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Barn and Pole paradox: revisited [PDF]

, 2012
We present two different paradoxes related to the length contraction in special relativity and explain their resolution.
arxiv   +1 more source

Choice Making and Individuals with Significant Disabilities [PDF]

, 2022
This literature review addresses issues and trends pertaining to choice making for individuals with significant disabilities. The benefits and development of choice making will be addressed, followed by a summary of several barriers to choice making ...
Joannou, Kristin, Wolf, Jacob
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Obesity alters the fitness of peritumoral adipose tissue, exacerbating tumor invasiveness in renal cancer through the induction of ADAM12 and CYP1B1

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumor microenvironment drives cancer formation and progression. We analyzed the role of human cancer‐associated adipocytes from patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) stratified as lean, overweight, or obese. RNA‐seq demonstrated that, among the most altered genes involved in the tumor–stroma crosstalk, are ADAM12 and CYP1B1, which were proven to be ...
Sepehr Torabinejad, Caterina Miro, Annarita Nappi, Francesco Del Giudice, Annunziata Gaetana Cicatiello, Serena Sagliocchi, Lucia Acampora, Federica Restolfer, Melania Murolo, Emery Di Cicco, Federico Capone, Ciro Imbimbo, Monica Dentice, Felice Crocetto   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The development and validation of the intercultural communicative competence evaluation instrument (ICCEI)

Cogent Education
English foreign language (EFL) teachers’ intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is crucial for effective culturally responsive language learning and learners’ development of ICC.
K. Tsatzali, E. Beazidou, G. Stavropoulou, K. Botsoglou, G. Andreou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does RAP Increased Reading Comprehension Levels? [PDF]

, 2022
The purpose of this research is to determine whether using a learning strategy will increase reading comprehension for students with mental retardation. The specific learning strategy implemented in the survey is called RAP.
Hall, Crystal
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Robust acute myeloid leukemia engraftment in humanized scaffolds using injectable biomaterials and intravenous xenotransplantation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Patient‐derived xenografts (PDXs) can be improved by implantation of a humanized niche. We tested different biomaterials and approaches, and demonstrate that the combination of an injectable biomaterial for scaffold creation plus an intravenous route for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) xenotransplantation provide the most convenient and robust approach to
Daniel Busa, Zdenka Herudkova, Jan Hyl, Jakub Vlazny, Filip Sokol, Kvetoslava Matulova, Adam Folta, Jakub Hynst, Lucy Vojtova, Leos Kren, Martin Repko, Zdenek Racil, Jiri Mayer, Martin Culen   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategy Use on Bounded and Unbounded Number Lines in Typically Developing Adults and Adults With Dyscalculia: An Eye-Tracking Study

Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2018
Recent research suggests that bounded number line tasks, often used to measure number sense, measure proportion estimation instead of pure number estimation. The latter is thought to be measured in recently developed unbounded number line tasks. Children
Fae Aimée van der Weijden, Erica Kamphorst, Robin Hella Willemsen, Evelyn H. Kroesbergen, Anne H. van Hoogmoed   +4 more
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Transition From Low-Threshold Vocational Education and Training to Work in Switzerland: Factors Influencing Objective and Subjective Career Success

International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Context: There are currently two low-threshold vocational education and training (VET) options in Switzerland for young people at risk: A two-year programme for a Federal VET certificate and a practical training programme designed for young people with ...
Claudia Hofmann, Kurt Häfeli, Xenia Müller, Annette Krauss   +3 more
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Text mining in education [PDF]

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (2019); 9(6):e1332
The explosive growth of online education environments is generating a massive volume of data, specially in text format from forums, chats, social networks, assessments, essays, among others. It produces exciting challenges on how to mine text data in order to find useful knowledge for educational stakeholders.
arxiv   +1 more source

The education of children with specific reading disabilities in Western Australia : report to the Minister for Education [PDF]

, 1984
There are few developmental tasks in a child\u27s life more important than learning to read. There are not many matters which concern parents and teachers more than whether or not a child makes satisfactory progress in learning to read.
Western Australian Council for Special Education
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