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Bilingual lexical ambiguity resolution
No full textThis book provides students and researchers of bilingualism with the most recent methodological and theoretical advances on how bilinguals resolve ambiguous information across languages. With reports on the latest findings from the behavioral and neuropsychological fields, the authors survey the latest research into bilingual language-system modelling and bilingual lexical ambiguity processing. Each chapter looks at bilingual ambiguity resolution both at the word and sentence levels, explaining how bilinguals ultimately comprehend ambiguous information arising from languages they already know. This volume not only explores enduring theoretical questions in bilingual research, such as bilingual representation and language processing, but also evaluates the extent to which the existing bilingual models can satisfactorily account for the most recent research findings
Empirical environmental justice research in hydrocarbon extraction areas: Examining current approaches outside the U.S. using a Mexican case study
No full textIntroduction of a novel natural history collection: a model for global scientific collaboration and enhancement of biodiversity infrastructure with a focus on developing countries
No full textNovel paradigms and advancement of collections-based research for solving societal and global issues has prompted scientists in recent decades to advocate for collections that improve associated data holistically. We review current knowledge, philosophies, and advocacy of this approach to natural history collections and present information about a new natural history collection that has been founded on many of these principles as a result of this call to action. This collection has resulted in the unification of three Bolivian and two American institutions, and provides a vehicle for improved educational and research opportunities in an underprivileged and underrepresented area. These novel paradigms are conceptualized in our models of specimen data and natural history collections use and summarize holistic approaches to data collection, scientific collaboration, education, and public outreach. These approaches address biodiversity conservation from a global perspective but focus on the importance of natural history collections and biodiversity infrastructure in developing countries. We suggest that natural history collections follow this framework to address global biodiversity challenges
A Retrospective Perusal Of An Unlikely Friendship In Nineteenth Century America: Frederick Douglass And William Lloyd Garrison
Get PDFThis thesis reexamines the evolving friendship between the two most prominent U.S. abolitionists of the Nineteenth Century, Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. The purpose is to provide a more complex picture of their friendship than one-sided antagonistic view often highlighted by scholars. While applying the political principle of egalitarianism and Aristotle’s three notions of friendship (pleasure, utility, and goodness) from Nicomachean Ethics, one can derive an alternative vista to a profound and fruitful relationship. By doing so, one can acknowledge that within their friendship, they were morally sovereign men led by reason despite the adverse events that played out in the public eye, events that tend to overshadow their virtuous friendship. By acknowledging an Aristotelian friendship, one can derive the goodwill and generosity between the Douglass-Garrison friendship, their actions, intentions, and character despite their differences and in spite of their commonalities. The argument is not to disprove what was, but to reveal the discourse of an undiscovered layer of the Douglass-Garrison friendship. It is significant to recognize that although this initial relationship between Douglass-Garrison was pleasant because of one another’s knowledge and similarities and their goal of emancipation; the friendship between the two men cocooned into an interdependent relationship of convenience where both were each other’s equals. They were sovereign men who were nonetheless transformed by the friendship that shaped them into the men they eventually became. This relationship is crucial to revisit not only for the integrity of the Douglass-Garrison friendship, but to recognize that although the world discriminated, this impartial friendship, existed between two sovereign men. It was, not, as may appear at first glance, a relationship based on oppression or victim-hood
La importancia de la gestión del conocimiento en los medios de comunicación en una institución educativa en México
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Educational tracking and juvenile confidence in the police in China
No full textJuvenile confidence in the police (JCP) has become an important research topic in policing. In spite of an increasing amount of research literature on JCP, the influence of educational tracking especially vocational tracking on juveniles’ confidence in the police has received limited scholarly attention. Extant literature suggests a noticeable difference in family backgrounds, attitudinal perceptions, and problematic behaviours between vocational school students and regular high school students. Using the survey data of 3628 students collected from these 2 distinctive segments of educational tracking in a southwestern Chinese city, this study examines if and how youths in vocational schools perceive the local police differently from their regular high school counterparts. The findings indicate that vocational school students had more confidence in the police than their regular high school peers. In addition, school contexts played a significant role in shaping their respective attitudes toward the police. Implications of these findings are discussed
Is corruption a greater burden for registered MSEs? Evidence from Zambia
No full textIf corrupt bureaucrats target registered firms, then corruption may discourage registration. Using data from a survey of 4,801 micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Zambia, this paper looks at whether corruption is a more or less serious problem for registered MSEs. Consistent with earlier studies, the results suggest registered MSEs are more concerned about corruption than unregistered firms are. The paper also proposes two reasons why corruption might affect registered MSEs differently than it affects unregistered firms. We first suggest that registered firms might meet with government officials more often than unregistered firms, giving corrupt officials more opportunities to demand bribes from them, but we also suggest that registered firms might be less vulnerable when officials demand bribes because they are more able to complain about bribe demands. This could offset registered firms\u27 disadvantage because of more frequent meetings. The evidence supports the first, but not the second, hypothesis. Registered firms were more likely to meet with government officials but were not consistently less likely to pay bribes when they did meet with them
Empathetic Leadership: How Leader Emotional Support and Understanding Influences Follower Performance
No full textThis article presents a theory of empathetic leadership and its initial test. Empathetic leadership provides a model of how leader understanding and support improves follower behaviors and affective states. For this article, we explored the link between empathetic leadership and follower performance. Specifically, we tested the causal processes by which empathetic language influences follower performance. These processes include follower job satisfaction and innovation. Findings support model hypotheses and provide preliminary causal support for the model
Disposable chronoamperometric sensor for detecting ciprofloxacin
No full textThe purpose of this study is to develop a disposable, inexpensive, and compact biosensor for rapid detection of ciprofloxacin (Cipro) in water. The electrochemical sensor used is a screen-printed electrode (SPE), and chronoamperometric (CA) method is used for detection of Cipro. Different concentrations of Cipro were tested for the response of the sensor, by the simple application of a droplet of Cipro at the working electrode of the SPE and measured the CAresponse for a particular applied voltage of 0.35 Vversus Ag/AgCl. From the CAanalysis and the linear regression analysis equation, we measured the sensitivity to be 0.031 μA μM-1. The limit of detection of the sensor was measured to be 0.33 μM, with a linear determination coefficient of .986, over a linear range of concentrations of Cipro (13.75 μM-135 μM)