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Relationship Between Hospital Volume and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Analysis of the National Clinical Database in Japan

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
According to multivariable analysis conducted using a hierarchical logistic regression model, using VHH as the reference group, the odds ratios for mortality by hospital volume category were as follows: VLH, 2.70 (p < 0.0001); LH, 1.72 (p = 0.052); MH, 1.70 (p = 0.034); and HH, 1.43 (p = 0.173).
Soji Ozawa   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

“West” or “Vest”? Pronunciation of English Consonants [w] and [v] in the Utterances of Slovak EFL Speakers

open access: yesJournal of Language and Education, 2018
The paper investigates the pronunciation of the labiodental fricative [v] and the labial-velar approximant [w] in the word-initial position in English utterances by Slovak speakers.
Rastislav Metruk
doaj   +1 more source

The Difficulties in Pronunciation of Fricatives [F] and [V] by Learners of English Whose First Language is Dayak Ngaju: Applied Linguistics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper aims to describe (1) the difficulties in pronouncing [f] and [v] by the learners of English whose first language is Dayak Ngaju, (2) constraints that cause difficulty in learning English pronunciation, and (3) the application of drill method ...
Ristati, R. (Ristati)
core  

Vowel Production in Mandarin Accented English and American English: Kinematic and Acoustic Data from the Marquette University Mandarin Accented English Corpus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Few electromagnetic articulography (EMA) datasets are publicly available, and none have focused systematically on non-native accented speech. We introduce a kinematic-acoustic database of speech from 40 (gender and dialect balanced) participants ...
Berry, Jeffrey J.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Speakometer: English Pronunciation Coach

open access: yesTeaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ, 2022
Stimulating learners’ engagement in a large class is one of the most important issues for language educators (Lamb, 2017). The present review aims to offer a review of Mentimeter for creating interactive presentations in large language classrooms. Driven by the continuous development of mobile technologies, language educators and teachers apply ‘Bring ...
openaire   +1 more source

Vision‐Based Handover and Organization of Robotic Scrub Nurse for Seamless Surgical Flow

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study presents a pose estimation‐based robotic scrub nurse (PERSN) that assists surgical procedures by estimating the surgeon's hand position, orientation, and grasping state, along with the constraint‐based 6D pose of surgical instruments. User evaluations show that PERSN provides greater immediate usability and reduces physical demand compared ...
Seongjoon Kang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKER AND NON NATIVE ENGLISH LEARNERS IN SPEAKING CLASS AT SMAN 10 MALANG [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Mastering spoken English is very important because we have entered globalization era where many foreigners come to Indonesia for certain purposes such as business, politics, and so on Because of this importance, the role of English Native Speaker teacher
RATNASARI, HERVIN
core  

Generalized Task‐Driven Design of Soft Robots via Reduced‐Order Finite Element Method‐Based Surrogate Modeling

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A unified, reusable modeling pipeline enables task‐driven design of soft robots across actuator families and task scenarios. High‐fidelity simulations are compressed into compact pseudo‐rigid‐body joint surrogates, while a design‐conditioned meta‐model generates new surrogates from geometry parameters without rerunning finite element method.
Yao Yao, David Howard, Perla Maiolino
wiley   +1 more source

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