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Comprehensibility and Prosody Ratings for Pronunciation Software Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In the context of a project developing software for pronunciation practice and feedback for Mandarin-speaking learners of English, a key issue is how to decide which features of pronunciation to focus on in giving feedback.
Crabbe, David   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Comprehensibility of UML-based Formal Model – A Series of Controlled Experiments

open access: yes, 2007
This paper summarises two controlled experiments conducted on a model that integrates the use of semi-formal notation, the Unified Modelling Language (UML) and a formal notation, B.
Razali, R   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensibility and the basic structures of dialogue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The study of what makes utterances difficult or easy to understand is one of the central topics of research in comprehension. It is both theoretically attractive and useful in practice.
Fritz, Gerd
core  

Second language comprehensibility as a dynamic construct [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This study examined longitudinal changes in second language (L2) interlocutors’ mutual comprehensibility ratings (perceived ease of understanding speech), targeting comprehensibility as a dynamic, time-varying, inter action-centered construct.
Strachan, Lauren   +5 more
core  

Enteropathogenic E. coli shows delayed attachment and host response in human jejunum organoid‐derived monolayers compared to HeLa cells

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonlinguistic Factors that Affect the Degree of Foreign Accent in Second Language Mandarin

open access: yesStudies in Chinese Linguistics, 2019
Previous research findings have established that a number of nonlinguistic factors can influence the strength of perceived foreign accent in second language (L2) speech.
Freeborn Lani, Rogers John
doaj   +1 more source

Incremental validity of work-related sense of coherence in predicting work wellness

open access: yesSA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2018
Orientation: Sense of coherence and, more recently, work-related sense of coherence are regarded as significant variables in promoting the management of employees’ wellness in modern organisations.
Sanet C. van der Westhuizen
doaj   +1 more source

Organoids in pediatric cancer research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

It may be copyrighted, but it still needs help: improving research questionnaires by means of intralingual translation

open access: yesStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2017
Clear research questionnaires ultimately help to ensure the reliability and comparability of the data that they gather (Fowler 1992; Lenzner 2012; Moroney and Cameron 2016).
Lotz, Susan
doaj   +1 more source

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