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2021-12-01
Phillips, Audra, Tucker, Benjamin V.
Studies have shown that the voice onset time (VOT) of alveolo-palatal affricates is the longest, followed by velars, dental/alveolars, and bilabials. In a reciprocal pattern, closure duration is the longest for bilabials, followed by dental/alveolars, and then velars. Longer VOT is also...
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A reassessment of the effects of neighborhood density and phonotactic probability on L2 English word learning
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Two groups of participants were formed according to their level of English: high and low proficiency. No differences were found between groups. Although visual preference for three competitors was different in four time windows, supporting the existence of lexical processing in cascade, a...
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2014
Hopkins, Daniel, Beard, Laura J.
In this article, we use examples from contemporary Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore and the works of the Spiderwoman Theater Troupe to explore how contemporary Indigenous artists in the Americas negotiate the representation of Indigenous identities, identities which are always performed and...
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Nursing home administrators’ perspectives on a study feedback report: a cross sectional survey
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Estabrooks, C.A., Norton, P.G., Hutchinson, A., Cummings, G.G., Cranley, L.A., Bostrom, A.M.
Background: This project is part of the Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) program of research, a multi-level and longitudinal research program being conducted in 36 nursing homes in three Canadian Prairie Provinces. The overall goal of TREC is to improve the quality of care for older...
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2012
McCarthy, G., Crichton, N.J., Linck, T., Seers, K., Titchen, A., Kitson, A., Edwards, R.T., Wallin, L., Hawkes, C., Estabrooks, C.A., Mockford, C., Cox, K., Harvey, G., Eldh, A.C., McCormack, B., Rycroft-Malone, G.
Background: Research evidence underpins best practice, but is not always used in healthcare. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework suggests that the nature of evidence, the context in which it is used, and whether those trying to use evidence are...
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Contributions and challenges of cross-national comparative research in migration, ethnicity and health: insights from a preliminary study of maternal health in Germany, Canada and the UK
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Friedrich, J., Reime, B., O'Brien, B., Gerrish, K., Bharj, K., Higginbottom, G.M.A., Foster, C., Chowbey, P., Mumtaz, Z., Salway, S.
Background: Public health researchers are increasingly encouraged to establish international collaborations and to undertake cross-national comparative studies. To-date relatively few such studies have addressed migration, ethnicity and health, but their number is growing. While it is clear that...
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2011
Slaughter, S., Bostrom, A.M., Cummings, G.G., Morgan, D.G., Estabrooks, C.A., Norton, P.G., Squires, J.E.
Background: Defining what constitutes a resident care unit in nursing home research is both a conceptual and practical challenge. The aim of this paper is to provide evidence in support of a definition of care unit in nursing homes by demonstrating: (1) its feasibility for use in data collection,...
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2011
Barnard, D., Norton, P.G., Cranley, L.A., Estabrooks, C.A., Cummings, G.G.
Background: The current profile of residents living in Canadian nursing homes includes elder persons with complex physical and social needs. High resident acuity can result in increased staff workload and decreased quality of work life. Aims: Safer Care for Older Persons [in residential]...
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Crosslinguistic transfer in the acquisition of compound words in Persian-English bilinguals
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Foroodi-Nejad, F., Paradis, J.
Crosslinguistic transfer in bilingual language acquisition has been widely reported in various linguistic domains (e.g., D¨opke, 1998; Nicoladis, 1999; Paradis, 2001). In this study we examined structural overlap (D¨opke, 2000; M¨uller and Hulk, 2001) and dominance (Yip and Matthews, 2000) as...
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2008-01-01
Through an autoethnographic account the authors explore the various entanglements, ambiguities, and conflicts inherent in the research relationships of institutionally marginalized communities. Agency and moral coherence are constructs with which personal, political, and sociocultural dimensions...