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Enhancing L2 Confidence Through Learning Diaries: A Replication Study on Italian Lower-Secondary School Students [PDF]

Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal
Drawing on the literature on self-confidence, motivational theories, and positive psychology in the field of language learning, the present paper aspires to contribute to the literature by discussing some key findings of a recent conceptual replication
Marcella Menegale, Lucia Spricigo
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Mesh Segmentation - A Comparative Study [PDF]

IEEE International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications 2006 (SMI'06), 2006
Mesh segmentation has become an important component in many applications in computer graphics. In the last several years, many algorithms have been proposed in this growing area, offering a diversity of methods and various evaluation criteria. This paper provides a comparative study of some of the latest algorithms and results, along several axes.
Marco Attene, Sagi Katz, Michela Mortara, Giuseppe Patanè 0001, Michela Spagnuolo, Ayellet Tal   +5 more
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The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Prediction Models for Valvular Heart Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background While many clinical prediction models (CPMs) exist to guide valvular heart disease treatment decisions, the relative performance of these CPMs is largely unknown.
Benjamin S. Wessler, Christine M. Lundquist, Benjamin Koethe, Jinny G. Park, Kristen Brown, Tatum Williamson, Muhammad Ajlan, Zuhair Natto, Jennifer S. Lutz, Jessica K. Paulus, David M. Kent   +10 more
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‘Ekam sad viprā bahudhā vadanti’ – Inclusivism – the Idea of a Reformed Hinduism in the Iconographic Program of the Birla Temples

Studia Religiologica, 2021
The fundraising activity initiated by the Birla family in India resulted in the construction of more than 20 Hindu temples, commonly referred to as the Birla Mandirs.
Marta Kudelska, Agnieszka Staszczyk, Agata Świerzowska   +2 more
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A comparative study of cyberattacks

Communications of the ACM, 2012
Attackers base themselves in countries of convenience, virtually.
Seung-Hyun Kim, Qiu-Hong Wang, Johannes Ullrich   +2 more
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A comparative study of computational aesthetics [PDF]

2014 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2014
6 pages, 5 figures, 1 ...
Dogancan Temel, Ghassan Al-Regib
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Swami Dayananda Sarasvati’s vision of Golden Vedic Age in contemporary Birla Mandirs: the idea of the Birla Temple as an inspiration and reflection for modern Hindutva

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The article discusses the issues of contemporary Hindutva and its relationship with the ideas of Dayananda Sarasvati’s Golden Vedic Age, which are promoted not only in official publications but also symbolically in Hindu temples (Mandirs).
Agata Świerzowska, Piotr Kłodkowski, Marta Kudelska   +2 more
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Endless loop: A brief history of chiptunes

Transformative Works and Cultures, 2009
Chiptune refers to a collection of related music production and performance practices sharing a history with video game soundtracks. The evolution of early chiptune music tells an alternate narrative about the hardware, software, and social practices of
Kevin Driscoll, Joshua Diaz
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The Comparative Study of Empires [PDF]

Journal of Roman Studies, 2011
On the basis of a random sample of English-language internet websites about empires, we can now formulate the first law of comparative imperialisms as follows: as an online discussion of empire grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Roman Empire approaches 1.
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