Normative Data for 84 UK English Rebus Puzzles [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Recent investigations have established the value of using rebus puzzles in studying the insight and analytic processes that underpin problem solving.
Emma Threadgold, J. Marsh, L. Ball
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English Bulldogs in the UK: a VetCompass study of their disorder predispositions and protections
Canine Medicine and Genetics, 2022 Plain English summary The English Bulldog has risen sharply in popularity over the past decade in the UK. However, its distinctive and extreme conformation has raised concerns because many of these physical features render the breed prone to serious ...
Dan G. O’Neill +6 more
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Validation of the UK English Oxford cognitive screen-plus in sub-acute and chronic stroke survivors [PDF]
Eur Stroke J, 2022 Introduction: Stroke survivors are routinely screened for cognitive impairment with tools that often fail to detect subtle impairments. The Oxford Cognitive Screen-Plus (OCS-Plus) is a brief tablet-based screen designed to detect subtle post-stroke ...
S. Webb +5 more
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English translation and validation of the Ikigai-9 in a UK Sample [Protocol] [PDF]
Journal of Concurrent Disorders, 2019 The psychological construct of ‘ikigai’ reflects the sense of having a ‘reason for living’ and has been associated with various positive health-related outcomes.
Asano, Kenichi +2 more
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Word-boundary palatalization and production planning in UK English [PDF]
Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 2020 We analyze palatalization from /z/ to [ʒ] at word boundaries in UK English. Previous research has investigated palatalization in the context of /s#j/, showing that lexical frequency influences its occurrence across word boundaries.
Donald Dunagan, Margaret E. L. Renwick
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Longitudinal match performance characteristics of UK and non-UK players in the English Premier League [PDF]
Science and Medicine in Football, 2017 This study investigated the longitudinal match performance characteristics in the English Premier League (EPL), with special reference to player nationality (UK vs. non-UK). Match observations (n = 14700) were collected using a multi-camera computerised tracking system across 7 consecutive EPL seasons (2006–2007 to 2012– 2013).
Michael Bush +4 more
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Preliminary Clinical Validation of the UK English Version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score in UK English-speaking female population of Newcastle, Great Britain [PDF]
JOJ Urology & Nephrology, 2017 Background: The Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACSS) was initially developed in Uzbek language for assessing acute cystitis (AC) symptoms’ severity and effect on quality of life.
J. Alidjanov
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Subtlex-UK: A New and Improved Word Frequency Database for British English [PDF]
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2014 We present word frequencies based on subtitles of British television programmes. We show that the SUBTLEX-UK word frequencies explain more of the variance in the lexical decision times of the British Lexicon Project than the word frequencies based on the
Walter J. B. van Heuven +3 more
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Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2022 This comparative study examines Pakistani English and UK English newspaper editorials regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The systemic functional linguistic (SFL) model of Halliday is used as a theoretical framework.
Fazeel Ghani +4 more
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Playing in the academic field: Non-native English-speaking academics in UK business schools [PDF]
, 2015 This paper draws on Bourdieu's concepts of field, habitus and capital to explore the ways in which working in English as a non-native language influences foreign academics' performance of academic habitus and the level of their symbolic capital necessary
Bourdieu P +23 more
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