I am working on the categorization of PUNS. Would you mind sharing yours and a brief explanation, especially when it is different from English?

-What do you call a deer with no eyes? -No idea The amusing effect is on the homophonic pronunciation of 'No-eye deer' and 'No idea', giving the answer in the first instance and declaring...

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What is human language?

There have been many different concepts and definitions of language, from the fields of linguistics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, etc. Most of them refer to the internal set of...

31 December 2014 1,576 1 View

Dear Michael, Would research on foreign language education, done globally be beneficial to design local policies? and to what extent?

The Colombian policy on foreign language education called 'bilingualism' has been a failure for the most part, essentially because it was designed by different transitory governmental bureaucrats...

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01 January 1970 3,936 3 View

How to use measure capacitance change in COMSOL time dependent study ?

I want to measure change of capacitance due to relative displacement between two parallel plates in COMSOL. Distance between two plates changes with time. So I'm using a time dependent study but...

26 February 2021 8,567 3 View

How to find the capacitive response frequency from the impedance plot?

I have done electrochemical impedance by using cyclic voltammetry for one organic material. from that, I plotted bode diagram. but actually, I am very confused about how to find the capacitive...

18 February 2021 3,023 3 View

How to get better phase shift in C-V curves for ferroelectric devices?

I tried to sweep my ferroelectric devices from -2V to 2V and then from 2V to -2V and The two hysteresis peaks are off by several microFarads. Should i increase bias voltage? I am doing these...

16 February 2021 8,514 2 View

Do you know of an informal caregiver of a person who has recently received a bone marrow transplant?

We are conducting a pilot study of an intervention for informal caregivers of persons who have recently received a bone marrow transplant in the US. If you know of anyone who might be interested,...

13 February 2021 9,174 1 View

Does Location Map of Informal Settlements in South Africa exist?

I urgently need a map that shows the point locations of informal settlements in South Africa. I am currently working on a study that seeks to relate protests location to the location of informal...

02 February 2021 4,113 7 View

Are there existing studies in economic sociology that have applied Kalyan Sanyal's theoretical framework as a methodological basis?

To be precise, I am looking for studies on informal labour that have taken on board Sanyal's category of the Need Economy and his 'Politics of Exclusion' in studying the political-economy of...

26 January 2021 4,219 3 View

Is recycling a challenge to the governments of developing countries?

Is recycling a challenge to the governments of developing countries? A strong will for more serious aggressively organized recycling initiatives, embedded with strict regulations supported through...

12 January 2021 510 13 View

Does these studies, and research based recommendations bring any positive change.?

A strong will for more serious aggressively organized recycling, embedded with strict regulations supported through public awareness projects/programs to be instituted both by formal and informal...

03 January 2021 3,202 2 View

How can we maintain the two different DC high voltages of same polarity between parallel electrodes inside the vacuum separated by few millimeter?

I am trying to maintain two different high DC voltages of same polarity (either positive or negative) between two parallel electrodes separated by 500 um inside the vacuum. However, what I found...

21 December 2020 1,735 3 View

How to segregate electrode-dielectric and dielctric-dielctric interface polarization after Capacitance VS Freq. measurement using impedance analyzer?

After measuring the capacitance vs frequency for my MIM capacitor consisting of alternate layers of TiO2 &Al2O3 , there is a rise in capacitance value of ~ 20-160 nF at 100 hz, starting to...

17 December 2020 7,786 3 View