Fig 1
Schematic diagrams illustrating the three-variable space model of sentence complexity. a Simplified threevariable representation of the complexity of sentences in which the horizontal axis shows the average number of characters per sentence (ACS), the right axis shows the average number of words per sentence (AWS), and left axis shows the average number of complex syllable words per sentence (ASyS). b Common section of barycentric plot where the value of one of the ASyS, ACS, AWS vectors is held constant. c Statistical text classification of various hypothetical texts (called a, b, c, d, and e corpus) where ASyS ? ACS ? AWS = 1
Source publication
This paper concerns the development and use of a new interdisciplinary graphical approach in the statistical analysis of complexity of sentence structure for scientometric purposes. A scheme in three-dimensional space (barycentric plot) is used for a graphical representation of scientific research text correlations between the number of characters,...
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Aim
To analyse discourses of conceptions of man in scientific texts of diagnostic radiography and how these conceptions are constructed in texts.
Background
In this article conception of man refers to assumptions researchers have when selecting targets for research, choosing methods and making hypotheses.
Method
A discourse analysis is being applied in this article to find discourses in scientific texts on diagnostic radiography. The material consisted of 45 articles from the journal Radiography from February 2009 to August 2013.
Findings
Four main discourses were found. They were named technology-centred, patient-centred, doubtful patient and invisible patient discourses. In the technology-centred discourse patients were usually seen as an anonymous group, and they were passive. In the patient-centred discourse patient experiences were often sought and researchers tried to understand patients' emotions, physical abilities and social context. Patients were seen as individuals and active agents. In the doubtful patient discourse patients are not always trusted. In this discourse health care professionals often know better what is for the good of the patient. In the invisible patient discourse patients are invisible to the radiographer/researcher. They are seen merely as body parts, symptoms or diseases.
