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Production of voice onset time (VOT) by senior Polish learners of English

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2021
Although research on foreign language learning among seniors has recently accelerated, studies on L2 phonology in this age group remain scarce. Seniors may be at a great disadvantage when it comes to learning the sounds of a foreign language because age ...
Sypiańska Jolanta
doaj   +1 more source

Educational potential, underachievement, and cultural pluralism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The term 'underachievement' is widespread in modern educational discourse, invoked most frequently in relation to a perceived failure to reach 'potential'.
Gillies, Donald
core   +2 more sources

Experience, aptitude and individual differences in native language ultimate attainment [PDF]

open access: yesCognition, 2018
Several recent studies have demonstrated that some native speakers do not fully master some fairly basic grammatical constructions of their language, thus challenging the widely-held assumption that all native speakers converge on the same grammar. This study investigates the extent of individual differences in adult native speakers' knowledge of a ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Electron–Matter Interactions During Electron Beam Nanopatterning

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This article reviews the electron–matter interactions important to nanopatterning with electron beam lithography (EBL). Electron–matter interactions, including secondary electron generation routes, polymer radiolysis, and electron beam induced charging, are discussed.
Camila Faccini de Lima   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educational attainment and ultimate fertility among Swedish women born in 1955-59

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2006
This is the second of two companion papers addressing the association between educational attainment and fertility for some sixty educational groups of Swedish women, defined according to field of education as well as level of education.
Gerda Neyer   +2 more
doaj  

Israeli Russian: Case morphology in a bilingual context

open access: yesRussian Journal of Linguistics, 2021
The current study investigates case morphology development in a bilingual context. It is aimed at investigating potential mechanisms driving divergences in heritage language grammars as compared to the baseline monolingual standards.
Natalia Meir   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Practicing Hope [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In this essay, I consider how the theological virtue of hope might be practiced. I will first explain Thomas Aquinas’s account of this virtue, including its structural relation to the passion of hope, its opposing vices, and its relationship to the ...
DeYoung, Rebecca Konyndyk
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More than Dollars for Scholars: The Impact of the Dell Scholars Program on College Access, Persistence and Degree Attainment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Although college enrollment rates have increased substantially over the last several decades, socioeconomic inequalities in college completion have actually widened over time.
Benjamin L. Castleman   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Predicting the Time at Which a Lévy Process Attains Its Ultimate Supremum [PDF]

open access: yesActa Applicandae Mathematicae, 2014
zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Baurdoux, Erik, Van Schaik, Kees
openaire   +3 more sources

From Mechanics to Electronics: Influence of ALD Interlayers on the Multiaxial Electro‐Mechanical Behavior of Metal–Oxide Bilayers

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ultrathin AlOxHy interlayers between aluminum films and polymer substrates significantly improve electro‐mechanical properties of flexible thin film systems. By precisely controlling interlayer thickness using atomic layer deposition, this study identifies an optimal interlayer thickness of 5–10 nm that enhances ductility and delays cracking.
Johanna Byloff   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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