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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2019 This article explores the discursive practice of editorial writing in Runyankore-Rukiga print media. It also explicates the generic structure of Runyankore-Rukiga editorial text and the rhetorical devices that the editorial writers have invoked to ...
Mugumya, Levis
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cosmetics production and consumption, which have been growing steadily in recent years, are associated with a number of negative environmental, moral, and health impacts. This study examines the influence of cosmetics producers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication on the formation of purchase intention among Czech consumers ...
Libena Tetrevova +4 more
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Operating in perpetual motion? Coping with the dark side of global boundary spanning
Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This paper explores how individuals experience and cope with the demands of global boundary spanning in multinational enterprises (MNEs). We foreground temporary colocation as a modality through which mobile global boundary spanners repeatedly traverse multiple boundaries, triggering intense demands with adverse consequences ...
Kieran M. Conroy +2 more
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Sprachenpolitik in Europa – Tatsachen und Perspektiven
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2009 This paper characterizes the linguistic situation in Europe in the context of the global language situation. It describes the significance of the "Project Nation" for the European national languages. European unification after World War II is examined in
Ehlich, Konrad
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Objective This study examined the psychometric properties of the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression scale (EPDS) in a large‐scale community‐based perinatal sample in the Philippines. Methods This study involved a total of 1025 pregnant women (n = 356), postpartum women (n = 500), and women who experienced stillbirth or neonatal death (n = 169 ...
Arbie Diane Flores‐Davantes +13 more
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Foreign language teaching and learning: challenges and opportunities at Makerere University
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2010 At Makerere University, foreign language courses in French, German and Arabic are attended by a variety of students at beginner, advanced and voluntary levels.
Wagaba, William
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Psychometric Analysis of Scores on the GAD‐7 With University Students
Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explored the psychometric characteristics of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder seven‐item screener (GAD‐7) scores. The 568 US university student participant responses yielded a unidimensional factor structure with mostly excellent fit statistics.
Elizabeth L. Sweeting +5 more
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2016 This study is motivated by existing information on the discontinuity between home literacy practices and school literacy expectations of learners who typically speak a local variety of their mother tongue which differs in various ways from the ...
Brand, Irene
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Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study investigated the perceived stressors and resilience factors among dental hygiene (DH) students in the United States (US) and Japan. Methods A cross‐sectional survey was administered to a convenience sample of DH students from two US DH programs and one DH program in Japan.
Michelle C. Arnett +6 more
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Providing truly patient-centred care: Harnessing the pragmatic power of interpreters
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2014 In order to achieve the aims set out in South Africa’s National Policy on Quality in Health Care (2007:4), the gap between standards and actual practice must be measured, reduced, and ultimately, eradicated.
Wallmach, Kim
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