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Effects of Learning Context and Program Length on L2 Skill Development
The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of learning context (study abroad versus at home) and program length (summer versus semester) on the development of four language skills among learners of Chinese as a second language (L2). A total of 725 L2 Chinese learners completed standardized proficiency tests before and after participating in their ...
Yuan Lu, Chuanren Ke
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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
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The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence (2011–2025) as part of broader efforts by Israeli Jewish renewal organizations to craft a national counter‐narrative. It argues that reframing the Declaration as a quasi‐sacred text—situated within the Jewish traditional corpus and recited with Biblical ...
Adi Sherzer
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El-TsaqafahThis study aims to determine the "Calligraphy Learning Model at Nahdlatul Khattatin MDQH NWDI Pancor." The research objectives are to determine the learning model used in teaching calligraphy at Nahdlatul Khattatin and to identify the supporting and ...
Moh Riadhi +5 more
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New Phytologist, EarlyView.A schematic showing the links of tree‐scale (root‐, stem‐, and leaf‐level) and ecosystem‐scale water relations during the CSAD at CH‐Lae. Summary The summer of 2022 was characterized by compound soil and atmospheric drought (CSAD; low soil water content, SWC, and high vapor pressure deficit, VPD) in Central Europe, threatening forest carbon ...
Ankit Shekhar +19 more
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Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background Brief mindfulness‐based interventions (MBIs) are shorter and less intensive than standard 8‐week courses and could provide health and well‐being benefits to participants while requiring fewer resources to implement at scale. However, brief MBIs are typically developed ad hoc and lack a clear rationale for the components they include.
Kelly Birtwell +3 more
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Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hydraulic activation of stomata (HAS), driven by hygroscopic salt films on leaf surfaces, can create an additional pathway for water loss beyond conventional stomatal vapour diffusion, yet this process remains largely overlooked in studies of plant–atmosphere interactions.
Shuaishuai Deng +10 more
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Recent advances in ultrafast laser processing of transparent materials
Interaction of intense ulrashort light pulses with transparent materials reveal new interesting properties and phenomena. Recent demonstrations of 3D nanoripple formation, self-assembled form birefringency and ultrafast laser calligraphy are ...
Kazansky, P.G. +3 more
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, 2011 Timothy CY Kwok1,2, Xue Bai1,3, Henry SR Kao4,5, Jessie CY Li1, Florence KY Ho11Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing; 2Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; 3Department of Social Work and Social ...
Ho FKY, Kao HSR, Kwok TCY, Li JCY, Bai X
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Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lianas are abundant and influential in tropical forests but decline sharply in cooler regions. This pattern has been attributed to their reliance on a small number of large vessels, which are vulnerable to freeze–thaw embolism. However, the hydraulic functioning of lianas in cooler regions remains poorly understood.
Ryuji Ichihashi +2 more
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