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Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition through Fan Fiction on the Archive of Our Own

Transformative Works and Cultures, 2021
With the widespread diffusion of the internet and online archives, fan fiction is increasingly consumed by fans who do not speak English as a first language.
Júlia Zen Dariva
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Automating SLA modeling [PDF]

Proceedings of the 2008 conference of the center for advanced studies on collaborative research meeting of minds - CASCON '08, 2008
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) define the level of service that a service provider must deliver. An SLA is a contract between service provider and consumer, and includes appropriate actions to be taken upon violation of the contractual obligations. However, implementing an SLA using existing IT infrastructure is difficult, requiring a lot of manual ...
Tony Chau, Vinod Muthusamy, Hans-Arno Jacobsen, Elena Litani, Allen Chan, Phil Coulthard   +5 more
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Mechanistic insight into the induction of cellular immune responses by encapsulated and admixed archaeosome-based vaccine formulations

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
Archaeosomes are liposomes formulated using total polar lipids (TPLs) or semi-synthetic glycolipids derived from archaea. Conventional archaeosomes with entrapped antigen exhibit robust adjuvant activity as demonstrated by increased antigen-specific ...
Gerard Agbayani, Yimei Jia, Bassel Akache, Vandana Chandan, Umar Iqbal, Felicity C. Stark, Lise Deschatelets, Edmond Lam, Usha D. Hemraz, Sophie Régnier, Lakshmi Krishnan, Michael J. McCluskie   +11 more
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SLA and the Study of Equitable Multilingualism

The Modern Language Journal, 2019
The Douglas Fir Group (2016) sought to articulate a transdisciplinary agenda for SLA but said little about multilingualism specifically. Moreover, many multilinguals are under siege in a worrisome world where threats to human difference have risen to the
L. Ortega
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Can variation in input explain variation in typical spoken target-language features during study abroad?

Journal of the European Second Language Association, 2022
Many studies have confirmed the belief that a stay abroad (SA) is beneficial for second language (L2) development. However, substantial variation in learning outcomes has long been acknowledged.
Anita Thomas, Rosamond Mitchell
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SLA-aware survivability

2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 2008
The paper discusses the provision of differentiated guarantees to a population of users who share a network with different requirements for their connections. The basic concept underlying the proposed solutions is the required availability of the connections, both in the long term and during the period covered by the Service Level Agreement.
Helio Waldman, Darli A. A. Mello
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Dynamic-structural design simulation and analysis of a rear SLA independent suspension

Revista Ingenio, 2014
The purpose of this study is to simulate and analyze the design of a rear independent suspension SLA of racing cars, as an alternative option of the suspension system of these cars in terms of the configuration and reduction of the unsprung mass, a very ...
Albert Miyer Suárez Castrillon, Fabián Andrés Fuentes   +1 more
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3D printed microneedle patches using stereolithography (SLA) for intradermal insulin delivery.

Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 2019
3D printed microneedle arrays were fabricated using a biocompatible resin through stereolithography (SLA) for transdermal insulin delivery. Microneedles were built by polymerising consecutive layers of a photopolymeric resin.
Sophia Economidou, Cristiane Patricia Pissinato Pere, A. Reid, M. J. Uddin, J. Windmill, D. Lamprou, D. Douroumis   +6 more
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Analysis on Existing Basic Slas and Green Slas to Define New Sustainable Green SLA [PDF]

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2015
Nowadays, most of the IT (Information Technology) and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) industries are practicing sustainability under green computing hoods. Users/Customers are also moving towards a new sustainable society. Therefore, while getting or providing different services from different ICT vendors, Service Level Agreement (SLA ...
Iqbal Ahmed, Hiroshi Okumura, Khoei Arai
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Análisis de la suspensión independiente SLA posterior para autos de competición

Revista Ingenio, 2016
The purpose of this study is to simulate and analyze the design of a rear suspension for competition vehicles, of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, in terms of configuration and weight reduction through the use of computational tools, for which will use data
Albert Miyer Suárez Castrillón, Fabián Andrés Fuentes Martínez, Sir Alexci Suárez Castrillón   +2 more
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