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Spazi e luoghi urbani nella narrativa swahili: il caso di Dar es Salaam

Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2017
Very often, literature provides visions of the city that are typical of both common sense and collective imagination. Therefore, investigating literature we can sometimes better understand some unexplored ‘territories’.
Graziella Acquaviva
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Protecting While Promoting? The Limits of Agroindustry‐Driven Pesticide Safety in Ugandan Smallholder Agriculture

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pesticide use is expanding rapidly across sub‐Saharan Africa, while regulatory oversight and public protection structures remain weak, leaving smallholder farmers exposed to mounting health and environmental risks. In response, agrochemical industry actors have launched ‘safe use’ initiatives that emphasize training and personal protective ...
Elina Andersson, Ellinor Isgren, Aggrey Atuhaire   +2 more
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Metaphorical uses of Swahili lexeme jasho 'sweat'

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2003
In this squib, I will discuss a semantic network of Swahili lexeme jasho showing how its most concrete meaning of ‘perspiration’ has led to developing of extended, more abstract meanings, which are very productive and have high text frequency, and how ...
Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
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Dimensions of Lexical Mastery and Their Relationships with Listening and Reading Proficiency Among Beginner‐to‐Low‐Intermediate Learners of French

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract The extent to which lexical mastery consists of interrelated types of lexical knowledge has been widely discussed. Yet, few studies have explored whether the lexical dimensions of knowledge and processing are relatively independent or investigated how these two dimensions contribute to listening and reading among beginner‐to‐low‐intermediate ...
Amber Dudley, Emma Marsden
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Words and Scents: How Language Shapes and Skews Olfactory Processing

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on language and olfaction presents a paradox. Language appears to support the formation of odor categories, yet it can also hinder odor recognition through verbal interference, highlighting that different olfactory processes get affected in distinct ways.
Norbert Vanek
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Development of a questionnaire to determine the case detection delay of leprosy: A mixed-methods cultural validation study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundDelay in case detection is a risk factor for developing leprosy-related impairments, leading to disability and stigma. The objective of this study was to develop a questionnaire to determine the leprosy case detection delay, defined as the ...
Naomi D de Bruijne, Kedir Urgesa, Abraham Aseffa, Kidist Bobosha, Anne Schoenmakers, Robin van Wijk, Thomas Hambridge, Mitzi M Waltz, Christa Kasang, Liesbeth Mieras   +9 more
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If We Can't Count Them, We Can't Protect Them: Exploring Policy, Implementation, and Welfare Gaps for Working Animals in Disaster Risk Management

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Working animals are essential to the food and livelihood security and resilience of millions of households living in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Yet, they remain largely invisible in disaster risk management (DRM) policies and data systems.
Lezlie Moriniere, Ambre Caillot, Milan Dinda, Priya Pandey, Franklin Ogwankwa, Mactar Seck, Sher Nawaz, Syed Zahir Ali Shah, Cherinet Abera, Tsegaye Negash, Guizell Box, Gemma Carder   +11 more
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On whether 'Doboro' was a fourth Kuliak language

Studies in African Linguistics, 2015
Wayland’s (1931) description of a northeastern Ugandan people called the ‘Wanderobo’ includes thirty-eight ‘Dorobo’ words, many of which resemble words in Ik, the last thriving member of the Kuliak (Rub) subgroup. Because of this resemblance, it has been
Terrill Schrock
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Testing Effect

Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
. If assessment is the purpose of testing, open-book tests may defeat the purpose. However, a goal of education is to build knowledge, and based on the literature, open-book tests may not be inferior to closed-book tests in promoting long-term retention ...
Olesya Senkova, Hajime Otani, Reid L. Skeel, Renée L. Babcock   +3 more
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ManyBabies 3: A Multi‐Lab Study of Infant Algebraic Rule Learning

Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The ability to learn and apply rules lies at the heart of cognition. In a seminal study, Marcus et al. (1999) reported that 7‐month‐old infants learned abstract rules over syllable sequences and were able to generalize those rules to novel syllable sequences.
Ingmar Visser, Andreea Geambasu, George Kachergis, Cátia M. Oliveira, Joscelin Rocha‐Hidalgo, Martin Zettersten, Teruni Ahamat, Nicolás Alessandroni, Nadja Althaus, Sudha Arunachalam, Suzanne Aussems, Emma L Axelsson, Zeynep Aydin, Heidi A. Baumgartner, Christina Bergmann, Roberta Bettoni, Alexis K. Black, Hermann Bulf, Krista Byers‐Heinlein, Chiara Capparini, Lily Carroll, Alexandra Carstensen, Rebekka Cebulla, Xiaoyun Chen, Kateřina Chládková, Benedetta Colavolpe, Rodica R Constantine, Elísabet Eir Cortes, Frances L. Doyle, Anna Exner, Samuel H Forbes, Laura Franchin, Alessandra Geraci, Judit Gervain, Nayeli Gonzalez‐Gomez, Silje Hagelund, Erin E Hannon, Naomi Havron, Sagi Jaffe‐Dax, Scott P Johnson, Wiktoria Jędryczka, Natalia Kartushina, Melissa Kline Struhl, Ada Koleini, Abhinav Kona, Shannon P Kong, Jessica E Kosie, Monika Kuc̆erová, Katerina Cook, Jared Wayne Leslie, Casey Lew‐Williams, Scarlet Wan Yee Li, Romi Livne, Ellen Marklund, Julien Mayor, Michal Misiak, David Moreau, Jutta L. Mueller, Amber Muhinyi, Alyssa A Quinn, Maartje E. J. Raijmakers, Audun Rosslund, Iris‐Corinna Schwarz, Jeanne L Shinskey, Mohinish Shukla, Sylvain Sirois, Piotr Sorokowski, Basma Sowan, Tibor Tauzin, Angeline Sin Mei Tsui, Martina Turconi, Rebeca C Urizar, Lisa Wagner, Stephanie Wermelinger, Gert Westermann, Ivonne Weyers, Luiza S. B. Yuan, Martina S. Zaharieva, Tania S. Zamuner, Barbara Zapiór, Simone Zasso, J. Grace Zhou, Melanie Soderstrom, Clara C. Levelt   +83 more
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