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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Measurement of interactional competence (IC) has attracted increasing interest in language assessment research. One key question is whether proficiency sufficiently accounts for IC, making separate IC assessment unnecessary. This study examines the IC–proficiency relationship using a test that assesses Chinese speakers’ ability to manage ...
David Wei Dai, Carsten Roever
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DiversityLeeches play a critical role in the transmission of digenean trematodes, yet their parasitic infections remain understudied in the Baltic region. This study investigates the diversity, prevalence, and molecular identification of trematode infections in ...
Jurgita Rutkauskaitė-Sucilienė +3 more
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Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study introduces predictabilityBERT, a novel metric for assessing second language (L2) proficiency based on the predictability of word choices in learner language production. Using BERT (Devlin et al., 2019), we calculated the conditional probability of each word in a text given its surrounding context.
Langdon Holmes +3 more
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The oral microbiota and periodontal health in orthodontic patients
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.Abstract The oral microbiota develops within the first 2 years of childhood and becomes distinct from the parents by 4 years‐of‐age. The oral microbiota plays an important role in the overall health/symbiosis of the individual. Deviations from the state of symbiosis leads to dysbiosis and an increased risk of pathogenicity.
Brandon W. Peterson +4 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2007 Sanguijuelas de las dos especies Helobdella duplicata y H. triserialis (ambas Glossiphonidae) parasitan al camarón de río Cryphiops caementarius en río Limarí, Chile. El 47 % de los camarones estaba parasitado por una o ambas especies de hirudíneos.
Patricio Tello +2 more
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Coral populations have declined in recent decades, largely due to anthropogenic climate change. In response, coral restoration projects are being implemented, and rubble stabilization is one such approach. Rubble beds form when dead coral fragments accumulate on the seafloor and can be mobilized by water flow.
Kyle M. Phillips +2 more
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how bureaucratic strategies for structuring the policy environment shape regulatory outcomes, focusing on the extent to which agencies achieve their original policy preferences. Drawing on resource dependence theory and bureaucratic politics, we conceptualize the policy environment in two dimensions: internal ...
João Pedro Haddad +1 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Banter represents an interaction practice that is typical of many close social relationships with behaviors often ambiguous in nature and maybe aggressive. This review summarizes and synthesizes the literature on offline and online banter published between 2000 and 2022 to examine: (a) the behavioral and situational factors that characterize ...
Lucy R. Betts +4 more
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Continued Tenancy in Public Housing and Youth Justice Outcomes: Evidence From New Zealand
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In New Zealand, public housing can offer households a permanent home and a rental‐based approximation of owner‐occupation. Using a social determinants framework, this paper examines youth justice outcomes among individuals aged 14–24 years who were continuously housed in public housing between 2013 and 2022, including those who resided in ...
Chang Yu +3 more
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