Higher School and Science: Values and Meanings (To the Question of a Status of the Course “History and Philosophy of Science”) by N. I. Kuznetsova

“…The article addresses the actual problems of teaching one of the mandatory training courses included in the program of preparation for the final examination before Thesis defense for the degree of Candidate of Sciences. The immediate pragmatic purpose of the introduction of a new subject “History and philosophy of science” in 2007 was to acquaint graduate students and applicants with the basics of research work, to demonstrate them the norms of professional scientific work. …”
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De-extinction beyond species: Restoring ecosystem functionality through large herbivore rewilding by Paul R Jepson

“…This alignment requires a pragmatic approach that prioritises the restoration of ecosystem functions over genetic purity and offers flexibility and scalability in rewilding efforts. …”
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‘’Ah, uhm, yeaaaah, maybe.’’ Developing a New Data Collection Instrument to Explore the Gendered Realisation of Refusals by Young Adult Speakers of Irish English by Eimear O'Riordan, Anne Marie Devlin

“…The oral-based nature of the tool highlighted, in particular, the prominence of (para)linguistic modifiers such as elongations, pauses, tuts and dysfluencies as pragmatic phenomena present in refusals. The results indicate that the social need to avoid threatening face played a greater role than gender in realising the speech act of refusal; however, gender-based differences emerged when the age of the prompter was taken into account.   …”
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La hantise du précédent en photographie. Généalogies médiumniques et formes de revenances dans la photographie industrielle by Pierre LANNOY

“…On this basis, the paper suggests that the haunting precedent is a situation with a dynamical structure, that states of mind are pragmatic frames to be handled with, and that references to predecessors appear in a few of typical forms. …”
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The Information-Structural Status of Adjuncts: A Question-under-Discussion-Based Approach by Lisa Brunetti, Kordula De Kuthy, Arndt Riester

“…The analysis relies on the approach by Riester et al. (2018), which identifies the (generally implicit, sometimes overt) QUD preceding each utterance of a text by means of pragmatic principles, and derives from it the information structure of the utterance. …”
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Print media discursive practices and the socio-contextual representation of single-use plastics ban in Malawi by Victor Chikaipa

“…The article concludes that newspapers’ threatening representation and reliance on government and experts’ views while marginalising the public directly involved with single-plastic use offers no urgent and pragmatic positive solutions in the face of increasing plastic waste.…”
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Russian Language in the Central Asia Region by K. P. Borishpolets

“…Its positions as an active communication channel is secured not only by the social tradition, but also by the competitiveness of the Russian language education, advantages of the bilingual business, requirements of the labor migrants, HR interests and by some other pragmatic thoughts, which role within the context of Eurasian economic integration will increase. …”
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DYNAMICS OF VALUE ORIENTATIONS AND ATTITUDES OF MILITARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS’ CADETS by E. N. Karlova

“…First-year students are more attracted by pragmatic, material advantages of military service. …”
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The leaders’ role in leading and managing organisational change in higher education institutions by Elni Jeini Usoh, Frandy Efraim Fritz Karundeng

“…The research result found that the critical function of higher education institutions has been changed to a more pragmatic role, universities have changed their previous role not only to serve society, but also more focus on supporting the economy and promoting the quality of life of its citizens. …”
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THE IMPOVERISHED AND THEIR ENTITLEMENT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING: A SYNTHETIC ANALYSIS by DAVID KUMIJE, ABUBAKAR ZUBAIRU AGUYE

“…The paper therefore, recommended among others that the government in partnership with the private sector should evolve a pragmatic approach, including policies to promote affordable housing, combat discrimination, and ensure legal protections for the poor. …”
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Kebijakan Politik Pragmatis Strategis Maulana Hasanuddin Banten (1546-1570) terhadap Portugis by Mufti Ali

“…Finally, the absence of Banten rulers in the anti-Portuguese alignment led either by Aceh (1568, 1575) or by Jepara (1551, 1574), led to conclude that the commercial policy of the Islamic kingdom of Banten is pragmatic-strategic oriented rather than ideological.…”
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MDMA. Un modèle pour l’identification et l’annotation des marqueurs discursifs « potentiels » en contexte by Catherine T. Bolly, Ludivine Crible, Liesbeth Degand, Deniz Uygur-Distexhe

“…We proceeded in three steps: (i) manual identification of all so-called “potential” DMs in a balanced corpus of spoken French (5,000 words; Belgium and France); (ii) automatic extraction from the corpus of every token corresponding to the candidate DMs previously identified (1,181 tokens) ; and (iii) parameter analysis of a random sample of 200 potential DMs (syntactic, formal and semantic-pragmatic variables). The hypothesis is that the statistical analysis – based on the distributional constraints of the potential DMs at stake – should uncover a certain hierarchy between the different features under scrutiny, regarding their relevance, reliability, and generalizability (or even specificity). …”
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RULES OF ORGANIZATION SOCIAL-ROLE INTERACTION OF STUDENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE by Valeriya S. Suyskaya, Mariya V. Kharlamova

“…Social-role interaction is a form of organization of communication in the classroom by exchanging of information in an artificial language environment. Pragmatic factors of the communicative situation, the role andactions in the foreign language community standards of conduct are set outside. …”
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A Small Tamper-Resistant Anti-Recycling IC Sensor With a Reused I/O Interface and DC Signalling by Alexandros Dimopoulos, Mihai Sima, Stephen W. Neville

“…A number of recycled integrated circuit (IC) risk mitigation approaches have been proposed, but these generally lack pragmatic feasibility. This work proposes a novel real-world deployable on-chip sensor that: 1) is tamper-resistant by exploiting persistent changes caused by hot carrier injection (HCI); 2) generates a DC signal measurable by common low-cost test equipment; and 3) reuses an existing I/O interface, including existing pins; while 4) requiring a very small footprint. …”
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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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