Aspects of Euphemism in Central Kurdish

One of the topics in the sociology of language is the linguistic taboo, which imposes varying degrees of restriction and prohibition on the speakers of each language.Accordingly, language users avoid using taboo words and expressions by applying methods regarding the types of commitment, concern, or DVDs, Flash Drives, Videos necessity of social or

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The soil microbiomics of intact, degraded and partially-restored semi-arid succulent thicket (Albany Subtropical Thicket)

This study examines the soil bacterial diversity in the Portulacaria afra-dominated succulent thicket vegetation of the Albany Subtropical Thicket biome; this biome is endemic to South Africa.The aim of the study was to compare the soil microbiomes between intact and degraded zones in the succulent thicket and identify environmental factors which c

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Accounting for cross-country-cross-time variations in measurement invariance testing. A case of political participation

"In many works involving measurement invariance testing, researchers concentrate on one type of grouping only, such as countries, even when the comparisons they make involve multiple types of grouping, such as countries and Vinyl years.In this article, we propose a procedure allowing to incorporate more than one type of grouping into the invariance

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