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The Parish and the World in Irish Poetry [PDF]
University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series, 2019 Starting with Patrick Kavanagh's distinction between the parish and the province as source and audience for poetry, the essay goes on to Seamus Heaney's essay 'The Sense of Place', to revisit his question of how particular to Irish writing these ...
Bernard O'Donoghue
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Topic familiarity effects on performance in speaking assessment tasks [PDF]
, 2023 Speaking assessment is believed to be difficult in its expansion and execution. Thus, it is a challenge for teachers in preparing students for speaking tests.
Ismail, Liliati +9 more
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Social familiarity affects Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana diana) alarm call responses in habitat-specific ways [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Male Diana monkeys produce loud and acoustically distinct alarm calls to leopards and eagles that propagate over long distances, much beyond the immediate group.
Claudia Stephan, Klaus Zuberbühler
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Familiar and unfamiliar face recognition in crested macaques (Macaca nigra) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Many species use facial features to identify conspecifics, which is necessary to navigate a complex social environment. The fundamental mechanisms underlying face processing are starting to be well understood in a variety of primate species.
Jérôme Micheletta +5 more
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Un tal Ernestico/a certain Ernestico: On the structure of proper names
Glossa, 2019 Proper names are usually assumed to be definite. In this paper we question this assumption by analyzing the Spanish construction un tal ‘X’ ‘a certain ‘X’’.
José Camacho
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Neuron, 2010 Work by Agus and colleagues in this issue of Neuron defines a human mechanism for the rapid learning of novel noises. The noises do not have a verbal label, and are stored accurately for weeks.
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Ecological correlates of group integrity among dispersing cliff swallows
Ecosphere, 2019 Breeding colonies of birds represent groups of individuals that associate during one breeding season, at least partially dissociate for the non‐breeding season, and may re‐associate the next year through collective settlement at another breeding site ...
Stacey L. Hannebaum +2 more
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The determinants of cash waqf re-endow intention in Malaysia
al-Uqud: Journal of Islamic Economics, 2023 Cash waqf has significant potential to improve Muslims' economies, particularly in financing social and cultural activities. Most governments today are experiencing financial difficulties, with inadequate means to cover public needs and ensure that all ...
Marina Kassim +3 more
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Defining familiarity in nursing homes providing care for residents with dementia: a scoping review
Frontiers in DementiaObjectiveThis study explores the underpinning definitions associated with familiarity in the context of dementia inclusive design and nursing home environment.BackgroundEnvironmental design in nursing homes impacts the quality of life and care of ...
Joanna Sun, Sumiyo Brennan, Therese Doan
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld +5 more
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