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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"gloss"”.
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Gloss positioning for a gaze aware L2 reading aid
… dynamically providing overlaid captions – or glosses – interlinearly, in the right margin, and a combination of both glosses. To test the usability of each type of gloss, we ran participant studies (N=19) with French learners where marginal glosses led to an increase in vocabulary matching …
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Is Gloss a cue for Real-World Object Size?
… the focus of materials perception studies of gloss and specular highlights, but to date no research has been conducted that attempts to link findings on the perception of materials to high-level object features like real-world object size. Three separate experiments were conducted to study the …
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Black Gloss Ceramics From Cerveteri: The Vigna Marini Project 2012
… this thesis is threefold: to catalogue the black gloss ceramics excavated by the Vigna Marini project in Cerveteri in 2012; to understand the relationship between Rome and Caere in terms of ceramic production, especially in the third century BCE; and to highlight the importance of archaeometric …
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Relevant abuse? Investigating the effects of an abusive subtitling procedure on the perception of TV anime using eye tracker and questionnaire
… on one such abusive procedure, namely the pop-up gloss. It refers to pop-up notes that explain culturally marked items appearing in each of the semiotic channels. Already popular with amateur subtitlers of anime (Japanese animation), pop-up gloss has come to percolate into commercially released …
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The effects of hypermedia annotations on incidental vocabulary learning and reading comprehension
Recent research on the effectiveness of glossing lexical items in computer-based reading materials has examined the role of hypermedia annotations on incidental vocabulary learning and reading comprehension (AI-Seghayer, 2001; Chun & Plass, 1996; Gettys, Imhof & Kautz, 2001; Laufer & Hill, 2000; …
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Investigating the Mechanics and Chemistry of Sickle Polish Development
… the development and chemistry of sickle gloss. Sickles are common in the archaeological record and have long been studied for their eponymous “sickle gloss”. There is debate as to how this gloss is formed. Five experimental sickles containing flint and novaculite blades were used to …
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An experimental approach into the degradation of wind turbine blade coating systems due to rain and weathering
… behaviour. A novel methodology, using surface gloss, was used to quantify erosion and then categorise the specimen into one of the developed erosion stages. Additionally, this approach provides a greater accuracy in erosion quantification than the current method of mass loss measurement and the …
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COMMUNITY, BODY, AND LANDSCAPE: CONSTRUCTION OF PLACE IN MOLLY GLOSS’S THE DAZZLE OF DAY AND URSULA K. LE GUIN’S ALWAYS COMING HOME
… to examine the sense of place created by Molly Gloss in The Dazzle of Day (1997) and by Ursula K. Le Guin in Always Coming Home (1985). Ecofiction narratives, such as Dazzle and Always, are particularly important because they allow us to explore potentially unexamined relationships of …
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COMMUNITY, BODY, AND LANDSCAPE: CONSTRUCTION OF PLACE IN MOLLY GLOSS’S THE DAZZLE OF DAY AND URSULA K. LE GUIN’S ALWAYS COMING HOME
… to examine the sense of place created by Molly Gloss in The Dazzle of Day (1997) and by Ursula K. Le Guin in Always Coming Home (1985). Ecofiction narratives, such as Dazzle and Always, are particularly important because they allow us to explore potentially unexamined relationships of …
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The Effects of Hypertext Glosses on L2 Vocabulary Acquisition: A Meta-Analysis
… the past decades. In particular with hypertext glosses or multimedia annotations, a number of studies have indicated that hypertext glossed input is comprehensible input and has made it possible for L2 readers to benefit all from extensive reading. This study examines (1) effects of hypertext …
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The Effect of De-Contextualized Multimedia Software on Taiwanese College Level Students' English Vocabulary Development
… de-contextualized multimedia software and sound gloss on second language students had been rarely explored. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of computer-assisted language learning (call) on de-contextualized multimedia software vocabulary learning and retention for college …
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New senses and formations in Old English glosses and translations, with particular reference to the psalter and the gospels
… innovative expressions in Old English religious glosses and translations, this thesis raises questions about the nature of the lexical items which are conventionally known as ‘semantic loans’ and ‘loan formations’. They are treated in previous studies as results of language contact and discussed …
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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: HOW FOOD TEXTURE AND PACKAGING INFLUENCE CONSUMER WELL-BEING
… best of my knowledge, to demonstrate packaging gloss biases consumers’ healthfulness perceptions and, as a result, food preference, choice, and consumption. Nine experiments, including a field experiment, show that people have learned to associate glossy surfaces on snack food packages with …
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Evaluation of Second Generation Indirect Composite Resins
… and sorption levels, staining resistance, gloss, surface roughness, wear due to tooth brush abrasion, two-body and three-body wear, fracture toughness and radiopacity of four indirect composite restorative materials; Radica (Dentsply), Sculpture Plus (Pentron), Belleglass-NG (Kerr) and …
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The Goddess and Guinevere
… Christianity in the following age, beneath the gloss of a Christian veneer, she is, with Guinevere as her representative, evident throughout Arthurian literature.
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Study of the Morphology and Optical Properties of Propylene/Ethylene Copolymer Films
… the film. The haze, clarity, transparency, and gloss of the copolymer films were found to improve at higher comonomer content and higher cooling rates. The variation in the length scale and degree of disorder in the bulk morphology of films processed under different conditions was shown to …
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The optimal starting point for antenna array design
… as well as synthesis methods exist, these often gloss over initial design decisions and problem-specific conditions, limiting their usefulness across different scenarios. Furthermore, arrays are almost always limited to similar antenna elements, and even when dissimilar elements are collocated, …
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Degradation studies on recycled Polyethylene terephthalate
… (MFI) and surface properties (colour and gloss) of the samples were investigated. The whole body of the samples was substantially unaffected by degradation for long exposure time and this is confirmed by MFI and DSC results. However, the surface of the samples is affected which is seen in …
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Emissions of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol monoisobutyrate from latex paint
… employed. Commercial Nippon paints (flat, semi-gloss, and gloss) containing TMPD-MIB and propylene glycol were also tested for concrete-B and gypsum board specimens. Short- and long-term emissions of TMPD-MIB following paint applications were studied. Emissions were observed for periods as long …
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