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Evaluation of Ultrasound Guided Measurement of Tongue Thickness in Predicting Difficult Tracheal Intubation in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: A Cross Sectional Study

Archives of Anesthesia and Critical Care, 2023
Background: Preoperative airway assessment is necessary to identify airway difficulties to the earliest, ensure adequate preparation to airway management before induction and to avoid airway related complications.
Noufiya S Sajitha, Nisha Kachru, Usha Yadav, Rupesh Yadav   +3 more
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Metastable vacua and D-branes at the conifold [PDF]

, 2007
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Nicolás Grandi, Edelstein, José D., Kachru, Shamit, Argurio, Riccardo, Schvellinger, Martin, Shamit Kachru, Franco, Sebastian, Sebastián Franco, José D. Edelstein, Bertolini, M., Kachru, S., Matteo Bertolini, Argurio, R., Bertolini M., Carmen Núñez, Martin Schvellinger, Núñez, Carmen, Argurio R., Grandi, Nicolàs, Franco, S., Bertolini, Matteo, Riccardo Argurio   +21 more
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Global English and World Englishes From an Evolutionary Perspective: A Rejoinder to Anna Kristina Hultgren

NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2020
The terms Global English and World Englishes reflect two opposite imperial perspectives. The first highlights the success of the British Empire in spreading the language of England to various corners of the world, whereas the second subverts the race ...
Salikoko S. Mufwene
doaj   +1 more source

Bosonization and mirror symmetry [PDF]

, 2016
We study bosonization in 2+1 dimensions using mirror symmetry, a duality that relates pairs of supersymmetric theories. Upon breaking supersymmetry in a controlled way, we dynamically obtain the bosonization duality that equates the theory of a free ...
Wang, Huajia, Kachru, Shamit, Mulligan, Michael, Torroba, Gonzalo   +3 more
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Challenging the Monolith: Ambivalence, the Native‐Speaker Ideal and Teacher Preparation in Multilingual South Africa

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the ambivalence of final‐year TESOL pre‐service teachers towards a non‐native‐speaking (NNS) lecturer within a historically white South African university. The research involved twelve student teachers being prepared to teach English as either a home language or a first additional language to high school learners in the ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
wiley   +1 more source

Speaker Perceptions of Americanisms in Nigerian English

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the perceptions of Americanisms among three generations of Nigerians. While prior research has provided quantitative evidence for American influence in contemporary Nigerian English, the role of language beliefs and ideologies in mediating such changes remains underexplored.
Temitayo Olatoye
wiley   +1 more source

Stigma, self‐styling and ‘forced accents’ among English L2 speakers in Spain

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the relationship between shame, stigma and accent for non‐native English speakers in Spain. The low English competence of the Spanish population frequently constitutes a source of individual and collective stigma – which includes the apparent undesirability of Spanish‐sounding English.
Eva Codó, Carly Collins
wiley   +1 more source

Metastable supersymmetry breaking and gauge/gravity duality

, 2007
We discuss metastable supersymmetry breaking states in gauge theories and in their gravity duals. We then engineer a quiver gauge theory with several interesting features by studying D-branes at a simple Calabi-Yau singularity.
Bertolini, M., Kachru, S., Argurio, R., R. Argurio, Kachru, Shamit, M. Bertolini, Argurio, Riccardo, Franco, S., Franco, Sebastian, Bertolini, Matteo, S. Kachru, S. Franco   +11 more
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Considering New Perspectives in ELT in Colombia: From EFL to ELF

HOW, 2010
This article aims to explore the characteristics of English as a lingua franca (ELF) as an alternative to English Language Teaching (ELT) in Colombia. It focuses initially on the role played by English in the country and on what the English as a Foreign
Diego Fernando Macías
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Evaluation of ultrasound guided measurement of subglottic diameter for determination of appropriately sized uncuffed flexometallic tube in pediatric patients

Critical Care Innovations
INTRODUCTION: Airway management in infants and children poses significant challenges for anaesthetists, paediatricians, and intensivists, and the selection of an appropriately sized endotracheal tube (ETT) is a crucial component.
Rohit Kumar, Nisha Kachru, Rupesh Yadav
doaj   +1 more source