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Aging with intellectual disabilities: a study in Portugal about clinical conditions, functionality, and frailty. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Hum Neurosci
Letra M   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

When money isn't everything: Identifying stage‐based patterns of entrepreneurial resource acquisition

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Scholars often examine how entrepreneurs' existing ties predict resource acquisition. We investigated the reverse: How does the act of pitching generate new ties with investors? Using the context of the Slow Money community, we analyzed social entrepreneurs' pitches to impact investors.
Esther Leibel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food and social connectedness for young people: an opportunity for public health. [PDF]

open access: yesPerspect Public Health
Taheem R   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Constructing Difference: Maternal Boundary‐Work in Science‐Based and Natural Mom Groups on Facebook

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Boundary‐work describes the activities of social groups as they seek to differentiate themselves from others to establish credibility, authority, or to protect their interests. While a growing body of literature explores occupational boundary‐work in health care, limited research has focused on how lay actors practice boundary‐work online.
Darryn DiFrancesco
wiley   +1 more source

From labels to influencers: evaluating the alignment of nitrate and beetroot juice claims on sports supplement marketing with scientific consensus. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Nutr
Estevan Navarro P   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“Anytime, Anywhere”: Online Language Tutoring Platforms and the Rise of the (Im)Mobile Language Teacher

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how online tutoring platforms (OTPs) have facilitated new forms of (im)mobility—and discourses of (im)mobility—among online English tutors. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with online tutors, the article critically interrogates OTPs' primary selling point: that online tutors can work “anytime, anywhere.” While OTPs ...
Nate Ming Curran
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Lexical diversity (LD) has been shown to be a strong predictor of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most current indices combine all word classes into a single measure and thus only capture the broadest patterns of lexical variation.
Taehyeong Kim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Motivational Interventions on EFL Learners' Learning Effort and Achievement: An L2 Motivational Self System Perspective

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in the L2 motivational self system theory, this quasi‐experimental study investigated the impact of three motivational interventions on two outcome measures: L2 learning effort and L2 achievement. A total of 391 Chinese junior secondary students were assigned to four conditions: a control group receiving no motivational instruction ...
Xuejun Ye, Guangwei Hu
wiley   +1 more source

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