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The Impact Of Compassion Fatigue On Mental Health Sign Language Interpreters Working With Children: A Thematic Analysis, Noor Khatijah Zafirah, Annabella Dyer, Richard J. T. Hamshaw

Journal of Interpretation

The impact of compassion fatigue (CF) on frontline professionals has been widely researched. However, interpreters often work alongside frontline professionals and are exposed to similar traumatic experiences. Despite this, there is a dearth of research exploring the impact of CF on interpreters. Mental health sign language interpreters (SLIs) are believed to be at a higher risk of developing CF compared to other professionals due to high engagement with therapeutic content, demands of their role, and low perception of control over those demands. Research demonstrates that working with children increases one’s risk of developing CF further. Nevertheless, there has been no …

From Gestuno Interpreting To International Sign Interpreting: Improved Accessibility?, Anna-Lena Nilsson

Journal of Interpretation

In order to shape the future of our profession, I believe it is necessary for us to also take a critical look at both past and present practices. With that goal in mind, this commentary presents a case study of the sign language interpreting services provided at the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) Congresses held between 1983 and 2019.

During the 1980s and 1990s we witnessed both the professionalization of signed language interpreting at international conferences, and improved accessibility for official delegates of various National Associations of the Deaf (NADs) as well as for other participants. Increasing numbers of …

Insights From U.S. Deaf Patients: Interpreters’ Presence And Receptive Skills Matter In Patient-Centered Communication Care, Brenda S. Nicodemus, Lori Whynot, Poorna Kushalnagar

Journal of Interpretation

In the U.S., deaf individuals who use sign language have a legislated right to communication access in the healthcare system, which is often addressed through the provision of signed language interpreters. However, little is known about deaf patients’ perception of interpreter presence, its impact on their disclosure of medical information to physicians, and whether this perception affects their assessment of physicians’ patient-centered communication behaviors (PCC). A total of 811 deaf adults responded to questions on a bilingual ASL-English online survey about their experiences with interpreters and physicians. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the relationship between deaf patients’ perception …

Deaf Interpreters’ Perception Of Themselves As Professionals In Ireland: A Phenomenological Study, Noel P. O'Connell, Teresa Lynch

Journal of Interpretation

In the extensive literature on sign language interpreting, very little attention has been given to deaf interpreters’ understanding of themselves as professionals. This gap may be due to the fact that professional sign language interpreting is often seen to be synonymous with hearing people. The research therefore set out to gain an insight into how deaf interpreters’ view themselves as professionals, what their understanding of ‘being a professional’ is, and what issues are of concern to them. The authors present and discuss findings from an analysis, informed by professionalism theory, of data derived from interviews with 5 deaf interpreters in …

Rendering Depiction: A Case Study Of An American Sign Language/English Interpreter, Mark Halley

Journal of Interpretation

In this study, the work of an American Sign Language/English interpreter was video-recorded and then analyzed to describe the interpreter’s rendering of American Sign Language depiction from American Sign Language into spoken English and from spoken English into American Sign Language. Results indicate that interpreters navigate the complex cognitive and linguistic task of rendering various types of American Sign Language depiction between both languages. The data also suggest that syntactic input may not be the only factor in an interpreter’s decision-making processes when rendering depiction; rather pragmatic considerations appear to be a major contributing factor. This study serves as a …

Embracing The Next Generation Of Interpreters: A Call To Action For The Registry Of Interpreters For The Deaf, Barbara D. Garrett, Emily G. Girardin

Journal of Interpretation

The founding members of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) felt strongly about recruiting, training, and confirming the competence of interpreters. As a result, for over 50 years RID has been the national leader for the profession of ASL-English interpreting. At the same time, the next generation of American Sign Language (ASL)-English interpreters continue to face challenges pertaining to pre-service education, practicum experiences, and professional support after graduation as they enter the field. This article describes these challenges and offers suggested recommendations toward proactive organizational investment in this next generation of interpreters that will improve the quality of …

Educational Interpreters And The Dunning-Kruger Effect, Stephen Fitzmaurice

Journal of Interpretation

Kruger and Dunning (1999) found the least skilled individuals significantly overestimate their performance. However, as individuals increase their awareness their skills their predictions also become more accurate – the Dunning-Kruger Effect. This study examined the ability of educational interpreters working in public schools to predict their scores on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) a measure of interpreting skills. Findings indicate interpreters experience a Dunning-Kruger Effect in that the least skilled interpreters overestimate their interpreting skills, whereas better interpreters underestimate their interpreting skills. These findings raise important questions about whether lesser skilled educational interpreters are able to adhere to ethical …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, Number 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Sucking, Blood, and Fire: Timucuan Healing Practices in Spanish Florida by Tamara Shircliff Spike
Reconstructing Power in an American Borderland: Political Change in Colonial East Florida by Nancy O. Gallman
"Republica de Bandidos": The Prospect Bluff Fort's Challenge to the Spanish Slave System by John Paul Nuno
Currency, Credit, Crises, and Cuba: The Fed's Early History in Florida by Lesley Mace
Book Reviews
End Notes

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 92, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Role of Cattle Ranching in the 1656 Timucuan Rebellion: A Struggle for Land, Labor, and Chiefly Power by Justin B. Blanton
An "underground railway" to Pensacola and the Impending Crisis over Slavery by Matthew J. Clavin
Race, Education, and Regionalism: The Long and Troubling History of School Desegregation in the Sunshine State by Irvin D.S. Winsboro and Abel A. Bartley
Nature on a Leash: Tourism, Development, and the Environment on Amelia Island, Florida by Patrick H. Cosby
Book Reviews
End Notes
Florida in Publications, 2013
Cumulative Index, Volume 92

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 92, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Special Issue Introduction by the FHQ editors by Connie L. Lester and Daniel Murphree
The Historiography of Seventeenth-Century La Florida by Jane Landers
The Geopolitics of Seventeenth-Century Florida by Jane Landers
The Historical Archaeology of Seventeenth-Century La Florida by Bonnie G. McEwan
"These people are not conquered like those of New Spain": Florida's Reciprocal Colonial Compact by Amy Turner Bushnell
St. Augustine in the Seventeenth Century: Capital of La Florida by Susan Richbourg Parker
Pirate, Priest, and Slave: Spanish Florida in the 1668 Searles Raid by Diana Reigelsperger
Colonialism on the Spanish Florida Frontier: Mission San Luis, 1656-1704 by Bonnie …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Shipwrecked in the Atlantic World: Reevaluating Jonathan Dickinson's Interactions with Native Peoples along Florida's Southeastern Coast by Jason Daniels
The Fleeting Fame of Florida's Filibuster, "Major" Frank Hann by Paul S. Losch
Talking Trash: a short history of solid waste management in Florida by Andrew Fairbanks, Jennifer Wunderlich, and Christopher Meindl
Documents and Notes: Letters of Major Hann Paul S. Losch, editor
Book Reviews
End Notes
Florida in Publications, 2012
Cumulative Index, Volume 91

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 90, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

American Gibraltar: Key West during World War II by Abraham H. Gibson
Pragmatism, Seminoles, and Science: Opposition to Progressive Everglades Drainage by Chris Wilhelm
"Industrious, Thrifty and Ambitious": Jacksonville's African American Businesspeople during the Jim Crow Era by David H. Jackson, Jr.
"For this is an Enchanted Land": Matjorie Kinnan Rawlings and the Florida Environment by Florence M. Turcotte
Book Reviews
End Notes
Florida History in Publications, 2011
Cumulative Index, Volume 90

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 89, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Introduction to Special Issue: This Incomperable Lande Maurice O'Sullivan
A Boy and His Fawn: Parallel Animals in A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport and The Yearling Kathryn Seidel
From Adventure Travel to Leisure Tourism: The Florida Letters of William Drysdale in the New York Times, 1884-1893 Jesus Mendez
"The Most Exotic of Our Cities": Race, Place, Writing, and George Allan England's Key West Philip Levy
The Servants and Mrs. Rawlings: Martha Mickens and African American Life at Cross Creek Rebecca Sharpless
Book Reviews
End Notes
Florida History in Publications, 2010
Cumulative Index, Volume 89

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 86, Number 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Burden of Southern Literature: Can Florida Bear It? 2007 Jillian Prescott Memorial Lecture Ron Cooper
Camp Roosevelt: A Case Study of the NYA in Florida Dave Nelson
The Cuban Convention and Its Role in the Cuban Revolutionary Party Consuelo E. Stebbins
Why Was Antebellum Florida Murderous? A Quantitative Analysis of Homicide in Florida, 1821-1861 James M. Denham and Randolph Roth
Book Reviews
Book Notes
End Notes

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 84, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Epic of Greater Florida: Florida's Global Past Robert Cassanello and Daniel S. Murphree
Taking the State Out: Seminoles and Creeks in Late Eighteenth-Century Florida Andrew K. Frank
The St. Augustine Hurricane of 1811: Disaster and the Question of Political Unrest on the Florida Frontier Sherry Johnson
The Sporting Set Winters in Florida: Fertile Ground for the Leisure Revolution, 1870- 1930 Larry R. Youngs
Coming North to the South: Migration, Labor, and Community-Building in Twentieth-Century Miami Melanie Shell-Weiss
Commentaries Jack E. Davis, with Thomas Castillo, Jay Clune, James M. Denham, Russell D. James, Alex Lichtenstein, Dave Nelson, Joshua Parker, and …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 83, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Hurricanes and the Shaping of Circum-Caribbean Societies Stuart B. Schwartz
"A Veritable Refuge for Practicing Homosexuals": The Johns Committee and the University of South Florida Dan Bertwell
The Florida Room: Religion & Romance: A Florida Memoir Ron McFarland
Historic Notes and Documents: Harriet Ward Foote Hawley: Civil War Journalist Sarah Whitrner Foster and John T. Foster, Jr.
Book Reviews
Book Notes
History News
Volume Index

Impact Of Using Facebook On Improving English Communication Skills - The Case Of Implementing The English Language Course As A Model At Al-Quds Open University, Khaled Dweikat

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study aimed to investigate the effect of using Facebook on improving the communication skills in English through a blended teaching approach. The subjects were 50 second-year students majoring in Methods of Teaching English at Al-Quds Open University (QOU) in Palestine who were studying a course titled "Language Use" in the first semester of the academic year 2013-2014. The students were divided randomly into a control group and an experimental group. The control group studied the course through the traditional face-to-face instruction while the experimental group used both face-to-face lectures in addition to using Facebook through a Facebook group entitled …

The Cognate Accusative In The Holy Quran And The Methods Of Compensation, Wala’A Ya’Aqbah

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study discusses the problem of translating the cognate accusative (CA) from Arabic into English. It also studies whether the translations studied achieve the optimal pragmatic meaning and force. It attempts to discover how cognate accusatives in the Holy Qur'an have been dealt with in translations done by a number of professional translators. In this study, the researcher will compare the different translations done by different translators, as Mohammad Muhsin Khan, Yusuf Ali, Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall and Zaid Shakir. The aim is to discover how the cognate accusative has been dealt with; hence, the study will be involved in the …

Translation Of Politeness In Audio-Visual Advertising From English To Arabic, Sufyan Abuarrah, Duha Istetih

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study investigates the conceptualization of politeness and the notion of face in English and Arabic audio-visual advertising through a comparative and pragmatic study of the politeness strategies in both languages. It also explores the influence of orientation to politeness and conceptualization of face, the impact of FTA, on the translation of cosmetic audio-visual advertisements from English to Arabic. Therefore 44 English audio-visual advertisements with their Arabic translations are used for research data. The researchers employed a descriptive and analytical approach where selected advertisements were categorized according to politeness strategies which were calculated for frequency and explained according to culture, …

The Impact Of The Employment Of Web 2.0 Technologies On The Motivation Of Foreign Language Learners, Wasim Bishawi

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Students of writing courses show a rejection of traditional activities in which the writing is directed only to the teacher examiner. Therefore, the researcher seeks to examine the impact of the employment of Web 2.0 technologies in the writing course of the students who study French as a foreign language. The researcher conducted an experimental study on students in their second year at An-Najah National University. Results of the research showed the importance of the real-life situations in which students use the skills and knowledge of a variety of educational activities and faces different challenges in order to communicate with …

The Role Of Storytelling Method In Reading Skill Development Among First-Grade Students At Directorate Of Bani Kinana, Kholoud Yaghmour, Luai Obaidat

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study aimed at investigating the role of storytelling in developing reading skill to basic first grade students in comparison with the traditional way. The study sample consisted of (108) male and female students divided into two groups who were taught the alphabets. The experimental group studied the units of letters for the basic first grade by using short story, while the control group studied the same units by using the traditional way. A sufficiently valid and reliable achievement test of the above mentioned units of Arabic language subject was developed in order to measure achievement, and it was conducted …

Dramatic Tendency Of Amal Dungle, Sultan Al Shaar

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study has worked as much as possible to clarify the dramatic propensity mainly for poet "Amal dunghel" through focusing on the following two chapters: - The poets personal components which appear through his political, cultural and social formative being. Also, the role of these components in the instruction of the dramatic text. - Achieving the elements of the dramatic structure by studying some of them and tracing their intersperse in the folds of Al-dunghl’s dialogue and conflict. Also, focusing on the dramatic text differences. Now. this study is taking upon it self the responsibility of re-consideration of Al-Donghol’s text …

Reading Comprehension Among The Students Of Tenth Grade At Jerash Governorate Schools In The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan In Light Of Reading’S Type And Other Variables, Rola Hasan

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study aimed at detecting the level of reading comprehension among the students of tenth grade in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the light of some variables. In order to achieve this aim the researcher designed a test of 29 questions of multiple choice. The test has been applied to a sample of (98) male students and (82) female students. The results revealed that the level of reading comprehension among students of tenth grade was moderate on the types of aloud and silent reading. The results also revealed that there are statistical significant differences at the level of (α≤ …

The Impact Of Teaching Activates Based On The Quranic Modules On Improving The Expressive Performance Of The Fifth Grade Literary Students In Iraq, Haitham Al Qadi, Awad Diwan

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study aimed to investigate the impactof teaching activates based on the Quranic modules on improving the expressive performance of the fifth grade literary students in Iraq. In order to achieve the goal of the study, the tool study was prepared in the form of a test that measures the abilityof students to the expressive performance, as well as four themes for the expressive performance approved by a group of experienced and competent arbitrators. These subjects for the experimental group have been taught by using some educational activities based on the explanation and analysis of the Quranic modules. As for …

The Drama Of Earth In Earth Poem By Mahmoud Darwish, Sultan Al-Shaar

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study devotes –and through methodology -to exceed the traditional critical an intended critical or adopted studies which were based on the historical continuations to the clerk or the poet literature, or dealing his text within a clear, linguistic, rhetorical logic depending on the criterion of the old domains which cover a scope of the technical data which wasn't existed –in the previous days –from the critical domains of the poetical time and the narrative poetry and its time , its aesthetics, dialogue composition or the intertextuality, the version and the formation, the author, the narrator, and the multiplicity of …

Long Structures In The Holy Script Of Islam: Tweeting Of Euphonies, Hash-Tagging Of # Inchoative Senses And You-Tubing Of Edible Words, Sami Heeh

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This evaluative paper attempts to explore the extent to which morphemes, i.e. the smallest units that carry meaning, can be incorporating in Standard Arabic. From different linguistic perspectives, the article quantifies as well as qualifies the long structures in the holy Script of Islam. The longest structure is identified as the unit of language that aggregates the verb phrase (VP) and some other noun phrases (NPs) functioning as subject and object(s) together on both the graphemic and phonemic levels. Euphonies, i.e. rules of sound concordance, are consulted. Meaning relations and values are calculated and drawn. The components of the long …

Book Review: Learning From Other Religious Traditions: Leaving Room For Holy Envy. Edited By Hans Gustafson, Erik Ranstrom

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

No abstract provided.

A Jewish Response To Dysfunctional And Destructive Passion, Daniel Maoz

Consensus

No abstract provided.

Proanthocyanidin Block Arrays (Pacbar) For Comprehensive Capture And Delineation Of Proanthocyanidin Structures, Shuxi Jing, Wayne E. Zeller, Daneel Ferreira, Bin Zhou, Joo-Won Nam, Ana K. Bedran-Russo, Shao-Nong Chen, Guido F. Pauli

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Proanthocyanidins (PACs) are near-ubiquitous and chemically complex metabolites, prototypical of higher plants. Their roles in food/feed/nutrition and ethnomedicine are widely recognized but poorly understood. With the analysis of evidence that underlies this challenge, this perspective identifies shortcomings in capturing and delineating PAC structures as key factors. While several groups have forwarded new representations, a consensus method that captures PAC structures concisely and offers high integrity for electronic storage is required to reduce confusion in this expansive field. The PAC block arrays (PACBAR) system fills this gap by providing precise and human- and machine-readable structural descriptors that capture PAC metabolomic structural …

Barriers And Facilitators To Dental Care Access Among Asylum Seekers And Refugees In Highly Developed Countries: A Systematic Review, Martha Paisi, Rebecca Baines, Lorna Burns, Anastasios Plessas, Philip Radford, Jill Shawe, Robert Witton

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Abstract Background Dental diseases are prevalent among asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs). Despite significant treatment needs, access to dental care in host countries is often limited. The aim of this systematic review was to identify the barriers and enablers to dental care access for ASRs in host countries of very high development. Methods Five health and social care databases and eight grey literature sources of information were searched. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool was used to critically appraise included studies. Thematic analysis was undertaken to identify common themes. These were then deductively organised according to Penchansky and Thomas’s modified …