An impermeable copper surface monolayer with high-temperature oxidation resistance by Su Jae Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Bipin Lamichhane, Binod Regmi, Yousil Lee, Sang-Hyeok Yang, Seon Je Kim, Min-Hyoung Jung, Jae Hyuck Jang, Hu Young Jeong, Miaofang Chi, Maeng-Je Seong, Hak Soo Choi, Seong-Gon Kim, Young-Min Kim, Se-Young Jeong

“…Abstract Despite numerous efforts involving surface coating, doping, and alloying, maintaining surface stability of metal at high temperatures without compromising intrinsic properties has remained challenging. Here, we present a pragmatic method to address the accelerated oxidation of Cu, Ni, and Fe at temperatures exceeding 200 °C. …”
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Reading Practices of Students of the Metropolitan Metropolis: “Amateurs” and “Pragmatists” by E. V. Kargapolova, V. V. Diakova, M. A. Simonenko, Ju. A. Davydova

“…Two types of students’ attitudes to works of fiction are revealed: pragmatic and value-reflective. The characteristics of these two groups are given, compared with other indicators (love of reading, reading as pleasure, volume of reading, genres of fiction, and others). …”
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Meeting the challenges of diagnosis in South Africa by Z Dangor, M Birkhead, C Verwey, D Gray, A Vanker, L Githinji, A Goga, R Masekela, M Zampoli

“…In this commentary, we provide a pragmatic approach to identifying which children and adults require further investigations for PCD using a range of diagnostic tests or tools that are available. …”
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African Childhood “Reawakened”: Using Cultural Studies Theory in Understanding the Use of Symbolism in Camara Laye’s The African Child. by Johnson, Ocan, Lillian, Tindyebwa

“…This paper reports the findings of a pragmatic study that uses follow-up interviews as a method to investigate how participants read the language in the novel by a renowned African novelist Camara Laye. …”
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Dealing with Complexity – Knowledge, design, and management of the built environment by Cesare Sposito, Francesca Scalisi

“…How do we deal with the complex issues that concern the knowledge, the design, and the management of the built compared to the now essential pragmatic indicators of environmental, social, and economic sustainability? …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…Indeed, there are connections between pragmatism and the bioethics discourse. Both can be traced back to American naturalism.[39] The early effort in bioethics to make it ecumenical, thus building on a common but transitory morality,[40] sounds pragmatic. …”
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Defending against social engineering attacks: A security pattern‐based analysis framework by Tong Li, Chuanyong Song, Qinyu Pang

“…Moreover, the existing social engineering defence research is highly dependent on manual analysis, which is time‐consuming and labour‐intensive and cannot solve practical problems efficiently and pragmatically. This paper proposes a systematic approach to generate countermeasures based on a typical social engineering attack process. …”
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Mirative focalization: A case study of Mandarin lian-DP dou construction by Yue Xing

“…Support is threefold – pragmatically, lian-DP dou construction denotes contextually similar implicatures as Sicilian mirative expressions do; semantically, the quantifier dou, serving as a maximality operator, imposes exhaustivity over the alternatives available on a scale and therefore forces the lian-DP to move to SpecdouP; and syntactically, the observable weak crossover effects (WCO) manifest that lian-DP movement is inherently focus fronting. …”
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Iran-Saudi Arabia Rivalry and the Yemen Crisis by Ramazan İZOL

“…On the other hand, with the aggressive policy of Saudi Arabia towards them, the Houthis have further developed their relations with Iran for pragmatic and ideological reasons. In essence, the Houthis, which emerged as a result of Yemen's local and social problems, gradually became another denominator in the equation of the Iran-Saudi Arabia rivalry.…”
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Towards a new stakeholder-inclusive conceptual framework to strengthen internal corporate image by Yolandi Slabbert

“…Data triangulation by means of one-on-one interviews, focus groups and an open-ended survey was conducted with employees to determine the pragmatic relevance of the proposed framework. The findings culminated in a new generic stakeholder-inclusive conceptual framework to strengthen the internal corporate image by means of the AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard elements and responsible leadership. …”
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Étude qualitative des High Rising Terminals à Dublin : protocole PAC-Prosodie et positionnements énonciatifs by Julia Bongiorno

“…We will highlight how important a continuum in the ecological value of the data is for a thorough study of the different pragmatic functions of intonation. After introducing the PAC Program (Phonologie de l’Anglais Contemporain / Phonology of Contemporary English) and the PAC-Prosody methodology together with its advantages, aims, and utility, we will give a general overview of the various studies on HRTs in several varieties of English before focusing on the South of Dublin. …”
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THE ROLE OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN MAINTAINING PEACE by I. N. Shcherbak

“…The research article sheds some light on the process of reforms of the UN Security Council and discussions on this issue in the UN , positions of the permanent members of the SC (“P-5”) and different scenarios of the expansion of the composition of the Security Council (permanent and non-permanent members).In contrast to some optimistic assumptions on the perspectives of the reform the author reinforces a pragmatic approach to the issue. Special emphasis is made on the importance of preserving the exclusive position of permanent members of the SC (“P-5”) as the guarantor of global stability and security. …”
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Religious Groups and Their Influence on Interstate Relations (The Case of U.S.-Israel Relations) by I. Istomin

“…Despite the fact that leaders of both group often use theological reasons to justify their support for Israel, the real motivation of the most regular members is primarily humanitarian and pragmatic. The diversity of the Pro-Israeli groups promotes bipartisan support of cooperation between the two countries, and enabled creation of both Democratic and Republican lobby on this issue. …”
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The importance of organisational culture for health system resilience: A qualitative analysis of factors that supported health care workers in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Heide Weishaar, Megan Evans, Souaad Chemali, Eloisa Montt Maray, Rike Böttcher, René Umlauf, Susan Abunijela, Nadine Muller, Barbara Buchberger, Brogan Geurts, Hanna-Tina Fischer, Charbel El Bcheraoui

“…The need to improvise and develop pragmatic solutions to deal with COVID-related challenges offered ample opportunities for participation, self-determination, innovation, and alternative work processes. …”
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Territorial Brands for Rural Development Strategies in Protected Natural Spaces: A Social Demand Analysis by José A. Albaladejo-García, Gonzalo Martínez-García, José M. Martínez-Paz

“…The territorial brand of Sierra Espuña Regional Park (southeastern Spain) was selected as a pragmatic case, with the aim of promoting the production and consumption of sustainable local products. …”
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Analysis of Contemporary Pedagogical Aspects Based on Implicature in Asy-Syafi'i's Poems by Muhammad Ibnu Pamungkas, Syihabuddin Syihabuddin

“…The methodology used is a descriptive qualitative approach with a pragmatic framework. The study involves text analysis and a literature review to identify the implicatures within the poems. …”
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« The reality is, Mr. Speaker, that… » : de la modalité au positionnement énonciatif dans les structures projectives by Florine Berthe

“…All these structures are generally studied for their projective and focalizing functions as well as their discourse-pragmatic functions. These structures are said to be a way for the speaker to comment upon the discourse that follows, which often contains the whole propositional content of the utterance and correspond to the rheme. …”
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The Dynamics of Terminal and Instrumental Values of Education on the Example of MGIMO Students by A. L. Temnitskiy

“…At the same time, the increase of pragmatism in society and in demands of employers for graduates doesn't stimulate students' interest in terminal values of education. …”
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Między oczekiwaniami a rzeczywistością – perspektywa zawodowa kandydatów do zawodu i początkujących nauczycieli wczesnej edukacji by Justyna Kosz-Szumska

“…Meeting psychological needs (including the desire to work with children, personality predispositions) is combined with pragmatic qualities – e.g. days off, low weekly working hours. …”
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