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Patient Expectations Predicting Medical Requests Based on Status Characteristics [PDF]
, 2021 This research I conduct uses the Patient’s Likely Expectations and Satisfaction in care Survey (PLEASS 2007) to analyze how patients who have expectations about medical experiences request these based on status characteristic differences between them and
Reel, Emily
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Thrivers and Survivors during Study Abroad: The Individual Cases of Japanese Learners of English
LanguagesWhilst study abroad (SA) periods hold much promise for foreign language development, increasing research suggests sojourners’ experiences are unique, and language development does not always follow a linear trajectory.
Nicola Halenko +1 more
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Prosodic phrasing of the parenthetical palun ‘please’ in Estonian requests
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2023 This study investigates the prosody of the Estonian parenthetical palun ‘please’ in imperative requests. The occurrence of prosodic phrase boundary cues such as pauses, pre-boundary lengthening, and creaky voice as well as pitch characteristics and ...
Eva Liina Asu +2 more
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Responding to Information Requests: The Case of Inscribed Object Checks
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2021 This paper explores one way that participants use inscribed objects in their immediate environment as resources for interaction. In particular, it identifies and analyzes a type of embodied response turn found in information request sequences.
Kelly Katherine Frantz
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Do governments delay the implementation of parliamentary requests? Examining time variation in implementing legislative requests in Switzerland [PDF]
, 2021 This paper investigates time variations in the implementation of legislative requests by the Swiss government. Combining the literature on executive–legislative relations with findings from implementation research, we focus on the procedural level and ...
Vatter, Adrian +2 more
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Utilising the U.K. Freedom of Information Act 2000 for crime record data: Indications of the strength of records management in day to day police business. [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose: This research paper considers the use of the U.K. Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) as a resource providing access to otherwise unavailable data from U.K. Police forces. Not seeking to be a critical examination of Police practice it offers
Edward Hampson +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom +15 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld +5 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine +17 more
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Language Value, 2018 Author/s Aika Miura Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate whether it is possible to assess learners’ sociopragmatic competence in learner spoken data by examining requests produced by Japanese ...
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