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Dodgy data, language invisibility and the implications for social inclusion: A critical analysis of indigenous student language data in Queensland Schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As part of the ‘Bridging the Language Gap’ project undertaken with 86 State and Catholic schools across Queensland, the language competencies of Indigenous students have been found to be ‘invisible’ in several key and self-reinforcing ways in ...
Angelo, Denise, Dixon, Sally
core   +1 more source

CATEGORY OF BLINDNESS: SHIFT IN INTERPRETIVE MODELS (OUTLINES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF E. PORTER’S NOVEL “DAWN”)

open access: yesОсвітній дискурс
Relevance of the research. The need to investigate the phenomenon of blindness in literature arises from its ability not only to deepen the interpretive potential of a literary text but also to contribute to the renewal of cultural and social perceptions
Uliana Zhornokui
doaj   +1 more source

The Strategies Used by Visually Impaired and Blind People in Iran to Cope With Difficulty Performing Daily Living Activities

open access: yesJournal of Rehabilitation, 2021
Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the strategies used by visually impaired and blind people in Iran to cope with difficulty performing daily living activities.
Mohammad Kamali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A CONTEXTUAL-ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF NZEMA PROVERBS RELATED TO SOME ‘MEDICAL CONDITIONS’

open access: yesProverbium, 2023
Proverbs are terse but ‘condensed’ expressions which contain moral lessons. In every culture, proverbs form part of the nuggets of popular wisdom, expressed in the form of wise sayings (Maledo 2015).
Mohammed Yakub
doaj   +1 more source

A Model of Emergent Category-specific Activation in the Posterior Fusiform Gyrus of Sighted and Congenitally Blind Populations

open access: yesJournal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2015
Abstract Theories about the neural bases of semantic knowledge tend between two poles, one proposing that distinct brain regions are innately dedicated to different conceptual domains and the other suggesting that all concepts are encoded within a single network.
Chen, Lang, Rogers, Timothy T.
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Models for the Blind

open access: yes19, 2014
When displayed in museum cabinets, tactile objects that were once used in the education of blind and visually impaired people, appear to us, sighted visitors, as anything but tactile.
Jan Eric Olsén
doaj   +2 more sources

DR-IIXRN : Detection Algorithm of Diabetic Retinopathy Based on Deep Ensemble Learning and Attention Mechanism

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2021
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the common chronic complications of diabetes and the most common blinding eye disease. If not treated in time, it might lead to visual impairment and even blindness in severe cases.
Zhuang Ai   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contextualizing the blogosphere: A comparison of traditional and novel user interfaces for the web [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper, we investigate how contextual user interfaces affect blog reading experience. Based on a review of previous research, we argue why and how contextualization may result in (H1) enhanced blog reading experiences. In an eyetracking experiment,
Laqua, S, Ogbechie, N, Sasse, MA
core   +1 more source

Categories that Blind Us, Categories that Bind Them: The Deployment of the Notion of Vulnerability for Syrian Refugees in Turkey

open access: yesJournal of Refugee Studies, 2019
Abstract In policy projects on refugees, the concept ‘vulnerable populations’ is treated as self-evident and any policy intervention about vulnerable refugees is seen as inherently positive. Before all else, such interest in ‘the most vulnerable of the vulnerable’ recalls the most virtuous aspects of heavily criticized humanitarianism ...
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