... in the EFL classroom appropriately Scope ofthe study The study limits itself to the use ofstudents native language as well as the teachers andstudentsattitudes towards the use of L1 in the ... contradicted the recommendation of some studies and didn‟t match students desire Regarding thestudents application of Vietnamese, the majority ofthestudents were in favour ofthe occasional use of ... ofthe study indicate that the use ofstudents L1 meet thestudents expectations They also show that teachers in this study hold a positive attitude towards L1 use and they are aware of the...
... investigate theattitudesof teachers and 11th grade studentsat Viet Bac (i) high school towards the application of pair and groupwork in teachingand learning speaking skills (ii) to examine the ... understand the current application of pair work and group work but also provided insightful information about theattitudesofthe teachers and grade11 students towards these activities in teachingand ... together E Studentsofthe same age F Studentsofthe same sex G Studentsofthe different sex H Studentsofthe same interests I Others (please specify)…………………………………………………………… What kind of activities...
... focuses on the Translation and Interpreting-majored senior studentsat Can Tho University Therefore, this current thesis aims at investigating thestudents perspective on theroleof note taking ... showed that most students thought they create the abbreviations form of international organization by themselves With M= 4.70, question 20 showed that most students also create symbols for themselves ... into categories including the symbols of expression, the symbols of motion, andthe symbols of correspondence Besides the three main categories of symbols, he also provides the symbols of things...
... representation ofthe iterative nature ofthe systematic review process Figure was developed from the works of Dunkin (1996) and Mays et al (2005) It is the iterative yet systematic aspects ofthe ... academic performance, and graduation as a strategy to increase retention and graduation rates among these studentsStudents are targeted atthe start of their enrollment and invited and encouraged to ... as the extent of empirical research on the efficacy of these programs Table lists the iterations ofthe search terms, the fields in which the terms were used, the databases of scholarly literature...
... signal on and off Caspase activation is under the direct control of kinases and phosphatases, andthe indirect control of phosphorylation through the regulation of other apoptotic proteins Furthermore, ... regulating the activity of an isoform of PP1, PP1a [3] Similarly, activation of caspase-8 and -3 is regulated through their phosphorylation and dephosphorylation Phosphorylation of caspase-8 at ... regulated by the biochemical modification of proteins that alters their conformation, stabilization, reaction to substrates and function Reversible protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation at...
... sectoral composition and concentration, the currency denomination, andthe maturity and other conditions ofthe loans In terms ofthe breakdown of credit data, a key element is the type of borrower, ... descending order the relative and absolute difference of all observations in their dataset and set a cut-off point for the credit boom atthe 60th highest deviation, the 80th andthe 100th cases, ... important to monitor and analyze a breakdown of aggregate credit data in terms ofthe borrower, the purpose ofthe loan, the currency denomination, and other relevant conditions ofthe loans Such a...
... that the failure rate of small businesses is somewhat greater than that of larger businesses, which leads to higher rates of employer-initiated separations (Dunne and others; Idson) Failure rates ... Statistics of U.S Business small-firm class The data, thus, suggest that the effects of migration of small firms into larger size classes and small business failures outweigh the effects ofthe ... succeed only at great cost A recent study of new-firm locations and expansions in Georgia suggests that, on net, the location of a new large (300+ employees) firm often retards the growth ofthe existing...
... of LORs per group is given in Table Following the tabulation of data, the results were offered to the participants upon request using the reference numbers they were assigned atthe time ofthe ... facilitating negotiation and comprehension as well as output Sueyoshi and Hardison 689 Conclusion The results ofthe present study suggest the need for further investigations oftheroleof visual ... produced the best scores for the lower proficiency learners The difference between the two visual-stimulus conditions is the presence of gestures associated with the semantic, and in the case of beats,...
... lenders The branches of GSB take part in the negotiations with creditors for partial write-offs ofthe debts and then refinance the remaining amount at a Microfinance Information eXchange, Inc 17 FEATURE ... collect the often small amounts of savings, and maintain them atthe disposal ofthe client on a permanent basis It requires skilled staff, good treasury management and adequate control and audit ... capturing and channelling more ofthe remittances into the financial system and intermediating the flow ofthe resources, savings banks contribute to leveraging the positive impact of these transfers...
... (2006) calculates melt by subtracting the percentage ofstudents that attend from the percentage that expected to graduate and then dividing by the percentage that expected to graduate CENTER FOR ... 7, categorical net worth replaces the log of net worth Hypotheses Theory and research on the relationship between wealth and youth college attendance lead to two hypotheses First, we hypothesize ... Wilt The second and third columns of Table show the percentages of certain youth attending and not attending a four-year college by 2005 The figures in the third column are our estimates of wilt...
... that for ceramics and thick film sensors the grain size does not depend on the thickness; rather it is determined by the conditions of synthesis andthe thermal treatment parameters The situation ... because there are many unsaturated bonds cutting their surfaces The catalytic activity of atomic planes to a large extent is determined by the surface concentration of non-saturated cations and weakly ... catalytic activity at low-temperature for the partial oxidation of CO, hydrocarbons, hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons, and reduction of nitrogen oxides [230] It was shown that the catalytic...
... dollarization Minimum variance portfolio dollarization Estimation results confirm the theoretical argumentation of Ize and LevyYeyati (2003), incorporated into our model, that the level of dollarization ... that effectively does a transfer for the loan manager to cover the gain or loss given the realizations of M such that the net profit ofthe loan aggregator is zero The insurance mechanism, or the ... leads to more dollarization On the other hand, if inflation and real investment returns are negatively correlated, then when inflation is low and interest rate payments are high the investment return...
... presents a literature review, with an emphasis on the process of education in Business Administration, the debate in the area of Production and Operations andthe delimitations of topics ofthe field ... to indicate the potential impacts ofthe contents studied on thestudents education and profession, andthe career alternatives in this area, and also the necessity ofthe involvement of futures ... to the understanding ofthe value that Business Administration students attribute specifically to the area and to the Production and operations disciplines So, it is expected that the results of...
... (data not shown) These results indicate that the mutations had no effect on the secondary and tertiary structure arrangements ofthe protein and suggest that, in the native state, the effect of ... effect ofthe mutations on the thermodynamic parameters [30,31] The effect ofthe mutations indicates a key role for Glu53 and Asp287 in the interactions responsible for the residual structure in the ... surface area ofthe unfolded form rather than that ofthe native state; thus, a change in m-value is generally considered to reflect a change in the compactness ofthe denatured state [26] The present...
... performance Both the approach andthe results of our paper are closer to those of Statman (2000) and Bauer et al (2005) Statman (2000) compares the performance of a sample of SRI funds with that of a control ... studies and it maximizes the quality ofthe matches, although atthe cost of a small sample size In some specifications, we use two, For a more detailed discussion ofthe matching estimators analysis ... crosssectional analysis, the researcher must choose a time at which the matching variables are measured, so the quality ofthe matches worsens for periods that are far away from the time of matching, as discussed...
... affected the level ofthe mRNA for the other ADAM, confirming the specificity of these ASOs [19] The ASOs reduced the level of their respective proteins in cell lysates but had little effect on the other ... indicating that the effect of APMA on ACE shedding was not as a result of over-expression ofthe protein Together these data confirm that APMA induces the shedding of ACE but not the shedding of ... taken up by the APMA-stimulated cells, the confluency state ofthe cells or an artefact of overexpression ofthe substrate protein The reason for the discrepancy between our study and that of Merlos-Suarez...
... for the failure crack Even when there was little difference in life between the scratched and unscratched sample, the scratch was the nucleation site Fig shows that the introduction of scratches ... effects of scratches with a root radius of 83 m and depths 40-200 m on the fatigue lives of mm thick clad aluminium 2024-T3 They found that these scratches significantly degraded the fatigue S-N ... Nader NA The effect of scratches on fatigue life and fatigue crack growth of Al 2024-T3 clad Ph D thesis, Wichita State University, 1993 [21] Talia M, Talia JE The effects of scratches and shot...
... and wrote the study proposal, designed the questionnaires and initiated and participated in discussions, data analysis and writing ofthe article LB participated in the conceptualization ofthe ... Sudan may be related to the organizational structure and nature of personnel in the district In Zambia, the managers atthe district are nurses and midwives Whatever the situation, however, in ... numbers and categories of health workers in the district; (3) theroleof nurses and midwives in EPI and supplementary vaccination activities for polio and measles; (4) perceptions of nurses and...