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The Necessity of Satire in Media Literacy: Stephen Colbert’s Use of Sophistic and Socratic Irony

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2018
Media literacy campaigns champion systematic thinking and high elaboration in the fight against fake news. However, they often overlook an ancient tool for discrediting demagogues and destroying disinformation: satire.
Jones Andrew C.
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Cognitive and pragmatic potential of the fiction text: intentionality and implication of irony

Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2016
The article examines the intentionality and implication of irony from the perspective of its producer and recipient, which allows to identify and describe the functions of irony.
Zaur A. Zavrumov
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Experimental methods in chemical engineering: The scientific method versus engineering design methodology

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract Engineering graduate students confuse the scientific method and problem solving when presenting their pre‐doctoral exams and theses: Science discourse adopts question and hypotheses to assert and establish a study's rationale, while it is problem and objectives in engineering design.
Gregory S. Patience, Alexander R. P. Harrison, Nicolas A. Patience, Paul A. Patience, Robert S. Weber   +4 more
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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dynamic is especially pronounced in Internet governance, which faces a complex interplay of domestic laws, state interdependence, and heightened ...
Alison Harcourt
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Antiseizure potency and neurotoxicity of the enantiomers of fenfluramine and norfenfluramine in rats and correlations with their concentrations in plasma and brain

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Based on the evidence that fenfluramine‐induced anorexia, weight loss, and cardiovascular toxicity are primarily mediated by the d‐enantiomers of fenfluramine and its metabolite norfenfluramine, we investigated pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic correlations for the active enantiomers of fenfluramine and norfenfluramine in the rat ...
Yara Sheeni, Dinorah Barasch, Tawfeeq Shekh‐Ahmad, Emilio Perucca, Meir Bialer   +4 more
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When Do Employees Choose to Invest in Their Firms? An Empirical Examination of Factors Affecting Employees' Participation in Employee Stock Purchase Plans

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study examined factors predicting employee participation in employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs). Despite the plausible benefits of ESPPs for participating employees, many employees do not participate in ESPPs even when they are eligible.
Joo Hun Han, So Ri Park, Joseph R. Blasi, Douglas L. Kruse, William G. Castellano   +4 more
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Initial exploration into sarcasm and irony through machine translation

Natural Language Processing Journal
In this paper, we investigate sarcasm and irony as seen through a novel perspective of machine translation. We employ various techniques for translation, comparing both manually and automatically translated datasets of irony and sarcasm. We first clarify
Zheng Lin Chia, Michal Ptaszynski, Marzena Karpinska, Juuso Eronen, Fumito Masui   +4 more
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Artificial intelligence and liquidation: Reality, destiny and fantasy

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping the administration of corporate liquidation. Beyond its established role in financial prediction and data analytics, AI is now assisting insolvency practitioners in identifying the onset of financial distress, managing creditor communications, tracing and valuing assets and enhancing ...
Kai Zhang, Jingchen Zhao
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Alternative Data for Realised Volatility Forecasting: Limit Order Book and News Stories

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether two major alternative data sources, limit order book information and firm‐specific news, provide incremental predictive information for daily realised volatility forecasting within the HAR‐family, using a parsimonious framework to ensure practical implementation and comparability. The framework is designed for practical real‐
Eghbal Rahimikia, Ser‐Huang Poon
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Influence of Voice Intonation on Understanding Irony by Polish-Speaking Preschool Children

Psychology of Language and Communication, 2016
The main aim of the presented study was to investigate the influence of voice intonation on the comprehension of ironic utterances in 4- to 6-year-old Polish-speaking children. 83 preschool children were tested with the Irony Comprehension Task (Banasik &
Zajączkowska Maria Katarzyna
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