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... words, and frequently these are precisely the words that convey the meaning ofthe text "Vocabulary and lexical units are at the heart of learning and communication No amount of grammatical or other ... considered as the synonym of lexis and lexicon "They refer to the total stock of words in a language" (from the Greek lexis, 'word', lexikos, 'of/ for) (Jackson H, and Ze' Amvela E 2000: 11) From the definition, ... to express their ideas fully by preparing and sending a number of questions to them ahead of time (15 of them were chose for interview) While formulating the interview questions, the interviewer...
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... also part ofthe plan Since these plans were in existence independently ofthe Olympics, the role ofthe Olympics in the plan would merely accelerate their implementation The goals ofthe Olympics ... occurred in the process of analysing the bid Documents in the library ofthe Olympic Bid Company were also available for review A comprehensive and contextual analysisofthe bid plan and likely ... development was the key part ofthe rationale and ideology ofthe Cape Town Olympic Bid But rationales can merely be justifications for other objectives The pursuit ofthe Games might even mask other interests...
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... inefficient and ineffective in terms of meeting its mandate of accessible, affordable and appropriate health care The private sector, on the other hand, is reputed for its world-class facilities and ... Resources for Health 2009, 7:15 remain, further increasing turnover [9] The implications of these findings are therefore alarming forthe provision of health care in South Africa now and in the future, ... Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:15 care on an out -of- pocket basis Although the public sector is responsible forthe well-being of 82% ofthe population, it accounts for only 40% ofthe total health...
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... design and helped draft the manuscript MGK participated in the design ofthe study and gathered all data MK participated in the design and coordination ofthe study All authors read and approved the ... evaluation ofthe shape differences ofthe dose volume histograms (DVHs) forthe different calculation geometries using the clinical treatment plan and (ii) comparison ofthe number of monitor ... recommended by the ICRU for bone and lung and with the exact same treatment plan, i.e., the same beam setup and number of MU per beam In this part ofthe study, we investigated what impact the bulk...
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... Also, the frequency bandwidth ofthe transmitted signal could be narrowband, multiband or broadband, so that the rectenna should have the capability for narrowband, multiband, or broadband operation ... current, and they only depend on the existing control voltage The majority ofthe nonlinear models are on the basis of this assumption The quasi-static assumption is critical to theanalysisofthe linear ... chart; and then finding the optimal load impedance to balance the gain and output power The main drawback of this method is that it only considers the influence ofthe load impedance on the fundamental...
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... models, andthe definition ofthe variables Chapter Six presents theresultsof tests of Hypotheses and that consider the nature ofthe governance recommendations adopted by the sample firms, andthe ... drawn from the literature 1.7 Summary of major findings Theanalysisofthe nature and extent ofthe adoption ofthe ASX recommendations reveals that the overall mean level of adoption ofthe ASX ... merely forms part ofthe accompanying guidance and is not part ofthe recommendations 1.9 Organisation ofthe thesis The remainder of this thesis is structured as follows Chapter Two explores the...
... Research and Evaluation Unit, Department of Education, for their providing the information on which to form the sample of Queensland state primary schools • The staff ofthe Centre for Mathematics and ... with the implementation ofthe current mathematics syllabus in Years One to Seven andthe abandonment, in 1996, ofthe implementation of Student Performance Standards in Mathematics for Queensland ... of computers, and expansion of mathematics itself have combined in the past quarter century to extend greatly both the scope andthe application ofthe mathematical sciences Together, these forces...
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... domains by the link prior to the substrate binding partially accounts for different specificity of IF, TC and HC for Cbl The probable scheme of interaction between IF, the ligand andthe receptor ... studies of other corrinoids; and (iii) potential pertinence to the physiological studies Results Preparation ofthe proteins The experiments were performed on the recombinant human proteins IF and ... CBC andthe full length IF (Fig 3A and Table 1) The time course ofthe binding between CBC and peptides is presented in Fig 3B,C The corresponding rate constants k+CBC and k–CBC for IF20 and...
... of life Equipment for older and disabled people: an analysisofthe market Markets There is a lack of comprehensive, reliable and up-to-date information in the public domain on the sizes ofthe ... officials in the Department of Health, and was forwarded to them for checking, and further information was sought – but no reply had been received at the time of writing Equipment for older and ... seeing further analysisofthe issues by the OFT Equipment for older and disabled people: an analysisofthe market Executive summary The market This report is an exploratory study looking at the market...
... burden and standard -of- proof requirements; information that can be provided without the need for a formal MLA request; reports on the status of MLA requests; and reasons for rejection of MLA ... discuss the study andthe impediments they encountered during the course of their work.15 The expertise, practical experience, and candid discussions of more than 50 practitioners formed the backbone ... works, andthe United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was to be the solution to many of these barriers.7 Yet the lengthy process for asset recovery, the low level of activity, and the...