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Social role effects on English particle verb variation fail to replicate

Naomi Lee, Laurel Mackenzie · 2023 · Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique

Abstract The English particle verb alternation has been argued to be sensitive to the social role occupied by speakers on radio broadcasts; Kroch and Small (1978) argue that radio show hosts and in-studio guests’ greater sensitivity to…

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Significant difference in Miscanthus species root carbon exudation rate

Amanda J Holder, Rebecca Wilson, Karen Askew et al. · 2025 · Annals of Botany

Abstract Background and Aims The cultivation of Miscanthus, a giant perennial grass and promising biomass crop, is expected to increase globally in response to climate mitigation policies and sustainable agriculture goals. Little is known…

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Why Halley Did Not Discover Proper Motion and Why Cassini Did

Frank Verbunt, Marc van der Sluys · 2019 · Journal for the History of Astronomy

In 1717, Halley compared contemporaneous measurements of the latitudes of four stars with earlier measurements by ancient Greek astronomers and by Brahe, and from the differences concluded that these four stars showed proper motion. An…

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Short message service cancellation intervention to reduce integrated sexual health and HIV ‘did not attend’ appointment rates

Andrew Tomkins, Sam Naylor, Emile Morgan · 2018 · International Journal of STD & AIDS

Did not attend (DNA) appointments create a significant impact upon resource and finance efficiency in the NHS. Despite introduction of short-message service (SMS) reminders to our patients, DNA rates remained persistently high. An option…

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The wild goat of Montecristo Island: did it ever exist?

Spartaco Gippoliti · 2016 · Mammalia

Abstract It has recently been claimed by Masseti that a wild goat survived on Montecristo Island until the first half of the 20th century and that subsequent selection procedures produced a goat that did not resemble any true wild goat. In…

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Comparison of intestinal leak pressure between cadaveric canine and commercial synthetic intestinal tissue that did and did not undergo enterotomy

Penny J. Regier, Mark J. Fealey, Stanley E. Kim et al. · 2020 · American Journal of Veterinary Research

Abstract OBJECTIVE To compare initial leak pressure (ILP) between cadaveric canine and synthetic small intestinal segments that did and did not undergo enterotomy. SAMPLE Eight 8-cm grossly normal jejunal segments from 1 canine cadaver and…

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Carotid artery stenting using CASPER has a lower incidence of ischemic complications compared to Carotid WALLSTENT, but there is no significant difference in postoperative restenosis

Takashi Fujii, Shuta Maehara, Yoshimasa Fukui et al. · 2025 · Interventional Neuroradiology

Background The usefulness of CASPER, a second-generation carotid stent, for carotid artery stenosis is becoming increasingly clear. However, few studies have directly compared treatment outcomes with those of the first-generation Carotid…

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ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN CALON GURU DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN

Ines Tasya Jadidah, Eby Sania Awalia, Althaafi Abdillah et al. · 2023 · SIGNIFICANT : Journal Of Research And Multidisciplinary

Tujuan penelitian ini dilakukan agar dapat menganalisa kemampuan calon guru dalam mengembangkan media pembelajaran. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kualitatif deskrpitif yang intrumen nya berupa observasi untuk memperoleh suatu…

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Lack of significant effect of interleukin-18 gene variants on tuberculosis susceptibility in the Polish population

Sebastian Wawrocki, Grzegorz Kielnierowski, Wieslawa Rudnicka et al. · 2019 · Acta Biochimica Polonica

Background: Polymorphisms in genes encoding cytokines are known to determine susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection. In particular, interleukin-18 (IL-18), an inducer of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), playing an important…

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How Did Early Modern Scholars Study Early Maps?

Matthew H Edney · 2024 · Cartographic Perspectives

The two standard Anglophone historiographies of the history of cartography (Skelton 1972, Harley 1987) situated the field’s origins in the early modern era, or even in the later Middle Ages. Yet “history” and “cartography” are both…

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A real life retrospective analysis of drug expenditure reveals no significant cost difference between infliximab and adalimumab in the treatment of adult crohn's disease: Figure 1

C A Lamb, M Price, M Robinson et al. · 2011 · Gut

Introduction The revised NICE guidance on the use of infliximab and adalimumab for the treatment of Crohn's disease, released in May 2010, has suggested biologics be prescribed as a planned therapy until treatment failure or until…

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