A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF COMMENTS AND DELIVERY STRATEGY ON TED TALKS by Ildi Kurniawan

“…There was no comment on both personal anecdote and other comments on the speaker. Also, from the comments on speaker delivery, it was revealed that the comments on the quality of delivery were attractive, sincere, knowledgeable, fluent, accurate, effective, and efficient. …”
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DO DECISION-MAKING PROFESSIONALS COMMIT THE SUNK-COST FALLACY? by Musa Ilias Biala

“…Some studies have provided evidence in support of the anecdotal evidence while some have refuted the evidence. …”
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Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review by Yub Raj Sedhai, Roshan Acharya, Priyanka Bhat, Subha Saeed, Hamza Sohail, Shreedhar Kunwar, Suman Kadariya, Muhammad Altaf Ahmed, Irfan Waheed, Rodney Steff, Tahir Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Nisar Kazimuddin, Karan Singh

“…Literature is merely limited to a few anecdotal case reports. Herein we present a case of a 74-year-old female who was diagnosed with primary malignant melanoma of the lung. …”
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A Mosquito Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Ephraim V. Ragasa, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius) is a large mosquito that has developed an outsized reputation because of its relatively intimidating heft and persistent biting behavior, including anecdotal historical accounts of its legendary aggressiveness and ‘frightening appearance’. …”
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A Mosquito Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Ephraim V. Ragasa, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius) is a large mosquito that has developed an outsized reputation because of its relatively intimidating heft and persistent biting behavior, including anecdotal historical accounts of its legendary aggressiveness and ‘frightening appearance’. …”
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Bringing the words out of the Montessori box: Towards a Montessori system for enhancing language development from birth to six years by Helen Prochazka

“… Anecdotal evidence from early years practitioners in the UK reflects a perception of gradual, but per­sistent, decline in the extent of native English-speaking children’s vocabulary and oral communication skills when they start nursery aged 2–3 years. …”
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L’alliance normando-tupi au xvie siècle : la célébration de Rouen by Beatriz Perrone-Moisés

“…This article proposes to consider these festivities not so much as a display of exoticism or an anecdotal curiosity, but rather as a statement and celebration of alliances between the Normans and the Tupi, on which depend the success of the city’s transatlantic trade and, through the characteristic traits of these relations, the foundation of the wealth of the city and the quality of the performance. …”
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Le Dictionnaire caraïbe-français du dominicain Raymond Breton : témoignage de tensions interculturelles by Marie-Christine Pioffet

“…Despite the efforts of rapprochement made by the missionary, the present investigation shows that the extracts in local language and the anecdotes reported reflect intercultural tensions and resistance of the natives in the face of the Dominican’s evangelization enterprise. …”
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Les établissements perchés de l’Auvergne (ive-viie s. apr. J.-C.) : de nouvelles formes d’habitat groupé by Sandra Chabert, Damien Martinez

“…For a long time this subject was considered anecdotal, however it is now being reconsidered and incorporated into the discourse on such new forms of concentrated settlement. …”
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Photographic self-fashioning. The role of photography in community-formation by the skagen painters by Mette Bøgh Jensen

“…The empirical material consists of the artists’ accounts of being an artist in an artists’ colony such as anecdotes, letters, eyewitness accounts published in contemporary media and some of the photographs of the artists’ communal activities in the collection of Art Museums of Skagen.…”
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Creative occupations as knowledge practices: Innovation and precarity in the creative economy by Hearn Greg

“…The ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation (herewith CCI) was established with two simple policy objectives. One was to assess anecdotal and boosterish claims about the growth rates of the creative industries, and hence, to measure the size of the creative industries contribution to gross domestic product (GDP). …”
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A Rehabilitation Algorithm After Lateral Ankle Sprains in Professional Football (Soccer): An Approach Based on Clinical Practice Guidelines by Zacharias Flore, Karen Hambly, Kyra De Coninck, Götz Welsch

“…The rehabilitation after LAS in professional football players is often still time-based and relies on anecdotal experience of clinicans. There is still a lack of utilization of criteria-based rehabilitation concepts after LAS in professional football. …”
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Orality in the cultural area of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Ćurguz Jelena

“…Also, the old oral literature and expressions are still alive today, which are passed down from generation to generation - e.g. songs, fairy tales, proverbs, sayings, anecdotes, curses, rhymes and lullabies, and many people have specific nicknames. …”
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High Prevalence of Low Back Pain in College Rifle Athletes by Bailey Urbach, Cody Mansfield, Mica Harr, Matthew S. Briggs, James Onate, Laura Boucher

“…# Background The sport of rifle places unique physical demands on its athletes relative to other collegiate sports, including maintaining lumbar-straining positions for extended time. Anecdotal reports of low back pain (LBP) are common among collegiate rifle athletes, but the prevalence of LBP in this population has not yet been established in the literature…”
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Chromatin remodeling (SWI/SNF) complexes, cancer, and response to immunotherapy by Razelle Kurzrock, Shumei Kato, Nithya Krishnamurthy, Scott Lippman

“…Remarkable, although anecdotal, responses to ICB have been reported in both SMARCA4-aberrant and SMARCB1-aberrant advanced cancers. …”
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Does transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation alter pupil dilation? A living Bayesian meta-analysis by Ipek Pervaz, Lilly Thurn, Cecilia Vezzani, Luisa Kaluza, Anne Kühnel, Nils B. Kroemer

“…Results: Across studies, we found anecdotal evidence for the null hypothesis, showing that taVNS does not increase pupil size (g = 0.15, 95 % CI = [0.03, 0.27], BF01 = 1.0). …”
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Medicinal plants as alternatives for the management of hypertension and diabetes in Nigeria: Analysis of the structured interview of Nigerian patients by Rosemary A. Sylver-Francis, Olavi Pelkonen

“…Also, poor quality and scanty or anecdotal directions of TMPs raises safety concerns. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health workers in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study by Ouni, Patrick Diox, Namulondo, Racheal, Wanume, Benon, Okia, David, Olupot, Peter, Nantale, Ritah, Matovu, Joseph K.B., Napyo, Agnes, Lubaale, Yovani A. Moses, Nshakira , Nathan f, Mukunya, David

“…Besides, although health workers were prioritized for COVID-19 vaccine in most countries, anecdotal evidence points to high levels of reluctance to take the vaccine among health workers. …”
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Plasma Metabolite Profiles of Healthy Volunteers after Administration of a Thai Herbal Formula for Dizziness by Ranida Boonrak, Kajee Pilakasiri, Suksalin Boonranasubkajorn, Natchagorn Lumlerdkij, Pravit Akarasereenont

“…They offer a scientific basis for its traditional and anecdotal uses and suggest a novel approach to sleep quality improvement not previously documented. …”
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À propos des foyers protohistoriques à pierres chauffantes en Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur by Denis Dubesset

“…Archaeological finds are often anecdotal. In addition, when a structure does provide finds it, they are often primarily located in the upper layers of the structures backfill, and thus indicative of the abandonment of the combustion structure and not its use. …”
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