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THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
Rosanna Pierson
Sep 21, 2015
This study addresses the question of perception and evaluation of light post-vocalic /l/ in St. John's through a series of perception experiments. These experiments test whether people are able to hear the difference between...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Forecasting of Electricity Demand by Hybrid ANN-PSO Models
Developing economies need to invest in energy projects. Because the gestation period of the electric projects is high, it is of paramount importance to accurately forecast the energy requirements. In the present paper, the...
Published by: IGI Global
Quelques designations de l'arum tachete (Arum macula/urn L.) dans les dialectes gallo-romans et daco-roumains
La motivation sémantique, source de la création lexicale, est une réalité qui a été mise en évidence dans de nombreuses études, partant sur le lexique lui-meme (voir l'Atlas Linguarum Europae ALE, l'Atlas Linguistique Roman...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Study of the Structure and Properties of Nanoparticles Cynara scolymus L. Encapsulated With Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose Polysaccharide
In recent years, the interests of researchers are increased towards nanodrugs based on nanoparticles. The main direction of this work was to study the physicochemical, structural properties and stability of encapsulated...
Published by: IGI Global
The Syntax of the Double Modal Construction
Edwin L. Battistella
Sep 05, 2013
This paper looks at a problem in syntactic -variation, the syntax of the so-called double modal constructions in Southern United States English. Its purpose is to clarify the analysis of DMs and to consider its implications for...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
L' acceptation du compliment
Bernard Mulo Farenkia
Sep 30, 2014
This research analyzes the acceptance of compliments in Cameroun French,showing, first, that it is a macro-act of hybrid discourse, generally composedof a principle act, the expression of thanks, and of one or more...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Two-step Procedure Based on the Least Squares and Instrumental Variable Methods for Simultaneous Estimation of von Bertalanffy Growth Parameters
Advanced in the present article is a Two-step procedure designed on the methods of the least squares (LS) and instrumental variable (IV) techniques for simultaneous estimation of the three unknown parameters L∞, K and t0, which...
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Published by: IGI Global
On the system of numeration in Efik
Eyo O. Mensah
Oct 05, 2013
This paper is a response to Olderroge 1984 that Efik does not have a system of number beyond one thousand, since according to the claim, the word for thousand in Efik is tosin, a recent borrowing from English and assimilated...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Dans cet article, nous discutons de l’interaction apprenant-tâche-dictionnaire à l’ordinateur. Nous faisons un survol de la littérature en lexicographie pédagogique dédiée...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Rumble in the Meson
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We juxtapose global fits of two bottom-up models (an S 3 scalar leptoquark model and a...
Biosurfactant Production by Rhodococcus Erythropolis Sp. SB-1A Isolated from North Atlantic Ocean
Biosurfactant production by Rhodococcus erythropolis SB-1A was studied based on Atlas oil agar medium in a batch reactor. The strain was isolated from a water sample collected from Northern Atlantic Ocean. Several parameters...
Sludge Blanket Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SB-AnMBR) Treatment of Prehydrolysis Liquor from the Dissolving Pulp Industry
Performance of innovative sludge-blanket anaerobic membrane bioreactors (SB-AnMBRs) was evaluated at mesophilic (35oC for 400 days) followed by thermophilic (55oC for 330 days) temperatures for the treatment of the...
Improvised Spam Detection in Twitter Data Using Lightweight Detectors and Classifiers
Receiving spam messages is one of the most serious issues in social media, especially in Twitter, which is a widely used platform to reflect the opinions and emotions of an individual publicly as well as focused to a specific...
Published by: IGI Global
Multi-Level ECDH-Based Authentication Protocol for Secure Software-Defined VANET Interaction
The proposed multi-layer ECDH based authentication model, the vehicles in the VANET are authenticated and authorized to protect the network from the attacks for which the vehicles undergo the registration process initially....
Published by: IGI Global
Clinical and laboratory factors associated with neonatal sepsis mortality at a major Vietnamese children's hospital.
Nguyen Duc Toan, Thomas C Darton, Nguyen Hoang Thien Huong, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat, To Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Ha Thanh Tuyen, Le Quoc Thinh, Nguyen Kien Mau, Pham Thi Thanh Tam, Cam Ngoc Phuong, Le Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Ngo Ngoc Quang Minh, Ngo Minh Xuan, Tang Chi Thuong, Nguyen Thanh Hung, Christine Boinett, Stephen Reece, Abhilasha Karkey, Jeremy N Day, Stephen Baker
Apr 17, 2023
Sepsis is a major cause of neonatal mortality and children born in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at greater risk of severe neonatal infections than those in higher-income countries. Despite this disparity, there...
Published by: PLOS global public health
Paratext Analysis of Patronage Factors
Hu Liu
Jan 01, 2021
Drawing on André Lefevere's rewriting theory, this paper endeavours to explore how Howard Goldblatt translates Mo Yan's novel Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out (hereafter referred to as L&D) with regard to patronage control by...
Published by: IGI Global
Coupling of Dimensionality Reduction and Stacking Ensemble Learning for Smartphone-Based Human Activity Recognition
Human activity recognition (HAR) plays a vital role in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL) for the welfare of the elders who live alone in the home. AAL provides service through ambient sensors, vision systems, smartphone...
Published by: IGI Global
A Bio-Inspired Defensive Rumor Confinement Strategy in Online Social Networks
Online social networks (OSNs) are used to connect people and propagate information around the globe. Along with information propagation, rumors also penetrate across the OSNs in a massive order. Controlling the rumor propagation...
Published by: IGI Global
Still Singing for our Lives
Katharine L. Smithrim
Nov 19, 2013
Is singing a dying art in Ontario? Much has been speculated about the roles of radio, television, urbanization, and the rise of expert performers in the demise of singing in people's lives. I decided to examine this phenomenon...
Published by: Faculty of Education
The State Route 520 Floating Bridge in Seattle, Washington
Cheryl L White
Apr 09, 2013
The four longest floating bridges in the world are located in Seattle, Washington on the North West Coast of the United States of America. At 2.3 km long and 35 m wide, the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, also known as the...
Civil Engineering (ENGI 8751) (Case Study) (Civil) (Floating Bridge) (SR 520) (Concrete Pontoons) (Seattle, Washington) (Evergreen Point Bridge)
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
A Novel Framework Using Zero Shot Learning Technique for a Non-Factoid Question Answering System
Non-Factoid Question Answering (QA) is the next generation of textual QA systems, which gives passage level summaries for a natural language query, posted by the user. The main issue lies in the appropriateness of the generated...
Published by: IGI Global
Freedom as Ariadne’s Thread through the Interpretation of Life
Jesper L. Rasmussen
Aug 29, 2018
According to Schelling’s 1806 Aphorisms as an Introduction to Naturphilosophie, the aim of philosophy should be nothing less than a sort of excitation of further developments of an eternal poem (Gedicht) (SW VII: 145f). This...
Published by: Memorial University Libraries
Forming of Tailor-Welded Blanks Through Centerline and Offset Laser Welding
The forming of low and high strength tailor welded steel sheets into preferred three-dimensional shapes by a homogeneous distribution of plastic strain is highly difficult. In this work, the formability of tailor-welded blanks...
Published by: IGI Global
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