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Superlative Objoid Constructions in British and American English
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates regional variation in Superlative Objoid constructions (SOCs) and their prepositional variant (at‐SOCs). SOCs combine a possessive pronoun with a superlative adjective. These function as manner‐degree modifiers in a context where the possessive is in postverbal position and correlative with the subject, as in they tried
Tamara Bouso, Marianne Hundt
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Potent anticoagulant from natural and dried buffalo leeches' extracts in prolongation of bleeding time / Amali Abd Aziz [PDF]
, 2016 This research was conducted on the buffalo leeches from species of Hirudinaria manillensis species) that can be found in river, ponds and paddy fields in Malaysia.
Abd Aziz, Amali
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, 1989 Wadepuhl M, Beyn W-J. Computer simulation of the hydrostatic skeleton: the physical equivalent, mathematics and application to worm-like forms. Journal of Theoretical Biology.
Beyn, Wolf-Jürgen, Wadepuhl, M.
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English address terms in Australian, British and North American English on Twitter/X
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyses address terms on Twitter/X across three English‐speaking regions: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Using a random sample, we examine the frequency and regional distribution of address forms, including @‐mentions, vocatives, titles, kinship terms and greetings.
Martin Schweinberger, Amir Sheikhan
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, 2004 Julien Pierre. La récolte des sangsues au XIXe siècle : W.A. Jackson, , «Collecting leeches» et «Storing leeches», in Pharmaceutical Historian, mars et juin 2004. In: Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 92ᵉ année, n°344, 2004.
Julien, Pierre
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Medical Therapeutics Derived from Leeches (Phy. Annelida; Cl. Hirudinea)
, 2016 Of all blood feeding invertebrates, few are more notorious than leeches. Throughout their existence as ectoparasites, leeches have evolved to release biological molecules in their saliva that act to counter the responses of the prey’s body to vascular ...
Clarke, Christopher Everett Warren
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Address Terms of Brotherhood in the Indian Online Gaming Community
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Indian gamers are part of the Indian society as well as a globalised gaming community. To navigate this cultural dissonance, they can use address terms to reflect and create their double or divided identities. This article investigates forms and functions of kinship terms that are connected to the concept of brother ‘male sibling’, for example,
Linnea Garlepow
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Blue plaque review series: Thomas Graham Brown: Before his time
Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract Thomas Graham Brown made a seminal discovery, published in 1911 while he was a Carnegie Fellow in the University of Liverpool laboratory of Nobel Prize winner Charles S. Sherrington. Working in cats, he showed that rhythmic ‘voluntary’ behaviour, such as stepping and, by inference, walking, does not result from a chain of reflex events, but ...
Ronald L. Calabrese, Eve Marder
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ZoodiversityPopulations of two amphibian species, Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger in Hartert, 1913) and Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837, widely distributed in North-eastern Algeria, face multiple ecological threats, including parasitism by freshwater leeches.
N. Cheribiri +4 more
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Cannabinoid exposure during pregnancy: Cardiorespiratory effects and offspring outcomes
The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract figure legend Prenatal exposure to cannabinoids has been investigated across human and animal studies to understand its impact on physiological development. Evidence suggests that early‐life cannabinoid exposure influence multiple developmental processes, extending beyond neurodevelopmental outcomes to potentially affect placental function ...
Luis Gustavo A. Patrone +1 more
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