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The Amish Goodie Gang of the 1950s: A Story of Changing Identity and Spiritual Renewal

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2019
Revivals of the 1950s and 60s spawned a movement of spiritual and practical change within the Amish community of Lancaster County, PA. Out of those changes came an unusual Amish gang called the Goodies.
Chris Stoltzfus
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Riding Through Norms: Creating and Performing Athletic Femininity at American Ladies’ Equestrian Exhibitions, 1850–1890

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
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Understanding health service utilisation patterns for care home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic using routinely collected healthcare data

BMC Geriatrics
Background Healthcare in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic required a balance, providing treatment while minimising exposure risk. Policy for how residents should receive care changed rapidly throughout the pandemic.
Alex Garner, Nancy Preston, Camila C S Caiado, Emma Stubington, Barbara Hanratty, James Limb, Suzanne M Mason, Jo Knight   +7 more
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La zaratita de Cabo Ortegal (A Coruña): historia de su descubrimiento y caracterización actual

Estudios Geologicos, 2014
La zaratita, Ni3CO3(OH)4.4H2O es uno de los pocos minerales descubiertos en España. Por ser una fase de baja cristalinidad y presentar una composición química variable según los diferentes yacimientos, la International Mineralogical Association (IMA ...
A. La Iglesia, J. Garcia-Guinea, J. González del Tánago   +2 more
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VIDIIA Hunter: a low-cost, smartphone connected, artificial intelligence-assisted COVID-19 rapid diagnostic platform approved for medical use in the UK

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023
Introduction: Accurate and rapid diagnostics paired with effective tracking and tracing systems are key to halting the spread of infectious diseases, limiting the emergence of new variants and to monitor vaccine efficacy.
Aurore C. Poirier, Ruben D. Riaño Moreno, Leona Takaindisa, Jessie Carpenter, Jai W. Mehat, Abi Haddon, Mohammed A. Rohaim, Craig Williams, Peter Burkhart, Chris Conlon, Matthew Wilson, Matthew McClumpha, Anna Stedman, Guido Cordoni, Manoharanehru Branavan, Mukunthan Tharmakulasingam, Nouman S. Chaudhry, Nicolas Locker, Anil Fernando, Wamadeva Balachandran, Mark Bullen, Nadine Collins, David Rimer, Daniel L. Horton, Muhammad Munir, Roberto M. La Ragione, Roberto M. La Ragione   +26 more
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Anticoagulant Rodenticides Contribute to a Decline in an Urban Carnivore

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) have been shown to negatively affect carnivores globally and are closely tied to human activity and development. We examined drivers of annual survival in bobcats persisting on a residentially developed barrier island over 16 years.
Meghan P. Keating, Catherine M. Bodinof Jachowski, Duane R. Diefenbach, James D. Jordan, Nicole M. Nemeth, Thomas R. Rainwater, Gregory K. Yarrow, David S. Jachowski   +7 more
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Exploring High School Students’ Preferences for English Writing Feedback: Non-Native English Teacher vs. Native English Teacher vs. ChatGPT

SAGE Open
This study investigates high school students’ preferences for English writing feedback from three sources: non-native English teachers, native English teachers, and generative AI (ChatGPT), exploring which source students prefer and identifying factors ...
Whyunyoung Choi
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The English Dialects App: The creation of a crowdsourced dialect corpus

Ampersand, 2018
In this paper, we present the English Dialects App (EDA) and the English Dialects App Corpus (EDAC). EDA is a free iOS and Android app, launched in January 2016 that features a dialect quiz and dialect recordings.
Adrian Leemann, Marie-José Kolly, David Britain   +2 more
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The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
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A comparative study of self-regulated English learning through mobile language-learning applications in post-pandemic Hong Kong and South Korea

Smart Learning Environments
This study examines the ways in which students in Hong Kong and South Korea use mobile applications to learn English outside of the classroom. In particular, the research focuses on the ways in which language-learners perceive and use such applications ...
Bohyon Chung, Noble Lo
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