On third space and critical paralysis by Steven White

“…However, inspired (in a bad way) by ‘mystical Marxist’ Soja’s ‘startlingly arcane’ definition of Thirdspace, I argue that aspects of critical theory or critical social justice orientations to LD can lead to contradictions or even paralysis in attempts to actually use the considerable empirical insights provided by Whitchurch, and the metaphor of third space more broadly, to inform practice. I highlight a more pragmatic approach to using the third space concept. …”
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A CEO's internal communication programme for middle management and its influence on their perception of the corporate reputation by Irma Meyer, Gideon de Wet

“…The aim of the study is to illustrate the link between the internal corporate communication programme of an organisation's CEO and middle management employees' perception of the reputation of the organisation. A pragmatic research approach was adopted for this study, and two communication theories – the systems theory and in particular the interrelatedness aspect thereof, and the flow of information aspects of the information theory (Bowers & Courtright, 1984: 23) - were used as the conceptual premise of the study. …”
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The Contemporary Chinese Policy in Southeast Asia by N. V. Vlasov

“…Sino-ASEAN relations are based upon mutual pragmatism. The reason for that to a great extent is a tangible trade and economic and investment cooperation. …”
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POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF BREXIT FOR EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPMENT by N. Y. Kaveshnikov

“…Return to the basics - this is a pragmatic approach to integration, which should replace attempts to fix rotten projects (like Euro) or to achieve the unattainable (political Union). …”
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What lies beyond and within humour: A relevance-theoretic approach to propositional meanings in the sitcom Modern Family by Magdalena Wieczorek

“… Advancing the proposal that conversationalists frequently engage in humorous communication to convey propositional meanings, the paper aims to employ pragmatic inferential mechanisms specified in a relevance-theoretic framework in order to explicate the viewer’s recovery of additional cognitive effects in sitcom discourse. …”
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Niccolo Machiavelli’s views on public security by Yu. O. Zahumenna

“…According to the results of the study, it has been concluded that Machiavelli's security concept is characterised by rationalism, secularism, pragmatism, nationalism, an emphasis on a combination of power and legal elements with the predominance of the former, institutional and personal factors of public security with the priority of the former, instruments of psychological pressure (intimidation to keep the people in line), military force and diplomacy (to prevent external threats), separation of ethics and politics in the field of public security, a balanced attitude to the need to maintain internal and external security, and a high appreciation of the historical experience of ensuring security in antiquity and in modern centralised and absolutist states at an early stage.…”
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METAPHISICAL BACKGROUND OF TECHNOLOGY by D. Y. Snitko

“…Based on these arguments, one can make conclusion about the limitations of purely instrumental (pragmatic) interpretation technology and emphasize the metaphysical premises equipment and metaphysical aspects of modern technology, and the important role of philosophy in these problems.…”
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Proverbs Attributed to Humans and Nonhumans in the Beja Language (Sudan) by Mohamed-Tahir Hamid Ahmed

“…The method followed is a descriptive and analytical one, adopting a semantic and pragmatic approach to identifying the different meanings and functions of each proverb. …”
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Russian-Indonesian Relations in the 21 Century by L. M. Efimova

“…In XXI century a new faze has begun in Russian-lndonesian relations which are based on pragmatism and supremacy of nations interests of both sides. …”
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Futures thinking becomes a priority for all globalized societies by Roland Benedikter

“…Futures thinking—in the sense of a systematic anticipatory approach based on sound scientific expertise and backed by socio-philosophical reasoning which must carefully balance idealism and pragmatism—was asleep for some time but is now rapidly becoming a top priority for all societies, independent of their socio-political system, composition, organization and outlook. …”
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Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children by Raghavendra Shanbhog, H. P. Chanchala, K. T. Srilatha, B. Madhu, S.N. Manjunatha

“…The current scientific paper presents a novel index that assesses the cariogenicity and healthfulness of a child’s diet objectively and guides the professional to achieve pragmatic diet modification in the prevention of dental caries. …”
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Discourse of Europe in Political Dialogue between the EU and the South Caucasus Countries by A. S. Ayvazyan

“…The European Union had been traditionally considered one of the main proponents of this concept but the revision of the European Neighborhood Policy in 2015 has changed the cooperation agenda between the EU and Partner Countries by strengthening its pragmatic component. In that regard the case of the South Caucasus is of special interest as it demonstrates how three countries of the region addressed the EU agenda for cooperation and devised different formats of cooperation, despite similar initial conditions. …”
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THE CONCEPT OF WOMEN'S ATTIRE IN THE LEARN QUR'AN TAFSIR APPLICATION: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF INTERPRETATION by Nurul Istiqomah

“…The study finds coherence and pragmatic validity in the interpretations but identifies a lack of correspondence truth in the application. …”
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Evaluation of Paperless Electronic Data Entry and its Comparison with Manual Entry Method for Oral Health Assessment of Adults by Manu Batra, Deeksha Gijwani, Hansika Popli

“…UEQ scores for all scales under attractiveness, pragmatic, and hedonic quality were found to be good with a value more than 0.8. …”
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Didactic strategy to contribute to the development of communicative competence in Health Psychology students by Ana María Molina Gómez, Angelina Roméu Escobar, Miriam Gutiérrez Escobar, María Elinor Dulzaides Iglesias

“…<strong>Background:</strong> the cognitive, socio-cultural and communicative language teaching approach reveals the importance of syntactic speech closely related to semantic and pragmatic dimensions and aimed at understanding, analysis and construction of discourse. …”
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LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF UNDERSTATEMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH by V. G. Ivanova

“…Further on it is emphasized that the structure of Understatement is complex, diverse and can be expressed by a variety of lexical as well as grammatical means, among which double negation, modal verbs, the adverbs of degree and particles can often be encountered which are in most cases dependent on the context. From the pragmatic angle Understatement can be used to conceal embarrassment, anxiety or offence. …”
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Einstein Aggregation Operators for Pythagorean Fuzzy Soft Sets with Their Application in Multiattribute Group Decision-Making by Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Imran Siddique, Fahd Jarad, Y. S. Hamed, Khadijah M. Abualnaja, Aiyared Iampan

“…The recent approach’s pragmatism, usefulness, and tractability are validated through comparative exploration with the support of some prevalent studies.…”
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FEATURES OF INTRODUCTORY CONSTRUCTION FUNCTIONING IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE by Svetlana N. Mihaleva, Irina N. Kostina

“…The modal specificity of IC can then be considered as a reflection of the speaker's particular intentions, his pragmatic orientation depending on the situation created by the new semantic construction.…”
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Unit costs and cost-effectiveness of a device to improve TB treatment adherence in China by S. Sweeney, K. Fielding, X. Liu, J.A. Thompson, H. Dong, S. Jiang, Y. Zhao, S. Huan, A. Vassall

“…This study aimed to explore the cost-effectiveness of medication event reminder monitors (MERM) in China compared with the standard of care, using results from a pragmatic, cluster-randomised superiority trial of an electronic MERM in China. …”
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High Fasting Plasma Glucose during Early Pregnancy: A Review about Early Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by E. Cosson, L. Carbillon, P. Valensi

“…Early FPG has been associated with poor pregnancy outcomes, but the recommendation by the IADPSG to refer women with eGDM for immediate management is more pragmatic than evidence based. Although eGDM is characterized by insulin resistance and associated with classical risk factors for type 2 diabetes and incident diabetes after delivery, it is not necessarily associated with preexisting prediabetes. …”
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