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Asymmetrical cognitive load Imposed by processing native and non-native speech [PDF]
, 2019 Intonation affects information processing and comprehension. Previous research has found that some international teaching assistants (ITAs) fail to exploit English intonation, potentially posing processing difficulties to students who are native English ...
Liu, Di, Reed, Marnie
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Intelligent Transformation: General Intelligence Theory
International Journal of Intelligence ScienceThis paper aims to formalize a general definition of intelligence beyond human intelligence. We accomplish this by re-imagining the concept of equality as a fundamental abstraction for relation. We discover that the concept of equality = limits the sensitivity of our mathematics to abstract relationships.
Alexander Ngu, Amaya Odilon Kosso
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From Design to Implementation: NursingUP® Board Game for Positive Nursing Practice Environments
Research in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Positive nursing practice environments are fundamental to patient safety, care quality, and nurses’ well‐being. However, few structured and evidence‐based interventions have been developed to actively strengthen these environments and foster collaboration among nursing teams.
Soraia Cristina de Abreu Pereira +2 more
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Cortical Alpha Oscillations Predict Speech Intelligibility
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017 Understanding speech in noise (SiN) is a complex task involving sensory encoding and cognitive resources including working memory and attention. Previous work has shown that brain oscillations, particularly alpha rhythms (8–12 Hz) play important roles in
A. Dimitrijevic +3 more
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Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines the relationship between policy capacity and policy effectiveness in decentralized governance setups. It challenges the conventional view that policy functions should only be decentralized when requisite capacities already exist at lower levels of government. Instead, the paper proposes that capacity can follow function ‐ as
Kidjie Ian Saguin, M. Ramesh
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Accent Choices of English Majors in the Netherlands: Patterns and Motivations
Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2021 This paper investigated the accent choices and realisations of first-year students of English in the Netherlands and linked these choices to the social identity, or persona, they wished to express in English.
Gezina Christien Dorothé Huttenga +1 more
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Vowel Quality and Vowel Length in English as a Lingua Franca in Spain
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2018 In today’s globalised world, the use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is a reality. Given the fact that pronunciation deviations from the native-speaker norm are one of the main causes of communication breakdown (Jenkins 2000), it feels necessary to ...
María Ángeles Jurado-Bravo
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Systems of reciprocity in human–ocean relationships: Across time, place, language and culture
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract In the face of large‐scale marine environmental challenges, solutions that meaningfully capture the complexity of socio‐cultural and economic factors contributing to such issues—and their solutions—are urgently needed. This scoping review explores examples of reciprocity in human–ocean relationships to inform the conceptual underpinning and ...
Kianna M. Gallagher +3 more
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Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Studies on the intelligibility of time-compressed speech have shown flawless performance for moderate compression factors, a sharp deterioration for compression factors above three, and an improved performance as a result of repackaging – a process of ...
Oded eGhitza
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