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Exploring the interplay of mode of discourse and proficiency level in ESL writing performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Recent theory in discourse and practice in rhetoric has suggested that writers require different skills and strategies when writing for different purposes, and in using different genres and modes (Kinneavy, 1972; Carrell and Connor, 1991) in writing. The
Heng, Chan Swee, Md. Rashid, Sabariah
core  

Using Argument-based Features to Predict and Analyse Review Helpfulness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
We study the helpful product reviews identification problem in this paper. We observe that the evidence-conclusion discourse relations, also known as arguments, often appear in product reviews, and we hypothesise that some argument-based features, e.g ...
Liu, Haijing   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

The planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 interacts with the PDZ‐domains of Scribble but not with a unique PDZ‐like domain in Inturned

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Structural and biochemical characterisations show that the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Inturned harbours a unique PDZ‐like domain that does not bind canonical PDZ‐binding motifs (PBMs) like that of another PCP protein Vangl2. In contrast, the apical‐basal polarity protein Scribble contains four PDZ domains that bind Vangl2, but one PDZ domain ...
Stephan Wilmes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of learning oriented assessment on academic writing

open access: yesInternational Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2023
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of learning-oriented assessment (LOA) on the academic writing ability of EFL students (N:40) during a 12-week in the semester of 2019-2020 academic year in the context of a higher education. Within a
Hossein Farhady, Haticetül Kübra Er
doaj   +1 more source

Residual tail twisting in ascidian larvae is stabilized by asymmetric myofibrils that resist bilateral symmetry restoration

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Edmodo as an Online Tool in EFL Writing Class can Increase Students’ Writing Ability

open access: yesRegister Journal, 2018
This paper reports the results of the investigation on the utilization of Edmodo as an online tool in EFL writing class to increase the students’ ability in producing an argumentative essay. Classroom Action Research was applied in the study.
M. Zaini Miftah
doaj   +1 more source

DELVING THE HOOK SENTENCE IN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY: FINDING THE WRITERS’ PREFERENCES OF CATCHY SENTENCE

open access: yesJurnal Educatio FKIP UNMA, 2020
Hook sentences as an opener and attention grabber in introductory paragraph play important role to make readers keep reading an essay. This means the structure and preferences to produce the hook is a key point to an interesting essay.
Yenni Arif Rahman
doaj   +1 more source

THE REALIZATION OF GRAMMATICAL COHESION DEVICES IN EFL STUDENTS’ ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS

open access: yesJALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literacy), 2021
This study analyzed EFL students’ argumentative essays concerning cohesive devices based on Halliday and Hasan (1976) in the certain part called grammatical cohesion devices. Thus, the study focuses on analyzing the four main categories of them.
Rudiana Rudiana
doaj   +1 more source

Truth and falsehood for non-representationalists: Gorgias on the normativity of language [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Sophists and rhetoricians like Gorgias are often accused of disregarding truth and rationality: their speeches seem to aim only at effective persuasion, and be constrained by nothing but persuasiveness itself.
Bermúdez, Juan Pablo
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Dapagliflozin prevents methylglyoxal‐induced retinal cell death in ARPE‐19 cells

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Diabetic macular oedema is a diabetes complication of the eye, which may lead to permanent blindness. ARPE‐19 are human retinal cells used to study retinal diseases and potential therapeutics. Methylglyoxal is a compound increased in uncontrolled diabetes due to elevated blood glucose.
Naina Trivedi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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