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This study examines the claims of the Interface Hypothesis (IH) (Sorace and Filiaci, 2006) which posit that while narrow syntax properties may be fully acquirable by end-state L2 speakers, syntax-discourse interface properties may not. However, ...

NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity has been proposed to be important for encoding of memories. Consistent with this hypothesis, the non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801, has been found to impair performance on tests of memory. ...

The United Nations human rights system has in recent years been divided on the question as to whether coercive care interventions, including coercive psychiatric care, can ever be justified under UN human rights standards. Some within the UN human ...

Drawing on resource-based theory and institutional theory, we develop a multi-level model on the outcomes of early stage entrepreneurs employing latest technologies in their ventures. Essentially, we argue that the effects of using latest ...

In the last few years, many research works have been suggested on Brain- Computer Interface (BCI), which assists severely physically disabled persons to communicate directly with the help of electroencephalogram (EEG) signal, generated by the ...

Background Process evaluations explore the way in which a study was conducted. The Managing Achilles Pain study (MAP study) had the primary aim of assessing the feasibility of the protocol for a future large longitudinal cohort study that would ...

According to conventional wisdom, the traditional gender gap in voting has disappeared or even reversed in most established democracies. Drawing on the existing literature on sex differences in political engagement and on pioneering voter turnout ...

Measurement and analysis of change is one of the primary reasons to conduct panel surveys, but studies have shown that estimates of change from panel surveys can be subject to measurement error, most commonly overreporting of change. For this reason, ...

This thesis examines the ways in which contemporary cinema from a range of different countries, incorporating a variety of styles and genres, explores the relationship to the past of people living in the present who are affected by traumatic ...

This dissertation discusses three separate but related applications of paradata for survey design and analysis. Chapter 1 expands on the use of call record data for nonresponse investigation in face-to-face surveys. By focusing on the relatively ...