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Using a translanguaging approach in teaching paraphrasing to enhance reading comprehension in first-year students

open access: yesReading & Writing, 2019
Background: The teaching of reading strategies that enhance comprehension is a priority for many practising lecturers involved in academic literacy programmes.
Vimbai Hungwe
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Extracting proficiency differences and individual characteristics in golfers' swing using single-video markerless motion analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023
In this study, we analyzed golfers' swing movement to extract differences in proficiency and individual characteristics using two-dimensional video data from a single camera. We conducted an experiment with 27 golfers who had a wide range of skill levels,
Kota Yamamoto   +6 more
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Examining Oral (Dis)Fluency in—uh– —Spanish as a Heritage Language

open access: yesLanguages, 2023
Silence, self-interruptions, or hesitations in spontaneous speech are often interpreted as markers of oral disfluency as they lead to difficulties in delivering a message and in processing it. The main purpose of this study is to examine how such markers
Marina Cuartero   +2 more
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External Quality Assessment of Transporting Infectious Substances in Canada

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999
OBJECTIVE: To determine the degree of compliance with Transport Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations for transporting infectious substances in Canada.
Shelley M Tiffin, Michael A Noble
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Towards Intensive Co-operated Agribusiness: A Gender-Based Comparative Borich Needs Assessment Model Analysis of Beef Cattle Farmers in Eswatini

open access: yesAgriculture, 2020
Beef cattle farming assumes a pivotal role in economic growth, household food security, and poverty alleviation in Eswatini. However, paucity of information dissemination, and competence are drawbacks that accord a steady annual increase in beef imports ...
Sicelo Ignatius Dlamini, Wen-Chi Huang
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Evaluating the Russian Language Proficiency of Bilingual and Second Language Learners of Russian

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
The starting point of most experimental and clinical examinations of bilingual language development is the choice of the measure of participants’ proficiency, which affects the interpretation of experimental findings and has pedagogical and clinical ...
Tatiana Luchkina   +4 more
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Undergraduates’ Phone Dependency and Its Implications on Academic Proficiency in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Humanities Research
This is a descriptive survey research. The population for this study consisted of all undergraduates of tertiary Institutions in FCT Abuja, Nigeria. The target population for this study were 300level undergraduates of the sampled institutions.
Abdulaziz Isiaka
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Proficiency Testing Matters [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Chemistry, 2013
Far too many laboratories consider proficiency testing just a necessary evil, little more than periodic pass–fail exercises we perform solely to meet regulatory requirements. In addition, too many of us belittle point-of-care (POC)2 testing as a passing fad, a technology so inferior to what we use in our own laboratories that it hardly warrants our ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Variability in Urine Culture Reporting by Canadian Microbiology Laboratories

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996
OBJECTIVE: To determine the ability of microbiology laboratories to perform and to report urine colony counts.
Michael A Noble, Shirley Nikiforuk
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