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Font tuning : a review and new experimental evidence.
No full textThis paper reflects on the kinds of evidence able to confirm that letter and word identification in reading can be supported by encoding the underlying visual structure of the text, and specifically by deriving structural descriptions for letters. It is proposed that structure-driven processes are intimately linked to the implementation of font-specific rules for translating visual features into elements of a letter’s structural description. Evidence for such font tuning comes from studies exploring the impact of font-mixing on reading fluency, and from studies showing how the benefits of experience with a novel typeface can generalise to letters that have yet to be seen in the typeface. After reviewing this evidence, three new experiments are reported which explore font tuning in the context of the lexical decision task. The time course of font tuning, which is monitored by changing the time interval between successive test stimuli, is shown to be sensitive to the overall probability with which successive stimuli appear in the same typeface. In addition, font tuning is shown to reflect item-by-item fluctuations in this probability. Finally, the effects of font-switching are shown to generalise beyond the particular letters present in the text, and to be confined to 1-back transitions. It is concluded that font tuning reflects the implementation of a set of font-specific translation rules held in working memory, and is moderated by the reader’s implicit knowledge of the constraints present in the sequencing of successive portions of text
Prescribing by mental health nurses: the UK perspective
No full textPURPOSE. This article aims to discuss the growth of mental health nurse (MHN) prescribing in the United Kingdom as an exemplar for readers to compare progress in their own countries and context. This study also aims to provide a historical overview of this process in the United Kingdom where MHNs prescribe safely and competently.
CONCLUSIONS. Finally, evidence has shown that MHNs with prescriptive authority are competent when prescribing when compared to psychiatrists.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. Despite organizational barriers and educational concerns, MHN prescribing is becoming embedded in the healthcare context in the United Kingdo
"Los Angeles Temple, Baptismal Font: model of font [2]"
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of a scale model of the baptismal font to be sculpted by Millard F. Malin for the Los Angeles Temple
"Los Angeles Temple, Baptismal Font: model of font [1]"
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of a scale model of the baptismal font to be sculpted by Millard F. Malin for the Los Angeles Temple
"Los Angeles Temple, Baptismal Font: model of font [3]"
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of a scale model of the baptismal font to be sculpted by Millard F. Malin for the Los Angeles Temple
The effect of age and font size on reading text on handheld computers
No full textThough there have been many studies of computer based text reading, only a few have considered the small screens of handheld computers. This paper presents an investigation into the effect of varying font size between 2 and 16 point on reading text on a handheld computer. By using both older and younger participants the possible effects of age were examined. Reading speed and accuracy were measured and subjective views of participants recorded. Objective results showed that there was little difference in reading performance above 6 point, but subjective comments from participants showed a preference for sizes in the middle range. We therefore suggest, for reading tasks, that designers of interfaces for mobile computers provide fonts in the range of 8-12 point to maximize readability for the widest range of users
Spread F at tropical latitude stations in India
No full text177-186<span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">Regular
radio soundings of the ionosphere over Ahmedabad were started in 1953 and
several studies describe the various features of the ionosphere close to the
equatorial ionization anomaly crest. Finer characteristics of the spread F
echoes could not be studied earlier due to the very wide pulse of the
transmitter. The characteristics of the spread F at Ahmedabad are described in
the present paper using the recordings of recently installed Digisonde during
June - July 2012. The spread F echoes at Ahmedabad are not due to the in
situ produced irregularities as at an equatorial station Thumba. The spread
F echoes at Ahmedabad during the June solstices of 2012 are due to reflection
(not scattering) from the off-vertical direction that produce multiple traces
from off-vertical direction overlapping over the main (vertical) h'-f trace,
sometimes giving an appearance of diffuse echoes near the critical frequencies.
Presence of medium scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) could be a
possibility to account for such off-vertical reflections.</span
"Los Angeles Temple, Baptismal Font: construction [06]"
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of the baptismal font being sculpted by Millard F. Malin for the Los Angeles Temple in the early 1950
"Los Angeles Temple, Baptismal Font: construction [09]"
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of detail of the baptismal font being sculpted by Millard F. Malin for the Los Angeles Temple in the early 1950s
"Los Angeles Temple, Baptismal Font: construction [10]"
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of detail of the baptismal font being sculpted by Millard F. Malin for the Los Angeles Temple in the early 1950s
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