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Results 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
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Strange bedfellows: Non-metonymic English proper names and the indefinite article
, 2021 The paper explores the use of the indefinite article with English proper names that are non-metonymic, e.g. an angry Clinton, an independent Poland, etc. In contrast to indefinite proper name uses that metonymically stand for works of art or qualities of
Berezowski, Leszek
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Journal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.Kevlar is traditionally modeled as a rigid‐rod polymer, yet rheological behavior deviates from this assumption. The review introduces a novel “twist‐tie” entanglement theory for aramid polymer chains in the nematic liquid crystal state, providing a molecular explanation for deviations from rigid‐rod models. Understanding twist‐tie entanglement dynamics
Emma Egli +3 more
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Journal 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
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Психолінгвістика, 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
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading
British 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
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A corpus-based sociolinguistic analysis of indefinite article use in London English. [PDF]
, 2009 A corpus-based sociolinguistic analysis of indefinite article use in London English Costas Gabrielatos & Eivind Torgersen (Lancaster University) This paper reports on the analysis of the use of indefinite article forms (a/an) in front of vowel sounds in ...
Torgersen, Eivind +2 more
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Applying the Rules of Evidence to Expert Testimony About Risk
Behavioral 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
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Young children's use of the definite and in definite articles in referring expressions [PDF]
, 1986 It is argued that the theoretical framework used in earlier studies of children's use of the articles is inadequate, failing in some important ways to capture even normal adult usage.
Emslie, Hazel Carr
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A Protocol for Indefinite Determiners in Italian and Italo-Romance [PDF]
, 2021 This paper focuses on weak indefinite nominals in Italian and Italo-Romance varieties. It presents the rich variation found across Italo-Romance in a pan-Romance perspective and claims that Italo-Romance displays a robust use of the definite article with
Giusti
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