seminal paper

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seminal
adjective
uk
/ˈsem.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈsem.ə.nəl/
formal
containing important new ideas and having a great influence on ...
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paper
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.pər/us
/ˈpeɪ.pɚ/
thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or ...
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This is aseminalpapereven though its conclusions can properly be questioned.
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Bell (1968) first pointed out, in aseminalpaper, the importance of recognizing the need to determine the direction of socialization effects.
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Barlow (1995; and in hisseminalpaperof 1972) makes similar points and reviews other evidence regarding the sensitivity and reliability of single neurons.
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This is theseminalpaperon validity.
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He had already published hisseminalpaperon the factor analysis of intelligence (1904).
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From there the term was used again in their papers, including theirseminalpaperon probability functions on complex pedigrees.
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Noting in aseminalpaperthat aeronautical engineers were pounding hard on the closed door leading into the field of supersonic motion.
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Hisseminalpaperon this model was published in 1961.
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With three colleagues he wrote aseminalpaperon plankton and its control.
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He intensively studied linear thunderstorms and their associated winds and tornadoes throughout the 1980s, writing aseminalpaperin 1995.
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In hisseminalpaperhe showed that bounded memory can justify cooperation in a finitely repeated prisoner's dilemma game.
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Thisseminalpaperwas based on his dissertation (defended shortly thereafter).
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Hisseminalpapershowed that infants have greater linguistic and cognitive abilities than previously thought.
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Most of the seminal papers on this topic are covered.
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It is the most widely used such assessment in the world, and as of 2008, itsseminalpaperhas been cited in over 3000 scientific works.
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The seminal papers on this topic explain the core type system essentially 'from scratch'.
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However, since the 1970s they have started to gain more prominence and now give rise to more research funding, seminal papers and international symposiums.
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One of his most highly cited works is a 1977seminalpaperdescribing the collapse of a dense giant molecular cloud core which forms a star.
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It was during this period, while working as registrar that in 1961 he published hisseminalpaperon the syndrome that was to bear his name.
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