Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public appointments shape the top‐level bureaucracy by serving as a gateway for professionals with different profiles, chosen based on different criteria. In general, the literature has been more interested in analyzing appointments based on merit or sponsorship, based on verification of loyalty to the government or technical competence ...
André Vaz Lopes +1 more
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Factors influencing medical students' decisions to remain at their alma mater for postgraduate clinical training: A cross-sectional study in Japan. [PDF]
PLoS OneHamatsu K +5 more
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School Choice Among Latinx Families: How Experiential Knowledge Informs Choice Over Time
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Across the United States, school choice options continue to grow, and Latinx families represent a large and growing share of those opting into choice schools. Yet research on school choice has primarily focused on Black and White families. In this article, we examine how Latinx families select schools for their children and highlight how these
Julia Szabo, Anna Rhodes
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The development of nutrition and dietetics education and accreditation system in Indonesia and various countries: A narrative review. [PDF]
Asia Pac J Clin NutrTsani AFA +5 more
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract This paper addresses the geography of translation by exploring the re‐scripting of Indian spirituality into and through consumerism. More specifically, it examines the interplay between ‘Indian’, ‘modern’, and ‘Western’ in the advertising language deployed by the company Patanjali.
Raksha Pande, Alastair Bonnett
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Particle verbs versus simplex verbs in Maldivian English
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract Notwithstanding current indications that English might soon become the country's dominant L1, the structures of English in the Maldives have—despite laudable exceptions—not yet received sufficient academic attention. The present paper studies the contrast between simplex verbs (e.g.
Tobias Bernaisch +2 more
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The Evolution and Challenges of Family Medicine in Kyrgyzstan: A Health System Analysis. [PDF]
Fam MedAsanbek Kyzy A +6 more
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Exploring cultural and linguistic diversity in the English‐medium instruction university
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This study utilizes questionnaires, interviews, and universities’ web content and strategy documents to investigate the reasons behind the rise of English‐medium instruction in Türkiye's higher education and its implications for intercultural communication.
Talip Gülle +2 more
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Integrating digital technologies in dental technician education: A comparative study of national examination in Asian countries. [PDF]
J Dent SciHsu MS, Yeh CL, Cheng SJ, Lin CP.
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Okay in intercultural lingua franca interactions between Chinese and British postgraduate students
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract The forms and functions of okay have been investigated extensively in contexts where interlocutors speak the same language (e.g., German, Hungarian, and Swedish). Conversely, comparatively few studies have been conducted on how okay is used among people who do not share the same first language, such as lingua franca encounters.
Angela Sabbah‐Taylor +1 more
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