Gender based variation in employing suggestion strategies by Iraqi EFL learners by Sharqawi, Mushtaq Abdulrazzaq

“…As the speech act of suggestion pragmatically conveys the intention behind its utterance rather than its mere structure, suggestions are crucial to EFL learners to master to communicate their ideas. …”
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Development of plasmonic sensor using gold nanobipyramids for detection of glyphosate based pesticide by Nafisah, Suratun

“…For t-SPR band, the GNBPs provided sensitivity factor as high as 4.76 and 5.17 times larger than the sensitivity factor of GBNRs and GNRs, while for l-SPR band, the sensitivity factor of GNBPs are 2.87 times larger than GBNRs and 1.57 times larger than GNRs. …”
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Comparative study on data searching in linked list & B-tree and B+tree techniques by S Giuma, Ahmed Eshtewi

“…Based on these results, it is clear that searching in B- tree is faster than linked list at a ratio of (1: 5). The searching time in a B+ tree is faster than B- tree at the ratio of (1: 2). …”
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Radionuclides proportion and radiological risk assessment of soil samples collected in Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State Nigeria by Adewoyin, O.O., Omeje, M., Joel, E.S., Akinwumi, S.A., Ehi-Eromoseled, C.O., Embong, Zaidi

“…The concentrations of 238U and 232Th were found to be higher than the world recommended standard of 35 and 30, while the result for 40K was noted to be lower than the world safe limit. …”
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Breast tumor diagnosis in digital mammograms by Yang Lim, Xiang, Gaik Tay, Kim, Huong, Audrey

“…However, the incidents of breast cancer in women are more common than men. Breast cancer is dangerous and may take away one’s life if there is no early detection and treatment are not done to remove the cancer cell present in the breast. …”
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A comparison study of TCP protocol (RENO and SACK) in WLAN, LAN networks by Mahmood, Omar Shakir

“…Simulation experimental results have shown that the better TCP Reno has the better performance than TCP Sack in LAN network. Conversely, The TCP Sack showed better performances than TCP Reno in WLAN network.…”
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International students and plagiarism : an analysis of the reasons for plagiarism among international foundation students by Bamford, Jan, Sergiou, Katerina

“…Plagiarism is regarded as a serious academic offence, although more often than not it results from misunderstanding rather than a deliberate intention to cheat. …”
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Design of rotor for internal batch mixer and mixing elements for twin screw extruder for polyolefin processing by Salahudeen, Shafaat Ahmed

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Animal fats discrimination using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy and principal component analysis by Hanasil @ Nasir, Nur Syaida

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An exploration of female journalists’ experiences of covering potentially traumatic news stories : an IPA study by Schumacher, Ruth Elizabeth

“…War-reporting journalists have a higher prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than the general population (Feinstein, Owen & Blair, 2002). …”
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Meta-Surface Wall Suppression of Mutual Coupling Between Microstrip Patch Antenna Arrays for THz-Band Applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shukla, Pancham, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed technique achieves mutual coupling suppression of more than 10 dB over a much wider frequency bandwidth (2 GHz) than achieved to date. …”
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The role of aquatic macrophytes in the availability of food for young fish by Northcott, Dorabella Susan

“…No microcrustacea longer than 1mm occurred in the open water. The size range in the weedbeds was 0 .1 -2 .0mm. …”
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New approach to suppress mutual coupling between longitudinal-slotted arrays based on SIW antenna loaded with metal-fences working on VHF/UHF frequency-bands: study, investigation,... by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Khalily, Mohsen, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The resulting isolation is shown to be is better than -83 dB across 200 MHz to 1.0 GHz with gain greater than 1.5 dBi, and side-lobe level less than -40 dB. …”
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Motion sickness susceptibility in healthy subjects and vestibular patients: effects of gender, age and trait-anxiety by Paillard, Aurore, Quarck, Gaëlle, Paolino, F., Denise, Pierre, Paolino, M., Golding, John F., Ghulyan-Bedikian, V.

“…When patients were divided into those who had vestibular loss (n = 51) vs. patients without vestibular loss (n = 43), the MSSQ scores (mean ± SD) for patients with vestibular loss (18.8 ± 30.9) were lower than healthy subjects (36.4 ± 34.8), who were lower than vestibular patients without vestibular loss (59.0 ± 39.7). …”
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A study differentiating credit risk management strategy between Islamic and non-Islamic Banks in UEA by Al-Suwaidi, Hassan

“…Islamic banks are performing better making lending decision and lending policies than non-Islamic banks. Whereas, non-Islamic (conventional) banks are having better expert system than Islamic bank. …”
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Practical poetics: rhythmic spatiality and the communicative movement between site, architecture and sculpture by Lynch, Patrick

“…Central to characterizing this communicative depth was recovering the cultural - rather than formal or picturesque - continuity of Renaissance and Classical poetics. …”
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Young children's apprenticeship in number by Young, James Stark

“…The results indicate that although some homes have higher quantity and quality rates than some pre-school playgroups/nurseries, on average a young child will receive more mediated numerical interaction at pre-school/nursery, hour for hour, than at home. …”
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Adaptive function modal learning neural networks by Kang, Miao

“…Modal learning method is a neural network learning term that refers to a single neural network which combines with more than one mode of learning. It aims to achieve more powerful learning results than a neural network combines with only one single mode of learning. …”
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The space paradox in graphic representation by Lange-Kuettner, Christiane, Vinueza Chavez, Ximena

“…Thus, it could be concluded—rather paradoxically—that drawing in 3D is better based on object- than on space-based attention, while drawing occlusion is better based on space-based than object-based attention. …”
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Metamaterial inspired electromagnetic bandgap filter for ultra-wide stopband screening devices of electromagnetic interference by Al-Hasan, Muath, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Sharma, Richa, Iqbal, Amjad, Althuwayb, Ayman A., Falcone, Francisco

“…The measured results show the proposed EBG structure has a highly sharp 3-dB skirt and a very wide bandgap, which is substantially larger than any EBG structure reported to date. The bandgap rejection of the single EBG unit-cell is better than − 30 dB, and the five element EBG unit-cell is better than − 90 dB. …”
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