Acoustic Analysis of Mandarin Chinese Vowels Produced by Young Adults by Zhenni WANG, Yang CHEN, Manwa L. NG, Liqun YAO, Weiming ZHANG

“…For/e/with rising tone the tongue was more retracted, compared to the tongue for/e/with dipping tone.…”
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Ectopic Lingual Thyroid by Khaled Khamassi, Habib Jaafoura, Fahmi Masmoudi, Rim Lahiani, Lobna Bougacha, Mamia Ben Salah

“…Thyroid scintigraphy showed intense and elective uptake of radiotracer at the base of the tongue. Hormonal tests revealed hypothyroidism. Treatment consisted of opotherapy based on levothyroxine. …”
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Oral Tuberculosis: A Rare Manifestation of Disseminated Disease in a Patient with Dermatomyositis on Chronic Corticosteroids by Dina Khateeb, Mohleen Kang, Eugenio Capitle, Mirela Feurdean

“…We present a case of a patient with dermatomyositis on chronic steroid therapy, who presented with tuberculosis involving the tongue as the only clinical manifestation of disseminated disease. …”
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Equipment Significance and Obsolescence in Diana Thater’s The Bad Infinite by Brian Castriota

“…Defined as time-based in the short-term, the temporal dimension of these media artworks also unfolds over the longue durée as equipment components become outmoded.…”
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Comparative Pharmacokinetic Studies of Four Ginsenosides in Rat Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS after Oral Administration of Panax quinquefolius-Acorus gramineus and Panax quinquefolius Extra... by Hailong Xie, Dongxue Wang, Wenjun Zhang, Xinjia Yan, Ying Zhao

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Land use cover changes abated terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink in China during the past four decades by Xueqing Jiang, Jinxun Liu, Changhui Peng, Huai Chen, Le Wang, Dongxue Yu, Qiuan Zhu

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Simulation analysis of radiometer effect and outgassing based on molecular particle source perturbation by Wenyan Zhang, Zuolei Wang, Jian Min, Yi Wang, Jungang Lei, Yunpeng Li, Dongxue Xi

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Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults by Haruka Nakata, Yuichi Masaki, Yuri Watanabe, Mai Ohkubo, Tetsuya Sugiyama, Kenichiro Kobayashi

“…The oral function was initially assessed with seven criteria: oral hygiene; oral dryness; occlusal force; tongue pressure; tongue-lip motor, masticatory, and swallowing function. …”
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Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome in an Indian Child by Sumedha Ballal, Sanjanaa Srinivasa, Mary Augustine

“…A 3-month-old female patient presented with facial milia, cleft lip and palate, nodule over the tongue, and syndactyly of digits and was diagnosed with OFDS type 1, a subtype of the syndrome, based on distinctive oral, facial, and digital features. …”
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Laugier–Hunziker Syndrome in an 8-Year-Old Boy with Scleral Melanocytosis, Lingual Pigmentation, Labial Pigmentation, and Melanonychia Striata by Alexander K. C. Leung, Kin Fon Leong, Benjamin Barankin, Joseph M. Lam

“…We report an 8-year-old boy with Laugier–Hunziker syndrome who presented with melanonychia striata affecting all the fingernails and toenails, macular pigmentation on the tongue and the lower lip, and scleral melanocytosis. …”
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Growing Miracle Fruit for Specialty Crop Production in Florida by Lynhe Demesyeux, Maria Brym, Alan H. Chambers

“…Miraculin changes the perception of sour (acidic) foods and beverages to sweet by temporarily modifying taste receptors on the tongue. This report provides background information on growing miracle fruit, information on miracle fruit yield, and research on miraculin content to commercial growers and those interested in gardening in southern Florida. …”
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Jump Diffusion Modelling for the Brazilian Short-Term Interest Rate by José Carlos Nogueira Cavalcante Filho, Edson Daniel Lopes Gonçalves

“…In order to capture the informational effect of the Brazilian short-term interest rate (SELIC rate) by Poisson jumps, we build on the tests condu cted by Das (2002) and Johannes (2004), which show the significance of such structures for U.S. …”
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Orofacial Granulomatosis in a Child by Reena Razdan, Maxwell D. Newby, Michele M. Carr

“…It is clinically characterized by persistent and/or recurrent enlargement of the soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region, often manifesting as labial enlargement and swelling of intraoral sites such as the gingiva, tongue, and buccal mucosa. Full-thickness mucosal biopsy reveals noncaseating granulomatous inflammation, similar to Crohn’s disease and sarcoidosis. …”
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia as an Unusual Cause of Rapid Airway Compromise by Adrian R. Bersabe, Joshua T. Romain, Erin E. Ezzell, John S. Renshaw

“…We describe a case of a patient with known history of CLL and stable lymphocytosis that developed an enlarging lymphoid base of tongue (BOT) mass resulting in rapid airway compromise.…”
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Heiliging en die Pentekostalisme

“…Bruner (1976:20) stel dit soos volg: "Pentacostalism wishes in brief, to be understood as experiential Christianity, with its experience culminating in the baptism of the believers in the Holy Spirit, as at Pentacosst, by speaking in other tongues. It is important to notice that it is not the doctrine, it is the experience of the Holy Spirit which Pentacostals repeatedly assert that they wish to stress." …”
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An Analysis of Factors that Influenced Students English Speaking Ability of Elementary School Teacher Education Students at STKIP Al Islam Tunas Bangsa by arimbi Pamungkas, Rahayu Soraya

“…The results of the research showed that the ability to speak English is influenced by several factors such as lack of vocabulary, lack of self-confidence, low motivation, mother tongue, and difficulties in pronunciation. …”
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GRAMMAR ERRORS IN ACADEMIC WRITING IN ENGLISH: CAUSES AND STRATEGIES OF CORRECTION by O. L. Dobrynina

“…The author provides examples of common grammar errors and mistakes caused by students' mother tongue interference. Special attention is paid to the ways of preventing such errors and to teaching students to recognize and correct errors on their own.…”
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A brief overview of Bible translation in South Africa by E. A. Hermanson

“…Since the mid-1960s the Bible Society has facilitated functional-equivalent translations by teams of mother-tongue translators, and is currently completing the Old Testament in Southern Ndebele, the only South African official language without a complete Bible. …”
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Histopathological Characterization of a Series of Oral Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Neetu Jain, Toniya Raut, Shashi Keshwar, Ashish Shrestha, Mehul Rajesh Jaisani, Deepak Paudel

“…Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) is a rare, distinctive, and aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) primarily seen in the upper aerodigestive tract with epiglottis, soft palate, and base of the tongue being site of high preference in head and neck region. …”
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Silent Pasts and a Reconfigured Present in Histories of Chinese (New) Opera by Annie Yen-Ling Liu

“…The subject matter of these operas ranges from historical events (as in Honghu Red Guards of 1958) to stories drawn from classic Chinese novels (as in Camel Xiangzi of 2014). …”
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