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Readability and the Web [PDF]

open access: yesFuture Internet, 2012
Readability indices measure how easy or difficult it is to read and comprehend a text. In this paper we look at the relation between readability indices and web documents from two different perspectives. On the one hand we analyse how to reliably measure
Thomas Gottron, Ludger Martin
doaj   +2 more sources

On the readability of overlap digraphs [PDF]

open access: yesDiscrete Applied Mathematics, 2015
This is a full version of a conference paper of the same title at the 26th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM 2015)
Rayan Chikhi   +4 more
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Readability of Wikipedia [PDF]

open access: yesFirst Monday, 2012
Wikipedia is becoming widely acknowledged as a reliable source of encyclopedic information. However, concerns have been expressed about its readability. Wikipedia articles might be written in a language too difficult to be understood by most of its visitors. In this study, we apply the Flesch reading ease test to all available articles from the English
Lucassen, T.   +2 more
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Bipartite graphs of small readability [PDF]

open access: yesTheoretical Computer Science, 2018
We study a parameter of bipartite graphs called readability, introduced by Chikhi et al. (Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2016) and motivated by applications of overlap graphs in bioinformatics. The behavior of the parameter is poorly understood. The complexity of computing it is open and it is not known whether the decision version of the problem is in ...
Chikhi, Rayan   +6 more
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Using Readability Tests to Improve the Accuracy of Evaluation Documents Intended for Low-Literate Participants

open access: yesJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2010
Background: Readability tests are indicators that measure how easy a document can be read and understood. Simple, but very often ignored, readability statistics cannot only provide information about the level of difficulty of the readability of ...
Julien B. Kouamé
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Text Simplification to Specific Readability Levels

open access: yesMathematics, 2023
The ability to read a document depends on the reader’s skills and the text’s readability level. In this paper, we propose a system that uses deep learning techniques to simplify texts in order to match a reader’s level.
Wejdan Alkaldi, Diana Inkpen
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Readability of Corporate Annual Reports of Top 100 Malaysian Companies

open access: yesMalaysian Management Journal, 2020
The main purpose of this paper is to compare the readability of two narrative sections in Malaysian corporate annual reports. Further more the authors investigate whether readability of one section reflects the readability of another section.
Rosli Mohamad, Azhar Abdul Rahman
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Improving health literacy with mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccination: comparison of the readability of MMR patient-facing literature and MMR scientific abstracts

open access: yesTherapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy, 2022
Background: Historically, there have been many factors that have influenced mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine uptake, including media bias, social/economic determinants, parental education level, deprivation and concerns over vaccine safety ...
Tina Downey   +2 more
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IFRS adoption and the readability of corporate annual reports: evidence from an emerging market

open access: yesFuture Business Journal, 2023
This study aims to investigate the impact of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the readability of corporate annual reports of Saudi companies.
Ibrahim El-Sayed Ebaid
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Readability of state-sponsored advance directive forms in the United States: a cross sectional study

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2010
Background State governments provide preprinted advance directive forms to the general public. However, many adults in the United States (US) lack the skills necessary to read and comprehend health care-related materials.
Mueller Paul S   +2 more
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