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Comparative analysis of idiom selection and sequencing 5 in Estonian basic school EFL coursebooks

open access: yesEesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2017
The article investigates the selection and sequencing of the idioms encountered in two locally-produced and international coursebook series currently employed in Estonian basic schools.
Rita Anita Forssten   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Video and Text‐Based Supplemental Health Information and Consumer Willingness to Pay for Nutrient‐Enhanced Eggs

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutritional information is very important in the food choices of consumers. However, when they are too scientific or technical, they have the potential to confuse consumers, resulting in information asymmetry and dissuading them from making beneficial choices.
Edeoba W. Edobor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culture as Reflected in Somatic Idioms [PDF]

open access: yesFilolog, 2019
The aims of this paper are threefold: first, to analyse the ways in which culture is reflected in idioms; second, to discuss the role of body-part words in idioms; third, to determine the differences and similarities between the English and Georgian ...
Irine Goshkheteliani
doaj   +1 more source

Programmable Flocks: Hierarchical Swarm Control via Dynamic Parameter Injection

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
We present a method for the control of robot swarms which allows the shaping and the translation of patterns of simple robots (“smart particles”), using two types of devices. These two types represent a hierarchy: a larger group of simple, oblivious robots (which we call the workers) that is governed by simple local attraction forces and a smaller ...
Vivek Shankar Varadharajan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategy of Idiom Translation from English to Indonesian: The Case of the Novel Rich People Problems

open access: yesVivid: Journal of Language and Literature, 2023
In idiom translation, strategies are employed to find equivalent results from the source language to the target language. There are challenges in translating idioms.
Lutfi Efendi, Tofan Dwi Hardjanto
doaj   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grammatical Idioms

open access: yesLinguistica Pragensia, 2007
František Čermák: GRAMMATICAL IDIOMS It is argued that multi-word lexemes, existing for all classes of single-word lexemes, are an important and growing extension well deserving more study. A notable part of this is to be found in idioms, too, including grammatical idioms, whose prominent class, that of multi-word idiomatic prepositions is studied here
openaire   +2 more sources

A Pragmatic Trial of a Shared Decision‐Making Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The HCQ‐SAFE Study

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) nonadherence in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) stemming from decision complexities can be improved with shared decision‐making (SDM) tools clarifying benefits and harms. This study aimed to develop and evaluate HCQ‐SAFE, a pictogram‐based SDM tool during SLE visits.
Caroline Packee   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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