Secondary School Learners’ Transition to the University: A Qualitative Research Approach by Mbulaheni Paul Tshisikhawe, Buyisani Dube

“…The study findings showed that challenges related to the orientation of learners, class attendance, language of teaching and learner support compromise the transition of first-year learners, a majority of who end up failing or dropping out of the university. …”
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Publishing Trends of Informal Lithuanian Youth Publications –Fanzines – at the End of the 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st Century by Aušra Kairaitytė-Užupė

“…Authors of fanzines associated with punk ideology mostly chose to independently reproduce publications using a copying machine, while creators of metal music and science fiction fanzines more often used professional printing services. The language used in fanzines and its style helped to form a close relationship with readers, revealed the identity traits of subcultural groups, and helped metal music fanzine authors to integrate into the international fanzine culture context. …”
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APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE ALGORITHMS TO CONTROL THE USE OF FLOOD-PRONE AREAS by Konstantin A. Kurganovich, Andrey V. Shalikovskiy, Maksim A. Bosov, Denis V. Kochev

“…The neural network was configured using the Python language and the PyTorch library. To select the best convolutional neural network configuration, various combinations of architectures and encoder types were tested for performance and accuracy. …”

Developing and validating a HEalthCare NAvigation Competency (HECNAC) Scale for refugees in the United States. by Sarah Yeo, Inseok Lee, John Ehiri, Priscilla Magrath, Kacey Ernst, Yu Ri Kim, Halimatou Alaofè

“…Refugees often encounter additional layers of challenges to healthcare navigation due to unfamiliarity with the system, limited health literacy, and language barriers. Despite their challenges, it is difficult to identify the gaps as few tools exist to measure navigation competency among this population and many conventional tools assume English proficiency, making them inadequate for refugees and other immigrants. …”
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A Comparison of the Morbidities Associated with Different Early Treatments in Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Patients by Sumanta Saha, Sujata Saha

“…STUDY DESIGN: The eligible papers searched in various databases (PubMed, Central, Embase, and Scopus) irrespective of their language or date of publication. The Joanna Briggs Institute's Critical Appraisal tool and Cochrane collaboration tool were used to appraise observational and randomized controlled trials, respectively. …”
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Poetic and theatrical occasionalisms: Creation of new morphologically complex words by Joseph von Eichendorff, Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Peter Handke and Arno Schmidt by Wolfgang U. Dressler, Barbara Tumfart, Dietmar Kunisch, Vanessa Hannesschläger

“…These are productivity of word formation, literary functions, main content, single use vs. reuse of them, consequences of the noun bias of German and of the preference for binary relations, size of the word families of compound constituents (especially of the first constituent), the degree of poetic licence, semantically coherent vs. incoherent combination of words within a compound, embedding into the cotext and into the situational context, gapping constructions and their make-up, preference for compounding vs. derivational morphology.The conclusion and outlook (§ 4) present proposals how literary studies may profit from investigations of poetic and theatrical occasionalisms, which represent the highest degree of language creativity of literary authors. We urge that theatre productions should highlight occasionalisms and report that Nestroy’s German occasionalisms are generally better translated into English by programs of machine translation then by human translators. …”
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Defensive healthcare practice: systematic review of qualitative evidence by James Thomas, Melissa Harden, Theo Lorenc, Claire Khouja, Helen Fulbright

“…Objective To synthesise qualitative evidence on clinicians’ views and experiences of defensive practice.Design Systematic review of qualitative data.Data sources MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, AMED, Maternity and Infant Care, CINAHL, ASSIA, Sociological Abstracts, Proquest Dissertations & Theses and PROSPERO were searched from 2000 to October 2023.Eligibility criteria We included English-language studies of clinicians which reported qualitative data on the impact of litigation or complaints on clinical practice.Data extraction and synthesis We coded findings data line by line using a grounded theory approach. …”
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The Essay «Tobčilan ǰokiyaүsan šasin-u ǰiruqai orusiba» («A Brief Chronology of the Doctrine») of G.-Zh. Dylgyrov by Marina V. Ayusheeva

“…The genre and thematic classification of religious writings in the Old Mongolian language largely repeats those in Tibetan literature. …”
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Scientific and Technical Texts: Translation Aspects in Electrical and Computer Engineering by Irina Suima

“…The purpose of the paper is to study the lexical and grammatical levels of technical documentation in the English and Ukrainian languages, as well as to analyze the means of expression of English technical documentation in the Ukrainian language in the field of electrical engineering and computer technology in order to achieve adequacy. …”
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Schoolscaping in a Multilingual Area: An Example of a Hungarian College in Western Ukraine by Váradi Krisztián, Hires-László Kornélia, Máté Réka

“…Therefore, the present paper aimed to solve this research gap and investigate how a minority higher education institution can implement current educational and language policies in its linguistic landscape. The study employed a qualitative approach to show the symbolic significance of the languages used in an educational setting. …”
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Enhancing zero-shot stance detection via multi-task fine-tuning with debate data and knowledge augmentation by Qinlong Fan, Jicang Lu, Yepeng Sun, Qiankun Pi, Shouxin Shang

“…To address these challenges, we propose combining fine-tuning of Large Language Models (LLMs) with knowledge augmentation for zero-shot stance detection. …”
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Contribución de las prácticas de producción de cultivos y las condiciones climáticas a la seguridad microbiológica de los tomates y pimientos by Massimiliano Marvasi, Max Teplitski, George Hochmuth

“…This 4-page fact sheet is the Spanish-language version of SL415/SS628: The Role of Crop Production Practices and Weather Conditions in Microbiological Safety of Tomatoes and Peppers. …”
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The Effect of Ball Heading and Subclinical Concussion On the Neuromuscular Control Of The Lower Limb: A Systematic Review by Georgios Kakavas, Ioannis Giannakopoulos Sr., Athanasios Tsiokanos, Michael Potoupnis, Panagiotis V. Tsaklis

“…The search was limited to English-language and peer-reviewed publications, until 15/12/2022. …”
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About Oirat Texts from the Handwritten Collection BM-574 from the Collection of P. B. Baldanzhapov by Deliash N. Muzraeva, Tsymzhit P. Vanchikova

“…The purpose of the article is to present a description of the handwritten collection BM 574 in the Oirat language from the collection of P. B. Baldanzhapov, stored in the collections of the Central Historical Research Center of the IMBT SB RAS. …”
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AMEND 2.0: module identification and multi-omic data integration with multiplex-heterogeneous graphs by Samuel S. Boyd, Chad Slawson, Jeffrey A. Thompson

“…Software is freely available in the R programming language at https://github.com/samboyd0/AMEND .…”
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Individual differences in discourse management by Derya Çokal, Jason Bishop, Jacopo Torregrossa, Clare Patterson, Martine Grice, Simon Wehrle, Maria Lialiou, Sophie Repp, Heiko Seeliger, Sonja Eisenbeiß, Klaus von Heusinger, Kai Vogeley, Petra B. Schumacher

“…., discourse perception and production) and cognitive functions can shed light on the intricate relationship between language and cognition in discourse management, as well as the appropriate psychometric measures to address this complex interaction. …”
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Mortality in older adults with epilepsy: An understudied entity by Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Rithvik Gundlapalli, Ifrah Zawar

“…Increasing awareness among healthcare providers and families about the risks and management of epilepsy in older adults, along with fostering collaborative research efforts, is essential to improve mortality outcomes. Plain Language Summary There is a heightened risk of mortality in older people with epilepsy due to many causes unique to their population. …”
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Comparison of the accuracy of implant impression by conventional open-tray and digital techniques by Joanna Majid Hayder, Fahd Sudad Ikram

“…All the models have been saved as standard tessellation language files and converted from 3- Dimensional to 2-Dimensional to calculate the distances between the center of the implants, and the implant angulations measurements by both design programs sketch up, and Auto CAD. …”
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The Impact of School Debates on Pupils' English-Speaking Proficiency in Selected Primary Schools in Nyakabande Sub-County Kisoro District. by Nizeyimana, Muhwehwe George

“…Debate can help learners build confidence and develop language fluency and academic study skills which is not only speaking but also reading, writing listening, and research skills.…”
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Factors influencing male involvement in family planning among married couples seeking maternity and pediatric services in Chuk by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Immaculate, Okoth

“…Study instrument validated by pilot testing and translating into local language and data collection lasted for a period of one month. …”
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