Simultaneous Conference Interpreting and a Supernorm That Governs It All

The elegant law that governs us all.

A dog owner weighs twice as much as her German shepherd. Does she eat twice as much? Does a big city need twice as many gas stations as one that is half its size? Our first instinct is to say yes. But, alas, we are wrong. On a per-gram basis, a human requires about 25% less food than her dog, and the larger city needs only 85% more gas stations. If we double the population of a city, we also ne...

MicroRNAs in Gene Regulation: When the Smallest Governs It All

Encoded by the genome of most eukaryotes examined so far, microRNAs (miRNAs) are small approximately 21-nucleotide (nt) noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) derived from a biosynthetic cascade involving sequential processing steps executed by the ribonucleases (RNases) III Drosha and Dicer. Following their recent identification, miRNAs have rapidly taken the center stage as key regulators of gene expression...

Dark Chocolate and Metabolic Syndrome; Do Polyphenols All that Matter?

Anticipation in Conference Interpreting: A Cognitive Process

In conference interpretation research, anticipation is usually seen as the oral production of a particular part of a message in special circumstances. In psychophysiological research, however, anticipation is a mental process. The article presents a revised defmition of anticipation that takes account of both approaches. It does so in terms of delibérate enrichment, a conceptual tool from relev...

Pnm-16: Endometriosis: Diagnosis and Intervention (All Things that A Midwife Should Know)

Background: To describe the evaluation and management of endometriosis for midwives.Materials and Methods: A narrative review was performed within articles published at “PubMed”, “Elsevier”, “SID” and original text books to reach the purpose. Results: Many infertile women presenting at infertility treatment centers suffer from “endometriosis”. The significant correlation between endometriosis a...