The current study investigated whether variation in children's default articulation rate might reflect individual differences in the development of articulatory timing control, which predicts a positive correlation between rate and perceived clarity (motor skills hypothesis), or whether such variation is better attributed to speech external factors, which predicts that faster rates result in po...

Agnosticism has always had its fair amount of criticism. Religious believers often described the first agnostics as infidels and it is not uncommon to see them somewhat dull fence-sitters. Moreover, undecided agnostic stance on belief in gods compared with being unsure about such obviously false statements existence orbiting teapots, invisible dragons or even Santa Claus. In this paper, I maint...

Bonds are known as one of low-risk investments and worth to be considered a part an investor's portfolio, however there still underlying risks that could affect its price. This paper focuses on the effect early redemption risk default bond’s value. Using binomial interest rate tree method adjusted for version, this wants analyse how these Indonesian bonds’ values through simulations, while show...

Relations that hold between discourse segments can, but need not, be made explicit by means of discourse connectives. Even though the explicit signaling of discourse relations is optional, not all relations can be easily conveyed implicitly. It has been proposed that readers and listeners have certain expectations about discourse and that discourse relations that are in line with these expectat...

This paper integrates notions of insolvency, trigger events, and consumer risk posture into the theory of single-family mortgage default. It presents a traditional consumeror choice-theoretic framework that recognizes common elements of mortgage optionality alongside insolvency, income, house price, and interest rate variables. Two motivations for mortgage default, insolvency and exercise of a ...