中南大學學術(shù)英語Chapter6writingaboutresult

Chapter6Writingaboutresults

SchoolofInformationScienceandEngineeringCSUFunctionsofresultssentencesVerbtenseinResultssectionsOutlineGeneraldescription1authorswritethemostimportantfindingsthefindingswillformpartoftheDiscussionsection.Inwritingsentencesaboutresults:onlyhighlightthemainpointsdon’trepeatresultsintablesorfiguresGeneraldescriptionEffectiveauthorsPublishedadvicefromeditors&researchers2Tocheckthejournal’sInstructionstoContributorsToseewhichformattheypreferToexaminearticlesselectionwhentheInstructionsarenotexplicit.ResultsPresentedseparatelyfromtheDiscussionCombinedinResultsanddiscussionsection3Iftheseparatestyleisused4ToconfineanycommentsintheResultssectionToexplainwhatthenumbersshowDon’tcomparethenumberswithotherresearchDon’tsuggestexplanationsauthorssometimescomparewithpreviousworkthepointrelatestoacomponentofresultsitwillnotbediscussedindetailintheDiscussionIngeneral,keepingResultsandDiscussionsectionsseparateismorecommon.IntheResultssection5ThetextofaResultssectiontypically:HighlightstheimportantfindingsLocatesthefigure(s)ortable(s)wheretheresultscanbefoundCommentson(butdoesn’tdiscuss)theresultsFunctionsofresultssentences6Elementsthathighlightandlocatecombinedinthesamesentencesappearedinseparatesentences.Examplesofcombinedhighlight+locationstyles:7Measurementsofrootlengthdensity(Figure3)revealedthatthemajorityofrootsofbothcultivarswerefoundintheuppersubstratelayers.TheresponseofLucernerootgrowthtomanganeserateanddepthtreatmentswassimilartothatofshoots(Figure2).Exampleofaseparatelocationstatement:Figure17showstheaveragenumberofvisitsperbird.8SA:QualityofServiceInterworkingoverHeterogeneousNetworksin5G

Figure8showstrafficsent/receivedforvideoconferenceandVoIPtrafficforScenario1.Figure10showsHTTPtrafficsentandreceivedforScenario1.Task6.1SeparatelocationsentencesinResultssections9Answer:Kaiseretal.(2003):noseparatelocationsentencesoccur.Britton–SimmonsandAbbott(2008):onlyoneseparatelocationsentenceoccurs,anditiswritteninthestyleofhighlightsentence:Weplottedtheproportionofplotsineachtreatmentcombinationthatweresuccessfullyinvadedasafunctionofpropagulepressure(Fig.3).SA:ThetrafficreceivedforScenario1isreducedcomparedtootherscenarios(Figure9-a).However,trafficsentandreceivedforScenario1arealmostidentical(1.5%packetloss)asshowninFigure9-b.VerbtenseinResultssectionsThinkingofareasonfortheuseofdifferenttensesindifferentsentences.2Summarizeyourfindingsusingthefollowingsentencestarters:InResultssections,thepasttenseisusedtotalkabout…Thepresenttenseisusedinsentences…Modalverbsareused…10Task6.2VerbusageinResultssectionsPasttense(eitheractiveorpassivevoice)isbeusedwhenthesentencefocusesonthecompletedstudy:whatwasdoneandfound.11CommonuseoftenseinResultssections:SA:JitterforvideoconferencetrafficforScenarios3and4arealmostzero,whilejitterinScenarios1and2isslightlyincreasedandreached4.5and4.1msrespectively.

ThepacketlossrateforHTTPtrafficstartedat225Secandthelossratewas1%,thisvalueincreasedto7%attheendofthesimulation.

Presenttenseisused:Todescribean“alwaystrue”situation;Whenthesentencefocusesonthedocument12SA:Inthissimulationstudy,QoSmetricsend-to-enddelay,jitterandpacketlossarecollectedandanalyzed.End-to-enddelayisthelatencybetweenthesourceanddestinationwhichdirectlyaffectsusersatisfaction.

Packetlossrateisthepercentageofpacketswhichfailedtoreachthedestination.

Modalverbs(e.g.mayandcould)maybeusedincomments,especiallyinclauses13SA:Foranidealsystem,jittershouldbezero,whichmeansthereshouldbenodelayvariationinthetimeforthereceivedpackets.

Ideally,thereshouldbenopacketlossforVoIP[14].Inthesesentences,’should’isinappropriateinaSA.ChooseonesubsectionoftheResultssectioninyourSA.Answerthefollowingquestionsanddiscussyourfindingswithacolleague.Foreachverbinthesubsection,whydoyouthinktheauthor(s)chosetousethetensetheydid?Dotheauthorsusetensesinthewaysdiscussedinthesectionabove?Ifnot,whatreasonscanyousuggest?Hint:Examplepapersfromyourowndisciplineprovidethemostaccurateguidelinesforyou.14Task6.3AnalyzingyourSAResultssectionforverbusageSuggestions:ImpossibletowriteabookaccuratelyTogiveyoutoolsandquestionstoanalyzeTorefinetheguidelinesmakingthemaccurately15BegintodraftaResultssectionforyourownpaper(OA),writingaboutthetablesorfiguresyouhaveworkedonpreviously.16Task6.4DraftingyourownResultssectionResearchofbrain-computerinterfacebasedonmulti-featureintegrationandBPneuralnetwork4Experimentandresultanalysis4.1DesignofexperimentsystemTheEEGacquisitionsystemstructureasshowninFig.2,therecoveryofEEGsignalacquisitionelectrode,throughtheamplifieramplificationofweaksignals,filterinterference,andthenthroughtheAIDconversionfordigitalsignalprocessingissenttothehostcomputerviabluetooth.4.2ExperimentalconditionsandmethodsTheelectrodepositionisplacedinaccordancewiththeMontreolmethodandtheinternationalstandardlead10-20,asshowninfigure3.TheelectrodeswereplacedontheprefrontalcortexofthesubjectstocollectAlphawaves,andthearrowsreferredtotheelectrodeplacement,andtheearclampusedasthereferenceelectrodewasclippedontheleftandrightlobes.Inordertoensuretheaccuracyofdataacquisition,thisstudyusesShurespecialgridmethod,beforetheexperiment,thesubjects'attentiontoalargenumberoftraining.4.3ExperimentprocessTheexperimentalsubjectsweremaleyouth,healthy,correctedvisionnormal,righthandedness.Thelabisquietandroomtemperatureisnormal.ElectrodesforEEGacquisitionusingdryelectrodes.BeforecollectingtheexperimentaldataofEEG,theAlphawaveblockingexperimentshouldbeperformedtoverifythecorrectnessoftheacquisitionofAlphawavesinEEGsignals,asshowninFig.4.Intheexperiment,thesubjectsperformedthemotorimagerytaskaccordingtotheexperimentalparadigmshowninFig.5.Halfanhourbeforethestartoftheexperiment,thesubjectslefttheactualmovementsensationinthebrainthroughtheactualmovementoftheleftandrighthandsandleftandrightlegs.Intheexperiment,thesubjectssatinacomfortable