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Legacy and the Politics of Racial Terminology
ABSTRACT When a term carries a sordid past, it is tempting to think it should have no future use. Yet the normative life of a word is rarely exhausted by its origins. This article develops legacy analysis as a method for enriching evaluation of what should be done with historically burdened terms. Rather than treating origins as decisive, the framework
Paul‐Mikhail Catapang Podosky
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Should Dermatologists Recommend Direct‐to‐Consumer App‐Based Remote Diagnostics? An Ethical Analysis
ABSTRACT Background Dermatology patients still face barriers in accessing timely specialist care. As direct‐to‐consumer (DTC) apps for remote dermatological diagnostics proliferate, guidance is lacking. While promising efficiency and efficacy, their clinical—and ethical—legitimacy is not yet well established.
Sonja Mathes +9 more
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Accent Choices of English Majors in the Netherlands: Patterns and Motivations
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
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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Web Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
This paper briefly summarizes the progress of artificial intelligence (AI) and web intelligence (WI) in the last two decades. The reason why we mention AI and WI together is because those have strong relationship with each other. This paper first summarizes the history of AI, and then gives brief description of supervised learning, which I think has ...
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Thyroid Cartilage Reconstruction With Titanium Mesh in Advanced Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
We report the first case of titanium mesh reconstruction of the thyroid cartilage following resection of papillary thyroid carcinoma with preservation of the laryngeal mucosa. This technique provided excellent functional outcomes while maintaining oncologic resection in a patient with locally advanced disease.
Anna Christina Clements +5 more
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PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EFL PRONUNCIATION TEACHING
The paper describes intelligibility in pronunciation teaching through the framework of phonological competence of EFL teacher trainees as an integral part of their linguistic competence, analyzed from a CEFR-oriented perspective (Common European ...
Ganna POLISHCHUK
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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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Lonely and Sick: The Role of Social Media in Consumer Practices of Relief
ABSTRACT Loneliness is increasingly recognized as a major mental health concern, yet the role of social media in alleviating it remains poorly understood. This study asks how social media help consumers cope with loneliness amid chronic illness. Focusing on women living with endometriosis, an under‐recognized and often stigmatized condition marked by ...
Beatrice Medici +2 more
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