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Conference Presentation (conference + presentation)

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The rhetoric of conference presentation introductions: context, argument and interaction

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, Issue 1 2005
Elizabeth Rowley-Jolivet
The process of socialisation into the academic discourse community involves acquiring mastery of its established genres. While written academic genres have been intensively studied, spoken genres are relatively under-researched. This study focuses on one such spoken research genre, the scientific conference presentation (CP) in English, and specifically on the introduction section, a sub-genre which often poses particular problems for presenters. A move analysis of the CP introductions shows that their rhetorical structure is markedly different from that of the research article, and that these differences are closely related to the contextual and epistemological characteristics of the genre. The interpersonal relations set up by the allocation of speaker and addressee roles through the use of personal pronouns are also discussed. Through a contrastive analysis of the CP introductions and those of the corresponding proceedings papers, the article examines how speakers facilitate information processing and create rapport with the audience. The data comprise video recordings of 44 CPs from 3 scientific fields (geology, medicine, and physics) and a smaller corpus of 13 corresponding articles from the physics conference proceedings. [source]

The global financial crisis of 2008,2009: an opportunity for development studies?

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Issue 6 2010
James Copestake
Abstract This paper draws upon the five other papers presented in this volume, along with other presentations made at the 2009 Development Studies Association Conference, to reflect on the relationship between development studies and the 2008,2009 global financial crisis. It first analyses antecedents to the crisis by relating the papers presented by Gore (on long waves of capitalism) and Fischer (on China's integration into the world economy) to a Polanyian analysis. It then considers immediate policy responses with particular reference to India (based on the conference presentation by Mehrotra), China (based on the paper by de Haan) and the 2009 DFID White Paper. Third, it considers two possible additional sources of finance for developing countries: South Korean aid (discussed by Chun et al.) and new forms of international money (discussed by Hudson). The paper concludes that while the crisis is a reminder of structural global economic interconnectedness a challenge for development studies is to combine this fact with analysis that is also interdisciplinary, multi-tiered and policy relevant. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Straight to the bar: Molecular nanostructures, graphene, nanotubes.

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI - RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS, Issue 3 2007
17 March 200, Austria, Kirchberg, XXIst International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials (IWEPNM 2007)
Conference Reports are meant to offer an authoritative view on a recently held scientific meeting rather than a comprehensive list of the conference presentations. Authors are invited to describe what they feel were the most interesting contributions. The Kirchberg Winterschool provided a platform for reviewing and discussing new developments in the field of electronic properties of molecular nanostructures and their applications such as carbon nanotubes, graphene and single molecules. (© 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source]

Gene therapy clinical trials worldwide to 2007,an update

THE JOURNAL OF GENE MEDICINE, Issue 10 2007
Michael L. Edelstein
To date, over 1340 gene therapy clinical trials have been completed, are ongoing or have been approved worldwide. In 1997 we set up a database to bring together global information on gene therapy clinical trials as comprehensively as possible. The data are compiled and regularly updated from official agency sources, published literature, conference presentations and posters and from information kindly provided by investigators or trial sponsors themselves. This review updates our descriptive overview of the data in 2004 1, presenting our analysis of the clinical trials that, to the best of our knowledge, have been or are being performed worldwide. As of July 30 2007, we have stored entries on 1309 trials in 28 countries. We have analyzed the geographical distribution of trials, the disease indications (or other reasons) for trials, the proportions to which different vector types are used, and which genes have been transferred. Details of the analyses presented, and our interactive, searchable database can be found on The Journal of Gene Medicine Gene Therapy Clinical Trials Worldwide website at: http://www.wiley.co.uk/genmed/clinical. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]