fighting life is a battle

... OF MAPPINGS OF LIFE AND DEATH METAPHOR I APPENDIX A: LIFE IS A JOURNEY APPENDIX B: LIFE IS A FIGHTING/ LIFE IS A BATTLE APPENDIX C: LIFE IS FIRE/ HEAT/ WARMTH APPENDIX D: LIFE IS LIGHT/ LIFE IS ... etc., is viewed as fundamentally linguistic in nature and is ―assigned a peripheral role in language, as an ornament or, at best, a mechanism for filling lexical gaps in the language‖ (Deignan, ... instrument, data analysis techniques and data analysis procedure 16 CHAPTER FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Life Metaphors 4.1.1 Life is a journey Traditionally, metaphor, along with other parts of ―creative‖...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:32

... (Myyrmäki): A Airas, J Laakso and K Rautavaara; (Rekola): M Erola and E Jatkola; (Tikkurila): R Lönnblad, A Malm, J Mäkelä and E Rautamo; Heinola Health Center: P Hentunen and J Lagerstam; Helsinki ... Porvoo Hospital: M Kallio, B Rask and S Rämö; Raahe Hospital: A Holma, M Honkala, A Tuomivaara and R Vainionpää; Rauma Hospital: K Laine, K Saarinen and T Salminen; Riihimäki Hospital: P Aalto, E ... were used as dependent variables in analyses The questionnaire’s reliability was assessed calculating Cronbach’s a, and a > 0.60 was deemed acceptable Factorial analysis of variance was used to...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... ml) (labelling for intracellular membranes) (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) 10 minutes at RT Negative controls were used for each reactive Animals Acquisition and restoration of the images Brain ... whereas the molecular layer is homogeneously labelled for PiT1 and PiT2 (Alexa 488 signal and Hoechst signals merged) Scale bar: 100 μm Cerebellum staining: the granular layer was irregularly labelled ... fellowships from AFM (Association Française pour les Myopathies) and ARC (Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer) MS was supported by a Contrat d’Interface INSERM-CHU Part of this work has been funded...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... HCS has served as an advisor and/ or speaker to the following companies: Janssen-Cilag, Eli Lilly, Medice, Novartis, Shire, and UCB MT has served as an advisor, speaker and had research grants ... 71(4):959-963 Gaub M, Carlson CL: Gender differences in ADHD: a meta-analysis and critical review.[erratum appears in J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1997 Dec;36(12):1783] Journal of the American Academy ... behavioural data counteracting the gain of statistical power gained by the larger sample size Additionally, we question the present state of the art in ADHD diagnosis leading to inadvertent distortions...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... of Biochemistry, was involved in data acquisition and organization as well as manuscript preparation AH, the research assistant/ laboratory manager at the Department of Biochemistry, was responsible ... significantly higher in RA patients than in OA patients or asymptomatic organ Table Demographics and baseline characteristics of patients with OA or RA and of asymptomatic organ donorsa Patient ... where each point represents an average of three measurements Statistical analysis Patients with concurrent diagnoses of OA and RA and those with rheumatological disorders other than OA or RA that...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... Performed statistical analysis AC: Participated in the design and performed the study BT: Performed laboratory analysis and performed statistical analysis GP: Participated in the design and performed ... analysis revealed: Candida in cases, Candida, Aspergillus and Stenotrophomonas in case, Candida and Haemophilus in case, Haemophilus in case, Fusarium oxysporium in case, Neisseria in case, Enterococcus ... Chicago ILUSA) and Prism software (Graph-Pad, S Diego, CA 92121-USA) Categorical and quantitative variables were respectively described as numbers, percentage (%) and mean ± standard deviation...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... of a language in general and English in specific, a learner has to master four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and three language aspects (vocabulary, pronunciation and ... have argued, theoretically and empirically, that “grammar teaching does aid L2 acquisition” (Ellis, 1992 p.232) As early as in 1988, Long thinks that formal grammar teaching aids learners to acquire ... you take the train? When … breakfast? Vinfinitive a are b is a eat you c d does c you eat d you eat b you eat I … an English class this semester a ‟m hearing b is hearing a are taking c hearing...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2015, 10:28

... has to master four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and three language aspects (vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar) In learning English, language skills and language ... basic and structural patterns to master grammar and vocabulary Grammar is an important aspect for forming words and building English sentences Chomsky in Radford (1988, p.3) states that grammar is ... grammatical patterns to achieve their soonest goal of passing grammar-based exams Accordingly, “grammar” in the research mentions structural patterns to complete mechanical grammatical exercises...

Ngày tải lên: 04/08/2015, 09:39

... of Bandura (1977) In the first stage - “Assessing the measuring model”, all data is valid and adequate for exploratory factors analysis (EFA), since the Cronbach’s alphas of reliability statistic ... new factor is not extracted after doing EFA, variable ACCU1 was eliminated from Acculturation factor and variable SELF5 was moved from Self-esteem factor to Satisfaction factor Moreover, EFA results ... analysis to test validity of data Factor analysis to explore factors/ new factors Stage 2: Measuring model Regression to test relationship among factors and to evaluate hypothesis Analysis and results...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2015, 10:21

... surface The left image was taken on a flat terrace; the total scan size is about nm The right image was taken at a monatomic step with an approximate loading force of nN and the total scan size is ... damage is observed in the upper images at low loading forces At higher loading, however, small islands and flakes are sheared away For example, the island indicated by the arrow in image (a) is ... and d was taken on the same area imaged with an increased force of 16 nN The island indicated by an arrow was sheared to the upper margin of the scanned area In a subsequent wide-area topographic...

Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2013, 23:18

... monitors Another critical human factor is adoption of safety practices to mitigate day-today injuries, such as a sprain from a fall Several agencies are addressing these hazards with standard approaches ... Hazmat Hazardous material HIV Human immunodeficiency virus ICS Incident Command System ISO International Standards Organization MHz Megahertz NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NFPA National ... candor A list of participants can be found in Appendix A We thank Richard Metzler, Louis Smith, and Jonathan Szalajda at the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory for their guidance...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:20

... York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris ... maximum lifespan, as far as we can tell, has not As the twentieth century draws to a close, cardiovascular disease and stroke, cancer and pneumonia account for three-quarters of all human deaths ... understandable, and certainly greatly appreciated But maximum possible lifespan is a mystery that continues to fascinate us T h e causes of human death have changed dramatically during our history as a species,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 05:26

... Ravelli A, Pistorio A, Malattia C, Cavuto S, Gado-West L, Tortorelli A, Landgraf JM, Singh G, Martini A, Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric ... benchmarks was the physiotherapist's evaluation of disability intensity on a 10 cm visual analogue scale (VAS) anchored with negligible disability to total disability The physiotherapist who carried ... in all stages of data collection and analysis IES made substantial contributions to conception and design, worked in all stages of data collection and analysis, wrote the first draft SE made...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... intra-assay and interassay coefficients of variation were

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24

... Kosaki A, Hasegawa T, Kimura T, Iida K, Hitomi J, Matsubara H, Mori Y, Okigaki M, Toyoda N, Masaki H, Inoue-Shibata M, Nishikawa M, Iwasaka T: Increased plasma S10 0A1 2 (ENRAGE) levels in patients ... Sunahori K, Yamamura M, Yamana J, Takasugi K, Kawashima M, Yamamoto H, Chazin WJ, Nakatani Y, Yui S, Makino H: The S10 0A8 /A9 heterodimer amplifies proinflammatory cytokine production by macrophages ... design, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data WY and CG carried out S10 0A8 , S10 0A9 and S0 0A1 2 assays YC, CG, MB and RT wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... change) 10, 20 and 40 minutes after administration of saline intrathecally One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) did not detect significant intra-group changes in either group after intrathecal ... in mA (Table 1) obtained in the different groups of animals (NS, NP, MS, and MP groups) were stored to be analyzed later by means of a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA; Prism 3.0, GraphPad ... N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in thermal nociception in the rat Neuroscience 1993, 57(2):385-395 Hori T, Shibata M, Nakashima T, Yamasaki M, Asami A, Asami T, Koga H: Effects of interleukin-1 and arachidonate...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... (IQR)) for not normally distributed variables and means (standard deviation) for normally Table 2: Results of laboratory parameters according to ABC use* Laboratory parameter ABC-containing regimen ... use and increased risk of myocardial infarction or severe cardiovascular disease [4,5] As possible pathogenic mechanisms endothelial dysfunction, a proinflammatory state with plaque rupture and ... differences in inflammation and coagula- Table 4: Demographic and laboratory parameters stratified to risk category based on hsCRP levels Low risk category (hsCRP < mg/L) Average risk category (hsCRP...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... live measurements The eviscerated carcass (after removal of the shanks, all the viscera and the abdominal fat and the head) and giblets (heart, liver and gizzard) were weighed for all individuals ... of age for the full sibs; co (xy) estimates 1/2 additive variance, 1/4 dominance variance and all the common environmental variances; a2 and a2 estimate the total variances of the measurements at ... programme is undertaken The present study was undertaken primarily to genetic parameters on live and carcass measurements in one of the local strains, namely Dandarawy, in order to determine certain...

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