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‘That’s how you make the most out of a stay’: Positionings within, and perspectives on, the truly intercultural experience during study abroad [PDF]

open access: yesSintagma, 2018
Study abroad has traditionally been perceived as an opportunity for students to learn a foreign language by immersing themselves in the foreign language culture. However, students do so in very different ways. This paper examines how language instructors
Lídia Gallego-Balsà
doaj  

Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neutral Ground and Naming: The Implications of Tar Sands and Oil Sands for Environmental Debates in Alberta

open access: yesCritical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, 2016
Lexical choices reflect stances of evaluation and position speakers in relation to each other. With highly controversial issues however, speakers’ terms can index polarized positions, leaving little room for those who wish to indicate a more neutral ...
Keely Kidner
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Modal adverbs of certainty in the rhetoric of Advocates General: a dialogic view

open access: yesTopics in Linguistics, 2017
The article deals with EU judicial rhetoric and aims to demonstrate how a selection of modal adverbs of certainty (indeed, clearly, (not) necessarily and of course) are used in the Opinions of the Advocates General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
Szczyrbak Magdalena
doaj   +1 more source

Chain of Stance: Stance Detection with Large Language Models

open access: yes
Stance detection is an active task in natural language processing (NLP) that aims to identify the author's stance towards a particular target within a text. Given the remarkable language understanding capabilities and encyclopedic prior knowledge of large language models (LLMs), how to explore the potential of LLMs in stance detection has received ...
Junxia Ma   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Stratigraphy and Artifact Distribution with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Three-Dimensional Models—A Case Study from the Post Research Area in Northwestern Texas, USA

open access: yesDrones
This study applies UAV-based photogrammetry to map and examine the stratigraphy and archaeological artifact distribution in two localities within the Post research area in northwest Texas.
Stance Hurst   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tibiofemoral axial rotation during the golf swing is influenced by total knee arthroplasty bearing type and foot rotation

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Orthopaedics
Purpose Golf remains a popular sport after total knee arthroplasty, although many patients report mild pain during or after play, particularly in the lead knee (knee on the target side).
Renate List   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of Daprodustat for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease Anemia: Final Analysis of a Multicenter Postmarketing Surveillance Study in Japan

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This final analysis of a multicenter, prospective postmarketing surveillance study evaluated the safety of daprodustat in patients with chronic kidney disease anemia in routine clinical practice in Japan. Methods Patients who initiated daprodustat between September 2020 and July 2022 were registered.
Tadao Akizawa   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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