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Understanding the pathways to text generation: A longitudinal study on executive functions, oral language, and transcription skills from kindergarten to first grade

by Juan E. Jiménez, Jennifer Balade, Eduardo García, Becky Xi Chen

This longitudinal study explored the contribution of transcription skills, oral language abilities, and executive functions in kindergarten to written production in grade 1 among Spanish-speaking children (N = 191) through structural equation modeling (SEM). Three dimentions of written production were assessed, including productivity, quality, and syntactic complexity. Accordingly, three SEM models were tested to explore these relationships... Читать дальше...

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The role of government in helping SMEs to access finance: An evolutionary game modeling and simulation approach

by Zhu Mei, Jingjing Zhang, QiaoMei Zhou

Purpose

This study aims to delineate the operating system of a strategic game model involving three core financial actors—government, banks, and guarantee institutions, with a focus on their collective impact on system evolution towards sustainable SME financing.

Methodology

Utilizing numerical simulations informed by dynamic equation constraints and optimal equilibrium states, this paper abstracts the strategic behaviors of system constituents... Читать дальше...

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Global burden of cardiovascular disease mortality attributable to secondhand smoke, 1990–2019: Systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

by Juan Dong, Xumin Ma, Xingxin Hu, Mengmeng Yan

Background

Few studies have globally assessed the cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality burden attributable to secondhand smoke. We aimed to address this research gap.

Methods

We used a systematic analysis design using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Our primary outcome measures were the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) and age-standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for CVD attributable to secondhand smoke. Читать дальше...

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Use of interactional metadiscourse and identity construction in responses to negative online reviews of Chinese and British hotels

by Jingjing Huang, Wei Xiao

In the business context, effectively responding to negative reviews is critical for a hotel to maintain reputation and customer relations. To explore the linguistic devices employed in addressing guest complaints, a corpus-based study is conducted on the use of interactional metadiscourse and identity construction in responses to negative online reviews of Chinese and British Hotels. Drawing upon the statistical results of the usage of interactional metadiscourse and the analysis of discourse examples... Читать дальше...