Transforming the Art of Fiction: Walter Besant, Professional Service and the Society of Authors by Richard Salmon

“…Firstly, it examines the various models of professional association and their functions, envisaged by Besant and other leading members of the Society, ranging from the pragmatic to the utopian. How did members of the Society conceive of its role in providing professional service in relation to the wider field of the literary market? …”
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The goal-over-source asymmetry in Thai and Korean by Kultida Khammee, Seongha Rhee

“…Drawing upon corpus data, this paper addresses the goal-over-source asymmetry in Korean and Thai from pragmatic and grammaticalization perspectives.…”
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Technical Aspects of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Benign and Malignant Disease: Review of the Literature by T. de Rooij, R. Sitarz, O. R. Busch, M. G. Besselink, M. Abu Hilal

“…For decades, surgeons have tried to prevent these fistulas but to date no strategy has been confirmed to be effective in 2 consecutive randomized studies. Pragmatic multicenter studies focusing on technical aspects of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy are lacking and should be encouraged.…”
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End-to-End Message Exchange in a Deployable Marine Environment Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Network by César Ortega-Corral, Luis E. Palafox, J. Antonio García-Macías, Jaime Sánchez-García, Leocundo Aguilar

“…We present a pragmatic view of different approaches used to guarantee data delivery in a deployable marine habitat monitoring system, composed of a two-tier dual frequency (2.4 GHz/900 MHz) hierarchical wireless sensor network (WSN). …”
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Perioperative Nutrition in Abdominal Surgery: Recommendations and Reality by Yannick Cerantola, Fabian Grass, Alessandra Cristaudi, Nicolas Demartines, Markus Schäfer, Martin Hübner

“…The Nutritional Risk Score is a pragmatic and validated tool to identify patients who should benefit from nutritional support. …”
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Using technology to increase reach and optimize consent experience for a large-scale research program by Emma Coen, Daniel P. Judge, Samantha Norman, John T. Clark, Andrew Cates, Randolph Thornhill, Kelly Hunt, Lori McMahon, Leslie Lenert, Caitlin G. Allen

“…The consent process for research studies can be burdensome for potential participants due to complex information and lengthy consent forms. This pragmatic study aimed to improve the consent experience and evaluate its impact on participant decision making, study knowledge, and satisfaction with the In Our DNA SC program, a population-based genomic screening initiative. …”
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Experience on postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling to ascertain the cause of death determination in South African children: A case for implementing as standard of care by J du Toit, K Storath, I Dunn, P Makekeng, M Moosa, K Mothibi, N Umuneza, C A Rees, D Blau, S Lala, Y Adam, S Velaphi, M Hale, P Swart, J Wadula, L Mothibi, A Wise, V Baba, P Jaglal, S Mahtab, S Madhi, Z Dangor

“…Furthermore, based on the data from CHAMPS, we present three pragmatic algorithmic approaches to the wide array of testing options for cost-effectiveness and scalability of postmortem MITS in South African state facilities. …”
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A Lifecycle Analysis of a Floating Power Plant Using Biomethane as a Drop-In Fuel for Cold Ironing of Vessels at Anchorage by George Mallouppas, Angelos Ktoris, Elias Ar. Yfantis, Sotiris Petrakides, Marios Drousiotis

“…This article presents a pragmatic solution for cold ironing for vessels at anchorage with proven lower GHG emissions with the exception of increased CO emissions, therefore the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.…”
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iPSC Technology Revolutionizes CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer Treatment by Jiepu Zong, Yan-Ruide Li

“…In this review, we aim to elucidate essential facets of current cancer therapy, delineate its utility, enumerate its advantages and drawbacks, and offer an in-depth evaluation of a novel and pragmatic approach to cancer treatment.…”
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Game Theoretical Approaches for Optimizing Multi-Carrier Half-Duplex Successive Relaying Based Cooperative NOMA by H. Horler, B. Rastegari, S. X. Ng

“…This system exploits two matching-based algorithms based on game theory, namely Conventional Distributed Algorithm (CDA) and Pragmatic Distributed Algorithm (PDA), to handle the challenge of user pairing and power allocation in multi-carrier networks. …”
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Thermal performance analysis capturing variable liquid characteristics based on chemically reactive rheological liquid with diffusive-thermo and thermo-diffusive effect by Attia Boudjemline, M. Waqas, Nurnadiah Zamri, Mohammed Jameel, Hala A. Hejazi, Saidani Taoufik, Meznah M. Alanazi, Oqila Ganiyeva

“…The analytical outcomes exhibited through graphical images and tabular representations offer pragmatic insights into dimensional fields pertinent for engineering utilizations. …”
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Course “History & Philosophy of Science” for Doctoral Programs in Education and Pedagogical Sciences by Albina R. Sadyikova, Eleonora K. Nikitina, Andrey V. Korzhuev, Yuliya B. Ikrennikova

“…We analyze some philosophical foundations of contemporary pedagogical science, including logical empiricism, Popper’s falsifiability, Paradigm Thesis by Thomas Kuhn, science theories by Paul Feyerabend and Stephen Toulmin, as well as correspondence, pragmatic, conventional and coherent theories of truth. …”
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On third space and critical paralysis by Steven White

“…However, inspired (in a bad way) by ‘mystical Marxist’ Soja’s ‘startlingly arcane’ definition of Thirdspace, I argue that aspects of critical theory or critical social justice orientations to LD can lead to contradictions or even paralysis in attempts to actually use the considerable empirical insights provided by Whitchurch, and the metaphor of third space more broadly, to inform practice. I highlight a more pragmatic approach to using the third space concept. …”
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A CEO's internal communication programme for middle management and its influence on their perception of the corporate reputation by Irma Meyer, Gideon de Wet

“…The aim of the study is to illustrate the link between the internal corporate communication programme of an organisation's CEO and middle management employees' perception of the reputation of the organisation. A pragmatic research approach was adopted for this study, and two communication theories – the systems theory and in particular the interrelatedness aspect thereof, and the flow of information aspects of the information theory (Bowers & Courtright, 1984: 23) - were used as the conceptual premise of the study. …”
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POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF BREXIT FOR EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPMENT by N. Y. Kaveshnikov

“…Return to the basics - this is a pragmatic approach to integration, which should replace attempts to fix rotten projects (like Euro) or to achieve the unattainable (political Union). …”
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Development of Applied Linguistics by Meilutė Ramonienė

“…Research in the field of language acquisition, sociolinguistics, language attrition, cognitive linguistics, pragmatics, politeness and impoliteness, corpus and forensic linguistics, and other branches of applied linguistics is presented, and the real-life linguistic issues, analysed by Lithuanian researchers, are highlighted. …”
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What lies beyond and within humour: A relevance-theoretic approach to propositional meanings in the sitcom Modern Family by Magdalena Wieczorek

“… Advancing the proposal that conversationalists frequently engage in humorous communication to convey propositional meanings, the paper aims to employ pragmatic inferential mechanisms specified in a relevance-theoretic framework in order to explicate the viewer’s recovery of additional cognitive effects in sitcom discourse. …”
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METAPHISICAL BACKGROUND OF TECHNOLOGY by D. Y. Snitko

“…Based on these arguments, one can make conclusion about the limitations of purely instrumental (pragmatic) interpretation technology and emphasize the metaphysical premises equipment and metaphysical aspects of modern technology, and the important role of philosophy in these problems.…”
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Proverbs Attributed to Humans and Nonhumans in the Beja Language (Sudan) by Mohamed-Tahir Hamid Ahmed

“…The method followed is a descriptive and analytical one, adopting a semantic and pragmatic approach to identifying the different meanings and functions of each proverb. …”
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Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children by Raghavendra Shanbhog, H. P. Chanchala, K. T. Srilatha, B. Madhu, S.N. Manjunatha

“…The current scientific paper presents a novel index that assesses the cariogenicity and healthfulness of a child’s diet objectively and guides the professional to achieve pragmatic diet modification in the prevention of dental caries. …”
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