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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
wiley   +1 more source

You’ve Gotta Read This! Connecting with Readers at an Academic Library

, 2014
At our small, liberal arts college, the library has developed a vibrant browsing collection of popular fiction and nonfiction titles in both print and ebook formats.
Baugess, Clinton K., Odess-Harnish, Kerri   +1 more
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lectura digital y metacognición lectora en futuros docentes chilenos

Investigaciones Sobre Lectura
La expansión de la tecnología, especialmente el uso de Internet y la consecuente virtualización de los espacios de comunicación, ha derivado en la proliferación de discursos digitales emergentes, caracterizados por su multimodalidad e inmediatez.
Mario Díaz Díaz, Antonio Martín Ezpeleta, Yolanda Echegoyen Sanz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing an assessed reading portfolio to improve reading habits and raise test results [PDF]

, 2014
For over 10 years, preparatory students at Khalifa University, UAE, have been encouraged to improve their reading and language learning skills through the use of an assessed reading portfolio. This paper briefly outlines the rationale behind this type of
kiburz, Claudia, Knight, Gillian, Moore, Nicolas   +2 more
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TARDBP (TDP‐43) Knock‐in Zebrafish Display a Late‐Onset Motor Phenotype and Loss of Large Spinal Cord Motor Neurons

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Mutations in TARDBP (encoding TDP‐43) are associated with the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and include familial missense mutations where there are a lack of models and mechanisms examining how they are pathogenic.
Ziyaan A. Harji, Christian J. Rampal, Esteban C. Rodríguez, Virginie Petel Légaré, Alexandra Lissouba, Sabrina Semmler, Meijiang Liao, Jay P. Ross, Guy A. Rouleau, Christine Vande Velde, Gary A.B. Armstrong   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between adolescent reading habits and older adult social engagement - A longitudinal cohort analysis. [PDF]

Soc Sci Med, 2023
Kannan VD, Peters K, Chapman BP.
europepmc   +1 more source

Hábitos de lectura en pantalla y bibliotecas en Argentina: un cruce todavía inexplorado e inesperado [PDF]

, 2013
The National Reading Council held a "National Survey on the reading habits of 2011" in Argentina. The results were published last year with all the bubbles from the national government although the mass media gave little coverage to it.
Gutiérrez, Fernando-Gabriel
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Specific Features of After-School Program Quality: Associations with Children’s Functioning in Middle Childhood [PDF]

, 2010
This longitudinal study examined associations between three after-school program quality features (positive staff–child relations, available activities, programming flexibility) and child developmental outcomes (reading and math grades, work habits, and ...
Kim M. Pierce, Daniel M. Bolt, Deborah Lowe Vandell, Assor, Baumrind, Beckett, Bronfenbrenner, Burchinal, Carver, Coie, Farber, Gerstenblith, Granger, Grossman, Grossman, Hagekull, Harms, Huang, James-Burdumy, Jekielek, Kleiner, Ladd, Lord, Mahoney, Mahoney, Mahoney, Marshall, NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, Peisner-Feinberg, Pettit, Pianta, Pierce, Posner, Raudenbush, Raudenbush, Reeve, Reisner, Riggs, Rosenthal, Scott-Little, Shumow, Vandell   +45 more
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Speech Biomarkers From Smartphone Calls Track Progression in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective This 24‐month longitudinal study involving isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD), early‐stage Parkinson's disease (PD), and matched healthy control subjects aimed to assess whether acoustic speech features from real‐world smartphone calls provide passive progressive biomarkers in synucleinopathies.
Michal Šimek, Tereza Tykalová, Michal Novotný, Vojtěch Illner, Tomáš Kouba, Martin Šubert, Pavel Sovka, Jan Švihlík, Evžen Růžička, Karel Šonka, Petr Dušek, Jan Rusz   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source