Languages Support Efficient Communication about the Environment: Words for Snow Revisited. by Terry Regier, Alexandra Carstensen, Charles Kemp

“…Here, we note that this reasoning is a special case of the more general view that language is shaped by the need for efficient communication, and we empirically test a variant of it against multiple sources of data, including library reference works, Twitter, and large digital collections of linguistic and meteorological data. …”
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Mining events with declassified diplomatic documents by Mazumder, Rahul

“…Dominant periods of heightened activities, as identified through these methods, correspond well with historical events recognized by standard reference works on the 1970s.…”
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On difficult new terms: The business of lexicography in Mao Era China by Altehenger, J

“…Entries in Mao Era reference works today serve as windows into the world of words and meanings of a bygone era. …”

Specialised pedagogical lexicography: A work in progress by Marek Łukasik

“…Specialised pedagogical lexicography: a work in progress While it is true that users reach for a dictionary to learn (about) something, and, therefore, all dictionaries are of educational value, pedagogical dictionaries in the narrow sense play a special role: they are supposed to be reference works for a variety of didactic needs of teachers and learners. …”
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Open-access Internet dictionaries in the ESP teaching/learning process: «businessdictionary.com» in cognitive situations by Pedro A. FUERTES-OLIVERA

“…Within this framework, this article presents Internet dictionaries, especially the so-called free institutional Internet reference works, as adequate tools for using in cognitive situations, i.e., the social situations that arise when users want to gain knowledge about something. …”
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Ruptures, renaissances et continuités. Modes de construction de l’histoire de l’art maghrébin by Annabelle Boissier, Fanny Gillet

“…This study also questions the homogeneity of reference works produced since the 1980s and how a history of the visual arts in each of these two countries has been formed and transmitted. …”
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Relativização de predicados nominais na História do português by Adriana Cardoso

“…The central goal of this paper is to describe and analyse the syntactic and semantic properties of these constructions, whose existence has not been mentioned in the Historical Portuguese Grammars nor in the reference works on the History of Portuguese Language. …”
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Using Mobile-Based Formative Assessment in ESL/EFL Speaking by Mahedi Hasan, A B M Shafiqul Islam, Israt Jahan Shuchi

“…This paper uses a qualitative research method that exclusively uses the relevant secondary references/works available on the topic. The literature revealed that MBFA practices in ESL/EFL speaking classes are effective to a certain extent and some tools and procedures seem to be more effective than others depending on the design principles and strategies used by teachers or app developers.…”
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Difficulties of standard Arabic phonemes spoken by non-Arab primary school children based on formant frequencies by Abdul Kadir, Nurul Ashikin, Sudirman, Rubita

“…Problem statement: The study of Malaysian Arabic phoneme is rarely found which make the references work difficult. Specific guideline on Malaysian subject is not found even though a lot of acoustic and phonetics research has been done on other languages such as English, French and Chinese. …”
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Parametric Analysis for Underwater Flapping Foil Propulsor by Lei Mei, Junwei Zhou, Dong Yu, Weichao Shi, Xiaoyun Pan, Mingyang Li

“…Secondly, phase difference also has a significant influence on efficiency, but this effect is related to the reference working condition, which needs further study. …”
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Reading and E-reading for Academic Work: Patterns and Preferences in Theological Studies and Religion by Timothy Dwight Lincoln

“…Seven out of ten participants stated that they would like libraries to provide reference works, Bible commentaries, circulating titles, and textbooks in electronic format. …”
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Routiniertes Sprachverhalten an der deutsch-polnischen Grenze aus diachroner Perspektive (Beispiele für Redemuster in Deutsch) by Renata Nadobnik

“…Numerous examples of German expressions regarding the specified area are excerpted from the contents of the above-mentioned reference works, then grouped thematically and presented chronologically, sometimes with brief commentary. …”
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El tratamiento del léxico especializado en los diccionarios generales bilingües inglés/español: las siglas y otras categorías de acortamientos by María Teresa Ortego Antón, Purificación Fernández Nistal

“…From the results obtained in our study we hope to obtain relevant data that emphasize the need to improve the standard of information gathered in these reference works as well as to implement the searching procedures used by translators and interpreters.…”
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Brand names between the rule of orthography and rule of law: to break the law or thwart language norms? by Helena Dobrovoljc

“…As sources of information about the state of language use, language reference works present the names in these newforms. In light of the fact that brand name owners view generic use as illegal, such owners are legally bound to dispute the otherwise authentic representation of language data in language resources. …”
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ASIGURAREA CONTINUITĂŢII STUDIILOR UNIVERSITARE LA NIVELURILE LICENŢĂ ŞI MASTERAT: REALITĂŢI ŞI PERSPECTIVE by Viorica GORAŞ-POSTICĂ

“…These results were reported at recent sociological studies analysis in the field, but also at interpretations of pedagogical specialists from reference works.</p>…”
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Human centricity and technology advances research in social sciences: A literature insight on artificial intelligence by Popa Radu-Ioan

“…Following a scholarly literature insight and several reference works, the study explores major topics of interest analysed so far and proposes new directions for the evaluation of human variables and machine learning at work in an organizational setting. …”
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Effect of human resource management practices on employee engagement: COVID-19 and digital platforms as moderating and mediating variables by Dickson Mdhlalose

“…Information was culled from a broad range of print and digital textbooks, reference works, encyclopaedias, and academic journals and dissertations (both published and unpublished). …”
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Flow Modeling over Airfoils and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Using Fourier Pseudo-Spectral Method and Coupled Immersed Boundary Method by Lucas Marques Monteiro, Felipe Pamplona Mariano

“…From the spatial discretization procedure, there is convergence and good agreement of the lift and drag coefficients and the Strouhal number in relation to reference works. The behavior of the flows over the airfoil, as a function of the angle of attack, is evaluated by pressure and vorticity fields. …”
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Green and Integrated Wearable Electrochemical Sensor for Chloride Detection in Sweat by Francesco Lopresti, Bernardo Patella, Vito Divita, Claudio Zanca, Luigi Botta, Norbert Radacsi, Alan O’Riordan, Giuseppe Aiello, Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas, Rosalinda Inguanta, Vincenzo La Carrubba

“…The sensor material for chloride detection consisted of silver-based reference, working, and counter electrodes obtained from upcycled compact discs. …”
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Evidence and consensus-based German guidelines for the management of analgesia, sedation and delirium in intensive care – short version by Kleinschmidt, Stefan, Koppert, Wolfgang, Kessler, Paul, Huth, Ralf, Hartl, Wolfgang, Haase, Ulrike, Garten, Lars, Engelmann, Lothar, Eichler, Ingolf, Eggers, Verena, Dictus, Christine, Dall, Peter, Bürkle, Hartmut, Biniek, Rolf, Bäsell, Katrin, Baron, Ralf, Heymann, Anja, Martin, Jörg, Kretz, Franz-Josef, Laubenthal, Heinz, Marggraf, Guenter, Meiser, Andreas, Neugebauer, Edmund, Neuhaus, Ulrike, Putensen, Christian, Quintel, Michael, Reske, Alexander, Roth, Bernard, Scholz, Jens, Schröder, Stefan, Schreiter, Dierk, Schüttler, Jürgen, Schwarzmann, Gerhard, Stingele, Robert, Tonner, Peter, Tränkle, Philip, Treede, Rolf Detlef, Trupkovic, Tomislav, Tryba, Michael, Wappler, Frank, Waydhas, Christian, Spies, Claudia

“…Using data from 671 reference works, text, diagrams and recommendations were drawn up. …”
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