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BackgroundAs a tonal language, Mandarin Chinese has the following pronunciation elements for each syllable: the vowel, consonant, tone, duration, and intensity.
Xiang Mao +29 more
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ABSTRACT Objective To determine whether adding electrical stimulation (ES) biofeedback to supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) provides additional long‐term benefit in prolapse anatomy among women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting A tertiary hospital in Beijing, China.
Min Li +9 more
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Tone as a factor influencing the dynamics of diphthong realizations in standard mandarin
This paper investigates the impact of the tonal factor on the realization of diphthongs in Standard Mandarin. We employed a set of Generalized Additive Mixed Models (GAMMs) to respectively test whether and how tones and fundamental frequency (f 0) influence the realization of the diphthong /ai/ in a journalistic speech corpus of Standard Mandarin ...
Li, Chenyu, Al-Tamimi, Jalal, Wu, Yaru
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Universities as the Next Counterintelligence Battleground in Geopolitical Contests
ABSTRACT Globally, universities are increasingly becoming the target of foreign national security actors, engaging in espionage, sabotage, foreign interference and intellectual property theft. Despite that, there has been no examination of the utilisation of counterintelligence approaches by universities to the threats they face from the subordination ...
Brendan Walker‐Munro +1 more
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Iron Ore Pricing in China: Financialization Through a Marxist Lens
We offer a Marxist interpretation of financialization as we examine the Chinese market for iron ore and the shift in the pricing mechanism from an annual fixed price to an indexed price from 2010. Drawing upon Marx's theory of the circuit of capital, we illustrate an empirical case of financialization that results from the conflict between social ...
Xun Gong, Eagle Zhang, Corinne Cortese
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The study identified key barriers to optimal patient‐centered care, including delayed diagnosis due to awareness and stigma‐related barriers among patients and caregivers, and opportunities to enhance multidisciplinary coordination. Resource limitations impacted nursing and psychosocial support, while access to support care varied across regions.
Edwin Pun Hui +10 more
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Abstract Background Teachers' characteristics have been linked to their students' reading development. However, previous research has primarily focused on the early phase of reading development in Western societies. Aims We examined the associations between teachers' knowledge of dyslexia, perceived ability to teach reading and warmth during teaching ...
Anna Jia‐Jun Zhang, Tomohiro Inoue
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Abstract This pilot study evaluated a personalized sleep intervention incorporating motivational interviewing techniques to address sleep barriers, along with tailored sleep hygiene and extension for chronic short sleepers. Eleven university students completed a 14‐day sequential intervention (baseline, sleep hygiene and a combined phase adding 90‐min ...
Wei Wang +11 more
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ABSTRACT While a great deal of research has been conducted to investigate the parenting experiences of parents with autistic children, much of this research focuses on Western societies; very little is known about the everyday difficulties of and the strategies adopted in raising an autistic child in China, where the prevalence of autism is increasing.
Xue‐Ke Song +4 more
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Background Compassion is a key concept in positive psychology. The value of compassion in hospital settings is evident. Three flows were used to gauge compassion. Nursing students have received less attention than other healthcare professionals regarding
Xianwei Wang, Qingfang Yao, Hu Jiang
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