Food (in)security communication: a Journal of Applied Communication Research forum addressing current challenges and future possibilities

ABSTRACT

This forum brings together food, (in)security, and communication. The authors participating in this forum center communication as both process and tool for understanding, mitigating, and making meaning of food (in)security. The nine authors together discuss the role of communication in food (in)security, the central challenges for scholars and practitioners working on food (in)security, and the creative possibilities and impacts influencing the future of food (in)security. The forum produces a call for applied scholars to re-imagine communication frameworks in order to make meaningful differences in their communities.     

对英汉对比研究方法必要性的几点认识

语言对比研究的意义是多方面的,本文仅针对英汉对比研究方法在英语教学和翻译研究两个领域应用的意义进行了一些初步的探讨,以引起英语工作者和英语教师对这种研究方法的重视,同时希望加强这方面的工作,并将研究的成果运用于教学和研究领域。     

社区体育本土化发展论析

面对社区体育工作开展不平衡的现状,有必要对社区体育本土化发展的问题作以探讨和分析.社区体育本土化的目的在于增进社区体育发展对本土性社区体育工作的认识;在于增进社区体育在本土社会的广泛开展;在于形成具有本土特色的社区体育方法;在于形成具有本土特色的社区体育理论.社区体育本土化还具有整和性、普遍性、差异性等特征.     

Investigation of Poor Academic Achievement in Children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a neurogenetic developmental disorder that presents with progressive muscular weakness. It is caused by a mutation in a gene that results in the absence of specific products that normally localize to muscle cells and the central nervous system (CNS). The majority of affected individuals have IQs within the normal range, generally with lower verbal than performance IQ scores. Prior work has demonstrated selective deficits on tests of verbal span and immediate memory. For the current study, 26 boys with DMD (and normal intellectual function) and their unaffected siblings were evaluated. Paired comparisons demonstrated that the children with DMD had significantly poorer academic achievement scores than their siblings, even though their vocabulary levels and home and educational environments were comparable. Children with DMD also had more behavioral concerns, physical disabilities, and poorer verbal memory spans. Linear regression indicated that behavioral concerns, executive function, and physical disability did not contribute substantially to academic performance, whereas performance on verbal span did. DMD presents with a selective developmental aberration in verbal span that has wide‐ranging consequences on learning skills.