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A conversation analytical study of call openings in Emergency Medical Service calls where the patient is at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [PDF]

Resuscitation Plus
Background: The Chain of Survival identifies the importance of early recognition of patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Kim Kirby, Sarah Voss, Jonathan Benger, Rebecca K. Barnes   +3 more
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How to Open Conversations? A Generic Study of the Grammatical Forms, Sentential Types, Semantic Categories, and Social Actions of English Conversation Openings

SAGE Open
Conversation openings are crucial for effective daily communication. However, existing research predominantly focuses on their sequential structures, with little attention given to their linguistic features and variations across different genres.
Min Li, Yingying Chen
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Reclaiming Civility: Towards Discursive Opening in Dialogue and Deliberation

Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2021
In the midst of polarization often linked to incivility and a 'call out' culture, this paper re-imagines the role of civility. Moving away from reductionist definitions that claim civility is either oppressive or merely politeness, the authors argue for ...
Jennifer Borda, Renee Heath
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Text Message Openings in Mandarin in the Digital Age

Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL
This study explores the opening sequences of Mandarin text messages on WeChat, focusing on the role of the phrase zaima, meaning are you there? in English, in digital communication. While conversation openings have been widely studied in face-to-face and
Lily Linai Zu
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From appearings to disengagements

Social Interaction, 2020
In this article, we examine openings and closings in video-mediated tele-homecare for older adults in Finland, using multimodal conversation analysis.
Sakari Ilomäki, Johanna Ruusuvuori
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Oklahoma-Auschwitz: America, Kafka's first novel [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2014
Novel America consists of a series of fragments. It is built on the principles of expansion and compression, where the writer describes in detail what happened to Carl Rosmman, the main character of the novel (for instance, the conversation in the ...
Kostić Dragomir J.
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Unpacking the Prison Food Paradox: Formerly Incarcerated Individuals’ Experience of Food within Federal Prisons in Canada

Studies in Social Justice, 2023
This paper presents findings from a survey conducted with formerly incarcerated individuals on their experiences of food and food systems within federal prisons in Canada. Beyond affirming the many problems with the quality and quantity of food provided
Amanda Wilson
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Application of transparent microperforated panels to acrylic partitions for desktop use: A case study by prototyping

UCL Open Environment, 2021
There are various measures currently in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19); however, in some cases, these can have an adverse effect on the acoustic environment in buildings.
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“tsɑrɑŋ?” - Telephone Conversation Openings in the Rushani Language

Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2019
This paper uses conversation analysis (CA) to examine telephone conversation openings in an unwritten and understudied language, Rushani, spoken primarily in remote, mountainous areas of Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
John Terry Dundon
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“All of Us” before God: Phenomenological Contours of the Liturgical Assembly according to Franz Rosenzweig and Jean-Yves Lacoste

Religions, 2021
This article treats the notion of liturgical experience that was introduced into contemporary philosophy by Franz Rosenzweig at the start of the twentieth century.
Marie-Aimée Manchon
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