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Stress, time use and gender [PDF]
electronic International Journal of Time Use Research, 2007 This paper studies the gender aspect of stress within a Scandinavian welfare state regime with high employment rates for both women and men. By applying an economic model, an extended model and a stress-level model, we find that higher incomes lead to stress among women, somewhat confirming findings for Australia, Germany, Canada, Korea, and the US ...
Jens Bonke, Frederik Gerstoft
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The Relationship Between English and Polish Rhythm Measures in Polish Learners of English [PDF]
, 2015 This paper investigates native and non-native speech rhythm in the speech of Polish learners of English at an intermediate/upper-intermediate level. More specifically, it attempts to explore the relationship between rhythm measures scores in L1 Polish ...
Gralińska-Brawata, Anna
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Learning During Stressful Times [PDF]
Learning & Memory, 2004 Stressful life events can have profound effects on our cognitive and motor abilities, from those that could be construed as adaptive to those not so. In this review, I discuss the general notion that acute stressful experience necessarily impairs our abilities to learn and remember.
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Macropolycytes: Severe stress time for neutrophils
Morphologie, 2020 Macropolycytes are giant neutrophils found in a variety of benign and neoplastic conditions. Since megaloblastic anaemia is one of the recognised causes of macropolycytes, other blood film features of megaloblastic anaemia should be sought when they harbor hypersegmented nuclei.
J-F, Lesesve +3 more
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The Effect of IP Constituent Position and Foot Complexity on Timing in Polish Learner's English Pronunciation [PDF]
, 2010 A comparison of native and Polish learners' performance shows similar durations of stressed and pitch accented syllables. The unstressed syllables and syllable clusters, on the other hand, are significantly longer in non-native speech, and the ...
Porzuczek, Andrzej
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The Effect of Auditor’s Work Stress on Audit Quality of Listed Companies in Indonesia [PDF]
Journal of Economics, Business & Accountancy Ventura, 2021 Audit failure practices have been the headlines in the past decade. At the same time, auditing is associated with high stress and over-timed work. However, a concern regarding the importance of audit quality rises nowadays. This research aims to find the
Cliff Oliver Winoto, Senny Harindahyani
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Using the beat histogram for speech rhythm description and language identification [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper we present a novel approach for the description of speech rhythm and the extraction of rhythm-related features for automatic language identification (LID).
Lykartsis, Athanasios, Weinzierl, Stefan
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Distributed Practice and Time Pressure Interact to Affect Learning and Retention of Arithmetic Facts
Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2023 Arithmetic is commonly taught through timed practice and drill, yet little research exists to guide optimal practice structure. This study investigated the effects of distributed practice and time pressure on the acquisition and retention of arithmetic ...
Olivia R. Jazbutis +3 more
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Unstressed Vowels in German Learner English: An Instrumental Study [PDF]
, 2014 This study investigates the production of vowels in unstressed syllables by advanced German learners of English in comparison with native speakers of Standard Southern British English. Two acoustic properties were measured: duration and formant structure.
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Análisis experimental del ritmo de la lengua catalana
Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1991 Our analysis is based on a study of Os (1984) about two rhythmically distinct languages: Dutch (stress-timed language) and Italian (syllable-timed language).
Montse Cantin, Antonio Ríos
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