Tailoring International Pronunciation Activities for Hungarian Learners of English by Noémi Gyurka, Ágnes Piukovics

“…While there are a few studies that briefly touch upon the learners’ attitudes towards pronunciation, there is limited data concerning the ways in which pronunciation could be integrated into the Hungarian English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. Therefore, to narrow down the gap, this paper aims to investigate how international pronunciation activities could be modified when teaching Hungarian learners specifically, and how these activities could be integrated successfully into the classroom. …”
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Research Progress of TiN Formation and Control in the Smelting Process of Ti-Microalloyed Steel by Yang　Rui, Li　Yang, Sun　Meng, Ma　Shuai, Mao　Yunqie, Jiang　Zhouhua

“…On the formation of TiN， this paper mainly summarizes the influence TiN of formation mode ，morphology characteristics， thermodynamic and kinetic factors on the formation of TiN， as well as the harm of TiN in steel on the properties of steel. …”
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Design of Integral Variable Structure Controller in Speed Tracking of Wind Driven Generator by Linlin Wang, Lixin Pan

“…In order to obtain the optimum power factor through maintaining the ratio of blade tip speed to wind speed, a new method for controller design of wind driven generator speed tracking is proposed basing on variable structure control theory. Integral variable of generator speed is introduced into the system equation. …”
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Silica Deposition on Polyamide 6,6 Fabrics by Hybrid Corona-Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma by Isabella Grinberg Francelino, Felipe de Souza Miranda, Fernando Gasi, Marcia Cristina Silva, Sérgio Ricardo Lourenço, Gilberto Petraconi Filho

“…To identify the chemical modifications generated by the plasma treatment, the untreated and treated samples were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy with attenuated reflectance (FTIR-ATR) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS). The thermal behavior of the treated and untreated samples was evaluated by Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). …”
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New Cities New Economies: South Africa and Africa’s Grand Plan, A Pan-African Economic Revolution by Tshilidzi Ratshitanga

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Covariance of the number of real zeros of a random trigonometric polynomial by K. Farahmand, M. Sambandham

“…Tn(θ) has the advantage on Pn(θ) of being stationary, with respect to θ, for which, therefore, a more advanced method developed could be used to yield the results.…”
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STATIC CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS OF A RUBBER BUSHING WITH FEM SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENT by PAN Yu, HE YunFeng, HE ZhiBing

“…Comparing the computed results with the experiment data,we find that the computing method is reliable,and can provide theoretical guidance for future busing design.…”
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Quantitative Analysis of the Topological Structure of Rock Pore Network by Dayu Ye, Guannan Liu, Ning Luo, Feng Gao, Xinmin Zhu, Fengtian Yue

“…However, the prevailing methods for characterising the microstructure of rocks, such as the coordination number method and fractal theory, are still difficult to quantify the structural properties. …”
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Sorafenib Prevents Escape from Host Immunity in Liver Cirrhosis Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Hidenari Nagai, Takanori Mukozu, Daigo Matsui, Takenori Kanekawa, Masahiro Kanayama, Noritaka Wakui, Kouichi Momiyama, Mie Shinohara, Kazunari Iida, Koji Ishii, Yoshinori Igarashi, Yasukiyo Sumino

“…The aim of this paper was to evaluate host immunity in liver cirrhosis (LC) patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC) receiving sorafenib therapy. Methods. Forty-five adult Japanese LC patients received sorafenib for aHCC between 2009 and 2011 at our hospital. …”
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Frameworks for measuring population health: A scoping review. by Sze Ling Chan, Clement Zhong Hao Ho, Nang Ei Ei Khaing, Ezra Ho, Candelyn Pong, Jia Sheng Guan, Calida Chua, Zongbin Li, Trudi Lim, Sean Shao Wei Lam, Lian Leng Low, Choon How How

“…Population health frameworks provide a theoretical grounding for conceptualization of population health and therefore a logical basis for selection of indicators. …”
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Leukocytapheresis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases by Małgorzata Woźniak, Ilona Kurnatowska, Ewa Małecka-Panas, Renata Talar-Wojnarowska

“…Leukocytapheresis, a blood purification therapy, exerts anti-inflammatory effects by removing activated leukocytes from the peripheral blood through extracorporeal circulation. …”
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Oxidative stress caused by 3-monochloro-1,2-propanediol provokes intestinal stem cell hyperproliferation and the protective role of quercetin by Zongzhong Liu, Yanfei He, Yuhan Wang, Kefeng Ren, Pengpeng Xia, Binbin Xie, Tian Wei

“…Our findings uncover a mechanism whereby suppression of undesirable ISC hyperproliferation, caused by 3-MCPD-induced oxidative stress, maintains intestinal homeostasis, and provide a theoretical basis for exploiting quercetin, a natural antioxidant, as a dietary antidote against the intestinal hazards posed by environmental toxicants.…”
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飞鼠越冬巢穴材料导热系数实验研究 by 王松庆 于艳红 满效强 陈 亮

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Hopf bifurcation analysis in a diffusive predator-prey system with delay and surplus killing effect by Zuolin Shen, Junjie Wei

“…Furthermore, an algorithm for determining the direction of Hopf bifurcation and stability of bifurcating periodic solutions is derived by using the theory of normal form and center manifold. Finally, some numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the analytical results obtained.…”
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Flood - Stricken Projects in Yongjiang Embankment in "01.7" Flood Disaster Reason Analysis and Countermeasure Study by TANG Jun, LI Ge

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Low complexity hybrid precoding method in mmWave massive MIMO system by Jianwei XIANG, Xiulan YU, Xiaorong JING

“…A low-complexity hybrid precoding method was proposed to design the hybrid precoding for mmWave massive MIMO system.Firstly,an initial radio frequency(RF)precoding matrix was constructed based on the singular value decomposition.Then an updated RF matrix was constructed by placing the vector which was constructed by the biggest left singular vectors of the residual matrix onto the last column of the initial RF matrix.By multiple iterations,the resultant RF precoding matrix can be obtained and the digital precoding matrix was designed based on the least square criterion.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm greatly outperforms the hybrid precoding method based on orthogonal matching pursuit(OMP)algorithm with much reduced computational complexity.Additionally,the proposed hybrid precoding method has almost the same performance as the full digital precoding method when the number of data stream is relatively less.…”
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Serum Periostin as a Potential Biomarker in the Evaluation of Allergic Rhinitis: A Pilot Study by Zhu XJ, Lu MP, Chen RX, Mao ZF, Yang YF, Han J, Cheng L

“…Xin-Jie Zhu,1 Mei-Ping Lu,1 Ruo-Xi Chen,1 Ze-Fan Mao,1,2 Yi-Fan Yang,1,3 Jie Han,1,3 Lei Cheng1,4 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Clinical Allergy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jiangsu Province Official Hospital & Geriatric Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4International Centre for Allergy Research, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Lei Cheng, Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Clinical Allergy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, People’s Republic of China, Email chenglei@jsph.org.cnPurpose: Although periostin has recently emerged as a new mediator in chronic allergic diseases, particularly in upper airway disease, its significance as a biomarker for allergic rhinitis (AR) is still unclear. Therefore, we aimed to assess the potential of periostin as a novel candidate biomarker for diagnosing and assessing the severity of AR.Patients and Methods: A total of 40 patients with AR and 22 healthy controls, all aged over 18 years, were recruited for the study. …”
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Cross-Dressing as Ambisexual Style: Queer Twists in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando by Adèle CASSIGNEUL

“…Rather than focusing on Butlerian socio-political theories on gender, I underline the existential dimension of clothes trouble. …”
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Occurrence and Origin of H2S from Volcanic Reservoirs in Niudong Area of the Santanghu Basin, NW China by Xiangxian Ma, Guodong Zheng, Minliang Liang, Dianhe Xie, Giovanni Martinelli, Wasim Sajjad, Wang Xu, Qiaohui Fan, Liwu Li, Li Du, Yidong Zhao

“…The δ34S values of on-well H2S samples varied in a range of 9.2‰ to 20.5‰, probably indicating thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) and/or thermal decomposition of organic sulfur-bearing compounds (TDS) as the genetic process for H2S. …”
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THE LANGUAGE CHOICE OF CHINESE COMMUNITY IN MEDAN: A SOCIOLINGUISTICS STUDY by Vivi Adryani Nasution, Niza Ayuningtyas

“…This study used descriptive qualitative method emphasized on a multiethnic and multilingual Chinese community background. The sociolinguistic theory of language choice focused on the domain features involving family and occupation domains was used as the basis of this study. …”
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