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Effect of pronunciation instruction on L2 learners’ listening comprehension [PDF]

Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, 2020
Abstract This study explored the potential impact of pronunciation instruction on L2 listening comprehension. Seventy-two intermediate Vietnamese EFL university learners formed two groups. The pronunciation group (n = 35) received seven weekly 45-minute pronunciation instruction sessions targeting
Phung Dao, Mai Xuan Nhat Chi Nguyen, Ngoc Bao Chau Nguyen   +2 more
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Pronunciation instruction in the context of world English: exploring university EFL instructors’ perceptions and practices

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Teaching a foreign language requires instructors to be knowledgeable about and capable of providing instruction that facilitates their students’ ability to understand, speak, read, and write the new language. However, as established within the literature,
Asma Almusharraf
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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Epigenetic blind spots – the role of DNA methylation dynamics in stem cell‐based models of embryogenesis

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Embryo‐like structures (stembryos) are an innovative tool, but they are hindered by experimental variability and limited developmental potential. DNA methylation is crucial for mammalian development, but its status in stembryo models is poorly characterized.
Sara Canil, Anna Corrà, Annalisa Scapolatiello, Chengxiang Qiu, Gianluca Amadei   +4 more
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The role of miR‐335‐5p in the redifferentiation of BRAF p.V600E thyroid cancers

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The BRAF p.V600E mutation promotes thyroid cancer dedifferentiation and radioiodine resistance. Using a network approach, we identified miR‐335‐5p as a key regulator of BRAF‐mutated thyroid tumors. Restoring miR‐335‐5p increased thyroid‐specific gene expression and iodine uptake in cells and organoids.
Valeria Pecce, Simone Bini, Marialuisa Sponziello, Giorgio Grani, Giulia Fiscon, Paola Paci, Lorenzo Farina, Rosa Falcone, Valentina Maggisano, Sebastiano Filetti, Cosimo Durante, Antonella Verrienti   +11 more
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Circular RNA expression landscapes in myelodysplastic neoplasms: Associations with mutational signatures and disease progression

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
In this explorative study, the abundance of circular RNA molecules in bone marrow stem cells was found to be elevated in patients with high‐risk myelodysplastic neoplasms, and to be associated with an increased risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia.
Eileen Wedge, Morten Tulstrup, Gabriele Todisco, Pedro Moura, Christophe Côme, Jakob Werner Hansen, Jakob Schmidt Jespersen, Balthasar Schlotmann, Maria Creignou, Mette Dahl, Claudia Schöllkopf, Klas Raaschou‐Jensen, Krister Wennerberg, Bo Porse, Joachim Weischenfeldt, Eva Hellström‐Lindberg, Lasse Sommer Kristensen, Kirsten Grønbæk   +17 more
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Dimethyl fumarate combined with cisplatin at subcytotoxic doses sensitizes cervical cancer toward ferroptosis and apoptosis through GSH restriction and p53 (re)activation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) reduces growth of HPV‐positive cervical cancer spheroids and induces ferroptosis in cervical cancer cells via blocking SLC7A11/Glutathione (GSH) axis. Combination of subcytotoxic doses of DMF and cisplatin (CDDP) further suppresses spheroid growth and drives cell death in 2D culture models.
Carolina Punziano, Giuseppina Minopoli, Simona Romano, Laura Marrone, Katia Aquilano, Maria Lina Tornesello, Raffaella Faraonio   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the contribution of instructional technology in the teaching of pronunciation [PDF]

4th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP 1996), 1996
Discusses the implementation of computer-based teaching of Spanish pronunciation, especially intonation, in the classroom. The author examines the potential and the actual use of a technologically-based system, and the results of such a system in the improvement of students' pronunciation in one semester of instruction.
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Dual PI3K/AKT and CDK4/6 inhibition reveals selective sensitivity in an SHH medulloblastoma stem cell model

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Targeted therapy was evaluated in SHH medulloblastoma using neuroepithelial stem cell (NES) and tumor‐derived NES‐like (tNES) models in 2D monolayers and 3D spheroids. PI3K, AKT, and CDK4/6 inhibitors had minimal effects in NES but markedly reduced viability and growth and induced apoptosis in tNES cells, revealing distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities.
Monika Lukoseviciute, Madeleine Birgersson, Paolo Ceriani, Margareta Wilhelm, Ourania N Kostopoulou   +4 more
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