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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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How Do I Answer This? A Queer Critique of Australian Census Forms and the Reification of Cisheteronormative Families

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a critical examination of Australia's 2021 household, individual and interviewer census forms. Using a form‐led analysis, this research scrutinises the underlying cisheteronormative logic that implicitly shapes the Census process, from data collection to distribution of findings.
Xavier Mills, Sal Clark
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Pragmatic Communication Deficit and Functional Outcome in Patients with Right- and Left-Brain Damage: A Pilot Study

Brain Sciences
Pragmatic communication abilities refer to the capacity to use language in a social context. Despite evidence to the contrary, the left cerebral hemisphere of the majority of right handers has been considered exclusively specialized for control of ...
Simona Spaccavento, Sofia Caliendo, Roberta Galetta, Emilia Picciola, Ernesto Losavio, Robert Glueckauf   +5 more
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Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks, Georgia van Toorn   +1 more
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Communication and Pragmatic Skills in Foreign Language Classes [PDF]

Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines, 2015
This paper tries to analyze the importance and the relationship between communication and pragmatic skills in foreign language classes. Philosophers and linguists have dealt with language, analyzing it from the psychological viewpoint.
Olda Xhepa BALLIU
doaj  

Second language learners’ divergence from target language pragmatic norms

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Pragmatic competence is an indispensable aspect of language ability in order for second and foreign language (L2/FL) learners to understand and be understood in their interactions with both native and nonnative speakers of the target language.
Maria Pia Gomez-Laich
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The Global Airways in Practice: Long‐term Effects of Mepolizumab With or Without FESS on Type 2 Inflammation in Patients With CRSwNP

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a type 2 inflammatory disease often associated with asthma. The global airway hypothesis suggests bidirectional inflammatory interactions between upper and lower airways. Mepolizumab, an anti–IL‐5 therapy, treats conditions systemically, while functional endoscopic sinus surgery ...
Jens Tidemandsen, Vibeke Backer, Anne Sophie Homøe, Thomas H. L. Jensen, Kasper Aanæs, Howraman Meteran, Morten Hostrup, Lukas Moesgaard, Christiane Haase, Peter G. Gibson   +9 more
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
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Dosing Interval Extension of Dupilumab in CRSwNP: Five‐Year Real World Outcomes

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a persistent, often Type 2‐mediated inflammatory disease that markedly impairs quality of life. While dupilumab provides rapid improvement, there is limited evidence on long‐term outcomes beyond 2 years, and the clinical impact of dosing‐interval extension remains unclear.
Nicholas J. Campion, Dioni‐Pinelopi Petsiou, Florian C. Fally, Karina Berbalk, Noah F. Melamed, Aldine Tu, Christina Morgenstern, Fana Alem Kidane, Mohammed Zghaebi, Linda Liu, Minghao Pan, Tina J. Bartosik, Victoria Stanek, Katarina Gangl, Julia Eckl‐Dorna, Sven Schneider   +15 more
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The Role of Technology in Facilitating the Acquisition of Pragmatic Competence in Online English Language Learning

Journal of Pragmatics Research
Pragmatic competence refers to the ability to use language appropriately in social contexts, and is an essential part of language learning. This research investigation is focused on how technology can be potent for developing pragmatic competence in the ...
Mezia Kemala Sari, Efri Yoni, Sri Ariani, Erlinda Syam, Fadila Rasyida   +4 more
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