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INFLUENCE OF SEQUENCE OF JOINT MOVEMENT ON HAMSTRING LENGTH TEST RESULTS
International Journal of Physiotherapy, 2016 Background: Hamstring length assessment has an important value in Physiotherapy assessment and better outcome of patients. Purpose of the study was 1) To compare Active SLR and Active knee extension test values as per Kendall’s muscle-range assessment, 2)
Dinesh Sorani, Sheshna Rathod
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Language attitudes and religion: Kurdish Alevis in the UK [PDF]
, 2020 In this article I report on results of a Matched Guise Tests (MGT) study investigating attitudes towards Bohtan (BHKr) and Maraş Kurmanji (MRKr) spoken among the UK diaspora.
Yilmaz, B., Yilmaz, B.
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
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Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Volume 70, Issue 6, July 2026.ABSTRACT Use of neuraxial analgesia requires communication between the parturient and her caretakers. In this retrospective study, the use of labor analgesia is compared between parturients whose primary language is other than Finnish or Swedish and who don't communicate in these languages or English without an interpreter (Category I), who communicate
Luisa Pirsko +3 more
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Language learning as psycho-social support: translanguaging space as safe space in superdiverse refugee settings [PDF]
, 2020 This paper explores language learning for displaced people in the countries bordering Syria and attempts to establish a link between the concept of translanguaging and the concept of safe spaces used by NGOs. The paper uses the term ‘displaced people’ as
Capstick, Tony
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Emergency Medical Services (EMS) centers, as the primary providers of urgent medical care, play a vital role in preserving lives during crises. Among the most complex and high‐risk scenarios affecting prehospital EMS performance is wartime conditions.
Jafar Miadfar +5 more
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Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences, 2020 This research aims to focus on the context and progression of the Kurdish language of today while comparing it with the French language. We try here to present the history of the Kurdish language as well as its progression, its rebirth for several ...
Bakhtyar Hussen Ahmad
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Making fun of the standard tongue: Enregisterment, social difference, and Kurdish language humor
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 3, December 2025.Abstract This article analyzes how humor around contrasts between standard and non‐standard Northern, i.e., Kurmanji, Kurdish spoken in Turkey contributes to the enregisterment of standard Kurdish, arguing that Kurdish language jokes promote the recognition and, to different degrees, uptake of standardized linguistic repertoires among differently ...
Patrick C. Lewis
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Hearing Problems Common in Immigrants: Association With Self‐Rated Health
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, Volume 10, Issue 2, April 2025.Immigrants face various challenges in the process of becoming established in a new country, one of which is language acquisition. A key factor for language acquisition is hearing function. Audiometric screening should be offered to immigrants to detect hearing problems to facilitate language acquisition and social integration.
Nina Pauli +3 more
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Continuity and change : Kurdish cultural institutions in the Kurdistan region of Iraq : field research results [PDF]
, 2014 The paper presents selected Kurdish cultural institutions in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is based on the interviews taken by dr Joanna Bocheńska in April and May 2014 in Erbil, Duhok and Suleymaniya. The collected data are presented according to the
Bocheńska, Joanna +1 more
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