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Early Pliocene Varanus (Squamata, Varanidae) remains from Megalo Emvolon, Thessaloniki, Greece

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
The article describes new cranial and postcranial varanid material from Megalo Emvolon Lower Pliocene vertebrate fossil site near Thessaloniki. The fossils, likely representing a single individual, are referred to Varanus cf. marathonensis. Abstract This study describes new fossil varanid material from a recently discovered fossil spot (MVL site) at ...
Chara Drakopoulou, Georgios L. Georgalis, Georgios Lazaridis, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos   +3 more
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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
wiley   +1 more source

Student Perceptions of Digital Tools in Language and Translation Programs: A Survey-Based Case Study at the University of Maribor, Slovenia

Education Sciences
This study investigates how students of English Language and Literature Studies and those of Translation at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, perceive and engage with digital tools in academic and language learning contexts.
Bernarda Leva, Tomaž Onič, Tadej Todorović, Jurij Urh, David Hazemali   +4 more
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The cranial, mandibular, and hyoid anatomy of softshell turtles (Trionychidae): A revised character list for phylogenetic analysis

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Softshell turtles (Pan‐Trionychidae) are an early branching clade of hidden‐necked turtles (Cryptodira) with a rich fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous. The evolutionary history of softshell turtles is still unresolved because of their conservative morphology combined with high levels of polymorphism related to morphological ...
Léa C. Girard, Walter G. Joyce
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of Lonchidiidae (Hybodontiformes) from the Late Jurassic of Brazil (Aliança Formation, Jatobá Basin)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Aliança Formation (Jatobá Basin) represents lacustrine deposits formed in oxygenated waters that hosted a diverse fauna, including Hybodontiform sharks. Within this group, the Family Lonchidiidae comprises 11 valid genera, with Parvodus previously reported in Brazilian deposits from the Brejo Santo Formation (Araripe Basin, Late Jurassic ...
Larissa de Souza Ribeiro, Marco Aurélio Gallo de França   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical perspectives on language planning and policy in Africa: accounting for the notion of multilingualism

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2009
This paper draws on the notion of multilingualism as social practice (Heller 2007) to critique postcolonial language planning and policies in Africa. Drawing on illustrations from Ethnologue's (2009) languages of Africa, studies on language planning and ...
Banda, Felix
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Redescription of the Triassic cynodont Cistecynodon parvus and reassessment of its phylogeny

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Cynodontia is an important subclade of Therapsida that first occurred in the late Permian. It includes extinct subclades which are the non‐mammaliaform cynodonts and Mammaliaformes, with the latter ultimately giving rise to crown mammals. The systematics of non‐mammaliaform cynodonts has been extensively studied and is relatively well‐resolved,
Erin S. Lund, Frederik P. Wolvaardt, Roger M. H. Smith, Jaganmoy Jodder, Julien Benoit   +4 more
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HIV/AIDS messagingin Germany and Nigeria : a corpus linguistics study

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2012
Modelling success in HIV messaging is notoriously difficult in part because of the diversity of disciplines interested in the subject (e.g. public health, psychology, communication, education, sociology, linguistics) and the claims made in each, often on
Antia, Bassey E., Razum, Oliver
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Vocabulary of Autistic Preschool Children With Limited Language: Alignment With Early Word Inventories

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a critical need to understand the early vocabulary of young children with autism who have limited language, defined in this study as producing fewer than 20 different spontaneous and functional spoken or augmented words, to better inform educational targets and vocabulary selection for spoken as well as augmentative and alternative ...
Eunji Kong, Yitong Jiang, Marina Crain, Wenjing Bao, Lynne Levato, Wendy Shih, Connie Kasari, Stephanie Shire   +7 more
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Germanistikstudium in Marokko – Probleme und Perspektiven

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2009
In many African countries, German Studies has recently come under increasing pressure. In view of the globalization of economic and cultural processes, as well as the wider acceptance of French and English, German Studies finds itself in growing ...
Bouchara, Abdelaziz
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