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Fertilization influences overyielding through dominance of species with high specific leaf area in young tree mixtures

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract In the context of anthropogenic eutrophication of the biosphere, understanding the impact of nutrient addition on plant diversity–productivity relationships remains a major challenge.
Dai F. Saito, Friderike Beyer, Grégoire T. Freschet, Anja Klingler, Charles A. Nock, Peter B. Reich, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Jürgen Bauhus   +7 more
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External Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis of mothers2mothers' Mentor Mother Programme in Uganda [PDF]

, 2015
This external evaluation examines whether the core component of m2m's Mentor Mother Model -- peer education an psychosocial support services -- improves the uptake of Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) services, as wel as the health and ...

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Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Learning Languages Other Than English in the Era of Global English

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study on female Japanese learners of the Korean language is situated in the centuries‐long anti‐Korean sentiments in Japan, the global popularity of the Korean Wave, particularly among women, and the essentialized image of socially marginalized young Japanese women who study English with romantic desires for Western men.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

Network Lifetime Maximization for Cellular-Based M2M Networks

, 2017
High energy efficiency is critical for enabling massive machine-type communications (MTC) over cellular networks. This work is devoted to energy consumption modeling, battery lifetime analysis, lifetime-aware scheduling and transmit power control for ...
Azari, Amin, Miao, Guowang
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Teacher Well‐Being Across Career Stages: An Ecological Study of Early‐ and Mid‐Career English Teachers in Japanese Secondary Schools

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teacher well‐being has garnered increasing attention in language education, as it plays a vital role in shaping both their professional lives and student learning. Although its importance is recognised, further research is still needed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of language teachers' well‐being.
Takeshi Onodera
wiley   +1 more source

Made-to-measure galaxy models - III Modelling with Milky Way observations

, 2012
We demonstrate how the Syer & Tremaine made-to-measure method of stellar dynamical modelling can be adapted to model a rotating galactic bar. We validate our made-to-measure changes using observations constructed from the existing Shen et al.
Binney, Bissantz, Bissantz, Das, de Lorenzi, de Lorenzi, Dehnen, Dehnen, Fux, Hernquist, Hernquist, Howard, Jourdeuil, Juntai Shen, Kunder, Liu, Long, Long, Morganti, Pfenniger, R. J. Long, Rattenbury, Rich, Sellwood, Sellwood, Shen, Shude Mao, Sigurdsson, Sumi, Syer, Wang, Weiner, Yougang Wang   +32 more
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A Priority-based Fair Queuing (PFQ) Model for Wireless Healthcare System [PDF]

, 2020
Healthcare is a very active research area, primarily due to the increase in the elderly population that leads to increasing number of emergency situations that require urgent actions.
Bana, S., Bana, S.
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Measuring Interactional Competence in a Japanese University EFL Speaking Context

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ability to interact is an integral aspect of speaking proficiency. Therefore, methods of assessing interaction need to be incorporated into second language (L2) speaking tests. The main purpose of this exploratory study is to attempt to quantify interactional competence (IC) in a Japanese university EFL (English as a foreign language ...
Paul Garside
wiley   +1 more source

A Multi-Service Adaptive Semi-Persistent LTE Uplink Scheduler for Low Power M2M Devices

Future Internet, 2022
The prominence of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications in the future wide area communication networks place various challenges to the cellular technologies such as the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard, owing to the large number of M2M devices ...
Nusrat Afrin, Jason Brown, Jamil Y. Khan
doaj   +1 more source

Changed Minds and L2 Motivation: Reflections of Japanese EFL Students Living, Laboring and Learning in Vietnam

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT English as a lingua franca (ELF) is increasingly used for communication in many EFL contexts, including Vietnam. Although Japan and Vietnam have a long history of economic cooperation, for practical reasons, English typically functions as the medium of communication between the two groups. This study examines Japanese expats who had studied or
Mark R. Freiermuth, Satomi Kanaya
wiley   +1 more source