,Art history ,Mainstream ,Representation (arts) ,Style guide ,Order (virtue) ,Life writing - Abstract
We have a long way to travel before we get back to what Dickens meant… —G.K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens The 20th and 21st centuries have continued the quest, so aptly described by G. K. Chesterton in 1906, to ‘find’ Charles Dickens and recapture the characteristically Dickensian. From research attempting to classify and categorise the nature of his popularity to a century of film adaptations, Dickens’s legacy encompasses an array of conventional and innovative forms. Dickens After Dickens includes chapters from rising and leading scholars in the field, offering creative and varied discussion of the continued and evolving influence of Dickens and the nature of his legacy across the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Its chapters show the surprising resonances that Dickens has had and continues to have, arguing that the author’s impact can be seen in mainstream cultural phenomena such as HBO’s TV series The Wire and Donna Tartt’s novel The Goldfinch, as well as in diverse areas such as Norwegian literature, video games and neo-Victorian fiction. It discusses Dickens as a biographical figure, an intertextual moment, and a medium through which to explore contemporary concerns around gender and representation. The new research represented in this book brings together a range of methodologies, approaches and sources, offering an accessible and engaging re-evaluation that will be of interest to scholars of Dickens, Victorian fiction, adaptation, and cultural history, and to teachers, students, and general readers interested in the ways in which we continue to read and be influenced by the author’s work. This collection is edited by Dr Emily Bell (Loughborough University) with a Foreword by Professor Juliet John (Royal Holloway, University of London), author of Dickens and Mass Culture (OUP). Dr Bell is a board member for the Oxford Dickens series and an editor for the Dickens Letters Project. She also acted as the first Communications Committee Chair of the international Dickens Society, and has published on Dickens, life writing and commemoration. *** Please note: you can download the ebook on its own or you can download chapters individually using the dropdown menu below. Readers can also download and cite from the PDF version of this book. This has a specific DOI and has a fixed structure with page numbers. Guidance on citing from other ebook versions without stable page numbers (Kindle, EPUB etc.) is now usually offered within style guidance (e.g. by the MLA style guide, The Chicago Manual of Style etc.) so please check the information offered on this by the referencing style you use. Further information on the order process more...
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- 2020
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25. Writing Horrible Words
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Rebecca Gowers
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060201 languages & linguistics ,Linguistics and Language ,History ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,06 humanities and the arts ,English language ,Style guide ,Language and Linguistics ,Linguistics ,Adjunct ,0602 languages and literature ,sort ,0503 education ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Yet another - Abstract
At the ‘English Usage (Guides) Symposium’, Cambridge 2014, I was invited to account for my revision of Plain Words (Gowers, 2014), the style guide originally written by my great-grandfather, Sir Ernest Gowers (1880–1966). And because, by the time I gave that talk (see Gowers, 2018), I was already writing my own book on the English language, intended as a sort of adjunct to Plain Words, the arguments aired at that Cambridge gathering were particularly interesting to me. That said, they also left me more daunted than ever by my own project. more...
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- 2018
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26. English in the OECD: transcultural tool or embodiment of symbolic power?
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Kathleen Kaess
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060201 languages & linguistics ,Linguistics and Language ,business.industry ,Communication ,05 social sciences ,050801 communication & media studies ,06 humanities and the arts ,Public relations ,Style guide ,Language and Linguistics ,Knowledge production ,0508 media and communications ,Publishing ,Dominance (economics) ,Public knowledge ,Political science ,0602 languages and literature ,OECD iLibrary ,English in the OECD, public knowledge, transculturality, symbolic power, institutional translation ,business ,Set (psychology) ,Symbolic power - Abstract
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) contributes increasingly to the generation and dissemination of public knowledge. Its publishing division and the OECD iLibrary provide access to around 219,700 publications. While the OECD offers translated summaries of some of its key titles in up to 25 languages, the majority of publications are authored in English, and are stylistically regulated in accordance with Anglo-Saxon writing standards, as set out in the OECD Style Guide. This article discusses the language effects (Pennycook 1994) – that is, the worldmaking implications – of the OECD’s predominant use of English in processes of knowledge production. It presents two contrasting perspectives: 1. (the OECD’s own view) that the English language standards imposed by the organisation mean that the knowledge generated becomes widely accessible, which in turn contributes to a transcultural knowledge world; 2. (an external critique) that the dominance of English language publications embodies the OECD’s symbolic power, so that knowledge can only be generated and accessed by accepting English as the legitimate language of authority (Bourdieu 1977). Attention will be drawn to the diverging role of translation in both scenarios, and to the concept of institutional translation (Koskinen 2008). more...
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- 2017
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27. Sample Style Guide Checklist
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L. Michelle Baker
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Medical education ,Sample (statistics) ,Psychology ,Style guide ,Checklist - Published
- 2017
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28. Медицинское цитирования: Путеводитель NLM для авторов, редакторов и издателей
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D. Wendling and K. Patrias
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030213 general clinical medicine ,Ukrainian ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Library science ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Style guide ,language.human_language ,3. Good health ,03 medical and health sciences ,Citing Medicine ,0302 clinical medicine ,Vancouver style ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,030202 anesthesiology ,Political science ,language ,Pharmacology (medical) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Медицинское цитирования: Путеводитель NLM для авторов, редакторов и издателей, Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (Ukrainian translation), Медичне цитування: Путівник NLM для авторів, редакторів і видавців more...
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29. An Ode to Clarity in Communicating the Written Word on Research: A Synopsis of the IES 'REL Program Writers Guide and Style Guide' (May 2015)
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James M. Godbold and Edward J. Kameenui
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law ,Ode ,CLARITY ,Psychology ,Style guide ,Word (computer architecture) ,Linguistics ,Education ,law.invention - Published
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30. Style guide for an Open Access publishing workflow for academic books
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Antonia Schrader, David Böhm, Alexander Grossmann, and Michael Reiche
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business.industry ,Page layout ,Computer science ,lcsh:A ,computer.software_genre ,Style guide ,World Wide Web ,Pagination ,Workflow ,Publishing ,lcsh:General Works ,Object identifier ,business ,Publication ,computer ,License - Abstract
The present style guide (Version 1.5 of October 10, 2019) has been created as result of the research project Open-Access-Hochschulverlag ( Open Access University Press) at Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Germany. The project was to develop a sustainable and adoptable workflow, which enables universities to publish their publications both as OA and printed books in a state-of-the-art publishing process and without any restrictions regarding the license, the variety of formats, print run etc. The style guide was created to characterise the internal layout of OA books, which have been published by our university press. To enable low-threshold transfer of knowledge how to publish OA books, this style guide has been published under Creative Commons Licence CC BY. Publishing monographs in a uniformly series design, the so house style, offers several advantages: it creates a recognition value for the user, so the publications are better remembered and the university press as a publisher becomes more visible as a brand. In addition, a uniform appearance ensures a consistent quality standard, as scientific publications can be highly structured and complex. Strict specifications facilitate the handling of those complex content and ensures the uniform appearance. The house style of our project consist of general specifications such as the selection of book formats, the basic structure of the scientific publication, page layout, baseline grids, fonts, colors, pagination and running titles, as well as rules for hyphenation and Document Object Identifier (DOI). Furthermore, specifications for the content-specific elements, which may occur in scientific publication are defined, such as heading hierarchies, footnotes, subtitles, lists and numbering, indents, formulas, source code, info boxes, figures and tables. Finally, the guideline includes further specifications, e.g. cover design, directories, appendix and specifications for the electronic output formats of the publication. more...
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31. EI4FL Style Guide. Guidelines, instructions and best practices for authors of European Institute for Food Law working papers
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Bernd van der Meulen
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Law ,Best practice ,Sociology ,Style guide ,Style (sociolinguistics) - Abstract
This paper provides guidance to authors of European Institute for Food Law working papers. It discusses topics such as the template, style, referencing, lay out, the use of illustrations, and posting a paper online. more...
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- 2020
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32. Voices and Practices in Applied Linguistics: Diversifying a Discipline
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James Simpson, Clare Wright, and Lou Harvey
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Download ,Selection (linguistics) ,Library science ,Applied linguistics ,Professional association ,Sociology ,Style guide ,Variety (linguistics) ,Style (sociolinguistics) ,Theme (narrative) - Abstract
Voices and Practices in Applied Linguistics comprises a selection of original applied linguistics-based research on the theme of the diversity of Applied Linguistics and in Applied Linguistics. It is a unique collection of reflections and cutting-edge research relating to academic, policy and professional fields of Applied Linguistics, featuring chapters written by founders of the field, established researchers, and rising stars. This accessible, eclectic and forward-looking volume is significant both for research and practice. It highlights current globalised perspectives on diversity in language use and communication, across a variety of contexts, and with a rich mix of frameworks, methodologies and participants. Compiled and edited by a team of academic experts in the field, this edited collection will be of interest to established and emerging researchers in Applied Linguistics globally. It will also be relevant to language professionals, practitioners, and policy makers. The volume draws together papers from the 2017 British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) conference, marking the 50th anniversary of its inaugural meeting. Founded in the mid-1960s, this UK-based professional association provides a forum for Applied Linguistics and its annual meeting brings together researchers and language professionals from across this field. *** Please note: you can download the ebook on its own or you can download chapters individually using the dropdown menu below. Readers can also download and cite from the PDF version of this book. This has a specific DOI and has a fixed structure with page numbers. Guidance on citing from other ebook versions without stable page numbers (Kindle, EPUB etc.) is now usually offered within style guidance (e.g. by the MLA style guide, The Chicago Manual of Style etc.) so please check the information offered on this by the referencing style you use. Further information on the order process more...
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33. Style Guide for the User Interface Structure of the Courses Created in the Learning Management Platform of the Technological University of Panama
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Kexy Rodríguez and Q Maria de Jesus Diaz
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Structure (mathematical logic) ,World Wide Web ,Point (typography) ,Computer science ,Learning Management ,User interface ,Style guide - Abstract
The aim of this article is to present a research project carried out to develop a style guide for the design of the user interface structure of virtual courses created on the Technological University of Panama learning management platform. This style guide is a powerful tool and a starting point for ensuring that the structure of the courses is easy to use for users (students) of the Technological University of Panama. more...
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34. Style Guide for authors
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Kate Hughes
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History ,Notice ,First language ,Library science ,Landscaping ,Subject (documents) ,Legislation ,Creative commons ,Style guide ,Inclusion (education) - Abstract
If you would like to contribute to Sibbaldia please send a summary of the content of your proposed paper to sibbaldia@rbge.org.uk. Papers and short notes on the cultivation, conservation, research, botany (but not taxonomic botany), history, landscaping, legislation, management and curation of plants and landscapes in botanic and other gardens will be considered. All papers and short notes are accepted on the understanding that they have not have been accepted for publication or be under consideration elsewhere and that they will be subject to editing. All papers will be reviewed by independent reviewers. Authors are required to agree to the Creative Commons Copyright Notice in the online submission process. Authors for whom English is not their first language should have their papers checked by a fluent English speaker before submission. The suitability for inclusion of the paper in Sibbaldia rests with the Editor.A pdf of the paper and a copy of the final printed format will be supplied to authors free of charge. more...
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35. RECONHECENDO ESTILOS DE CERVEJA COM UMA REDE NEURAL ARTIFICIAL
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Diogo Costa Pereira
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Artificial neural network ,Computer Networks and Communications ,Hardware and Architecture ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Artificial intelligence ,Reuse ,Style guide ,business ,Software - Abstract
Este trabalho teve como objetivo elaborar uma ferramenta computacional utilizando os conceitos de redes neurais artificiais para reconhecer alguns dos grupos de estilos de cervejas baseado no guia de estilos do BJCP 2015. Para isso, além do desenvolvimento dos padrões de entrada que a rede neural artificial necessita para trabalhar, foi utilizado o framework Encog 3.4 para reaproveitamento de códigos. Os resultados dos dois testes realizados neste trabalho foram bastante positivos, uma vez que a rede neural além de reconhecer todos os estilos de cervejas de um grupo do BJCP 2015, em seu primeiro teste, ela também conseguiu distinguir os estilos de quatros grupos simultâneos do guia de estilos. more...
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- 2021
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36. 120 Disseminating equine science with infographics on social media
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Rebecca Swenson, K. Martinson, and Hannah L. Lochner
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World Wide Web ,Body text ,Disk formatting ,Mode (computer interface) ,Equine ,Web page ,Infographic ,Social media ,Psychology ,Style guide ,Sentence - Abstract
Continuous increases in technology use have improved the opportunity for extension professionals to engage with a broader audience and maximize dissemination of information through social media platforms. Infographics utilize visuals to narrate complex information in a simple and concise manner and therefore may represent a key educational tool for extension professionals. The objective of this project was to evaluate the effect of communication mode on audience engagement and reach in extension programming through social media. The authors hypothesized that Facebook posts containing infographics would elicit a greater number of reactions, comments, shares, and reach compared with posts containing webpage links. Four informational webpages discussing colic, ration balancers, round-bale feeders, and planning a pasture were selected from the University of Minnesota (UMN) Equine Extension website and were utilized to create corresponding infographics (n = 4). The infographics were designed following a consistent style guide (e.g., 20 pt body text, single page, etc.) and UMN Extension formatting (e.g., approved fonts and colors). Infographic-webpage pairs were systematically assigned to a month (February, May, July, October 2020) and posted on the UMN Equine Extension Facebook page. Infographic posts contained an introductory sentence and infographic. Webpage posts contained a similar introductory sentence, image, and webpage link. Posts occurred on the first and third Mondays of the month with a one-week washout period between post types (webpage or infographic). The order of post type was alternated each month. Facebook metrics (number of reactions, comments, shares, and reach) were recorded at 1, 4, 8, 12, 24, 48, 168 h following posting. Results were compared on the log scale using mixed ANOVA models with post type and hour as fixed effects and repeated measures and pairs as random effects. Reported results were back transformed and P-values more...
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37. Is academic writing becoming more informal?
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Ken Hyland and Feng (Kevin) Jiang
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060201 languages & linguistics ,Linguistics and Language ,Hard and soft science ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,06 humanities and the arts ,Formality ,Style guide ,Language and Linguistics ,Linguistics ,Education ,Craft ,0602 languages and literature ,Academic writing ,Rhetorical question ,Personal pronoun ,Sociology ,Construct (philosophy) ,0503 education - Abstract
Informality has become something of a contemporary mantra as, from the denim-clad offices of internet startups to the pages of business reports, we are encouraged to shed old constraints and relax conventions. This paper explores the perception that since informality has now invaded a large range of written and spoken domains of discourse, academic writing has also followed this trend. It asks the question whether academics are now freer to construct less rigidly objective texts and craft a more inclusive relationship with their readers. Taking a corpus of 2.2 million words from the same leading journals in four disciplines at three periods over the past years, we explore changes in the use of ten key features regarded by applied linguists and style guide authors as representing informality. Our results show only a small increase in the use of these features, and that this is mainly accounted for by increases in the hard sciences rather than the social sciences. It is also largely restricted to increases in first person pronouns, unattended reference and sentences beginning with conjunctions. We discuss these results and argue they represent changes in rhetorical conventions which accommodate more obvious interpersonal interactions in the sciences. more...
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38. Development of a Style Guide for the Traffic Flow Management Traffic Situation Display Graphical User Interface
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Tanya Yuditsky, Anthony Masalonis, and Robert Bastholm
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Multimedia ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Aviation ,05 social sciences ,Style guide ,computer.software_genre ,050105 experimental psychology ,Medical Terminology ,Development (topology) ,Human–computer interaction ,Traffic flow management ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,10-foot user interface ,User interface ,business ,computer ,050107 human factors ,Medical Assisting and Transcription ,Graphical user interface - Abstract
Traffic Flow Management (TFM) functions to minimize airspace congestion and maximize safety and efficiency. TFM personnel at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration use Traffic Situation Display (TSD) software to observe air traffic and weather systems and issue strategic congestion-mitigation initiatives to Air Traffic Control facilities. Since its initial deployment, the TSD has been augmented by many groups of developers. This distributed process has led to an inconsistent interface that does not always adhere to best usability practices, especially because during the initial stages of development there was little human factors involvement. This can have a detrimental effect on new users learning the interface and also may make experienced users more likely to make errors. We developed a style guide for an operational Air Traffic Management tool, and a companion consistency assessment, to help developers (a) adhere to usability principles for future software expansions and (b) bring older portions of the interface into compliance with user-centered design. We discuss the process of style guide development—including the unique aspects of the TFM user population and application domain and their implications for creating a style guide for TFM software—and the applicability of our guide beyond the TSD tool. more...
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39. A comparative study of headings in theses and research articles in
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Shahla Simin, Nastaran Fazli, and Alireza Jalilifar
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Syllabus ,Writing style ,Library science ,Research article ,Applied linguistics ,General Medicine ,Style guide ,Psychology - Abstract
This study examined the internal headings of theses and research articles in applied linguistics. Headings collected from 110 theses and headings selected from 500 research articles underwent quantitative and qualitative analyses. The goal was to investigate possible differences between the heading writing styles adopted by the writers of each genre in focus. Analyses revealed the higher incidence of functional headings in both genres, particularly in research articles. Virtually, all functional and conventional syntactic options used in headings testified to be significantly different. Moreover, deployment of functional headings evidenced to act as a gatekeeper alternative that might have enhanced the publication chance of research articles in prestigious ISI-indexed journals. The study provides assistance for the writers of style guide manuals and syllabus designers in paving the way for novice writers to gain recognition in academia as professionals. Keywords: applied linguistics, conventional heading, functional heading, research article, thesis more...
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40. Call for papers, JOVACET 4(1), 2021
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Catherine Robertson
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Email address ,Framing (social sciences) ,Library science ,Sociology ,Style guide ,Adult Learning ,Full article ,Theme (narrative) - Abstract
You are invited to submit an abstract for the fifth issue of JOVACET to be published in October 2021. Deadline for abstract submissions: Friday, 26 February 2021. Abstracts should comprise a maximum of 700 words and be submitted in MS Word format via the journal website at www.jovacet.ac.za or emailed to Dr Catherine Robertson at cathy@tcrobertson.co.za. Should you prefer to submit a full article, please limit the number of words to 8 000, which includes the abstract and list of references. The website will provide the style guide. Contributors may share any recent research relevant to the theme and the TVET/adult learning sector. Therefore, submissions of papers are invited that respond to this call to share recent research, its conceptual framing and its findings, with a view to identifying areas of further research for exploration. Submissions should be of high quality and follow academic research/writing conventions in the social sciences. Specifications can be found on the JOVACET website or obtained from Dr Catherine Robertson at the email address above. We look forward to receiving your submissions! more...
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- 2020
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41. Development of an Age-Appropriate Style Guide Within the Historytelling Project
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Michael Sengpiel, Torben Volkmann, Amelie Unger, and Nicole Jochems
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Consistency (database systems) ,Documentation ,Information and Communications Technology ,Human–computer interaction ,Interface (Java) ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Graphical user interface elements ,Software development ,Systems design ,Usability ,business ,Style guide - Abstract
How can we support the development of age-appropriate system design in a society with new information and communication technologies (ICT) emerging at an ever-increasing rate, making it imperative to consider age-appropriate design to achieve the best possible usability and acceptance for older adults? This paper describes the development of a style guide within the Historytelling Project to increase the consistency and therefore efficiency of the interface and to gain a higher software development efficiency. The implementation of the style guide is based on the preexisting CSS framework Bootstrap because of its high amount of predefined UI elements. The developed style guide consists of two components: the actual implementation of the style guide in the form of CSS customizations and the associated documentation. Both components are freely accessible and editable online. An adjusted interface was tested against a standard Bootstrap interface with 31 older adults aged 51 to 93 (M = 71), of which 15 participants used the standard Bootstrap interface and 16 the age-adjusted interface. Findings indicate a higher task completion rate (effectiveness) across tasks for the adjusted Bootstrap+ version. more...
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- 2019
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42. SQL Style Guide Cheat Sheet
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Jon Heller
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SQL ,Simple (abstract algebra) ,Programming language ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Style guide ,computer.software_genre ,computer ,computer.programming_language ,Programming style ,media_common ,Style (sociolinguistics) - Abstract
Follow these style tips to write clear, powerful SQL statements. This simple list summarizes the programming style recommendations made throughout this book. There are exceptions to every rule, but we should still know what the rules are and why the rules exist. more...
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43. Oysters, nightingales and cooking pots: Selected Poetry and Prose in Translation
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Tristan Corbière, Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe, and Richard Hibbitt
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Poetry ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Wish ,Art history ,Art ,Comics ,Style guide ,Pun ,Syntax (logic) ,Style (visual arts) ,business ,Order (virtue) ,media_common - Abstract
Translated by Christopher Pilling Edited by Richard Hibbitt and Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe With an introduction by Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe Tristan Corbiere is a poet who tests language to the limits, dislocating normal syntax, revelling in self-contradictory affirmations, and piling up puns. Born in Brittany in 1845, he died at only 29, leaving to future readers a scattered assortment of texts. This collection brings together several less well-known pieces, some early versions of published poems, and others which were handwritten into his own copy of his only published collection, Les Amours jaunes. Presented as a bilingual edition, this volume offers the first English translations of many of these writings, all of which testify to Corbiere’s sly humour, linguistic glee, formal innovation and mordant self-irony. Playful and comic, Corbiere’s work is also experimental, subversive and moving. The texts are translated by Christopher Pilling, an award-winning poet, playwright and translator. He is a founder of the Cumbrian Poets workshops, which he has hosted for 35 years, a convenor of Skiddaw u3a, and the organiser of translation days and readings in Keswick. He has translated the work of a number of poets, mainly from French but also from Latin. A beneficiary of the Royal Literary Fund, Christopher is also a member of Parkinson’s UK. Oysters, nightingales and cooking pots provides a fitting sequel to Christopher Pilling’s translation of Tristan Corbiere’s Les Amours jaunes, published as These Jaundiced Loves in 1995. The volume is edited by Richard Hibbitt and Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe. Please note that this volume is available in multiple formats for your convenience. If you wish to view the French and English texts side by side to compare the original and translation, please download the free PDF file of the volume and select two-page view or purchase a printed copy. Readers may prefer to download and cite from the PDF version of this book. This has a specific DOI and has a fixed structure with page numbers. Guidance on citing from other ebook versions without stable page numbers (Kindle, EPUB etc.) is now usually offered within style guidance (e.g. by the MLA style guide, The Chicago Manual of Style etc.) so please check the information offered on this by the referencing style you use. Further information on the order process more...
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- 2018
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44. Developing a Style Guide
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Robert Mancini
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Engineering ,business.industry ,Style guide ,business ,Visual arts - Published
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45. 320 rue St Jacques: The Diary of Madeleine Blaess
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Wendy Michallat
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German ,Politics ,Cultural history ,History ,language ,Media studies ,Popular culture ,Style guide ,French literature ,language.human_language ,Feminism ,Life writing - Abstract
In November 1939 Madeleine Blaess, a French-born, British-raised student, set off for Paris to study for a doctorate in Medieval French literature at the Sorbonne. In June 1940, the German invasion cut off her escape route to the ports, preventing her return to Britain. She was forced to remain in France for the duration of the Occupation and in October 1940 began to write a diary. Intended initially as a replacement letter to her parents in York, she wrote it in French and barely missed an entry for almost four years. Madeleine’s diary is unique as she wrote it to record as much as she could about everyday life, people and events so she could use these written traces to rekindle memories later for the family from whom she had been parted. Many diaries of that era focus on the political situation. Madeleine’s diary does reflect and engage with military and political events. It also provides an unprecedented day-by-day account of the struggle to manage material deprivation, physical hardship, mental exhaustion and depression during the Occupation. The diary is also a record of Madeleine’s determination to achieve her ambition to become a university academic at a time when there was little encouragement for women to prioritise education and career over marriage and motherhood. Her diary is edited and translated here for the first time. Dr Wendy Michallat was born in West Yorkshire. She studied at the Universities of Warwick and Nottingham and lectures in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sheffield. She researches and teaches French cultural history, life-writing and popular culture and has published on diverse subjects including cartoon art, women’s football and first-wave French feminism. Alongside the diary translation Dr Michallat has brought together a range of resources including a film about Madeleine's time in Paris , and also teaching resources for schools. These can be accessed via the project website . Readers may prefer to download and cite from the PDF version of this book. This has a specific DOI and has a fixed structure with page numbers. Guidance on citing from other ebook versions without stable page numbers (Kindle, EPUB etc.) is now usually offered within style guidance (e.g. by the MLA style guide, The Chicago Manual of Style etc.) so please check the information offered on this by the referencing style you use. Further information on the order process more...
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- 2018
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46. Star Carr Volume I
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Barry Taylor, Chantal Conneller, and Nicky Milner
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Stone tool ,Style (visual arts) ,Prehistory ,Carr ,History ,Interpretation (philosophy) ,engineering ,Art history ,engineering.material ,Style guide ,Microlith ,Mesolithic - Abstract
Please note: these ebook files are very large. Users downloading to mobile devices, or with an internet connection with limited bandwidth, should view and download chapters individually using the dropdown menu below. This first volume of Star Carr provides an interpretation of the Star Carr site, one of the most important Mesolithic sites in Europe. Discovered in the late 1940s by John Moore and then excavated by Grahame Clark from 1949-1951, the site is famous in the archaeological world for its wealth of rare organic remains, including significant wooden artefacts. However, since the original excavations there has been much debate about how the site was used: was it a residential base camp, a hunting camp or even a ritual site? The 2003-2015 excavations directed by Conneller, Milner and Taylor aimed to answer these questions. In use for around 800 years, the Star Carr site is much larger and more complex than ever imagined. The excavations show that Mesolithic groups were highly invested in this place and continued to occupy the site despite changes in climate. The findings include the oldest evidence for ‘houses’ in Britain, large wooden platforms along the edge of the lake, antler headdresses and a unique, engraved shale pendant which represents the earliest form of Mesolithic art in Britain. There is evidence for activity areas, such as crafts and tool repair associated with structures, an axe factory, as well as a number of caches. New finds of antler frontlets have increased our understanding of the diversity of human interactions with animals. “If these do not get a gong, something will have to be done about archaeology book awards.” Mike Pitts, British Archaeology Despite the degradation, these excavations have provided a new understanding of life in the Early Mesolithic, particularly enhancing our understanding of how important wood (a material rarely recovered) was for Mesolithic people. The findings challenge many of the preconceived views of this period in terms of the character and scale of activity and the degree of investment in a particular place in the landscape. Volume 1 focuses on an interpretation of the site, while volume 2 of Star Carr provides detail on specific areas of research. Readers may prefer to download and cite from the PDF version of this book. This has a specific DOI and has a fixed structure with page numbers. Guidance on citing from other ebook versions without stable page numbers (Kindle, EPUB etc.) is now usually offered within style guidance (e.g. by the MLA style guide, The Chicago Manual of Style etc.) so please check the information offered on this by the referencing style you use. Further information on the order process more...
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- 2018
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47. Avoiding Plagiarism By Using Mla Style Guide
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Kirandeep Kaur
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Style (visual arts) ,Ancient literature ,History ,business.industry ,Style sheet ,The Internet ,E resources ,Citation ,MLA (Modern Language Association) ,Web ,e-resources ,Internet ,In-Text Citations ,business ,Style guide ,Visual arts ,Pace - Abstract
The writers of ancient literature of oriental civilizations did not give reference in their texts. The concept of giving references in texts was not heard of in those times. However, even in present times also many researchers do not cite the references or quote sources consulted by them, which can be described as an act of plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offence where a writer merely copies the ideas of the original writers without acknowledging them. Proper citation of the sources consulted or quoted in the text can help in avoiding plagiarism students of literature must use MLA handbook for making their research work acceptable by the readers all over the world. When MLA style manual was published for the first time in 1951, it was of only 31 pages, whereas 8th edition of the manual has 146 pages. It has kept pace with the changing times and this article highlights the changes made in the 8th edition of the MLA style sheet. more...
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- 2018
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48. Teaching Programming Style in CS 1 with Erroneous Examples
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Adam Koehler
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Formal instruction ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Mathematics education ,Style guide ,Grading (education) ,Research question ,Programming style ,media_common - Abstract
Students in introductory computer science courses (CS 1) typically receive little formal instruction in proper programming style. They may gain limited understanding of proper style by reading code samples, observing an instructor write code with proper style, or by receiving feedback on homework submissions. In our research, we evaluate the effectiveness of an alternative pedagogical approach in which students are provided brief instruction on proper style and are then asked to critique examples of improper style. This research answers three questions: First, when a student knows style will be graded, is proper style utilized? Second, does the student's ability to use proper style correlate with academic performance? Third, do our exercises increase the student's ability to employ proper style? We investigated the first two of these questions using data from three CS 1 courses with distinct forms of style assessment: 1) no style grading and no feedback; 2) automated style grading with feedback; and 3) hand-graded style with feedback. We investigated the third research question, by augmenting the first two course forms with our pedagogical approach. In all courses, a CS 1 style guide was distributed at the beginning of the term and similar lecture examples were used. We found that grading of style is necessary to motivate students, and that our approach shows some promise in increasing ability to use proper style. more...
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49. The Sense of Style
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Kit Eason
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media_common.quotation_subject ,Sympathy ,Engineering ethics ,Psychology ,Style guide ,Transparency (behavior) ,Style (sociolinguistics) ,Focus (linguistics) ,media_common - Abstract
In this chapter I talk about why we as F# developers need a style guide, and what such a guide should look like. I also outline a few principles that, independent of language, great developers follow: the principles of semantic focus, revisability, motivational transparency, and mechanical sympathy. These principles will be our guiding light in the many decisions we’ll examine in future chapters. more...
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- 2018
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50. Concurrent Design: Putting Design Plans into Development Action
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Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers, Karen L. Rasmussen, and Patrick R. Lowenthal
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Communication design ,Flowchart ,business.product_category ,Concurrent engineering ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Interface (Java) ,Style guide ,law.invention ,Formative assessment ,law ,Web page ,Software engineering ,business ,Worksheet - Abstract
In the WBID Model, design and development activities are completed concurrently. The design planning, which results in the WBI Strategy Worksheet, is the basis for developing the prototypes and online instruction. Additionally, message and visual design principles help guide the development, assembly, and organization of the instruction and LMS/website content. Initial development tasks include developing an interface prototype, creating flowcharts, and developing storyboards. Later development tasks include fully developing the digital elements that will be deployed in the LMS, converting prototypes into Web pages, and incorporating media. Formative evaluation procedures are included to ensure that resulting online instruction meets design specifications. more...
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- 2017
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