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The toxic metal hypothesis for neurological disorders

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
Multiple sclerosis and the major sporadic neurogenerative disorders, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson disease, and Alzheimer disease are considered to have both genetic and environmental components.
R. Pamphlett, D. Bishop
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Graphitic Carbons and Biosignatures [PDF]

, 2014
The unambiguous identification of graphitic carbons as remains of life in ancient rocks is challenging because fossilized biogenic molecules are inevitably altered and degraded during diagenesis and metamorphism of the host rocks.
Bernard, S, Papineau, D
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The Selective Fossilization Hypothesis and its Putative Implications for Second Language Teaching

Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015
Issues of learnability and teachability of linguistic features have long been a core interest in instructed second language acquisition (SLA) research. Following Lyster and Ranta (1998), a great deal of empirical work has approached second language (L2 ...
Shaoyan Qi
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Education and Input as Predictors of Second Language Attainment in Naturalistic Contexts [PDF]

, 2019
This study examines the effects of education and input as predictors of adult second language acquisition in naturalistic contexts. L1 Albanian learners of Greek who differed in amount of schooling (from 4 to 16 years) and length of residence (from 8 to ...
Dąbrowska, Ewa, Janko, Eleni, Street, James   +2 more
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Hypothesis Testing for High-Dimensional Multinomials: A Selective Review [PDF]

Annals of Applied Statistics, 2017
The statistical analysis of discrete data has been the subject of extensive statistical research dating back to the work of Pearson. In this survey we review some recently developed methods for testing hypotheses about high-dimensional multinomials ...
Sivaraman Balakrishnan, L. Wasserman
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Attention, Awareness, and Noticing: The Role of Consciousness and the Selective Fossilization Hypothesis

Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015
Learning a second language (L2) is a complex and variable process. Unlike first language (L1) acquisition, second language acquisition (SLA) is often marked by an interlanguage (IL) consisting of fragmentary, incomplete knowledge to varying degrees in ...
Ji-Yung Jung
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Analysis of global diversity patterns and dynamics of selected Mesozoic marine invertebrate groups [PDF]

, 2015
Megjegyzés az értekezés megjelenítéséről: a szerző kérésére a disszertáció 2017-08-31-től lehet nyilvános; a tézisek ...
Kocsis, Tibor Ádám
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Selective Inference for Hierarchical Clustering [PDF]

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2020
Classical tests for a difference in means control the Type I error rate when the groups are defined a priori. However, when the groups are instead defined via clustering, then applying a classical test yields an extremely inflated Type I error rate ...
Lucy L. Gao, J. Bien, Daniela M. Witten
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Selective attention in hypothesis-driven data analysis

bioRxiv, 2020
When analyzing the results of an experiment, the mental focus on a specific hypothesis might prevent the exploration of other aspects of the data, effectively blinding one to new ideas.
I. Yanai, M. Lercher
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Ethnographic Analogy, the Comparative Method, and Archaeological Special Pleading [PDF]

, 2016
Ethnographic analogy, the use of comparative data from anthropology to inform reconstructions of past human societies, has a troubled history.
Currie, Adrian
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