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ABSTRACT Identifying the drivers of chronic stress is crucial for understanding its impact on mental health. Latent toxoplasmosis, a widespread parasitic infection, has been linked to various psychological changes. The Stress‐Coping Hypothesis proposes that at least some of these changes are consequences of chronic stress arising from the infection's ...
Jaroslav Flegr +2 more
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The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia
ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
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Learning to Treat Other Ways of Being Generously Through the Biblical Studies Classroom
ABSTRACT This article outlines an approach to teaching the biblical texts that helps students develop the transferable cognitive skill of understanding the other on their own terms. It appeals to research on threshold concepts, deep and surface approaches to learning, and student centered/conceptual change approaches to teaching to combine the role of ...
John Van Maaren
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Modal verbs in South Asian online Englishes: must, (have) got to, have to and need to
Abstract This research article presents an analysis of four (semi‐)modals of necessity/obligation (must, (have) got to, have to and need to) in four CMC registers (comments, tweets, web forums and websites) originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with the United Kingdom and United States.
Muhammad Shakir
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Covariance functions in least-squares collocation
The report consists of two parts. Part A deals with the mathematical structure of covariance functions. The properties of isotropy, harmonicity and positive definiteness are discussed, and it is suggested that a covariance function may be characterized ...
Moritz, Helmut, 1933-
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Constrained least-squares methods for partial differential equations
Least-squares methods for partial differential equations are based on a norm-equivalence between the error norm and the residual norm. The resulting algebraic system of equations, which is symmetric positive definite, can also be obtained by solving a ...
Gerritsma, M.I. +3 more
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Abstract Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.), a C4 plant, is a vital renewable biofuel and sugar source for industries worldwide. However, synchronizing flowering between parental lines often poses challenges for breeders, hindering effective crossbreeding efforts.
Paulo H. da Silva Santos +11 more
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Parameter Estimation of Least Squares Collocation [PDF]
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IGANets: Isogeometric analysis networks and their applications to linear structural analysis problems. [PDF]
Möller M +5 more
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ABSTRACT Questions have recently been raised about the suitability of using porewater samples collected with suction lysimeters to estimate per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mass discharge in the vadose zone. Multiple lines of evidence were evaluated to determine if porewater samples collected during a data gaps investigation in the former ...
Grant R. Carey +8 more
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