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, 2022 We report on a corpus study comparing the frequencies of it-extraposition in different meta- discourse roles (Hyland 2005) in MA theses by British, American, Serbian, and Croatian students. It has been suggested that non-native speakers use hedging devices less frequently (Gomaa 2019) and boosters and attitude markers more frequently (Hewings & Hewings
Varga, Mirna, Gradečak, Tanja
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Postnatal craniomandibular growth in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Postnatal ontogeny in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina). Cranium and mandible grow rapidly until 5 years of age, followed by a deceleration and finally a stagnation. Abstract As secondarily aquatic carnivores, seals display several phenotypic differences compared to their terrestrial relatives.
Elisabeth Steinbach +2 more
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Corpus of Academic Slovene (MSc/MA theses) KAS-mag 1.0
, 2019 The KAS-mag corpus of Slovene MSc/MA theses consists of almost 16,000 texts (1,360 thousand pages or 500 million tokens) written 2000 - 2018 and gathered from the digital libraries of Slovene higher education institutions via the Slovene Open Science ...
Ojsteršek, Milan +7 more
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Evaluating Bergmann's and Allen's rules in the long bones of the eastern gray squirrel
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Ecogeographical rules predict variation in body size and appendage proportions across climatic gradients, yet intraspecific tests using long bones from wild populations remain limited among small mammals. This study tests the hypothesis that eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) conform to Bergmann's rule, that is, body size increases ...
Tyler Blake, Habiba Chirchir
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Certainty Stance Adverbs in Chinese Linguistic Academic Writing: A Corpus-based Study
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsThis study delves into the intricate usage of certainty stance adverbs in the academic writings of the Chinese. The object of this study is to conduct a contrastive analysis of certainty stance adverbs between Chinese linguistic MA novices and linguistic
Natalia M. Dugalich, Hao Han
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Extant turtles occupy freshwater, marine, and terrestrial habitats, and their nasal region provides important evidence for the evolution of respiration‐ and sensory‐related cranial morphology. However, developmental data on the turtle nasal capsule remain limited, particularly in Pleurodira.
Kai Ito +5 more
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The life and legacy of Dr. Carlton G. Smith
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Carlton George Smith, M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D., R.C.N.V.R. (1905–2003) was a Canadian anatomist and professor at the University of Toronto. He was highly regarded as an outstanding teacher, cutting‐edge neuroscience researcher, and accomplished author. Dr. Smith became a member of the AAA in 1938 and joined the prestigious Cajal Club in 1950.
Mikaela L. Stiver, Anne M. R. Agur
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Neurosurgical residency training requires advanced spatial cognition and 3D anatomical understanding, which traditional methods often fail to adequately develop. This study evaluated a novel educational model integrating 3D Slicer and 3D printing technology to enhance imaging spatial cognition and clinical reasoning among neurosurgery ...
Li Xueyu +9 more
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A man of his time: Joseph Leidy, racial science, and American anatomy
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Professor Joseph Leidy M.D. was arguably the most influential anatomist in the nineteenth‐century United States, having written over 500 publications and serving as the first President of the Association of American Anatomists. While many of Leidy's diverse contributions to American science and medicine are well‐known, scholars have said much ...
Christopher D. E. Willoughby
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Analyzing Turkish ma students` use of lexical hedging strategies in theses abstracts
, 2020 Hedging is a type of interpersonal metadiscourse strategy. Hedging strategies notonly show writer?s degree of confidence in the truth of a proposition but also revealwriter?s attitude to the reader. The mastering of hedging devices will help writers tonegotiate views and determine the appropriate level of commitment in the claims.Writers foreground ...
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