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Mid and Low Vowels in Southeastern French
Alain Thomas
Sep 30, 2014
In this article, we present the partial results of a survey of French pronunciationin southeastern France, where the local variants are more and more threatened bystandard French (SF). In order to document this process, we have...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Gift of Drugs
Mohammed Hamdan
Dec 14, 2022
This article argues that Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater subverts the colonial representation of foreign places by providing a counter geographical narrative of English imperialism. De Quincey’s...
decolonial studies; Literature; Cultural Studies De Quincey; Confessions; space; arabesque; imperial; opium Romantic Literary Studies
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Direct observation of a superconducting vortex diode.
Alon Gutfreund, Hisakazu Matsuki, Vadim Plastovets, Avia Noah, Laura Gorzawski, Nofar Fridman, Guang Yang, Alexander Buzdin, Oded Millo, Jason W A Robinson, Yonathan Anahory
Apr 17, 2023
The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity can lead to unconventional proximity and Josephson effects. A related phenomenon that has recently attracted considerable attention is the superconducting diode effect, in...
Published by: Nature Communications
Francitan vs. Standard French Pronunciation in Southeastern France
Alain Thomas
Nov 19, 2013
This article presents the results of a survey on French pronunciation in the Nice (France) area, which attempts to determine whether southern pronunciation is being lost in that region and, if so, to what extent, on which...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
A Context-Independent Ontological Linked Data Alignment Approach to Instance Matching
Linking data by finding matching instances in different datasets requires considering many characteristics, such as structural heterogeneity, implicit knowledge, and URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)-oriented identification. The...
Published by: IGI Global
Usable-Security Assessment of Healthcare Software System Through Fuzzy ANP-TOPSIS Method
Adil Seh, Masood Ahmad, Mohd Nadeem, Abhishek Pandey, Alka Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, Raees Khan
Oct 01, 2021
To address this research possibility, the present empirical study undertakes the assessment of usable-security of healthcare software system. The attributes considered for the assessment are: four factors at first level;...
Published by: IGI Global
Seeking the Wealth of Self
Michael George
Mar 16, 2022
Michael George teaches Religion and Culture, and Ethics at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is interested in helping to promote the project of Integrative Bioethics, which he considers to be a possible...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
PROphylaxis for paTiEnts at risk of COVID-19 infecTion (PROTECT-V).
Toby J L Humphrey, Davinder Dosanjh, Thomas F Hiemstra, Alex Richter, Michael Chen-Xu, Wendi Qian, Vivekanand Jha, Katrina Gatley, Rakshya Adhikari, Francis Dowling, Rona M Smith
Apr 13, 2023
Background
Despite the introduction of vaccination, there remains a need for pre-exposure prophylactic agents against SARS-CoV-2. Several patient groups are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection by virtue of underlying...
Platform trial prophylaxis Niclosamide Ciclesonide covid-19 SARS-CoV-2 Sotrovimab Humans covid-19 SARS-CoV-2
Published by: Trials
A System Dynamics Approach to SME Resilience Under the Economic Stress of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic reshapes our knowledge and reconceptualises our belief in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as more flexible and resilient than bigger organisations under difficult socioeconomic conditions. The critical...
Published by: IGI Global
Delivering Higher Education in Public Health Emergencies
Thomas Songu
Jan 01, 2022
With the general closure of universities and schools in Sierra Leone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, digital learning has become a credible alternative to maintain students in educational, training, and research links. The study...
Published by: IGI Global
A Liberating Curricula as a Social Responsibility for Promoting Social Justice and Student Success Within the UK Higher Education Institution (HEI)
Dave Thomas
Jul 20, 2018
Integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as part of a higher education institution (HEI) organisational strategies and practices to address economic and social inequality is no longer a new phenomenon. This...
Published by: IGI Global
Sensitivity Analysis of GFRP Composite Drilling Parameters and Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimisation
In this article, a genetic algorithm (GA) is used for optimizing a metamodel of surface roughness (R_a ) in drilling glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites. A response surface methodology (RSM) based three levels (-1...
Published by: IGI Global
The Method and Structure of Schelling’s Late Philosophy
Thomas Buchheim
Dec 20, 2020
The period of Schelling’s final mature philosophy started with his appointment to Berlin (1840), where he undertook a profound revision of his Philosophy of Mythology and Revelation (which he still considered to be purely...
Published by: Memorial University Libraries
Organization and Management Past to Present
Thomas Joseph
Apr 01, 2020
This article examined the historical evolution of organization and management theories and their applicability to practice in modern enterprise. Management and organizational theories each add something to the awareness of what...
Published by: IGI Global
Ethics in Organization and Management
Thomas Joseph
Jul 01, 2020
A fundamental challenge for scholars and practitioners of organization and management is the integration of theoretical ethics with practical decision-making. This article discusses the historical evolution of ethics in...
Published by: IGI Global
Comparing Phonetic Characteristics of African American and European American Speech
African American English (AAE) has been studied more heavily, by far, than anyother forms of American English. Nevertheless, much of the emphasis has beenplaced on morphosyntactic variants and its phonetic characteristics are...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The secular solo cantatas of Thomas A. Arne (1710-78)
Paul Rice
Apr 11, 2013
Published by: Faculty of Education
Solution NMR of Battery Electrolytes
NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool that is commonly used to assess the degradation of lithium-ion battery electrolyte solutions. However, dissolution of paramagnetic Ni2+ and Mn2+ ions from cathode...
McShane’s Influence on My Understanding of Lonergan (and of myself)
Pierrot Lambert
Mar 16, 2022
Pierrot Lambert is the author of Bernard Lonergan: Introduction à sa vie et à son œuvre (Montréal: Guérin, 2008), co-author (with Charlotte Tansey and Cathleen Going) of Caring about Meaning: Patterns in the Life of Bernard...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
An Ensemble Random Forest Algorithm for Privacy Preserving Distributed Medical Data Mining
As the voluminous amount of data is generated because of inexorably widespread proliferation of electronic data maintained using the Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Medical health facilities have great potential to discern the...
Published by: IGI Global
A Dynamic Performance Evaluation Model for SMEs Based on Fuzzy DEMATEL and Fuzzy ANP
Performance evaluation is a systematic way for companies to analyze their current status and progress to reach their goals. Companies constantly evaluate their processes in research and development, purchasing, production, sales...
Published by: IGI Global
Pinellas Bayway Bridge Replacement
Thomas Wadden
Apr 18, 2013
Pinellas County is comprised of various coastal cities located on the west coast of Florida, U.S. With over 50 kilometres of sandy beaches, this area is a popular destination for regional, national and international visitors. As...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Impact of Human Resource Planning (HRP) in Achieving the Strategic Goal of the Firm With the Moderating Role of Organizational Innovation
Jehad Hani
Oct 01, 2021
The aim of this study is to ex amine the impact of human resource planning (HRP) in achieving strategic goal of the firm and organizational productivity. Structural equation modeling (SEM) approach is used to investigate causal...
Published by: IGI Global
Using Computer Cognitive Atlas to Improve Students' Divergent Thinking Ability
Human society has entered the era of intelligence. Social development in the era of intelligence has spawned a large number of intelligent applications. Intelligent applications have put forward unprecedented requirements on the...
Published by: IGI Global
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