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Data-driven Extraction of Intonation Contour Classes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper we introduce the first steps towards a new datadriven method for extraction of intonation events that does not require any prerequisite prosodic labelling.
Reichel, Uwe D.
core   +2 more sources

Investigation on hard‐rock breaking performance and auxiliary mechanism of picks assisted with both‐sided high‐pressure water jets

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper investigates the high‐pressure water jet‐pick combined rock‐breaking mode (HPC), which employs high‐pressure water jets to precut grooves on both sides of the picks. The rock‐breaking patterns and performance of the HPC method are obtained, and the auxiliary rock‐breaking mechanism of water jet grooving is revealed.
Jingjing Lu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farewell - a Sorrowful Word ( Farewell - a Genre, a Concept, a Speech Act?)

open access: yesRussian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN, 2015
In the article the author focuses on the concept of “farewell” and provides the procedure for its investigation different from the one having been applied in the recent decade in Russian linguistics, where the entrenchment of the latter has been affected
Eleonora Rufimovna Lassan
doaj  

The learning process model for intercultural partnerships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper addresses the issue of how learning can support intercultural effectiveness and is one of the outputs of the eChina-UK Programme. In this paper I synthesise theory and evidence from a number of fields in order to propose a practical model of
Reid, S. (Stuart)
core  

Sonographic Anatomy and Imaging of the Extracranial Component of the Hypoglossal Nerve (CNXII)

open access: yesJournal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
The hypoglossal nerve (HN) provides motor innervation to tongue muscles responsible for tongue movement, speech, mastication, swallowing, respiratory functions and management of oral secretions. The intracranial component of the HN can be demonstrated on magnetic resonance imaging and the extracranial component can be demonstrated with sonographic ...
Michelle Fenech   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical Foundations of the Contextual Theory of Mind [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The contextual mind is found attested in various usages of the term complement, in the background of Kant. The difficulties of Kant's intuitionism are taken up through Quine, but referential opacity is resolved as semantic presence in lived context.
antiquari(at)vodamail(dot)co(dot)za, Mr S.A. Orwin O'Dowd
core  

Language as “Resource”? Why Science Education's Raciolinguistic Histories Matter Today

open access: yesJournal of Research in Science Teaching, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our study explores how US science education has evaluated multilingual students' languages as deficits and/or assets by comparing them against normative ideals. As a raciolinguistic genealogy, the study situates current premises of language in science education (e.g., as problem versus resource) within epistemological practices shaping the ...
Kathryn L. Kirchgasler, Diego Román
wiley   +1 more source

Automatic acquisition of LFG resources for German - as good as it gets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We present data-driven methods for the acquisition of LFG resources from two German treebanks. We discuss problems specific to semi-free word order languages as well as problems arising fromthe data structures determined by the design of the different ...
Rehbein, Ines, van Genabith, Josef
core   +1 more source

Epiglottis Collapse in Individuals With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

open access: yesWorld Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder characterized by repeated upper airway collapse during sleep. The epiglottis, often overlooked in conventional assessments, has emerged as a site of significant obstruction in OSA.
Dan Chen   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming Institutional Immobility? Evaluating Employment Outcomes of Repatriated Chinese Migrants From Overseas Civil Engineering Projects

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines variations in the post‐repatriation employment outcomes of returnees from employer‐administered cross‐country assignments in a Chinese state‐owned enterprise. Analysis of interviews and documents led us to question whether and how the repatriates, including individuals on continuous and temporary employment, made use of ...
Yu Zheng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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