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From Single-thread to Multithreaded: An Efficient Static Analysis Algorithm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
A great variety of static analyses that compute safety properties of single-thread programs have now been developed. This paper presents a systematic method to extend a class of such static analyses, so that they handle programs with multiple POSIX-style
Carre, Jean-Loup, Hymans, Charles
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“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Multimodal Approach to Catalan Pragmatic Markers: An Exploratory Study

open access: yesLanguages
This exploratory study aims to investigate the co-occurrence of Catalan pragmatic markers that fulfill an interactive function and multimodal cues, such as manual gestures, adaptors, head gestures, and eye gaze.
Ana Llopis Cardona   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Pragmatic-Cognitive Approach to Brand Names: A Case Study of Rioja Wine Brands

open access: yesNames, 2013
This paper analyzes a collection of Rioja wine names, looking into the pragmatic and conceptual mechanisms underlying their semantic configuration. It provides some insights into their linguistic adequacy and effectiveness, and offers a preliminary ...
Lorena Pérez Hernández
doaj   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian 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
wiley   +1 more source

Pragmatic trials and implementation science: grounds for divorce?

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2019
Background The paper opens with a brief history of two of the major intellectual components of the recent utilitarian turn in clinical research, namely ‘pragmatic trials’ and ‘implementation science’.
Ray Pawson
doaj   +1 more source

The Authoritarian Impulse in Constitutional Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Should there be greater participation by legislators and citizens in constitutional debate, theory, and decision-making? An increasing number of legal theorists from otherwise divergent perspectives have recently argued against what Paul Brest calls the
West, Robin
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Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian 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   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Particles in Lutsotso conversations

open access: yesJournal of Pragmatics Research
The study of the functions of discourse particles in the African languages has received much attention from various scholars, although not from a pragmatic perspective.
Joel Ongolo, Benard Mudogo, David Barasa
doaj   +1 more source

Methane Generation Using an Anaerobic Biodigester From Waste Leachate Water

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Leachate wastewater (LWW) is characterized by slow biodegradation and low biogas production due to resistant materials and limited biological activity. Therefore, applying pretreatments is essential to improving biodegradation potential, which consequently boosts energy recovery.
Khairi R. Kalash   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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