... 40-50% of trabecular mass by 90 years of age [58] This results in a decline in the loadbearing capacity of the vertebral body For example, load bearing capacity in a lumbar vertebra can decrease from ... end plate The disc facilitates intersegmental movement while maintaining alignment of the vertebral column and has a primary role in attenuating and dispersing axial load With aging, the water ... cortical and trabecular bone [31] MRI has the potential to make measurements of bone geometry and bone quality [22, 26, 48, 49] Clinically, the advantages offered by QCT and MRI may be offset...
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... beliefs, arts, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities, and habits acquired by man as a member of a society” ♦ Relation of Culture and Language The relationship between language and culture are ... describe the semantic and syntactic features of EFLSs and Vietnamese translation of EFLSs - Compare the semantic and syntactic features of EFLSs and their Vietnamese translation 1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ... faithful ♦ Negative Sides of Love : They are divided into scales 18 Love is a disappointment and suffering Love is jealousy and hatred Love and money are hand in hand Man and woman in love are...
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21
A study of semantic and syntactic features of idioms relating to fruits in english and vietnamese
... syntactic features of English IsRTFs? What are the semantic and syntactic features of Vietnamese IsRTFs? What are the similarities and differences in the semantic and syntactic features of English and ... sources of meaning of an idiom and learning its derivation is an effective way to examples serving as the data for the study, some parts of the study teach an idiom and a potential pathway for ... geography in the form of a noun phrase, a verb phrase, an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase and a prepositional phrase 4.2.1 IsRTFs Expressing Appearance English IsRTFs expressing appearance...
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21
A study of semantic and pragmatic features of the adjective warm and its vietnamese equivalents
... nóng A and A Warm + Warm A warm and snug pleasant/ and cheerful warm sweet and warm in its collocations + Compound Adjectives English Meaning (Pattern: Warm and +) utterances It can collocate ... describes and compares some semantic and and make a sharp noisy by rubbing its legs against its body” pragmatic features of the adjective Warm in English and Vietnamese 2.2.1.3 Meaning Meaning plays an ... them Warm-hearted AP 3.3.3 RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY Adverb +Warm Warm and + As +Warm+ as + Noun Reliability and validity are the two most important criteria to ensure the quality of the data collection...
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21
A study of syntactic and pragmatic features of indirect interrogative directives in english and in vietnamese
... words and language is a really means to an end But in fact, each language's characteristics and their unique culture is reflected in language in different ways both in form, content and quality ... and hearer is an effective means for indicating the The familiar relationship on both English and Vietnamese is marked by the informal and colloquial use of language and more subjective and direct ... can see morphological feature such as contraction Lastly, most English and Vietnamese choose indirect in English and phonological features of coalition and assimilation are interrogative to make...
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21
A study of syntactic and semantic features of sport headings in english and vietnamese
... autonomous language He classified headings in terms following features as typical of headings: the suppression of spatial of neutrals, nominals, verbals and particles and particularly temporal markers; ... plural In Vietnamese, the researchers have some of the regards to the syntactic and semantic features, as well as the headings or headings A line at the head of a page or passage giving information ... in English and Vietnamese online newspapers” and “make a comparison between that of ESHs and VSHs”, it is necessary to use a combination of several research methods for analysis that are: the descriptive...
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:21
A study of english and vietnamese idioms describing people's outward appearance
... understanding and to general and IPOA in particular Besides, the findings of a contrastive achieve our ultimate goal in better teaching and learning English analysis of English and Vietnamese IPOA ... investigate into cultural LITERATURE REVIEW AND and pragmatic features of IPOA 1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are the syntactic characteristics of English and Vietnamese IPOA? What are the semantic characteristics ... the syntactic and semantic features of English and Vietnamese IPOA - compare and contrast English and Vietnamese IPOA to find out the similarities and differences between the two languages -...
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:26
A study of english and vietnamese idioms of anger
... motion and location, force and causation It all pays attention to the structuring of ideational and affective categories attributed to cognitive agents such as attention and perpective, volition and ... cultural models and cognitive resources Aspects of language and expression that had be given to the rhetorical periphery of language such as metaphor and metonymy are carried out and recovered again ... general and English idioms of anger in particular are various and interesting materials in teaching and translating Language, as W Mc Mordie (1988) states, is a “living thing” Living things grow and...
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Developing a sytem of abbreviation and symbols for note taking in interpreting
... Administration Advantage Adventure Adverb Advertisement After Agriculture Always Answer Apartment Approximately April Arrive Association Atmosphere August Automatic Avenue Beauty Brother Captain Abbrs ... displace A sts All of the methods above are used in the specific situation and provide for interpreters a clear note and easy to read back Each of method has its own advantages and disadvantages, ... combined all ways above to abbreviate and symbolize In fact, there are many ways to create abbrs and symbols Some students take them from alphabet, some take from arrow and reference lines and some...
Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2013, 20:21
A comparison of real and simulated designs for vibratory parts feeding
... Jayaraman Krishnasamy, Mark J Jakiela, and Daniel E Whitney Mechanics of vibration-assisted entrapment with application to design In International Conference on Robotics and Automation IEEE, April ... equivalence classes of stable states, and it then automatically categorizes the state (and hence, the equivalence class) of each part as the part exits the gate Experimental Results All of the ... comparison of quasi-static algorithmic and Monte Carlo simulated approaches to physical experiments [13] Krishnasamy, Jakiela, and Whitney analyzed vibration-assisted entrapment of both simulated...
Ngày tải lên: 03/01/2014, 19:15
Tài liệu The Financial Crisis: A Timeline of Events and Policy Actions ppt
... financial strength rating to AA, Credit Watch Negative Standard and Poor’s place Ambac’s AAA rating on CreditWatch Negative January 22, 2008 | Federal Reserve Press Release Page of 32 In an intermeeting ... approval of the notice of Bank of America to acquire Countrywide Financial Corporation June 5, 2008 | SEC Filing Standard and Poor’s downgrades monoline bond insurers AMBAC and MBIA from AAA to AA ... will be available to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks; and 3) a temporary program to purchase GSE MBS Page of 32 Loan Banks; and 3) a temporary program to purchase GSE...
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Tài liệu Practical ethics: a collection of addresses and essays docx
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Tài liệu ADJUSTING STATED INTENTION MEASURES TO PREDICT TRIAL PURCHASE OF NEW PRODUCTS: A COMPARISON OF MODELS AND METHODS doc
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Deciphering enzymes Genetic selection as a probe of structure and mechanism docx
... strain and the ability of a cell harboring an individual library member to form a colony on minimal agar media lacking added phenylalanine and tyrosine reports on the chorismate mutase activity of ... folding of the initially randomized helices with the wild type template A sequential strategy of randomizing helix first and then randomizing helices and of an active variant from the first library ... chorismate mutase by combinatorial mutagenesis and selection: the importance of electrostatic catalysis Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93, 5043–5048 11 Haslam, E (1993) Shikimic Acid: Metabolism and Metabolites...
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Tài liệu A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River pdf
... at Last 68 Chap VIII. The Niagara Portal Old Times and Old Names at Newark and Niagara A Winter of Changes A New Rivalry Begun 80 Chap IX. The First Season of The Niagara Navigation Company A ... Niagara Portal 80 Niagara-on-Lake, Changes in Name 86 Niagara River Line 95 Niagara Dock 104 Niagara Historical Society 119 Niagara Line, Final Supremacy 126 Niagara Falls & Ontario R K 135 Niagara ... 28 Canadian Through Line 37 Canadian Constitution Compared 47 Canada Coasting Law Suspended 49 Canada Railway News Co 93 Canadian Pacific Railway Terminals 51 Campana, Steamer 120 Campbell, Capt...
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Tài liệu A Comparison of Conventional and Organic Milk Production Systems in the U.S. potx
... operators of conventional dairies that go through what can be a challenging and costly transition process Many changes in such areas as animal husbandry, land and crop management, sourcing new and ... farms adopting the organic approach because of access to high quality pastures and the ability to manage pasture as a dairy feed source These areas also have a long history of small dairy operations ... standard normal density function and Φ is the standard normal cumulative distribution function evaluated using the first stage estimates Characteristics and Practices of Conventional and Organic...
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Báo cáo " A review of washback and its pedagogical implications " potx
... Washback indicates “an intended or unintended (accidental) direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means of a change of public examinations” Similar ... effect of teaching and learning Types of Washback Generally, washback can be analysed according to two major types: positive and negative, depending on whether it has a beneficial or harmful impact ... Tests are used as a “lever” for change To present a clear view of positive and negative washback at both micro-level (classroom settings) and at macro-level (educational and societal system), Tables...
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Ethical Journalism A Handbook of Values and Practices for the News and Editorial Departments pdf
... Ethical Journalism A Handbook of Values and Practices for the News and Editorial Departments “ Reporters, editors, photographers and all members of the news staff of The New York Times share a common ... investment adviser They may, however, help family members with ordinary financial planning and serve as executors or administrators of estates of relatives and friends and as court-appointed conservators ... members may accept any gifts or discounts available to the general public Normally they are also free to take advantage of conventional corporate discounts that the Times Company has offered to share...
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AKBAR, EMPEROR OF INDIA A PICTURE OF LIFE AND CUSTOMS FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ppt
... suggestion Akbar assigned the task of reconquering and governing the province of Mâlwâ Adham Chân was a passionate and violent man, as ambitious and avaricious as his mother, and behaved himself ... of India, and they appear as sharply outlined, even though generally unpleasing, personalities Islam has justly been characterized as the caricature of a religion Fanaticism and fatalism are two ... OF ILLUSTRATIONS Akbar Directing the Tying-up of a Wild Elephant (Frontispiece) Akbar, Emperor of India Mausoleum of Akbar's Father, Humâyun View of Fathpur Akbar's Grave Mausoleum of Akbar at...
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Transforming Your Care A Review of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland pptx
... by Cancer Research UK and the Department of Health, England was carried out by researchers from a number of institutions in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the UK that were the focus of ... population in England.28 Appleby29 stated that indicative data suggests Northern Ireland produces between 17% and 30% less inpatient, outpatient, day case and A& E activity per head of hospital and ... Public health and social wellbeing is at the heart of health and social care The 12 Review team is aware that there is a separate piece of work being undertaken by the Department of Health Social Services...
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