Quand les paroles s’envolent : réflexions sur les caractéristiques et la forme phonétique du High Rising Terminal en anglais contemporain by Stephan Wilhelm

“…The emergence of the so-called High Rising Terminal (HRT) or ‘uptalk’ – that is the use of rising intonation at the end of declarative utterances – is a major contemporary prosodic phenomenon that has been reported in numerous varieties of English worldwide (see for example Lakoff 1975; Ching 1982; Guy & Vonwiller 1984; Guy et al. 1986; Allan 1990; McLemore 1991; Britain 1992a, 1992b; Bradford 1997; Cruttenden 1997; Cheng & Warren 2005; Ladd 1996, 2008; Barry 2007; Liberman 2008; Sullivan 2010).The pragmatic function of the HRT is analysed in many different ways, and there is considerable variation in the descriptions of the speech segments in which it occurs. …”
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Bridging the gap in sustainability measurement and reporting for agroecosystems: Overview and development of an adaptive sustainability assessment and monitoring framework by Mohammed Ibrahim, Bahadur KC Krishna, Evan D.G. Fraser

“…This flexibility facilitates meaningful comparisons across different geographic locations and farming practices, enabling a pragmatic assessment of agroecosystem performance. …”
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An Adverse Outcome Pathway Linking Organohalogen Exposure to Mitochondrial Disease by Brooke McMinn, Alicia L. Duval, Christie M. Sayes

“…Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) are pragmatic tools in human health hazard characterization and risk assessment. …”
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Personalizing AI tools for second language speaking: the role of gender and autistic traits by Yiran Du, Chenghao Wang, Bin Zou, Yinan Xia

“…This study investigates the interplay between autistic traits, gender, and the perception of artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed for second language (L2) speaking practice, contributing to a deeper understanding of inclusive educational technology.MethodsA sample of 111 university students completed the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ) to measure autistic traits (AU) and their sub-traits Aloof (AF), Rigid (RD), and Pragmatic Language (PL). Perceptions of AI tools were assessed across five dimensions: Perceived Usefulness (PU), Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), Attitude (AT), Behavioral Intention (BI), and Usage Behavior (UB). …”
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Internal controls, corporate governance and fi nancial performance of MFIs in Uganda by Abanis, Turyahebwa, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora, Arthur, Sunday

“…Figure 2 and table 1 and 2 clearly indicate that Internal Controls and Corporate Governance are significantly associated with financial performance of MFIs. The study spoke to pragmatic issues that have not been shielded in the literature, more especially in the microfinance industry Uganda. …”
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Barriers to Compliance with Library Standards in Ugandan Universities by Odong, Patrick, Magara, Elisam, Nabutto, Clement Lutaaya

“…Data collection was carried out through a mixed-methods research design under a pragmatic paradigm in 12 universities through questionnaires (n = 433), interviews, participant observations, and document reviews. …”
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Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll by Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple

“…Our case studies offer implementation research lessons on effective donor transition and insights into pragmatic strategies for increasing public spending on expanding the health workforce in a low-income setting.…”
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Internal controls, corporate governance and fi nancial performance of MFIs in Uganda by Abanis, Turyahebwa, Eliab, Byamukama Mpora, Arthur, Sunday

“…Figure 2 and table 1 and 2 clearly indicate that Internal Controls and Corporate Governance are significantly associated with financial performance of MFIs. The study spoke to pragmatic issues that have not been shielded in the literature, more especially in the microfinance industry Uganda. …”
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A Qualitative Study Exploring Facilitators for Improved Health Behaviors and Health Behavior Programs: Mental Health Service Users’ Perspectives by Candida Graham, Crystal Rollings, Sarah de Leeuw, Lesley Anderson, Brenda Griffiths, Nansi Long

“…Four major facilitator themes were identified: (1) factors of empowerment, self-value, and personal growth; (2) the need for social support; (3) pragmatic aspects of motivation and planning; and (4) access. …”
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Place attachment, activation of personal norms, and the role of emotions to save water in scarcity by Peyman Arjomandi A., Masoud Yazdanpanah, Tahereh Zobeidi, Nadejda Komendantova, Akbar Shirzad

“…Uncovering this, the study aims to expose further pragmatic insights for credible and sustainable environmental management policies.…”
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Forest fire risk assessment model optimized by stochastic average gradient descent by Zexin Fu, Adu Gong, Jinhong Wan, Wanru Ba, Haihan Wang, Jiaming Zhang

“…The results demonstrate that the SAGD optimization improves the performance of the BPNN, offers a pragmatic solution for forest fire risk assessment in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and facilitates the enhancement of its disaster preparedness and response capabilities, thereby mitigating the adverse effects of forest fires.…”
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Novel Multicriteria Decision Making Approach for Interactive Aggregation Operators of q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Soft Set by Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Imran Siddique, Aiyared Iampan, Jan Awrejcewicz, Maksymilian Bednarek, Rifaqat Ali, Muhammad Asif

“…Furthermore, a comprehensive comparative analysis has been presented to confirm the pragmatism and validity of the proposed technique with some already available methods. …”
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Acceptability and Future Considerations for Telegenetic Counseling After the COVID Pandemic: Interviews with Genetic Counselors, Clinicians, and Patients by Meghan C. Martinez MPH, Nina Szwerinski MS, Su-Ying Liang PhD, Sharon Chan MPH, Monique de Bruin MD, Cheryl D. Stults PhD

“…Interview recordings were transcribed and analyzed using a pragmatic thematic approach. Participants across all groups felt the style and content of the genetic counseling visit lent itself perfectly to telegenetics specifically because of no physical exam component. …”
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The Role of Mathematics and Science Education in the Adult Offender Rehabilitation Process by Siphelele Mbatha, Halalisani Mngomezulu, Nonhlanhla Nduku, Onelisa Mbathu

“…The paper sought to explore, amongst the plethora of offender rehabilitation programmes, the role of mathematics and science education post-offender incarceration. From the pragmatic epistemological stance, qualitative and quantitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews and structured questionnaires, from four conveniently sampled ex-offenders. …”
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How Interpretable Machine Learning Can Benefit Process Understanding in the Geosciences by Shijie Jiang, Lily‐belle Sweet, Georgios Blougouras, Alexander Brenning, Wantong Li, Markus Reichstein, Joachim Denzler, Wei Shangguan, Guo Yu, Feini Huang, Jakob Zscheischler

“…Specifically, we identify pragmatic application scenarios for IML in typical geoscientific studies, such as quantifying relationships in specific contexts, generating hypotheses about potential mechanisms, and evaluating process‐based models. …”
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Trials and tribulations: a qualitative exploration of researcher perspectives on navigating the challenges of health system implementation research by Natalie Taylor, April Morrow, Julia Steinberg, Emily Hogden, Deborah Debono, Elijah Tyedmers, Priscilla Chan, Gabriella Tiernan

“…Barriers and facilitators identified within themes were deductively coded to domains of the updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.Setting Participants were recruited from a research organisation based in Sydney, Australia.Participants A total of seven researcher and administering institution participants took part in four focus groups.Results Analysis highlighted the following themes: navigating bureaucracy, distinguishing implementation trials from clinical trials, the impact of COVID-19, balancing rigour and pragmatism in implementation trials, data access and complexity of analysis, and key learnings and future directions (subthemes: building relationships with ethics committees, communicating implementation concepts, streamlining of the implementation and research approach).Conclusions Findings highlight the need for streamlining current administrative and ethical review processes, as well as procedures that allow greater flexibility for researchers to respond to challenges as they arise. …”
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The PREPARE Study: Acceptability and Feasibility of a Telehealth Trimodal Prehabilitation Program for Women with Endometrial Neoplasia by Elise P. Legault, Paula A. B. Ribeiro, Danielle Moreau-Amaru, Emmanuelle Robert, Sara Forte, Alain S. Comtois, Vanessa Samouëlian, François Tournoux

“…Prehabilitation programs (PPs) combine various interventions to improve preoperative conditions and reduce impairment due to surgical stress. We conducted a pragmatic pilot study to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a trimodal telehealth PP (exercise, nutrition, and psychological support) for EN patients. …”
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Soil fertility and nutrient uptake of rice influenced by plant growth promoting microbes, seaweed extract and humic acid fortified in situ rice residue compost by Prabhu Vijayakumar, Singaravel Ramaiyan, Ramakichenin Alias Balagandhi Balasubramanian

“…Purpose Intensive rice cultivation, non-addition of organic matter and indiscriminate use of inorganic fertilizers lead to soil fertility deterioration; on other side, farmers are burning huge quantities of rice residue causing severe air pollution warrants pragmatic disposal solution. In situ composting is considered as a potential alternative to destruction of crop residues. …”
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The Commercial Determinants of Nonalcoholic Beer: Redemption, Revenue, or Men’s Harm Reduction? by John L. Oliffe, Nina Gao, Mary T. Kelly, Trevor Goodyear, Murray Drummond, Christine Levesque, Katherine White

“…We conclude with a discussion about the redemption, revenue, and men’s harm reduction potentials, pragmatically arguing the need to both regulate and incentivize NAB. …”
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Effect of invasive tests during pregnancy on perinatal transmission of hepatitis B infection: a scoping review by Ka Wang Cheung, Tiffany Sin-Tung Au, Ying Rong Li, Zhenyan Han, Zhu Zhang, Mimi Tin Yan Seto

“…Most of them did not have recommendations on the management of hepatitis B infected pregnant individuals requiring prenatal or intrapartum invasive tests and significant discrepancies existed among the remaining guidelines. A workflow and two pragmatic approaches were discussed to assist clinical management. …”
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