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Cost of referral treatment for colic in the United Kingdom—What has changed in the last 5 years?

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Referral treatment costs and insurance status impact treatment decisions for colic. Objectives To evaluate changes in the cost of referral treatment for colic, and insurance cover and premiums in the United Kingdom between 2018 and 2023. Study Design Cross sectional study.
F. E. Wilson, T. S. Mair, S. L. Freeman
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Statement Readability and Firm Debt Choice

Financial Management, EarlyView.
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, Hamdi Ben‐Nasr, Sabri Boubaker, Arman Eshraghi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

POSITIONING SOURCE WORDS IN TWO-MEMBER SERBIAN LEXICAL BLENDS: AN ANALYSIS OF SOURCE WORDS’ SYLLABLE NUMBER AND FREQUENCY

Filolog
Starting from the research results for intentional English blends which demonstrate that their first source word tends to have fewer syllables (Kelly, 1998;Renner, 2014 for coordinate blends; Gries, 2004b; 2004c; 2012 for (non-)coordinate blends) as ...
Gorica R. Tomić
doaj   +1 more source

Decoding the Web for Quality Insights on Mouthwash Information in Brazilian Websites

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.
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, Matheus Lotto, Yasmin Teixeira das Graças, Patricia Estefania Ayala Aguirre, Cristina Cunha Villar, Giuseppe Alexandre Romito, Thiago Cruvinel, Cláudio Mendes Pannuti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pedagogical Translanguaging for Epistemic Inclusion: Scaffolding Strategies in Bilingual Subject Instruction in Norway

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Hearing and cognitive decline in aging differentially impact neural tracking of context-supported versus random speech across linguistic timescales.

PLoS ONE
Cognitive decline and hearing loss are common in older adults and often co-occur while investigated separately, affecting the neural processing of speech.
Elena Bolt, Katarina Kliestenec, Nathalie Giroud   +2 more
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The Relationships Between Lower‐ and Higher‐Level Cognitive Skills and Multimodal Reading Comprehension Among Fourth‐Grade Students in the Digital Age

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Vocalisations of the New Zealand morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) on Ponui Island : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2015
Vocalisations provide an effective way to overcome the challenge of studying the behaviour of cryptic or nocturnal species. Knowledge of vocalisations can be applied to management strategies such as population census, monitoring, and territory mapping ...
Brighten, Alex
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Overreliance on Orthographic Similarity in L2‐Japanese Conceptual Processing by L1‐Chinese Learners

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Roles of Vocabulary Size, Word Part Knowledge, and Semantic Transparency in Vocabulary Learning Through the Word Part Technique

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of learner‐ and word‐related variables on L2 vocabulary learning through the word part technique (WPT), a morphological mnemonic designed to strengthen form–meaning associations through knowledge of affixes and stems.
Gaia Oikawa, Masato Sugawara, Takumi Uchihara   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source