Script Reform, Human Capital and Social Change: Evidence From Uzbekistan's Latin Alphabet Transition
ABSTRACT Script reforms are common nation‐building tools, yet rigorous evidence on their effects is scarce. This paper examines Uzbekistan's transition from Cyrillic to Latin script, mandated in 1993 and implemented in schools from 1996. I study heterogeneous effects across initial conditions using a difference‐in‐differences design that exploits ...
Angelina Nazarova
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A multistream attention based neural network for visual speech recognition and sign language understanding. [PDF]
Talaat FM, Hassan BM.
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ABSTRACT Objectives To analyse the accuracy of traditional endodontic accesses performed in a pre‐clinical Endodontics laboratory by fifth‐semester dental students. Methods The analysis was divided into two parts: (A) through radiographic and photographic images obtained in a standardized manner, the quality of traditional endodontic accesses and the ...
Crislaine Barboza Silva +7 more
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Machine Learning-Based Detection of Parkinson's Disease From Arabic Speech: A Cross-Linguistic Validation Study. [PDF]
Hassanat AB +8 more
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ABSTRACT Background Preparedness for clinical practice is an overarching aim of dental hygiene education and reflects graduates' ability to provide safe and competent patient care. While competency‐based curricula aim to ensure readiness for professional practice, evidence suggests that graduates may still encounter challenges during the transition ...
Suadah Ismail Asraf +2 more
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Exploring Wav2Vec2 XLSR-53 and Whisper-small for Telugu language speech-to-text: a fine-tuning approach. [PDF]
Dar MA +3 more
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Taking stock of gendered social networks in organizations and careers: A literature review
Abstract Ample research has explored men's and women's social networks, with the aim to link differences in structural properties of networks and networking behaviors to varying career outcomes. Despite the diverse contexts and methods, representing many aspects and nuances of the role played by gender in organizations, much of contemporary research ...
Sofiya Voytiv +4 more
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A Benchmark Corpus of Yemeni Proverbs for Figurative and Cultural Language Modeling. [PDF]
Thmer N +3 more
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Sexual Compliance in Committed Relationships: Motives, Prevalence, and Relational Impact
ABSTRACT Objectives Sexual compliance, defined as engaging in sexual activity without personal desire, is a common but underexplored phenomenon in committed relationships. This study investigated motivations and associations with sexual and relational satisfaction, particularly in culturally conservative contexts shaped by traditional norms.
Wafaa Sowan +4 more
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Advancing Arabic automated essay scoring through cross-encoder BERT models and interpretable explanations. [PDF]
Mostafa AM +7 more
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