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Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Mauritius is reported to have the highest marine species endemism in the Western Indian Ocean faunal Province but the status of these species has not been evaluated. To address this knowledge gap, 119 reef sites were sampled to evaluate populations of 16
Tim McClanahan +4 more
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Elevated serum uric acid is a risk factor for progression to prediabetes in Japanese women: A 5-year retrospective chort study. [PDF]
J Diabetes Investig, 2023 In women, restricted cubic spline analysis revealed the dose–response relationship between serum uric acid and progression to prediabetes. However, this similar relationship was not statistically significant for men. ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction The association between serum uric acid (SUA) levels and prediabetes risk remains poorly understood.
Shimodaira M, Minemura Y, Nakayama T.
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Grammaticalization in Seychelles Creole: the coding of reciprocity by kanmarad
Isogloss, 2021 Seychelles Creole (SC) is one of the few creoles with a grammaticalized reciprocity marker. The grammaticalized use of kanmarad (< Fr. camarade ‘comrade, companion’) is mentioned in the grammars of SC (Bollée 1977; Corne 1977; Choppy 2009) but its ...
Sibylle Kriegel
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Les comparatifs d’inégalité en mauricien
Études Créoles, 2021 Comparative adverbs can be classified into two major types: adverbs of equality ‘as much / many as’ and adverbs of inequality. The latter are divided into two sub-types: the comparative of superiority ‘more’ and the comparative of inferiority ‘less ...
Shrita Hassamal
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Mieux comprendre l’émergence de nouvelles langues
TIPA. Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage, 2021 This contribution aims at a better understanding of the emergence of creole languages by examining the role of convergence in the evolution of the perfect marker (f)in/’n in Mauritian and Seychelles Creoles.
Sibylle Kriegel
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Cognitive Science, Volume 47, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023 Abstract Studies of language evolution in the lab have used the iterated learning paradigm to show how linguistic structure emerges through cultural transmission—repeated cycles of learning and use across generations of speakers . However, agent‐based simulations suggest that prior biases crucially impact the outcome of cultural transmission.
Pauline Palma +3 more
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Atmospheric resonance: sonic motion and the question of religious mediation
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 613-631, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Because of its material characteristics, the sonic poses a challenge to the influential paradigm of religion as mediation. This article makes a case for a neo‐phenomenological analytic of atmospheres in order to do justice to the sonic in anthropological approaches to religion.
Patrick Eisenlohr
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La créolistique : arguments pour une approche sociohistorique
Contextes et Didactiques, 2021 Creole languages belong to the more general category of contact languages, which also includes pidgins. The aim of this article is to determine to what extent it is possible to define the object of creolistics as a specific linguistic field of research ...
Jean-Philippe Watbled
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Effectiveness of a theory-driven nutritional education program in improving calcium intake among older Mauritian adults. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2013 Background. Low calcium intake, a risk factor of osteoporosis and subsequent fractures, has been previously reported among post‐menopausal women in Mauritius. Objective. To assess the effectiveness of a theory‐based educational intervention in improving the calcium intake, self‐efficacy, and knowledge of older Mauritians. Methodology.
Bhurosy T, Jeewon R.
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The long and short of verb alternations in Mauritian Creole and Bantu languages [PDF]
, 2015 Mauritian Creole displays an alternation between a short and a long form of the verb, which is reminiscent of the conjoint–disjoint alternation found in some eastern Bantu languages.
van der Wal, Jenneke, Veenstra, Tonjes
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