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Financial Statement Readability and Firm Debt Choice
ABSTRACT Examining more than 16,000 firm‐year observations in the United States, we provide novel evidence showing that higher financial statement readability leads to a decrease in information asymmetry and the need for external monitoring, thereby reducing the reliance on bank debt relative to public debt.
Wajih Abbassi +3 more
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TEACHING SPANISH IN THE UNIVERSAL MONARCHY: TOMÁS PINPIN'S GRAMMAR FOR TAGALOGS (1610)
ABSTRACT In 1610, a Tagalog printer named Tomás Pinpin published a Spanish grammar in Tagalog that was intended to help natives avoid errors and misunderstandings in their interactions with Spanish colonizers. This article attempts to clarify the book's genesis and to contextualize it within the global expansion of Spanish. Pinpin exemplifies a pattern
ALAN DURSTON
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Decoding the Web for Quality Insights on Mouthwash Information in Brazilian Websites
ABSTRACT Background The internet is an important source of health information for the population. There is robust evidence about the efficacy of mouthwashes in the prevention and treatment of oral diseases. However, many websites containing mouthwash‐related content may display misinformation and be challenging to read and understand.
Bruna Di Profio +7 more
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ABSTRACT Bilingual subject instruction (BSI) is one form of language support classes in Norwegian schools, preparing students from language minorities for mainstream instruction by combining subject and language tutoring through the students’ home language.
Agnieszka Moraczewska
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An INDSCAL analysis of normal and hearing-impaired listeners' consonant confusions on a nonsense syllable test [PDF]
J. L. Danbauer +2 more
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Syllable clustering analysis-based passive acoustic monitoring technology and its application in bird monitoring [PDF]
Keyi Wu +8 more
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ABSTRACT Multimodal reading skills are essential for 21st‐century students to interpret and navigate information across various modalities on the Internet and in multimedia environments. While previous studies have delved into the effects of lower‐ and higher‐level cognitive skills on traditional reading comprehension, which involves solely written ...
Yaping Liu, Choo Mui Cheong, Xinhua Zhu
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Overreliance on Orthographic Similarity in L2‐Japanese Conceptual Processing by L1‐Chinese Learners
ABSTRACT Orthographic and phonological similarities between first (L1) and second (L2) languages can facilitate L2 processing. Particularly, L1‐Chinese learners of L2‐Japanese can benefit from the shared morphosyllabic Chinese characters (Japanese kanji/Chinese hanzi) because of their similar orthographies.
Xuehan Zhao, Kexin Xiong, Sachiko Kiyama
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