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Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Learning Languages Other Than English in the Era of Global English

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study on female Japanese learners of the Korean language is situated in the centuries‐long anti‐Korean sentiments in Japan, the global popularity of the Korean Wave, particularly among women, and the essentialized image of socially marginalized young Japanese women who study English with romantic desires for Western men.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

Structural characterization and cardioprotective activities of natural polysaccharides from Apocynum venetum L

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
Apocynum venetum L. represents a species with medicinal-food homology that is utilized in the management of hypertension and is widely consumed as a health-promoting tea in East Asia.
Wenli Xie, Qing Xia, Zongchang Xu, Kuo Xu, Xianjun Fu   +4 more
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Inter and intra-specific crossability studies on Mangifera species

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022
Inter-specific and inter-varietal crosses were attempted using Mangifera indica cv. Amrapali as a female parent and M. odorata and M. indica cv. Vanraj as male donor parents (2016–19).
KISHOR KUMAR MAHANTI, MANISH SRIVASTAV, SANJAY KUMAR SINGH, M R DINESH   +3 more
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Pressure analysis during impression‐making procedure with various tray designs using a digital occlusion analyzer: An in vitro study

Journal of Prosthodontics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pressures generated under various relief conditions during impression‐making using the digital occlusal analyzer. Materials and Methods A customized device and impression trays were designed to measure pressure during impression‐making.
Minji Sun, Jaeyoung Kim, Seojune Choi, Hong Seok Moon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Average Structures of a Single Knotted Ring Polymer

, 2008
Two types of average structures of a single knotted ring polymer are studied by Brownian dynamics simulations. For a ring polymer with N segments, its structure is represented by a 3N -dimensional conformation vector consisting of the Cartesian ...
Abagyan R., Binder K., de Gennes P. G., Doi M., Frago O., Garcia A. E., Grest G. S., Hanke A., Hirao H., Janse van Rensburg E. J., Kitao A., Koseki S., Lickorish W. B. R., Marcone B., Marcone B., Matsuda H., McLachelan A. D., Metzler R., Orlandini E., Orlandini E., Saka S., Shimamura M. K., Takano H., Virnau P.   +23 more
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Assessing D‐Squame as a Minimally Invasive Technique to Evaluate the Cutaneous Immune Response mRNA in a Dog Model of Canine Atopic Dermatitis

Veterinary Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Canine atopic dermatitis (cAD) is a multifactorial, inherited skin disease, estimated to affect ≤ 15% of dogs. Studies of skin messenger mRNA in cAD currently use invasive methods, including blood sampling and biopsy collection, whilst advances in human atopic dermatitis study methodology have demonstrated reliable use of minimally ...
Xavier Langon, Marion Mosca, Nadège Milhau, Mélanie Legain, Adrien Idée, Didier Pin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

UHD Video Encoding in CPU Versus GPU: Quality and Performance Trade-Offs

IEEE Access
In the contemporary digital media environment, video encoding is of paramount importance for applications such as streaming and video conferencing. With the increasing demand for higher resolutions and immersive video, optimizing videos for Internet ...
Andoni Salcedo-Navarro, Juan Gutierrez-Aguado, Miguel Garcia-Pineda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short courses of mechanical ventilation with high-O2 levels in elderly rat lungs Ventilação mecânica de curta duração com altos níveis de O2 em pulmões de ratos idosos

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2011
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of mechanical ventilation (MV) of high-oxygen concentration in pulmonary dysfunction in adult and elderly rats. METHODS: Twenty-eight adult (A) and elderly (E), male rats were ventilated for 1 hour (G-AV1 and G-EV1) or ...
Sâmia Santos Cavassani, Virginia Berlanga Campos Junqueira, Juliana Britto Moraes, Karen Kristina Luzo, Claudeny Matos Assis Silva, Maciel Barros, Márcia Marinho, Ricardo Santos Simões, Itamar Souza Oliveira-Júnior   +8 more
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ABCA12 Frameshift Deletion in Domestic Cats With Ichthyosis Fetalis

Veterinary Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ichthyosis fetalis (IF), also known as harlequin ichthyosis, is a rare and often fatal autosomal recessive congenital skin disorder. It is characterized by thickened, hard skin plaques and deep skin fissures that limit mobility and cause malformations of the eyes, lips and ears.
Jeanna M. Blake, Melissa P. Swan, Kari J. Ekenstedt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Active lamp pulse driver circuit [PDF]

, 1983
A flashlamp drive circuit is described which uses an unsaturated transistor as a current mode switch to periodically subject a partially ionized gaseous laser excitation flashlamp to a stable, rectangular pulse of current from an incomplete discharge of ...
Logan, K. E.
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