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'Language ... Without Metaphor'

Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies, 2020
Henry David Thoreau has been celebrated for his observation of the natural world. While noting Thoreau's skills of observation in relation to the natural world and his responsiveness to sensory experience, scholars have, however, tended to privilege ...
Roxana Oltean
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“Leave it to the experts”: Misleading narratives drive public voting on a wildlife protection ballot initiative

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract As public values toward wildlife shift, some stakeholders are turning towards ballot initiatives to promote their values in management decision making. While there has been a growing body of literature on public perceptions toward wildlife management issues more broadly, less is known about what influences public voting behavior on wildlife ...
Rebecca M. Niemiec, Mireille Gonzalez, Jenna Brager, Lori Kogan   +3 more
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Provider Practices in Prediabetes Intervention and Diabetes Prevention

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2011
A cross-sectional study was performed to determine if evidence-based research in prediabetes management is utilized in the medical office setting in an effort to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes, and to determine whether any particular demographic
Tina Ann Cloney PhD, MSPH, RD, LDN, CDE, Regina A. Galer-Unti PhD, CHES, William M. Barkley PhD, NCC   +2 more
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Disproportional ventilatory response to incremental exercise in individuals with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Individuals with cerebral palsy demonstrate a disproportionate ventilatory response during incremental exercise. Compared with typically developing peers, respiratory frequency increases earlier and at comparable exercise intensities, contributing to higher perceived exertion and reduced ventilatory efficiency. At task failure, respiratory frequency is
Linnéa Corell, Emma Hjalmarsson, Rodrigo Fernandez‐Gonzalo, Annika Kruse, Sebastian Edman, Asta Kizyte, Rouli Wang, Arnoud Edelman Bos, Peder Sörensson, Eva Pontén, Petra E. M. van Schie, Annemieke I. Buizer, Jessica Norrbom, Daniele A. Cardinale, Ferdinand von Walden   +14 more
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Reading Thoreau in Another’s Voice Reading Thoreau

MatLit, 2017
Reading Thoreau in Another’s Voice Reading Thoreau is an experimental sound work that elucidates the complex network of materialities present in literature. Two sound sources are taken from two public-domain audio readings of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden.
Ryan LaLiberty
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A consensus statement on a National Competency Framework for training and assessment of knowledge and skills in diabetes technologies, including hybrid closed loop (HCL), insulin pump systems, and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims To design a national competency framework supporting the training of healthcare professionals (HCP) in the care and management of people with diabetes using diabetes technologies. Methods Following the release of the NICE [TA943] guidance1 and the NHS England 5‐year implementation strategy2, a working group was formed to design a four ...
E. Richardson, B. Stribling, J. Ridgeway, C. Kitching‐Davis, L. Willcocks, L. Heggs, H. Wakefield, G. Gallen, A. Jolley, K. Bareford, A. Williams, D. Farrow, T. Fletcher‐Salt, D. Hicks, J. Higgins, L. Jordan, B. Kelly, C. Metcalf‐O’Shea, M. Turner, E. Walden, A. Walker, P. Choudhary   +21 more
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A person‐centered and genetically informed approach toward characterizing multidomain resilience to neighborhood disadvantage in youth

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Examining resilience to adversity across multiple behavioral domains (e.g., psychological well‐being, social functioning) can better characterize positive development and inform novel prevention and intervention efforts. However, few studies have employed person‐centered methods to examine individual profiles of resilience across multiple ...
Jessica L. Bezek, Elizabeth A. Shewark, Gabriela L. Suarez, Kelly L. Klump, S. Alexandra Burt, Luke W. Hyde   +5 more
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Le tracé extravagant des cartes dans Moby-Dick et Walden

Transatlantica, 2013
This article is focused on mapping in Moby-Dick (1851) and Walden (1854). Michel Imbert comments more specifically on the chapters of Melville’s novel explicitly devoted to maps: both the map of Nantucket and the charts used by Captain Ahab to set his ...
Michel Imbert, Julien Nègre
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Banking with Inside Money: An Efficiency Analysis

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract We show that banks do not decentralize the first best in a nominal Diamond–Dybvig economy with inside money. Furthermore, state‐contingent deposit contracts do not expand the consumption possibility set to include the first best either. Central banks can improve welfare but only for savers and only with unconventional monetary policy. Finally,
DAVID RIVERO, HUGO RODRÍGUEZ MENDIZÁBAL   +1 more
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When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
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