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Ethics in pragmatics [PDF]

Journal of Pragmatics, 2019
Abstract This paper compiles a series of useful resources, which should act as pointers for decision-making processes for ethics in pragmatics. We show why ethical considerations are central to good academic practice, and key to protecting the interlocutors and informants whose practices we wish to study.
Locher, Miriam A., Bolander, Brook
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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Inebilizumab Versus Rituximab in AQP4‐IgG‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rituximab (anti‐CD20, RTX) and inebilizumab (anti‐CD19, INE) represent B‐cell‐depleting therapies used for aquaporin‐4 antibody‐positive (AQP4‐IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); however, direct comparative evidence remains limited.
Jie Lin, Binbin Xue, Dewei Xie, Jia Li, Juyuan Pan, Lanbing Zhu, Qiaowen Tong, Jing Lin, Ruofan Zhu, Xu Zhang, Junhui Xia, Xiang Li   +11 more
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Validation of the cancer fatigue scale (CFS) in a UK population

BMC Cancer
Background Cancer-related fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in patients with cancer. Fatigue reduces health-related quality of life. The Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS) is a brief instrument that captures the multidimensional nature of fatigue with ...
C. Robinson, G. Feder, AL Huntley, J. Ramsay, D. Varsani, D. Gangahar, M. Kröz   +6 more
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Williams’s Pragmatic Genealogy and Self-Effacing Functionality [PDF]

, 2018
In Truth and Truthfulness, Bernard Williams sought to defend the value of truth by giving a vindicatory genealogy revealing its instrumental value. But what separates Williams’s instrumental vindication from the indirect utilitarianism of which he was a ...
Queloz, Matthieu
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Pragmatic Action [PDF]

Cognitive Science, 1998
This paper begins with a discussion of two features of the everyday task environment. First, the everyday task environment is designed, and an important part of the design is the provision of explicit information to guide the individual in the adaptation of his activity. Second, some task environments are semi‐permanent.
Richard Alterman, Roland Zito-Wolf, Tamitha Carpenter   +2 more
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Sex‐Stratified Association of Regional Dopamine Transporter Binding With Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To clarify the clinical relevance of dopamine transporter single‐photon emission computed tomography (DAT‐SPECT) abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with a prespecified focus on sex‐stratified associations with disease progression and short‐term prognosis.
Tomoya Kawazoe, Keizo Sugaya, Kentaro Hayashi, Keiko Hino, Yasuhiro Nakata, Kota Bokuda, Toshio Shimizu, Kazushi Takahashi   +7 more
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Evaluation of a Novel Electric Health Record Sidecar Application to Display Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Outcomes During Clinic Visits: Results of a Stepped‐Wedge Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We developed a novel electronic health record sidecar application to visualize key rheumatoid arthritis (RA) outcomes, including disease activity, physical function, and pain, via a patient‐facing graphical interface designed for use during outpatient visits (“RA PRO dashboard”).
Gabriela Schmajuk, Jing Li, Cathy Nasrallah, Cherish Wilson, Alicia Hamblin, Christine Hariz, Cammie Young, Stephen Shiboski, Emma Kersey, Mary Nakamura, Judith F. Ashouri, Mehrdad Matloubian, Andrew J. Gross, Jennifer Barton, Beth Berrean, Jonathan Prugh, Jinoos Yazdany   +16 more
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Urine-based assays for inpatients with HIV-associated tuberculosis in rural South Africa

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Background: Accurate non-sputum-based tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics are urgently needed to improve diagnostic yield and patient outcomes. Objectives: To compare the diagnostic accuracy and diagnostic yield of Urine Xpert Ultra (Urine-XPU) and Urine ...
Mbulelo Mntonintshi, Bianca Sossen, Hloni Bookholane, Aimee Lifson, Lisa Africa, René Goliath, Nicola Wearne, Andy Parrish, Graeme Meintjes   +8 more
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SPECIFICITIES OF THE MUTUAL INFLUENCE OF CONTEXT AND ASSESSMENT IN FRENCH EVALUATIVE UTTERANCES

Novìtnâ Osvìta, 2019
The paper is focused on the study of the interconnection of context and evaluative utterances in French. The assessment of different aspects of the world is viewed as a considerable part of human cognitive activities.
Halyna Moroshkina
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Pragmatic Objectivity [PDF]

Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2014
Nicholas Rescher writes that “objectivity is not something we infer from the data; it is something we must presuppose. It is something that we postulate or presume from the very outset of our dealings with people’s claims about the world’s facts”. Such definition is just the opposite of objectivity conceived of in classical terms, but it cannot be ...
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