The Eurasian Space in Chinese Official and Academic Discourses by I. E. Denisov, I. A. Safranchuk

“…The shift from a regional to a global scope in BRI discourse underscores China's pragmatic approach in balancing its regional ambitions with global aspirations.…”
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Protocol for a cluster randomized study to compare the effectiveness of a self-report distress tool and a mental health referral service to usual case management on program complet... by Shawna Bailey, Carrie Stoner, Kelly Cruise, Giulio DiDiodato

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>1) To compare the effect of the self-report distress tool (DT) and rapid mental health referral process (MH) on vocational training program attendance. 2) To compare the effect of the DT and MH on vocational training program completion. 3) To compare the effect of the DT an MH on post-vocational training program employment.<h4>Design</h4>Pragmatic, multi-centre, 2x2 factorial, cluster randomized, superiority study with 4 parallel groups and primary endpoints of vocational program attendance and completion at 12 weeks and post-program employment at 24 months. …”
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Bridging the Maturity Gaps in Industrial Data Science: Navigating Challenges in IoT-Driven Manufacturing by Amruta Awasthi, Lenka Krpalkova, Joseph Walsh

“…Simultaneously, future work will focus on pragmatic applications to enhance industrial competitiveness within the heavy machinery sector.…”
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Perspective of Pain Clinicians in Three Global Cities on Local Barriers to Providing Care for Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients by S. Fatima Lakha, Peri Ballantyne, Hanan Badr, Mubina Agboatwala, Angela Mailis, Peter Pennefather

“…This paper describes the results of a survey of pain clinic leaders in three global cities on barriers influencing chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) management provided by those clinics. It demonstrates a pragmatic qualitative approach for characterizing how the global city location of the clinic influences those results. …”
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ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat, and Claude generate feedback for Chinese as foreign language writing: A comparative case study by Saleh Obaidoon, Haiping Wei

“…Qualitative examination reveals differences in the types of feedback provided, with models excelling at surface‐level vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics critiques but limited in providing rhetorical, pragmatic, and structural feedback compared to teachers. …”
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Quand les paroles s’envolent : réflexions sur les caractéristiques et la forme phonétique du High Rising Terminal en anglais contemporain by Stephan Wilhelm

“…The emergence of the so-called High Rising Terminal (HRT) or ‘uptalk’ – that is the use of rising intonation at the end of declarative utterances – is a major contemporary prosodic phenomenon that has been reported in numerous varieties of English worldwide (see for example Lakoff 1975; Ching 1982; Guy & Vonwiller 1984; Guy et al. 1986; Allan 1990; McLemore 1991; Britain 1992a, 1992b; Bradford 1997; Cruttenden 1997; Cheng & Warren 2005; Ladd 1996, 2008; Barry 2007; Liberman 2008; Sullivan 2010).The pragmatic function of the HRT is analysed in many different ways, and there is considerable variation in the descriptions of the speech segments in which it occurs. …”
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Bridging the gap in sustainability measurement and reporting for agroecosystems: Overview and development of an adaptive sustainability assessment and monitoring framework by Mohammed Ibrahim, Bahadur KC Krishna, Evan D.G. Fraser

“…This flexibility facilitates meaningful comparisons across different geographic locations and farming practices, enabling a pragmatic assessment of agroecosystem performance. …”
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An Adverse Outcome Pathway Linking Organohalogen Exposure to Mitochondrial Disease by Brooke McMinn, Alicia L. Duval, Christie M. Sayes

“…Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) are pragmatic tools in human health hazard characterization and risk assessment. …”
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Personalizing AI tools for second language speaking: the role of gender and autistic traits by Yiran Du, Chenghao Wang, Bin Zou, Yinan Xia

“…This study investigates the interplay between autistic traits, gender, and the perception of artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed for second language (L2) speaking practice, contributing to a deeper understanding of inclusive educational technology.MethodsA sample of 111 university students completed the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ) to measure autistic traits (AU) and their sub-traits Aloof (AF), Rigid (RD), and Pragmatic Language (PL). Perceptions of AI tools were assessed across five dimensions: Perceived Usefulness (PU), Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), Attitude (AT), Behavioral Intention (BI), and Usage Behavior (UB). …”
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Internal controls, corporate governance and fi nancial performance of MFIs in Uganda by Abanis, Turyahebwa, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora, Arthur, Sunday

“…Figure 2 and table 1 and 2 clearly indicate that Internal Controls and Corporate Governance are significantly associated with financial performance of MFIs. The study spoke to pragmatic issues that have not been shielded in the literature, more especially in the microfinance industry Uganda. …”
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Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll by Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple

“…Our case studies offer implementation research lessons on effective donor transition and insights into pragmatic strategies for increasing public spending on expanding the health workforce in a low-income setting.…”
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Internal controls, corporate governance and fi nancial performance of MFIs in Uganda by Abanis, Turyahebwa, Eliab, Byamukama Mpora, Arthur, Sunday

“…Figure 2 and table 1 and 2 clearly indicate that Internal Controls and Corporate Governance are significantly associated with financial performance of MFIs. The study spoke to pragmatic issues that have not been shielded in the literature, more especially in the microfinance industry Uganda. …”
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A Qualitative Study Exploring Facilitators for Improved Health Behaviors and Health Behavior Programs: Mental Health Service Users’ Perspectives by Candida Graham, Crystal Rollings, Sarah de Leeuw, Lesley Anderson, Brenda Griffiths, Nansi Long

“…Four major facilitator themes were identified: (1) factors of empowerment, self-value, and personal growth; (2) the need for social support; (3) pragmatic aspects of motivation and planning; and (4) access. …”
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Place attachment, activation of personal norms, and the role of emotions to save water in scarcity by Peyman Arjomandi A., Masoud Yazdanpanah, Tahereh Zobeidi, Nadejda Komendantova, Akbar Shirzad

“…Uncovering this, the study aims to expose further pragmatic insights for credible and sustainable environmental management policies.…”
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Forest fire risk assessment model optimized by stochastic average gradient descent by Zexin Fu, Adu Gong, Jinhong Wan, Wanru Ba, Haihan Wang, Jiaming Zhang

“…The results demonstrate that the SAGD optimization improves the performance of the BPNN, offers a pragmatic solution for forest fire risk assessment in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and facilitates the enhancement of its disaster preparedness and response capabilities, thereby mitigating the adverse effects of forest fires.…”
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Acceptability and Future Considerations for Telegenetic Counseling After the COVID Pandemic: Interviews with Genetic Counselors, Clinicians, and Patients by Meghan C. Martinez MPH, Nina Szwerinski MS, Su-Ying Liang PhD, Sharon Chan MPH, Monique de Bruin MD, Cheryl D. Stults PhD

“…Interview recordings were transcribed and analyzed using a pragmatic thematic approach. Participants across all groups felt the style and content of the genetic counseling visit lent itself perfectly to telegenetics specifically because of no physical exam component. …”
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How Interpretable Machine Learning Can Benefit Process Understanding in the Geosciences by Shijie Jiang, Lily‐belle Sweet, Georgios Blougouras, Alexander Brenning, Wantong Li, Markus Reichstein, Joachim Denzler, Wei Shangguan, Guo Yu, Feini Huang, Jakob Zscheischler

“…Specifically, we identify pragmatic application scenarios for IML in typical geoscientific studies, such as quantifying relationships in specific contexts, generating hypotheses about potential mechanisms, and evaluating process‐based models. …”
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Larger models yield better results? Streamlined severity classification of ADHD-related concerns using BERT-based knowledge distillation. by Ahmed Akib Jawad Karim, Kazi Hafiz Md Asad, Md Golam Rabiul Alam

“…This study shows the accessibility and usefulness of advanced NLP methods in pragmatic world applications.…”
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Soil fertility and nutrient uptake of rice influenced by plant growth promoting microbes, seaweed extract and humic acid fortified in situ rice residue compost by Prabhu Vijayakumar, Singaravel Ramaiyan, Ramakichenin Alias Balagandhi Balasubramanian

“…Purpose Intensive rice cultivation, non-addition of organic matter and indiscriminate use of inorganic fertilizers lead to soil fertility deterioration; on other side, farmers are burning huge quantities of rice residue causing severe air pollution warrants pragmatic disposal solution. In situ composting is considered as a potential alternative to destruction of crop residues. …”
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Ordos Mausoleum of Genghis Khan: History and Modernity by Nomin D. Tsyrenova, Chingis Ts. Tsyrenov

“…The Ordos Mausoleum of Genghis Khan and the tourist complex of the same name can be considered as one of the modern forms of the cult of veneration of Genghis Khan, as well as a striking example of the pragmatic implementation of the policy of memory on the part of the official Chinese authorities in relation to the great conqueror and the Mongol Empire as a whole. …”
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