Capturing Interdisciplinarity in Academic Abstracts

A disciplinary matter : critical sociology , academic governance and interdisciplinarity

Calls for interdisciplinary research practice are an increasingly ubiquitous feature of contemporary academic life. However, whilst the claims made for its benefits, or limitations, are diverse in character and provenance, it is possible to identify one significant source as being related to modes of academic governance. This relation has significant effects, but is also obscured by the heterog...

Interdisciplinarity among academic scientists: individual and organizational factors

Access, Participation, and Career Outcomes " (Grant # REC-0529642). The opinions here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. During the dissertation research process, I have received a lot of support and help from my committee and my family. I truly appreciate that I have a very supportive committee. My advisor, Dr. Melkers provided me with const...

Computational Analysis of Move Structures in Academic Abstracts

This paper introduces a method for computational analysis of move structures in abstracts of research articles. In our approach, sentences in a given abstract are analyzed and labeled with a specific move in light of various rhetorical functions. The method involves automatically gathering a large number of abstracts from the Web and building a language model of abstract moves. We also present ...

Interdisciplinarity in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Western Regional Abstracts

Objective: The BLOCKINgoal BLOCKINof BLOCKINour BLOCKINstudy BLOCKINis BLOCKINto BLOCKINaid BLOCKINin BLOCKINearly BLOCKINidentification of appendicitis in Hispanics by retrospectively reviewing the initial presentation, physical examination, and laboratory values of patients diagnosed post-operatively with appendicitis. Method: Data collected from medical records at private hospital emergency ...