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Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain

Abstract This chapter describes the languages, literacies, and identities across the variegated landscapes and communities of Britannia, using evidence and perspectives from multiple disciplines—primarily archaeological, historical, (socio)linguistic, and epigraphic.
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Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale?

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Street crimes are thought to be influenced by changes in ambient lighting; yet, most studies have focused on small‐scale interventions in limited areas. It remains unclear whether enhanced lighting can improve safety on a larger, jurisdiction‐wide scale.
John M. MacDonald, Aaron Chalfin, Maya Moritz, Brian Wade, Alyssa K. Mendlein, Anthony A. Braga, Eugenia South   +6 more
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An MEG study of the spatiotemporal dynamics of bilingual verb generation. [PDF]

Brain Res, 2012
Pang EW, MacDonald MJ.
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The Romanization of Chinese Language

The Romanization of Chinese Language
The Chinese writing form is not a phonetic system and the Chinese characters do not represent the phonology, which, in part, hampers the mass education in China. For a long time to transliterate Chinese sound, native Chinese as well as the westerners have produced quite a number of phonetic systems, which can be divided into two schools: one is ...
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Intercomprehension of romanic languages and african songs: a plurilingual and intercultural proposal in the training of English language teachers.

, 2018
Santos, Thaise da Paz Cardoso dos, 1986-
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Problems of fragmentation of the Latin language continuum in the intellectual history of Romanic linguistics

Maksym W. Kyrchanoff
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Improvement in the English Translations of Albrecht von Haller's Usong (1771)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The political novel Usong (1771), written by the Swiss physiologist Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777), is set in the fifteenth century and tells the story of a Mongolian prince who becomes the Emperor of Persia and redesigns the government of his empire to promote the happiness of his subjects.
Laura Tarkka
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There is a need for a paradigm shift in laparoscopic surgical training: results of a nationwide survey among teaching hospitals in Switzerland. [PDF]

BMC Med Educ
Wczysla K, Sparn M, Schmied B, Hahnloser D, Bischofberger S.   +4 more
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What is health? [PDF]

Microb Biotechnol, 2013
Brüssow H.
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The Construction of a Bestseller: The Case of Thomas Nettleton's Some Thoughts Concerning Virtue and Happiness (1729)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholars have tended to interpret Thomas Nettleton's bestselling Virtue and Happiness (1729) as an Epicurean work. In contrast, I argue that this book was constructed partly from extensive paraphrases of the writings of Locke, Shaftesbury, and Hutcheson.
Jacob Donald Chatterjee
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