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Face Threats: A Pragmatic Analysis of Questions in Bulgarian Political TV Interviews

Slavia Meridionalis
The paper examines types of questions journalists ask politicians in broadcast interviews from the perspective of pragmatic theory, and facework in particular.
Nelly Yakimova
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A Comparative Analysis of Politeness in First Encounter Conversations in British English Film and Peninsular Spanish Film

Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2010
This paper aims at analysing the phenomenon of politeness in British English and Peninsular Spanish in the first encounter conversations between strangers taking into consideration power and distance, where relevant.
Valerija Sinkevičiūtė
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The optimal viewing position in face recognition

Journal of Vision, 2012
In English word recognition, the best recognition performance is usually obtained when the initial fixation is directed to the left of the center (optimal viewing position, OVP). This effect has been argued to involve an interplay of left hemisphere lateralization for language processing and the perceptual experience of fixating at word beginnings most
Hsiao, JH, Liu, TT
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Riding with respect: politeness in conversation between bodaboda riders and their clients in Mbooni Sub-County, Makueni, Kenya

Cogent Arts & Humanities
This study investigated the use of politeness strategies in the interactions between bodaboda riders and their clients in Mbooni Sub-County, Makueni, Kenya. A qualitative research approach, utilizing purposive sampling, was employed.
Faith Mbithe Kathukya, John Khaisie Wanyama, Timothy Kinoti M’Ngaruthi   +2 more
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Still feeling it: The time course of emotional recovery from an attentional perspective

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
Emotional reactivity and the time taken to recover, particularly from negative, stressful, events, are inextricably linked, and both are crucial for maintaining well-being. It is unclear, however, to what extent emotional reactivity during stimulus onset
Jayne eMorriss, Alexander N W Taylor, Etienne B Roesch, Carien M van Reekum   +3 more
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When I Am Old: The Self-Face Recognition Advantage Disappears for Old Self-Faces

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
The self-face is the unique representation of oneself, and it has a processing advantage over familiar faces and the faces of strangers. Generally, recognition of the self-face is significantly faster or more accurate in a variety of tasks compared with ...
Ronghua Zhang, Ronghua Zhang, Aibao Zhou, Aibao Zhou   +3 more
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A comparative study of transgender women accessing HIV testing via face-to-face and telemedicine services in Chiang Mai, Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic and their risk of being HIV-positive

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Due to the restricted availability of health services in Thailand, there are still some transgender women (TGW) who do not have access to HIV counseling and testing.
Nontiya Homkham, Natthaporn Manojai, Pongpeera Patpeerapong, Rattawit Apiputthipan, Pimwarat Srikummoon, Unyamanee Kummaraka, Phisanu Chiawkhun, Apinut Rankantha, Patrinee Traisathit   +8 more
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Validation of the Positive Parenting Scale (PPS) for evaluating face-to-face and online parenting support programs

Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación, 2016
Following the study presenting the Online Parental Support Scale, as part of the evaluation of the ‘Positive Parent’ online program (http://educarenpositivo.es), this article describes the validation of a new scale that evaluates the principles of ...
Arminda Suárez, Sonia Byrne, María José Rodrigo   +2 more
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Associations of Face-to-Face and Instant Messaging Family Communication and Their Contents With Family Wellbeing and Personal Happiness Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundBoth face-to-face and instant messaging (IM) communication are important for families, but face-to-face communication has reduced amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wei Jie Gong, Shirley Man Man Sit, Shirley Man Man Sit, Bonny Yee Man Wong, Bonny Yee Man Wong, Socrates Yong Da Wu, Agnes Yuen Kwan Lai, Sai Yin Ho, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam   +9 more
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Variants of Plane Diameter Completion [PDF]

, 2015
The {\sc Plane Diameter Completion} problem asks, given a plane graph $G$ and a positive integer $d$, if it is a spanning subgraph of a plane graph $H$ that has diameter at most $d$.
Golovach, Petr A., Requilé, Clément, Thilikos, Dimitrios M.   +2 more
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