Pragmatic competence and pragmatic tolerance in foreign language acquisition—revisiting the case of scalar implicatures by Schulz, J, Wonnacott, E

“…Some studies indicate adult L2 learners are less likely than L1 users to accept such statements while others found the opposite, concluding that implicature derivation is “costly” for L2 learners, rendering them less pragmatically competent than L1 users. …”

Privacy harms by Cofone, IC, Robertson, AZ

“…We show that many of the shortcomings associated with the doctrine stem from the misguided assumption that privacy is dichotomous rather than a spectrum, as in our model. We then liken this to the standard of care familiar from tort law, and show how the current doctrine results in the equivalent of a strict liability standard, rather than a more appropriate negligence-based standard.…”

Confinement practices among postnatal mothers in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Hong, Angela Lee Leh

“…This study shows that more than half of the respondents had 30-40 days of confinement period (52.9%). …”
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Boon or bane? : The role of filial piety, relationship quality, caregiver gender on work-family interface among working caregivers of the elderly by Leong, Anthony Xueheng

“…When FEW was experienced, caregivers higher in CR and CCR reported higher bedtime vitality than any other combination of CR and CCR. At higher levels of PO and FIW (or PO and WEF), women caregivers experienced more vitality than men caregivers. …”
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Investigation of charge collection pathways in mesoscopic solar cells by Chua, Julianto

“…Firstly, the grid spacing has to be greater than two-third of the electron diffusion length (EDL). …”
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Busyness and its impact on speed of work. by Soon, Yi Zhen.

“…However, busyness is more than time shortage or merely having a lot to do. …”
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Compressed sensing: a discrete optimization approach by Bertsimas, Dimitris, Johnson, Nicholas A. G.

“…Thus, for applications where runtime is not of critical importance, leveraging integer optimization can yield sparser and lower error solutions to CS than existing benchmarks.…”
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Free-standing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes-graphene foam composite electrode for high power rechargeable Zn-air battery by Cai, Xiaoyi

“…After 285 hours of operation the roundtrip efficiency decreased by less than 1%.…”
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Integrated plant/control design and implementation for high track density HDD servo systems by Gao, Tingting

“…Note that one challenging problem for MTA controller design is the plant input constraint, which is more critical than moving suspension type actuator as its movement range is at a nano meter level and much smaller than micro meter level of moving suspension type. …”
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Benzene Adsorption from Dry and Humid Air on Activated Carbons from Japanese Cypress Wood Prepared by CO2 and K2CO3 Activation by Veksha, Andrei, Uddin, Md. Azhar, Sasaoka, Eiji, Kato, Yoshiei

“…At RH 0 %, the benzene adsorption on the ACs was governed by Vmic(N2), when it was smaller than Vmic(CO2), and by Vmic(CO2), when it was smaller than Vmic(N2). …”
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Words and facts: children's fast mapping, retention and extension by Holland, Amanda

“…In contrast, retention of colour labels, shape labels, texture labels and linguistic facts was no better than chance, despite good short-term performance. …”
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Physical and chemical properties of a lipase-transesterified palm stearin/palm kernel olein blend and its isopropanol-solid and high melting triacylglycerol fractions by Chu, B.S., Ghazali, H.M., Lai, O.M., Che Man, Y.B., Yusof, S.

“…However, the HMG fraction of the transesterified mixture had more tendency to form β' crystals than the control. Slip melting point of transesterified fat was lower than the control. …”
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Stability of unsaturated soil slopes covered with melastoma malabathricum in Singapore by Satyanaga, Alfrendo, Rahardjo, Harianto

“…The results of laboratory tests indicated that the air-entry value and shear strength of the soil with roots of Melastoma Malabathricum were higher than those of the soil without roots. The saturated permeability of the soil with roots was lower than that of the soil without roots. …”
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Ethical branding in a divided world: how political orientation motivates reactions to marketplace transgressions by Allard, Thomas, McFerran, Brent

“…In response to identical marketplace transgressions, we observe that liberals punish ethical brand users less than conventional brand users. In contrast, conservatives punish the same users of ethical brands more than conventional brand users. …”
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Evaluating the impacts of lease decay on condominiums in Singapore: Bala's table revisited by Aw, Vernice Ming Hui, Yap, Cassandra Pin Xuan, Yap, Jun Hean

“…Additionally, based on our re-calculations of Bala’s Table using a hedonic regression model, leaseholds are valued much less than what the current official Bala’s Table suggests; our regression results suggest a 99-year lease condominium at start will fetch a price that is 16-20% less than its freehold counterpart. …”
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Probiotic extracellular vesicles engineering for colorectal cancer by Tan, Jing Ren

“…A greater yield of mimetic EVs was obtained than natural EVs and both were used for in vitro test on RAW264.7 cells. …”
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A study of crack propagation in microforming tools by Muhammad Shahid Shith.

“…Range of sizes smaller than 3μm provide best delay in crack initiation. …”
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Frame competition and climate change communication by Ong, Adeline Huilin, Neo, Eileen Hui Yan, Lim, Nigel Wen Bin, Loh, Clara Yi Jin

“…Individuals in the competitive condition reported middle ground positions that were significantly higher than the complementary anti-frame condition and lower than the complementary pro-condition on attitudes towards GETs. …”
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Are Europeans ready for a more democratic European Union? New evidence on preference heterogeneity, polarisation and crosscuttingness by Hale, T, Koenig-Archibugi, M

“…It is found that the population of the EU is slightly more heterogeneous and polarised than the population of the average Member State, although policy preferences in several Member States are more heterogeneous and polarised than the EU as a whole. …”

THE ART OF CLOSING THE SALE : The Key to Making More Money Faster in the World of Professional Selling / by Brian Tracy, author 504285

“…When salespeople follow a practical, proven, step-by-step process, they get more orders, faster and easier than ever before.…”