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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source

Processing Definite Descriptions in Corpora

open access: yes, 1997
We discuss in this paper a system that resolves definite descriptions in written texts. A preliminary study of definite descriptions in a collection of 20 texts revealed that about 30% of the 1040 definites in the collection were cases of anaphoric ...
Renata Vieira, Massimo Poesio
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The Meaning and Semantics of Singular Definite Noun Phrases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In my dissertation I develop a uniform, purely-referential account of all singular definitenoun phrases. The first chapter argues that names, pronouns and definite description areused to accomplish a single communicative function: namely, to convey the ...
Nichols, Paul
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Use of Machine Learning to Identify Markers of Risk for Fragile X‐Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome: A Preliminary Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to examine whether machine learning has the capacity to prospectively identify and predict the emergence of Fragile X‐associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) among male fragile X premutation carriers (PCs). Methods We explored neuropsychological and motor evaluation metrics, brain magnetic resonance imaging ...
Chitrabhanu Gupta   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pre‐Diagnostic Plasma Carotenoids, Tocopherols and Retinol Levels, and Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Our goal was to examine whether pre‐diagnostic plasma carotenoids and tocopherols are associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods A nested case–control study within 4 United States cohorts, where 154 participants with pre‐diagnostic blood‐draw, were diagnosed during follow‐up with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Controls
Éilis J. O'Reilly   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oil and gas business specialists’ professional discourse structure and functions study

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2018
The article deals with professional discourse which is defined as a speech in the aspect of the event, permeated with extralinguistic, sociocultural, psychological, professional and other factors, as a verbal communication aimed at theoretical and ...
Samigullina Liliya Z.   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Relevance Theoretic Account of Definite Descriptions

open access: yes, 2014
Ph.D.Definite descriptions have a number of different readings, the most prominent being the referential and attributive readings. On the referential reading, the description `The current President of the USA' is interpreted as "Barack Obama"; read ...
Puglisi, Diana
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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Is Characterized by a Distinct Proteomic Profile

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objectives The pathophysiology of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is poorly understood and disease‐specific biomarkers are lacking. We aimed to shed light on IIH pathophysiology and identify disease‐specific biomarkers. Methods This prospective cross‐sectional cohort study included patients with new‐onset IIH and age‐, body mass index‐, and ...
Santosh D. Bhosale   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The President and the Man on the Street: Definite Descriptions and Proper Names across Possible Situations

open access: yes, 2019
Kripke’s “modal argument” uses consideration about scope within modal contexts to show that proper names and definite descriptions must be of two different semantic types.
Rothschild, Daniel
core   +1 more source

Revisiting paravertebral muscles in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) (Leporidae; Lagomorpha)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Domesticated European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) have long been chosen as laboratory model organisms. Despite this, there has been no definitive study of the vertebral musculature of wild rabbits. Relevant descriptions of well‐studied veterinary model mammals (such as dogs) are generally applicable, but not appropriate for a species ...
Nuttakorn Taewcharoen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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