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Do nations have stomachs? Food drink and imagined community in Africa [PDF]
, 2010 This paper takes a rhetorical question posed by Ernest Gellner and reframes it to ask whether a sense of national identity can be forged through everyday acts of consumption – in particular, that of food and drink.
Nugent, Paul
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Examining Scientific Writing Styles from the Perspective of Linguistic Complexity
, 2018 Publishing articles in high-impact English journals is difficult for scholars around the world, especially for non-native English-speaking scholars (NNESs), most of whom struggle with proficiency in English. In order to uncover the differences in English
Bu, Yi +6 more
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Frontiers in PsychologyIntroduction Early reading has gained significant attention in the academic community. With the increasing volume of literature on this subject, it has become crucial to assess the current research landscape and identify emerging trends.
Ting Wang +4 more
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Do Peers Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from Canada Using Group Size Variation [PDF]
We provide the first empirical application of a new approach proposed by Lee (2007) to estimate peer effects in a linear-in-means model. This approach allows to control for group-level unobservables and to solve the reflection problem.
Bernard Fortin +3 more
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In the name of freedom: autocracy, serfdom, and suicide in Russia [PDF]
, 2004 The 1828 suicide of Grigorii Miasnikov in the small provincial town of Arzamas proved so controversial that it came to the attention of Tsar Nicholas I.
Morrissey, S.
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Text reconstruction activities and teaching language forms [PDF]
, 2011 Even though there is a broad consensus that teaching language forms is facilitative or even necessary in some contexts, there are still disagreements concerning, among other things, how formal aspects of the target language should be taught.
Pawlak, Mirosław
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Wikipedia as a space for discursive constructions of globalization
, 2019 R. Rubira, Gisela Gil-Egui
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SPOT 4 space magnetic recorder mechanisms [PDF]
The design of the SPOT 4 satellite will be quite different from the previous ones. The design of the new magnetic tape recorder, which was derived from industrial knowledge and mission requirements; the main technical characteristics of the recorder; and
Borrien, A. +3 more
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The Faculty Notebook, December 2004
, 2004 The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest.
Provost\u27s Office,
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