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  2. Salience (language) - Wikipedia

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    Salience is the state or condition of being prominent. The Oxford English Dictionary defines salience as "most noticeable or important." The concept is discussed in communication, semiotics, linguistics, sociology, psychology, and political science.

  3. Clusivity - Wikipedia

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    Inclusive "we" specifically includes the addressee, while exclusive "we" specifically excludes the addressee; in other words, two (or more) words that both translate to "we", one meaning "you and I, and possibly someone else", the other meaning "me and some other person or persons, but not you".

  4. Sensitivity and specificity - Wikipedia

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    This is especially important when the consequence of failing to treat the condition is serious and/or the treatment is very effective and has minimal side effects. A test which reliably excludes individuals who do not have the condition, resulting in a high number of true negatives and low number of false positives, will have a high specificity.

  5. Trompenaars's model of national culture differences - Wikipedia

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    A sequential time culture is the one in which the people like events to happen in a chronological order. The punctuality is very appreciated and they base their lives in schedules, plannification and specific and clear deadlines; in this kind of cultures time is very important and they do not tolerate the waste of time.

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    Some words have specific technical meanings in some contexts and are acceptable in those contexts, e.g. claim in law. What matters is that articles should be well-written and be consistent with the core content policies – Neutral point of view, No original research, and Verifiability.

  7. Importance - Wikipedia

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    Importance is a property of entities that make a difference in the world. [1] [2] So for something to be important, it has to impact the world around it.For example, World War II was an important event in history both because of the suffering it caused and because of the long-term political changes it affected. [3]

  8. Time management - Wikipedia

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    Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities—especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency and productivity. [ 1 ] Time management involves demands relating to work , social life , family , hobbies , personal interests and commitments.

  9. Wikipedia : Make technical articles understandable

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    Even for articles about the most technically demanding subjects, these readers include students and curious laypeople in addition to experts. While upholding the goals of accuracy and full coverage of the most important aspects of a topic, every effort should be made to also make articles accessible and pleasant to read for less-prepared readers.