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On the acquisition of restrictive and appositive relative clauses

, 2017
This thesis investigated the acquisition of restrictive and appositive interpretations of relative clauses in German-speaking children between the age of 3 and 6 in three experiments.
Trabandt, Corinna (MA)
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The Effect of the Aging Process of Polyamide 11 Used in Flexible Pipelines and Its Influence on the Permeability of Carbon Dioxide

Polymer Engineering &Science, EarlyView.
Field degradation inducing changes in the Polyamide 11 permeability. ABSTRACT This study investigates how long‐term natural aging affects the CO2 permeability of polyamide 11 (PA11) pressure sheaths recovered from decommissioned flexible risers. PA11 samples were extracted from two 18‐year‐old risers—a gas‐lift line and an oil‐production line—and ...
Antônio Pedro Andrade da Cunha Ponciano Gomes, Frederico Gonçalves de Albuquerque Dias, Sijmon Van der Wal, Marysilvia Ferreira da Costa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming Barriers and Solutions for Catalysing Private Capital in Climate Adaptation: A Stakeholder‐Informed Agenda for Hong Kong's Intermediary Role in Southeast Asia

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates stakeholder perspectives on mobilising private‐sector finance for climate adaptation in Southeast Asia, emphasising Hong Kong's role as a financial intermediary. Through semi‐structured interviews with diverse stakeholders, including practitioners, policymakers, insurers, and project developers, we employed a grounded ...
Laurence L. Delina, Felice Janice Olivia Boedijanto, Sharon Feliza Ann P. Macagba, Johanne Rei R. Castro, Rainbow Yi Hung Lam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restrictive Relative Clauses in EFL Learners' Writing [PDF]

, 2020
This research aims to examine how Chinese EFL learners use restrictive relative clauses (RRCs) in English essay writing based on corpus analysis. The study designs the query syntax to facilitate the investigation of learners’ preference to use different types of RRCs and to analyse the errors that Chinese EFL learners frequently make when they try to ...
openaire  

Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: a functional discursive perspective

, 2023
This paper aims at describing the functioning of restrictive and non-restrictive clauses in Portuguese based on the application of the theoretical framework of Discourse Functional Grammar (Hengeveld; Mackenzie 2008). The analysis shows that a restrictive clause encodes semantic categories that modify the Np which they are part of, restricting their ...
openaire   +1 more source

National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne, Adis Dzebo, Zoha Shawoo, Mario Cardenas, Pierrick Chalaye, Alexia Faus Onbargi, Cassilde Muhoza, Patricia Nicdao, Nokwethaba Makhanya, Navam Niles, Priyatma Singh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interrelationships Among Stakeholder‐Perceived Factors Influencing Solar PV Adoption in Passive Houses in New Zealand

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of solar photovoltaic systems (SPVS) in passive houses (PHs) is shaped by technical, economic and policy‐related factors. Yet, the interactions among these factors have not been quantitatively modelled in the New Zealand context.
Franklin Chukwuebuka Nkado, Itohan Esther Aigwi, Dat Tien Doan, Ali GhaffarianHoseini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Decarbonization: Human Rights, Vulnerable Workers, and an Operational Framework for Just Climate Transitions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate transitions are widely presented as pathways toward decarbonization, green growth, and sustainable development, yet their social effects are mediated by labour‐market segmentation, regional dependence, institutional capacity, and unequal political voice.
Jacob Kwakye, Solomon Tawiah McBanasam
wiley   +1 more source