563 research outputs found
An exploratory study on CAI tools in simultaneous interpreting: Theoretical framework and stimulus validation
No full textThe acquisition of terminology and specialized knowledge prior to a technical conference represents a fundamental phase in the interpreter’s workflow, but quick and easy access to terminological information during the interpreting task is equally important to support the interpreter in the rendition of terminology and to ensure a high-quality interpreting performance. Over the past few years, terminology management tools have been developed specifically for interpreters, but the impact of such tools on the cognitive processes involved in simultaneous interpreting is still unclear. To this end, an exploratory study was conducted to evaluate the appropriateness of the stimuli adopted for data collection and to verify whether the use of computer-assisted interpreting tools causes saturation or, on the contrary, helps prevent it by reducing the local cognitive load during terminology search and delivery of the target text
Cortical-Inspired Wilson–Cowan-Type Equations for Orientation-Dependent Contrast Perception Modelling
No full textWe consider the evolution model proposed in Bertalmío (Front Comput Neurosci 8:71, 2014), Bertalmío et al. (IEEE Trans Image Process 16(4):1058–1072, 2007) to describe illusory contrast perception phenomena induced by surrounding orientations. Firstly, we highlight its analogies and differences with the widely used Wilson–Cowan equations (Wilson and Cowan in BioPhys J 12(1):1–24, 1972), mainly in terms of efficient representation properties. Then, in order to explicitly encode local directional information, we exploit the model of the primary visual cortex (V1) proposed in Citti and Sarti (J Math Imaging Vis 24(3):307–326, 2006) and largely used over the last years for several image processing problems (Duits and Franken in Q Appl Math 68(2):255–292, 2010; Prandi and Gauthier in A semidiscrete version of the Petitot model as a plausible model for anthropomorphic image reconstruction and pattern recognition. SpringerBriefs in Mathematics, Springer, Cham, 2017; Franceschiello et al. in J Math Imaging Vis 60(1):94–108, 2018). The resulting model is thus defined in the space of positions and orientation, and it is capable of describing assimilation and contrast visual bias at the same time. We report several numerical tests showing the ability of the model to reproduce, in particular, orientation-dependent phenomena such as grating induction and a modified version of the Poggendorff illusion. For this latter example, we empirically show the existence of a set of threshold parameters differentiating from inpainting to perception-type reconstructions and describing long-range connectivity between different hypercolumns in V1
Eupatorus pyros Prandi & Grossi 2021, new species
No full textEupatorus pyros Prandi & Grossi, new species Figs 1A, C; 2A; 3A. Type locality: Liupanshui City, Mt. Jiu Cai Ping, Guizhou, China Type material (3 males). Holotype, dissected male (CERPE), labelled as follows: a) white typed label, “ Liupanshui City, Mt. Jiu Cai Ping, IV.2009, Guizhou, China, Gerhard Pross”; b) white typed label “Everardo & Paschoal C. Grossi coll.”; c) white typed label, “sp. nova?”; d) red typed label, “ Eupatorus pyros sp. nov. Prandi & Grossi 2021”. Paratypes, two dissected males (EPGC and MPC) with the same locality data as the holotype, and with yellow paratype label. Labels numbered, with a signature of the authors. Description of the holotype Measurements. L: 51.2 mm; TL: 51.4 mm; PL: 17.0 mm; PW: 20.3 mm; EL: 30.9 mm; EW: 25.9 mm; CL: 19.3 mm; TH: 7.3 mm; TW: 5.3 mm; TT: 2.2 mm. Color. Uniformly reddish-chestnut, scarcely shining, dark-chestnut only on cephalic and thoracic horns. Head, apex of pronotal horns, sutural stria of elytra shiny dark-chestnut as legs. Head. Cephalic horn long and projecting upwards in frontal view. In dorsal view, broader at base, gradually narrowed towards the sharp apex. In lateral view sinuous, S-shaped, convex from base to mid-length for an extension of 8 mm; concave at the middle for about 6 mm, then convex again to apex for 5 mm. Apex distinctly acute, and slightly directed backwards. Sides bordered with an evident rim from the base to the middle of the first section, defining a semi-triangular area; internally at the area with a distinct roughly, punctate-rugose pattern. Clypeus. Anterior margin bidentate, lateral angles bearing one robust tooth directed forwards. Mandibles. Width 5.8 mm, with sides upcurved. Antennae. Antennal club in dorsal view with a 2.4 mm width. Pronotum. Glabrous, smooth, reddish-chestnut, weakly shining. Anterior angles are sharply projected, sides parallel and directed forwards. Pronotal disc with a pair of spatulate horns, concave on anterior face, and convex on posterior face, dark-chestnut, internal margins almost touching each other. Scutellum. Subtriangular, with rounded angles, 4.4 mm long, 4.3 mm wide, coarsely punctate, lateral edges smooth. Elytra. Glabrous, reddish-chestnut, poorly shining, except for darker shiny punctuation around scutellum and elytral suture. EL/EW ratio 1.2. Elytra in lateral view not bulging, with a flat feature declining towards apex. L/EL ratio 1.7. Abdomen. Sternites with a glabrous area in the middle, sides of sternites covered with very fine, short, reddish pilosity. Legs. Fore tibia almost straight, inner margin slightly dilated inwards at apex, 13.1 mm in length. Anterior edge rounded inwards, just over first tarsomere. External sides of anterior tibiae with three teeth, subapical tooth longer than basal and apical; teeth sharp, triangular, pointing backwards. Inner apical spur curved downwards, shorter than basal tooth. Fore tarsus 11.8 mm long. Mesotibiae and metatibiae with many lateral sharp teeth, evolving in sharp spinae at tibial apex. Presence of sparse reddish pilosity, very reduced on fore tibiae. Aedeagus. In frontal view thin, subrectangular, reddish-brown, with parameres elongate and narrow. In lateral view equally slim, with a small phallobase (Figs 6A–B). Female. Unknown. Paratypes variation. Overall morphology very uniform. Proportionally to body, only slight variations. Measurements. L: 47.6–51.2 mm; TL: 50.1–51.4 mm; PL: 17.0– 17.2 mm; PW: 20.3–20.4 mm; EL: 30.1–30.9 mm; EW: 24.9–25.9 mm; CL: 19.3–21.4 mm; TH: 7.3–7.7 mm; TW: 5.3–6.3 mm; TT: 2.1–2.2 mm. Etymology. From the Ancient Greek word pyrós, which means fire, because of the particular shape of the horn that resembles the winding of a flame. Noun in apposition. Differential diagnosis. The peculiar “sinusoidal” shape of the cephalic horn is the most substantial character to separate E. pyros new species from E. birmanicus, where the horn is uniformly curved backwards. Furthermore, the shape and size of the thoracic horns in E. pyros new species prevents its misidentification with major males of E. birmanicus. In fact, height, width and thickness of thoracic horns are significantly lower in E. pyros new species. Measurements are clear: in a comparison with 15 specimens of E. birmanicus with the same L and EW as the holotype, the average length of thoracic horns measured from the upper middle of pronotum is of 10.9 mm for E. birmanicus against 7.49 mm for E. pyros (+45.5%); the average width is of 8.0 mm for E. birmanicus against 5.8 mm for E. pyros (+38%); the average thickness is 3.12 mm for E. birmanicus against 2.0 for E. pyros (+56%). Even the color proves the difference: E. pyros new species has a lighter overall color, and never shows a total-black pronotum as it happens in many specimens of E. birmanicus. See Table 1 for a detailed comparison of major males of E. pyros new species and E. birmanicus.Published as part of Prandi, Massimo & Grossi, Paschoal C., 2021, A new species of Eupatorus Burmeister, 1847 related to Eupatorus birmanicus Arrow, 1908 from southwestern China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), pp. 29-40 in Zootaxa 4966 (1) on pages 31-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/472936
Onesikritos of Astypalaia
No full textUpdate of the previous text - Onesikritos of Astypalaia (BNJ 134) was connected with AIGINA and with the philosopher DIOGENES theCynicandwasexperiencedinseafaring. He followed Alexander (see ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT)inAsiaandwrote–perhapsclose to his death in 323 BCE – a work concerning how Alexander was educated. The true terms of his relationship with the island of Aigina as well as the meaning of his inspiration from XENOPHON’S Cyropaedia are debated
FIGURES 6A–D in A new species of Eupatorus Burmeister, 1847 related to Eupatorus birmanicus Arrow, 1908 from southwestern China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
No full textFIGURES 6A–D. Parameres in frontal (A, C) and lateral (B, D) views. A, B, holotype of Eupatorus pyros Prandi & Grossi, new species; C, D, Eupatorus birmanicus Arrow, 1908.Published as part of Prandi, Massimo & Grossi, Paschoal C., 2021, A new species of Eupatorus Burmeister, 1847 related to Eupatorus birmanicus Arrow, 1908 from southwestern China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), pp. 29-40 in Zootaxa 4966 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/472936
Computer-assisted interpreting (CAI) tools and CAI tools training
No full textThe chapter discusses computer-assisted interpreting (CAI) tools, focusing on their evolution, application, and impact on interpreter performance and training. It begins by contextualising computer-assisted interpreting within the broader framework of interpreting technologies and then traces the development of CAI tools, with an overview of the current landscape. With the goal to orient future investigations, the chapter scrutinises the existing body of research, spotlighting key enquiries and empirical approaches and examining the impact of tool use on interpreters’ performance and cognitive processes, as well as questions of system performance and usability. Training on and with CAI tools is discussed, and open pedagogical questions are highlighted. The chapter concludes by addressing possible developments in computer-assisted interpreting within the context of the recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI)
Aristoboulos of Kassandreia
No full textUpdate of the previous text - Aristoboulos, son of Aristoboulos, followed ALEXANDER THE GREAT in Asia; he became a citizen of KASSANDREIA, founded in 316 BCE on the site of Potidaia, and composed a work about the conquest, the fragments of which are collected in Brill New Jacoby (BNJ) no. 139; neither its title nor extent is preserved
Progetto e/è ricerca. Sulla valutazione del progetto come prodotto di ricerca scientifica
No full textRecensione del testo: Autore: Roberta AmiranteTitolo: Il progetto come prodotto di ricercaSottotitolo: Un'ipotesiLingua del testo: italianoEditore: LetteraVentidue, SiracusaCaratteristiche: formato 12x16,5 cm, 128 pagine, brossura, b/n ISBN: 9788862422833Anno: Giugno 2018
FIGURES 3A–C in A new species of Eupatorus Burmeister, 1847 related to Eupatorus birmanicus Arrow, 1908 from southwestern China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
No full textFIGURES 3A–C. Pronotum of males in frontal view. A, holotype of Eupatorus pyros Prandi & Grossi, new species; B, Eupatorus birmanicus Arrow, 1908; C, lateral view comparison.Published as part of Prandi, Massimo & Grossi, Paschoal C., 2021, A new species of Eupatorus Burmeister, 1847 related to Eupatorus birmanicus Arrow, 1908 from southwestern China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), pp. 29-40 in Zootaxa 4966 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/472936
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