While the spelling distinction carries over to some related words like “defenceless”/“defenseless,” versions ofdefence/defensethat have a suffix beginning with “i” arespelledwith an “s” in both UK and US English (e.g., defensive, defensiveness, defensible). “Defencive” is never corre...
Bearandbareare pronounced the same but have different meanings. Bearcan be used as averbmeaning “endure” or “carry” and as anounto refer to the animal. It’s also used in a range of expressions (e.g., “bear with me” or “bear in mind“). ...
Journal of Intelligence Article The Perception of Similarity, Difference and Opposition Ivana Bianchi 1,* and Roberto Burro 2 1 Department of Humanities, University of Macerata, 62100 Macerata, Italy 2 Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy; roberto.burro@univr.it ...
The significant fluctuation of industrial electricity consumption has a high impact on power load, which makes the research on recurrence intervals between extreme events of theoretical and practical significance. The study uses a high-frequency data of heavy and light industries and employs recurrence ...