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Dutch listeners’ responses to Dutch, British and American English accents in three contexts.
Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021 The aim of this study was to assess Dutch listeners’ responses to native-accented Englishes compared with Dutch-accented English in terms of speech understandability and speech evaluations in three professional communication contexts. In a matched-guise
Warda Nejjari +3 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti +16 more
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Focus projection need not be based on pitch accents: evidence from Georgian
Glossa, 2021 Based on experimental evidence, this paper shows that the prosodic realization of focus in Georgian is consistent with focus projection/percolation – the phenomenon by which prosodic prominence on a sub-constituent signals focus on a larger constituent –
Lena Borise
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An Edible Chitosan‐Based Acoustic Sensor for Sound‐Responsive Actuation in Edible Robots
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study introduces an edible acoustic sensor for robotic food and edible robotics. Built from a chitosan piezoelectric film between gold electrodes, the sensor enables acoustic communication through ON/OFF keying. Integrated into an edible robot with pneumatically actuated arms and neck, it responds to high‐frequency tones.
Valerio Francesco Annese +8 more
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 Previous research has shown that eyebrow movement during speech exhibits a systematic relationship with intonation: brow raises tend to be aligned with pitch accents, typically preceding them.
Volker Gast
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The physical realization of artificial neurons is a critical challenge for energy‐efficient neuromorphic computing. This review presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of artificial neuron implementations from conventional CMOS to emerging post‐CMOS technologies.
Kannan Udaya Mohanan +4 more
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LanguagesAcquiring prosodic focus marking in a second language (L2) is difficult for learners whose native language utilizes strategies that differ from those of the target language.
Zarah Kampschulte +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Inspired by skeletal muscles’ precision and endurance, CoilLCE integrates a self‐sensing liquid crystal elastomer/graphene artificial muscle with an embedded Joule‐heating copper coil, enabling closed‐loop multistage actuation with programmable intermediate states (strain accuracy of 2%), and antagonistic coordination (32% total strain). These features
Ziyun Zhang +9 more
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Online guided pronunciation practice helps adult EFL learners improve L2 prosody
Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica, 2023 This study tests the efficacy of a pronunciation course in developing advanced EFL learners’ expressive reading during a semester of online instruction.
Šárka Šimáčková +1 more
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2D Skeletal Muscle Thin Film Actuators Enhance Efficiency of Biohybrid Robots
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.2D skeletal muscle thin film actuators generate millinewton‐scale forces and millimeter‐scale strokes while remaining functional for over 30 days. Their force density is 20‐fold higher than 3D skeletal muscle actuators, enabling multi‐fin robots with tunable speed and multidirectional steering.
Maheera Bawa +5 more
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