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Using Virtual Exchange for Teaching BELF Pragmatics: Developing an Online Negotiation Activity

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Teaching Business English (BE) is experiencing a paradigm shift to reflect the communicative needs of the global workplace. With the majority of interactions in English now taking place among multilingual speakers, there are increasing calls to integrate perspectives of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) into English language and ...
Miya Komori‐Glatz, Kaisa S. Pietikäinen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ammonia transformation by potential consortium in the aquatic system

Scientific Reports
In the present research, the removal of high concentration of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate was determined by using the efficient ammonia-oxidizing bacterial isolates (AOB AMS 1, AOB AMS 2, AOB AMS 5 and AOB AMSS 1) along with the consortium of all four ...
Anne Bhambri, Santosh Kumar Karn, Arun Kumar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

When sharing becomes shameful: atmospheres of class formation in Namibia Quand le partage devient honteux : ambiances de formation de classes en Namibie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists have long shown that asking for food in times of need is morally valued in rural Namibia. Yet among the Damara pastoralists with whom I work, people now increasingly describe feeling shame (taob) when they ask for food. In this article, I trace this shift to the affective dynamics of social class formation.
Michael Schnegg
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of stylosanthes guianensis varieties using molecular genetic analysis. [PDF]

, 2012
The botanical classification of Stylosanthes guianensis is controversial, and few studies have used molecular markers to analyse this species. We used microsatellite markers to study the genetic diversity and population structure of S.
KARIA, C. T., Vieira, M L C, Souza, A P, Karia, CT, Zucchi, MI, Souza, A., Karia, C T, Chiari, L, Santos-Garcia, MO, SANTOS-GARCIA, M. O., ZUCCHI, M. I., CHIARI, L., Souza, AP, RESENDE, R. M. S., Vieira, M., Santos-Garcia, M., Karia, C., VIEIRA, M. L. C., Resende, R M S, Santos-Garcia, M O, Zucchi, M I, Zucchi, M., Vieira, MLC, Resende, RMS, Resende, R.   +24 more
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Change of the upper airway after mandibular setback surgery in patients with mandibular prognathism and anterior open bite

Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2019
Purpose It has been reported before that the amount of pharyngeal airway space (PAS) significantly decreases following mandibular setback (MS) surgery in patients with mandibular prognathism (MP).
Kyungjin Lee, Soon Jung Hwang
doaj   +1 more source

Connections between the basic local independence model and true and error models in the study of preference

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Two classes of probabilistic models are compared: the true and error (TE) type models and models in the family of the basic local independence model (BLIM). The former finds applications in the study of human preference, whereas the latter has been developed within the theory of knowledge structures with the aim of producing knowledge ...
Luca Stefanutti, Andrea Brancaccio, Debora de Chiusole   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovative Field Applications of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Medicinal Plant Products for Disease Control in Aquaculture

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disease outbreaks and the associated reliance on antibiotics pose major constraints to the sustainability of modern aquaculture. As regulatory pressures increase and consumer demand shifts toward residue‐free production, diverse biological interventions are gaining prominence as viable alternatives to chemotherapeutics.
Mustafa Öz, Enes Üstüner, Sümmani Çifci, Suat Dikel, Emin İleri, Furkan Budak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and clinical implications of the rare arc of Bühler using computed tomography angiography and digital subtraction angiography: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundKnowledge of the rare arc of Bühler (AOB) is limited but clinically important. At present, there is no publication of systematic review and meta-analysis on AOB in computed tomography angiography (CTA) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA ...
Gaowu Yan, Gaowu Yan, Yong Li, Suyu He, Hongwei Li, Morgan A. McClure, Qiang Li, Jifang Yang, Hu Wang, Linwei Zhao, Xiaoping Fan, Jing Yan, Siyi Wu, Wenwen Guo   +13 more
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Human settlement as driver of bacterial, but not of archaeal, ammonia oxidizers abundance and community structure in tropical stream sediments

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) are a diverse and functionally important group in the nitrogen cycle. Nevertheless, AOA and AOB communities driving this process remain uncharacterized in tropical freshwater sediment.
Mariana De Paula Reis, Marcelo eÁvila, Rosalinde Margriet Keijzer, Francisco Antônio Rodrigues Barbosa, Edmar eChartone-Souza, Andréa eNascimento, Hendrikus eLaanbroek   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alisma orientalis Beverage Treats Atherosclerosis by Regulating Gut Microbiota in ApoE-/- Mice

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
BackgroundAlisma orientalis beverage (AOB) is a Chinese traditional medicine formulated with a diversity of medicinal plants and used for treating metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis (AS) since time ago.
Boran Zhu, Yi Zhai, Mengjiao Ji, Yanan Wei, Jiafei Wu, Wenda Xue, Wei wei Tao, Haoxin Wu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source