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The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni +7 more
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Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu +4 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa +3 more
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Advancing pharmacometrics in Africa—Transition from capacity development toward job creation
CPT: Pharmacometrics &Systems Pharmacology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 407-419, March 2025.Abstract Trained pharmacometricians remain scarce in Africa due to limited training opportunities, lack of a pharmaceutical product development ecosystem, and emigration to high‐income countries. The Applied Pharmacometrics Training (APT) fellowship program was established to address these gaps and specifically foster job creation for talent retention.
Goonaseelan (Colin) Pillai +10 more
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Not Batting an Eye: Figurative Meanings of L2 Idioms Do Not Interfere with Literal Uses
LanguagesEncountering idioms (hit the sack = “go to bed”) in a second language (L2) often results in a literal-first understanding (“literally hit a sack”). The figurative meaning is retrieved later, subject to idiom familiarity and L2 proficiency, and typically ...
Marianna Kyriacou, Franziska Köder
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It\u27s Raining, It\u27s Pouring [PDF]
, 1992 Do teachers still tell students not to say They say summer\u27s going to be cool or They say magenta and turquoise are the hot new colors because they in this usage is too indefinite? Who does it refer to?
Haugaard, Kay
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past decades, science education research has extensively examined the role of metaphors in teaching and learning science. However, much of the existing research has focused on verbal manifestations of metaphors, thereby overlooking aspects of metaphors that may occur in non‐verbal form. This study reconceptualises metaphors as dynamic
Magdalena Kersting +2 more
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Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 1993 Opisuje se loborski idiom, i to fonologija sinkrono i dijakrono, te karakteristike morfologije i tvorbe. Loborska kajkavština idiom je koji pripada malom ljudskom kolektivu, ali je po nekim svojim karakteristikama specifična u mozaiku kajkavskoga ...
Vesna Zečević
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Language and CognitionIdioms are undoubtedly important for second language (L2) learners, who encounter them in instructed learning, textbooks/resources and in out-of-class language use.
David O’Reilly +5 more
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Comparative analysis of English and Russian idioms of nationality and ethnicity [PDF]
, 2013 http://tartu.ester.ee/record=b2654459~S1 ...
Rikkinen, Oksana
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