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Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey +5 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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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although research on sustainability in the healthcare sector is growing, limited attention has been paid to how pharmaceutical companies can be motivated to engage more actively in achieving net‐zero healthcare goals. This study argues that the breadth of directors' experiences—across educational, industrial, and organizational domains—can ...
Ruixin Su, Jianguo Du, Si Li
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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract While there is an increasing interest in the role of emotions in policy studies, not much is known about how emotions unfold in one of the most emotional situations that can be encountered in politics: political scandals. To investigate how the discursive articulation of emotions shapes the policy responses to political misconduct from a ...
Rosa Sanchez Salgado, Seda Gürkan
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Are South African print newspaper narratives reframed for Internet news portals or not?
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2016 This paper deals with the translation of newspaper texts from Afrikaans/English newspapers for Afrikaans/English Internet news portals. In this paper I discuss to what extent newspaper reports, selected for translation and subsequent publication on the ...
Feinauer, Ilse
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Tolkien and Sanskrit (2016) by Mark T. Hooker [PDF]
, 2016 Book review of Tolkien and Sanskrit (2016) by Mark T ...
Goering, Nelson
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Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A Summer Research Program (SRP) at a large public university in the southern United States prepares undergraduate STEM majors to engage with high school students from underrepresented backgrounds. Grounded in culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) and layered mentorship, SRP fosters inclusive teaching practices and professional growth among ...
Mariam A. Manuel +4 more
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“LAS PALABRAS VUELAN, LO ESCRITO SE QUEDA” (THE WORDS FLY, THE WRITTEN STAYS)
Proverbium, 2014 The aim of this article is to define the literary and linguistic characteristics of proverbs in Haketia in order to examine the proverb as an expression of ethnic identity.
Tamar Alexander, Yaakov Bentolila
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Are dialects markers of ethnic identity? the case of Setswana dialects and ethnic groups
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2019 Many studies on dialects present language in neat, organised groupings that highlight similar language habits and linguistic features of people who belong to the same social, linguistic or regional group.
Bagwasi, Mompoloki Mmangaka
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Development and psychometric properties of a general cancer stigma scale
International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.What's New? Cancer‐related stigma can fuel anxiety and depression and lead to self‐isolation, delayed treatment, and decreased quality of life. The extent to which stigma impacts cancer patients, however, remains uncertain. This study applied mixed methods in high‐ and low‐income settings, with cohorts in the U.S. state of Utah and Lilongwe, Malawi, to
Stephen M. Kimani +11 more
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