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Medical writing for non-native English speakers: Help for usage of articles [PDF]

open access: yesScripta Medica, 2019
Many non-native English speakers, especially those whose mother language has no articles (like Slavic languages) make mistakes when they speak or write English. This may sound rather rough to English-speaking listeners or readers.
Škrbić Ranko, Igić Rajko
doaj  

Novel finite and fixed-time stability theorems for fractional-order impulsive discontinuous systems and their application to multi-agent systems

open access: yesResults in Control and Optimization, 2022
This article studies the finite-time (FNT) and fixed-time (FXT) stability theorems of general fractional-order impulsive discontinuous systems (FOIDSs) through an indefinite Lyapunov functional (LF) approach.
K. Udhayakumar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Indefinite Logarithm, Logarithmic Units, and the Nature of Entropy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
We define the indefinite logarithm [log x] of a real number x>0 to be a mathematical object representing the abstract concept of the logarithm of x with an indeterminate base (i.e., not specifically e, 10, 2, or any fixed number).
Frank, Michael P.
core  

Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

I Want to Marry *the Merchant Banker: An Exploratory Self-Paced Reading Experiment on Arab Learners’ Processing of English Articles

open access: yesПсихолінгвістика, 2023
Purpose. This study explores the processing of English articles by native speakers of Hejazi Arabic, a language with articles. The research aims to answer the question of whether offline (explicit) knowledge of specificity in English article choice ...
Мона Сабір   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

“I can see a lady with a curly brown hair” - A Corpus-Based Investigation of Article Use in the Language of Young Norwegian EFL Learners

open access: yesJournal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2021
(English) This paper investigates the use of articles in texts written by young EFL learners in Norway. The accurate use of articles has been highlighted as a problem area for Norwegian learners by e.g.
Sofie Larsen, Kristian A. Rusten
doaj  

Central Determiner in Abstracts Journal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Central determiner is as the main component in constructing noun phrase element as subject, objects, and complement in writing compositions. Meanwhile, determiner affects the meaning of noun.
Fitriani, A. (Aries)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The impact of discourse types on the acquisition of nominal determination in L2 French [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
+N) are much more frequent in descriptions than in narratives: the use of these forms is determined by the marking of the introduction of referents and change of reference, that are more common in descriptions. The comparison with the results of previous
Lenart, Ewa   +2 more
core   +6 more sources

Applying the Rules of Evidence to Expert Testimony About Risk

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Expert opinion about dangerousness or risk is common at sentencing, criminal commitment proceedings and some types of pretrial detention hearings. This article argues that such evidence must be (1) “material” (logically relevant, empirically generalizable, and epistemologically germane), (2) “probative” (a measure of accuracy, which is ...
Christopher Slobogin
wiley   +1 more source

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