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Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019 Abstract We show in what sense macroscopic physical science is a product of figurative (imaginative) structures of the human mind. Conceptual structure in physics is perception based and schematic and uses metaphoric, analogical, and narrative forms to extend direct perception and conception to cases of less directly accessible phenomena.
Federico Corni +2 more
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The impact of family interview on the relationship between medical students and their silent mentor
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract The gross anatomy laboratory course often triggers significant negative emotions in medical students during dissection. While various pedagogical interventions aim to alleviate psychological burden, the fundamental question of how students' perceptions of donors evolve throughout the course remains underexplored.
Po‐Fang Tsai +2 more
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Truth and Tralatition in Terms of the Relationship Between Word and Meaning
Şarkiyat Mecmuası, 2022 Words are like codes that reveal the treasure of meaning buried deep within us. We express the feelings and thoughts that emerge within us through words, thus giving life to meaning.
Nurullah Şentürk
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The metaphorical construction of complex domains : the case of speech activity in English. [PDF]
, 2005 In this article I provide an account of the way in which the domain of spoken communication is metaphorically constructed in English, on the basis of the analysis of over 450 metaphorical references to speech activity in a corpus of contemporary written ...
Semino, Elena
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million +3 more
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Metaphors of Economic and Financial Crisis: Identified, Interpreted and Explained
Respectus Philologicus, 2012 The aim of this study is to analyze how the economic and financial crisis in Lithuania is metaphorically conceptualized by three sociopolitical groups, i.e., the leading political party (the Conservatives), the Opposition and the media, with a primary ...
Jurga Cibulskienė
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Baptism in ritual perspective: myth, symbol and metaphor as anthropological foundations for a baptismal theology [PDF]
, 1997 This thesis argues that Christian baptism is most profitably understood from the perspective of anthropological studies of ritual, A dialogue with its categories establishes that baptismal theology has often implicitly assumed social anthropology's ...
Robinson, Peter J.A.
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Subjective realization in sonnets by metaphors
Calidoscópio, 2018 Aligned with studies of metaphor in discourse, this paper looks at the role played by metaphors in achieving communicative purposes of sonnets. Taking the notion of genre as our primary analytical basis, we investigate how novel metaphors and, especially,
Dalby Dienstbach
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New Zealand's Primary Health Care Strategy: early effects of the new financing and payment system for general practice and future challenges. [PDF]
, 2011 Since 2001, implementation of a New Zealand's Primary Health Care Strategy (the Strategy) has led to an increase in the proportion of primary health care services which are publicly funded, the development of 82 primary health organisations (PHOs) to ...
Mays, Nicholas, Cumming, Jacqueline
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