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The Need for a Revolution in the Philosophy of Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
There is a need to bring about a revolution in the philosophy of science, interpreted to be both the academic discipline, and the official view of the aims and methods of science upheld by the scientific community.
Maxwell, Nicholas, Maxwell, N
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Structural insights and therapeutic targets in Acinetobacter baumannii capsule biosynthesis

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Hypervirulent KL49 A. baumannii's capsular polysaccharide contains the nonulosonic acid 8‐epi‐Leg5,7Ac2, synthesized by epimerization via ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC. Crystal structures of ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC reveal their role in CMP‐Leg5,7Ac2 synthesis and regioselective C8 epimerization.
Woo Cheol Lee   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speak clearly, connect globally: The integration of pronunciation and intercultural communicative competence in L2 learning

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
This classroom-based study examines how student teachers of English perceive pronunciation constructs: comprehensibility, intelligibility, accentedness, and intercultural communicative competence (ICC), after completing a research-led pronunciation task.
Pedro Luis Luchini
doaj   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEMPORAL PROSODIC PARAMETERS IN THE SPEECH OF FOREIGN STUDENTS LEARNING THE BULGARIAN LANGUAGE [PDF]

open access: yesЕзиков свят
The work examines the prosodic realization of the Bulgarian word stress in the speech of Chinese Mandarin speakers, with the aim of outlining the parameters that make the comprehensibility of their speech difficult.
Mirena Patseva
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling stem cell differentiation related processes—A practical overview for biologists

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Stem cell differentiation is complex and difficult to control experimentally. This review introduces suitable computational modelling approaches that can support stem cell research, from mechanistic ODE and abstract models to multiscale and deep learning methods.
Ricco Zeegelaar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The comprehensibility of pantomimes produced by people with aphasia

open access: yes, 2017
Background: People with aphasia (PWA) use pantomime, gesture in absence of speech, differently from non-brain-damaged people (NBDP). Aims: To evaluate through an exploratory study the comprehensibility of PWA's pantomimes and to find out whether they can
Nispen, K. (Karin) van   +2 more
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Complexity, Comprehensibility, and Translatability from Russian: Traditional vs. Digital Methods

open access: yesВиртуальная коммуникация и социальные сети
Reverse machine translation is an effective method of text evaluation in terms of complexity, comprehensibility, and translatability. It highlights potential translation difficulties at the pre-translation stage. Translatability and comprehensibility are
Victoria S. Melnikova
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Speaker Accent and Listener Background on FL Learners’ Perceptions of Regional Italian Varieties

open access: yesLanguages
In today’s globalized world, foreign language (FL) communication is characterized by the presence of regional variations that can impact L2 learners’ speech perception in their target language.
Katherine Yaw, Tania Ferronato
doaj   +1 more source

Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Practical Certainty and Cosmological Conjectures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
We ordinarily assume that we have reliable knowledge of our immediate surroundings, so much so that almost all the time we entrust our lives to the truth of what we take ourselves to know, without a moment’s thought.
Maxwell, Nicholas, Maxwell, N
core  

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