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Hedge Fund Manager Skill and Style-Shifting [PDF]
Management Science, 2018 Using a novel style identification procedure, we show that style-shifting is a dynamic strategy commonly used by hedge fund managers. Three quarters of hedge funds shifted their investment styles at least once over the period from January 1994 to December 2013.
George J. Jiang +2 more
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Style-Shifting in Vlogging: An Acoustic Analysis of “YouTube Voice” [PDF]
Lifespans and Styles, 2017 This article demonstrates evidence of context-related style-shifting on YouTube. This was achieved by comparing the vowels of vlogger Phil Lester in multiple contexts (a solo vlog, collaborative vlog, gaming video, and live video).
Sarah Lee
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“My Vocal Cords are Made of Tweed”: Style-Shifting as Speaker Design [PDF]
Lifespans and Styles, 2015 Intraspeaker variation is evaluated in terms of speaker design in a number of studies (Coupland 1985, Schilling-Estes 1998, Podesva 2008). This study explores possible motives for variation from a speaker design perspective through the analysis of three ...
Melissa Geere +2 more
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Unraveling mysteries of personal performance style; biomechanics of left-hand position changes (shifting) in violin performance [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Instrumental music performance ranks among the most complex of learned human behaviors, requiring development of highly nuanced powers of sensory and neural discrimination, intricate motor skills, and adaptive abilities in a temporal activity.
Peter Visentin +3 more
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Gender, Sexuality, And Shifting Styles: Knowledge Production and Codifying Language Use in Style Guides [PDF]
Ex Aequo: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as MulheresRecent sociopolitical movements concerning gender identity have shifted conversations about language use and meaning. Style guides reflect this shift, updating and expanding sections on inclusive language in newer editions, and codifying written ...
Meg Robertson, Riki Thompson
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Perceived quality of multimedia educational content: A cognitive style approach [PDF]
, 2006 This is the post-print version of the Article. The oficial published version can be accessed from the link below - Copyright, 2006 SpringerCognitive styles influence the way how humans process information, with previous research demonstrating that they ...
Ghinea, G +3 more
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Lifespans and Styles, 2015 This study examines the stylistic use of ‘creaky voice’ in a single speaker: the American actress Scarlett Johansson. Recently, there has been a marked increase in both media and academic interest in creaky voice, with work by Yuasa (2010) and Wolk et al.
Francesca Shaw, Victoria Crocker
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An Attractive Vision of Nostalgia Design: The Shifting from Vintage to Retro Style in Home Spaces [PDF]
Mağallaẗ Al-Funūn wa Al-ʿulūm Al-Ṭaṭbīqiyyaẗ, 2022 الريترو هو أسلوب الحنين إلى الماضي لخلق مساحات إبداعية لها تأثير على الأنماط القديمة والعتيقة في تصميم المسکن. تتمثل مشکلة البحث في تحقيق فهم أکمل لجماليات التصميم القديم في التصميم الداخلي للمسکن.
علا محمد محمود محمد أحمد
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Lifespans and Styles, 2016 It is my pleasure to present the second issue of the second volume of Lifespans & Styles: Undergraduate Working Papers on Intraspeaker Variation. This issue includes six papers from nine authors. The first three papers are by undergraduate students in Dr
Lauren Hall-Lew
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Pitch Change in Dog-Directed Speech
Lifespans and Styles, 2015 Humans cannot help changing their speech in different situations. This kind of ‘intraspeaker variation’ happens every day when news-reporters turn from talking to their colleagues to talking to the camera, or when people suddenly start speaking in a ...
Christy C. Ringrose
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