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A Portable Soft Robotic Glove with Fully Functional Thumb Assistance for Complex Dexterous Fine Motor Skills

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A portable, sensorized, and controlled dexterous thumb‐enhanced glove helps stroke survivors swipe phones, twist caps, and perform other tasks. It is based on a powerful continuously, segmented origami dual chamber actuator to achieve active thumb CMC and MCP joint assistance and passively extend the IP joint.
Disheng Xie   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

The bottleneck of second language acquisition

open access: yes, 2014
Explaining why some linguistic features and constructions are easy or difficult to acquire in a second language has become a prominent current concern in generative second language acquisition (SLA) research.
Slabakova, Roumyana
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The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language Learning Strategies and its Implications for Second Language Teaching

open access: yesRevista de Lenguas Modernas, 2009
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Olda Cano de Araúz
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Cost Pass‐Through in Crisis: Evidence From the German Malt‐Beer Supply Chain

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Global agri‐food supply chains are increasingly exposed to geopolitical shocks, climate volatility, and market consolidation, factors that disrupt traditional price relationships and reshape market power dynamics. Nowhere is this more visible than in the brewing sector, where agricultural raw materials meet complex industrial processing and ...
Nikolas Bublik, Lukáš Čechura
wiley   +1 more source

The place of translation in teaching Turkish as a Foreign language

open access: yes, 2018
This study covers the use of translation activities, one of the many activities that have been used in language teaching from past to present in teaching Turkish as a foreign language.

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An analysis of foreign language lesson discourse : with special reference to the teaching of English in Tunisian secondary schools. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
In this thesis a new model for the analysis of foreign language lesson discourse has been developed. It draws on existing models but provides flexibility by focusing on three levels: Frame, Move, Act. An attempt has been made in this thesis to clarify
Abdesslem, Habib
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From Action to Insight: A Professional Learning Community’s Experiences with the European Language Portfolio

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2011
This paper focuses on an action research project set in the context of one professional learning community‟s (PLC‟s) exploration of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and the European Language Portfolio (ELP).
Paula Lee Kristmanson   +2 more
doaj  

Price Transmission and Leadership in the Global Poultry Market: Results From Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil and the United States account for more than 40% of global poultry exports, with China and South Korea among their major destination markets. This study examines price transmission and market linkages between Brazil and the United States using monthly poultry export price data from January 1990 to December 2024. It also assesses which of
Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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