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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"the AWL"”.
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A Corpus-based Comparison between the Academic Word List and the Academic Vocabulary List
… words: Coxhead’s (2000) Academic Word List (AWL) and Gardner and Davies’ (2014) Academic Vocabulary List (AVL). Comparisons were made between different types of lexical coverage provided by the AWL and the AVL in the self-created University Academic Corpus (72-million tokens). The findings …
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Measuring and comparing the readability and vocabulary coverage of CNN, China Post and Taipei Times
This study measured and compared the vocabulary coverage, vocabulary levels and readability of CNN, the China Post and the Taipei Times. It is hoped that this study could provide a more effective and cost-benefit way to assist teachers in choosing suitable texts for vocabulary learning and for …
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Nesting in English fields : bird narratives and the re-imagining of post-war Britain
This thesis explores what a reading of bird narratives from the mid-twentieth century reveals about contemporary anxieties around human identity. Starting from the assumption that people often use animals to say things they cannot otherwise articulate, it investigates whether readings that …
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Reducing intraday patient wait times through just-in-time bed assignment
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is the oldest and largest hospital in New England as well as the original and largest teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School. The neuroscience units experience patient flow issues similar to those observed throughout MGH, including high bed utilization …
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Burnout In Radiation Therapy: Examining The Six Leading Influences
<p>Recent studies are highlighting the dangers of burnout amongst healthcare workers, including radiation therapists. Since burnout is associated with an increase in medical errors (Sanchez-Reilly, 2013), it affects both the well-being of the patient and patient satisfaction scores, which are …