On the Concept of Quantum State Reduction: Inconsistency of the Orthodox View [PDF]
The argument is re-examined that the program of deriving the rule of state reduction from the Schroedinger equation holding for the object-apparatus composite system falls into a vicious circle or an infinite regress called the von Neumann chain.
Ozawa, Masanao
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The relationship between listening and other language skills in international English language testing system [PDF]
Listening comprehension is the primary channel of learning a language. Yet of the four dominant macro-skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), it is often difficult and inaccessible for second and foreign language learners due to its implicit ...
Bozorgian, Hossein
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The reading study allows determining the level of development and scales of intellectual-spiritual demands and practical needs of the population. The main segments of a reading circle, common for Siberian and Far Eastern residents in the late XX - early ...
Yu. V. Timofeeva
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Was There Reading of Blok’s “Unknown Lady” in Vyacheslav Ivanov’s Tower? [PDF]
The article is devoted to the history of creation of the poem “Unknown Lady,” written in by A. Blok April 1906 during the preparation for state exams at St. Petersburg University. Some parts of Vl. Piast’s memoirs and the correspondence of contemporaries
Evgeniia V. Ivanova
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National vs. international journals: views of medical professionals in Croatia [PDF]
Scholarly journals, especially in non-English-speaking countries, may perform very different functions depending on whether they are published for national or international audiences.
Hren, Darko +5 more
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Fostering the Love of Reading: Dynamics and Sustainability of Book Clubs in Indonesian Universities
The research aimed to reveal the dynamics of the book clubs that the researchers started with and for Indonesian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students at the university level, as well as the club's impacts on students' learning.
Irfan Rifai +5 more
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Reading-to-learn from subject-matter texts: A digital storytelling circle approach [PDF]
Digital storytelling circles (DSCs) are multimodal platforms aimed at improving students’ comprehension of subject matter texts. In a small group, students in a DSC engage in reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, using digital tools, and ...
Blanton, William E. +1 more
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World Englishes Representation in English Textbooks of Indonesian Elementary Schools
This study aimed at investigating the representation of World Englishes (WE) in English textbooks used in elementary schools in Indonesia. Two English books for a sixth-graders were used as the data sources.
Rifka Nida Annisa +1 more
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Floods, fortresses and cabin fever: worlding “Domeland” security in Dave Eggers’ Zeitoun and The Circle [PDF]
This article offers a contrapuntal reading of Dave Eggers’s journalistic account Zeitoun and his novel The Circle. It considers how and why both are preoccupied with the kinds of (in)security discourses, stretching from Hurricane Katrina through the ...
Goyal, John Masterson, Thomas
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Experiencing Historical Fiction Graphic Novels to Teach Social Studies
A small study was conducted to determine how preservice teachers in a social studies methods class responded to reading an historical fiction graphic novel in an in-class literature circle followed by an authentication project.
Barbara J. McClanahan
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