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Factors Driving Battery and Solar Purchase Decision of Residents: a Behavioural Choice Experiment Using a Hybrid Discrete Choice and Latent Variable Model

open access: yesAdvanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
This article explores what drives households to adopt solar PV and battery systems in South East Queensland. Using hybrid discrete choice experiments, it reveals distinct adopter profiles and highlights cost, system size, and energy independence as key motivators.
Mohammad Alipour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pragmatics Analysis on Illocutionary Acts in Black Adam Movie

open access: yesJALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literacy)
This research aims to analyze and describe the types of illocutionary act and the most dominant. The method used in this research is qualitative and descriptive method. The data used were taken from Black Adam movie released in 2022.
Via Lutviana, Hendar Hendar
doaj   +1 more source

Quand maintenant et après disent (à peu près) la même chose (mais pas de la même façon)

open access: yesDiscours, 2018
This article deals with a particular use of the French adverb après: a use in which après, in an initial position, loses its temporal dimension and signals a discourse shift, a rupture with the preceding utterance (see [A]).
Anne Le Draoulec, Josette Rebeyrolle
doaj   +1 more source

Applying Item Response Theory (IRT) Modeling to an Observational Measure of Childhood Pragmatics: The Pragmatics Observational Measure-2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Assessment of pragmatic language abilities of children is important across a number of childhood developmental disorders including ADHD, language impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Cordier, Reinie   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Ethical issues in pragmatic randomized controlled trials: a review of the recent literature identifies gaps in ethical argumentation

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2018
BackgroundPragmatic randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are designed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in real-world clinical conditions. However, these studies raise ethical issues for researchers and regulators.
Cory E. Goldstein   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gut Microbiota‐Derived Anandamide Mediates the Therapeutic Effects of Urolithin A on Alcohol‐Induced Cognitive and Social Dysfunction via CB1R‐DRD2‐RAP1 Signaling Axis

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals that Urolithin A (UA) counteracts alcohol‐induced cognitive and social dysfunction (AICSD) via a gut microbiome‐dependent mechanism. UA‐enriched Bacteroids sartorii and Parabacteroids distasonis elevate anandamide (AEA), which activates the CB1R‐DRD2‐Rap1 signaling cascade to drive synaptic repair and reduce neuroinflammation ...
Hongbo Zhang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Twittering the Boko Haram Uprising in Nigeria: Investigating Pragmatic Acts in the Social Media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper investigates pragmatic acts in the discourse of tweeters and online feedback comments on the activities of Boko Haram, a terrorist group in Nigeria. The tweets and comments illustrate acts used to express revolutionary feelings and reflect
Adegoke, Adetunji, Chiluwa, Innocent
core   +1 more source

Pragmatics Electrified

open access: yes, 2012
Chapter to be included in Grimaldi, M., Y. Shtyrov & E. Brattico, (eds.), "Language Electrified. Techniques, Methods, Applications, and Future Perspectives in the Neurophysiological Investigation of Language", Springer. It reviews EEG studies in the pragmatic domain, focusing on non-literal language, discourse and conversation.
Paolo Canal, Valentina Bambini
openaire   +2 more sources

Oncolytic Probiotics with Molecular Pili for Solid Tumor Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies Lactobacillus rhamnosus as an intrinsic oncolytic agent that triggers tumor metabolic collapse via calcium‐dependent ROS bursts. By chemically anchoring collagen‐targeting “molecular pili” to the bacterial surface, the engineered non‐transgenic probiotic (LR@MP) achieves targeted colonization and potent solid tumor suppression ...
Haodong Ge   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Video-based Learning on Medical Students’ Second Language Pragmatic Knowledge and Motivation: An Educational Intervention [PDF]

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences
Background: Learning English is crucial for students, particularly for developing a second language (L2). This investigation seeks to determine the influence of video-based learning on the pragmatic motivation of medical students.
Farahnaz Dayani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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