Deviance or uniqueness, harmony or conformity? A cultural analysis.

f/sla from learner perspectives: a social activity or a cognitive process

in the past couple of decades sociocultural theory of sla and its implications in efl contexts have attracted attentions of research circles worldwide and aroused some controversies. firth and wagner (1997) have questioned the principles of the cognitive view which gives importance to mental constructs in favor of sociocultural view which highlights social and contextual constructs. but if soci...

Grammaticality judgments in autism: deviance or delay.

Language in autism has been the subject of intense interest, because communication deficits are central to the disorder, and because autism serves as an arena for testing theories of language acquisition. High-functioning older children with autism are often considered to have intact grammatical abilities, despite pragmatic impairments. Given the heterogeneity in language skills at younger ages...

Creating our future: conformity or change?

In the June 2014 issue of the Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, an article by Neep et al. is on the subject of ‘frontline radiographer commenting’, in the context of abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system due to trauma. I would like to use this article as a timely catalyst to debate some of the issues that the profession is currently facing. In this editorial the term ‘radiographer’ w...

Conformity in nonhuman primates: fad or fact?

Excellent Image Quality or Superior Dose Conformity?

In the first group of developments, we reference the introduction of morphological, functional, and molecular imaging in all the steps of oncology workflow, from treatment planning to treatment delivery phases. Treatment plans based on multimodality images and daily imageguided radiotherapy (IGRT), based on volumetric images, are both becoming routine. Advanced examples of this trend are combin...