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Enjoyable Vocabulary Teaching and Learning with Cultural Differences [PDF]

open access: yes
Language learners have to learn sufficient quantity of words to communicate by using the target language, but learning vocabulary is not easy at all. It is essential that learners motivate themselves and pay a lot of attention to the words.
Kenan Kapukaya
core   +1 more source

Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural Neuroeconomics of Intertemporal Choice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
According to theories of cultural neuroscience, Westerners and Easterners may have distinct styles of cognition (e.g., different allocation of attention).
Cannas, Sergio   +5 more
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Implementation of Positive and Negative Politeness Strategies in Kazakh and Russian Family Discourse Talk Show

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics
The research material was talk-shows presented on the YouTube platform. The study is aimed at identifying the characteristics of the use of polite strategies in different cultural contexts and their impact on communication within the family. Attention is
Nazerke Yergazy, Anastasia V. Denisenko
doaj   +1 more source

The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

US/UK Mental Models of Planning: The Relationship Between Plan Detail and Plan Quality

open access: yes, 2008
This paper presents the results of a research study applying a new cultural analysis method to capture commonalities and differences between US and UK mental models of operational planning. The results demonstrate the existence of fundamental differences
Rasmussen, Louise J   +2 more
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The impact of national culture on e-government implementation: A comparison case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Over the past decade there has been increasing interest in the IS research literature on the impact of cultural differences on the development and use of information and communications technologies (Ives & Jarvenpaa, 1991; Shore & Venkatachalam, 1995 ...
Ali, M, El-Haddadeh, R, Weerakkody, V
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Toplumsal Yarar Amaçlı Örgütlerin Farklı Kültürlerdeki Instagram Paylaşımları Üzerine Bir Analiz: Türkiye ve İngiltere’deki Greenpeace Örneği

open access: yesOnline Academic Journal of Information Technology, 2018
Toplumsal yarar amaçlı örgütlerin temel amacı toplumda ortak bilgi ve dil düzeyi oluşturarak kolektif bilincin ve eylemin oluşmasına aracılık etmektir.
Gamze Yetkin Cılızoğlu
doaj   +1 more source

Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
wiley   +1 more source

[Review of] Leonore Loeb Adler and Uwe P. Gielen. Cross-Cultural Topics on Psychology [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
It has been over forty years since Gordon Allport published The Nature of Prejudice (Cambridge, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1954). To Allport, sociocultural factors play an important role in our prejudice, especially when we do not understand ...
Lee, Yueh-Ting
core   +1 more source

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