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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
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, 2012 This paper explores the various ways in which Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s La Respuesta, Sandra Cisneros’s “Woman Hollering Creek,” and María Luisa Bombal’s “The Tree” address the theme of silence.
Frantz, Hannah M.
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Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.Abstract Prioritization is a central component of natural resource management because conservation needs routinely exceed available resources. Waterfowl and wetland conservation programs in North America are at the forefront of landscape‐scale prioritization and transboundary management decisions due to the migratory nature of ducks, geese, and swans ...
Anastasia Couvillon +6 more
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X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Portable X‐ray computed tomography (portable CT) has become an important tool for the non‐destructive investigation of cultural heritage objects, particularly when in situ analysis is required. This work presents the experimental characterization and application of a transportable cone‐beam CT system designed for the inspection of large and ...
Anderson de Paula +7 more
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Shaped electrodes for adaptive X‐ray optics
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, EarlyView.For adaptive X‐ray optics on high‐performance beamline optical systems, we describe an approach to mirror figure and slope control using patterned, shaped electrodes to control the local curvature on a lithium niobate substrate from a single applied voltage. Longitudinally continuous electrode patterns achieve target shapes without discontinuities, and
Kenneth A. Goldberg +2 more
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The Church: Towards a Common Vision
Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2014 THE CHURCH: Towards a Common Vision. Faith and Order Paper No. 214, Geneva, World Council of Churches (WCC), 2013. - URL: http:// www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/wcc+commissions/faith+and+order+commission/ i+unity+the+church+and+its+mission/the+
Александр ГЕЙЧЕНКО
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Opportunities for the Labour Party: Football, Class and Community Renewal
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that football represents an underutilised opportunity for the Labour Party to anchor a wider programme of civic renewal. In many working‐class communities, the decline of trade unions, working men's clubs and other associational spaces has eroded collective life, leaving football clubs as rare institutions where dignity ...
Sam Taylor Hill
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The production‐distribution‐consumption triad has structured how anthropologists understand exchange for roughly a century. This article argues for expanding this triad to include an explicit focus on acquisition – the systems, processes, and practices of acquiring.
Hanna Garth
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
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Hartford Puritanism: Thomas Hooker, Samuel Stone, and Their Terrifying God
, 2015 Statues of Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone grace downtown Hartford, Connecticut, but few residents are aware of the distinctive version of Puritanism that these founding ministers of Hartford\u27s First Church carried into the Connecticut wilderness (or ...
Instituto agrícola Murciano de San Isidro +1 more
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