Experience, authorship, judicious silence: Alonso de Espina's Fortalitium fidei by Lappin, AJ, Vidal Doval, R

Automatic writing assessment for ESL students by Gong, Mingyi

“…It focuses on analysis and assessment on composition questions of CET (College English Test) which is a national ESL (English as a second language) test held in People's Republic of China. …”
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Design of spinal implant for an Asian population by Chou, Siaw Meng.

“…This report documents the design of a new cervical spinal implant. Eight-eight lateral radiographs of Asian cervical spinal were used for a morphological study.…”
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Reading difficulties encountered by ESL tertiary learners of Pakistan by Abbas, Tarique, Elizabeth M Anthony

“…The findings further revealed that learners frequently employed the following reading strategies to tackle the reading problems: re-reading, translating, and referring to the dictionary. …”
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Validation of wearable inertial sensors for spinal motion assessment by Tan, Crljen Yong Ming

“…Spinal musculoskeletal disorders (SMDs) are a common cause of pain and disability, affecting millions of people worldwide. …”
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Finding Bukit Brown. by Chee, Janie Alison Hui-Yen., Shiu, Pedro Pui Kar., Siti Nurbaya Rameh.

“…“Finding Bukit Brown” is an 18-minute documentary about Bukit Brown Cemetery prior to its redevelopment. …”
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Enhancing ESL learners’ writing through collaborative learning with canva by Asiah, Kassim, Noraisah Nurul Fatwa, Mohd Razali

“…The finding suggests that learners who utilise Canva in their collaborative writing tasks perform better than those who do not. …”
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Stronger dielectric-elastomer grippers using spine-like bending structure by Heng, Kim Rui

“…The gripper is developed based on a new design of DEA using stiffer spine-like structure made of 380μm thick Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet. …”
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ESL writing anxiety: Insights from diploma engineering students by Nurul Nadia, Muhammad, Rosnani, Ismail, Siti Norzaimalina, Abd Majid

“…It was also indicated that fear of the teacher’s negative comments, linguistic difficulties and pressure for perfect work are the top 3 factors contributing to the students’ writing anxiety. The findings of this study may alert English language instructors of the negative effects of writing anxiety, and the need for differential instructional methods and materials to support highly anxious writers to gradually improve their writing skill performance.…”
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Biomechanical investigation of traction forces on the cervical (neck/head region) spine by Ang, Lian Ann

“…It is believed that the relief of pain by traction is due to straightening of the cervical spine and a widening of the intervertebral articulating space to relieve compressive or irritative forces on the nervous structures…”
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Self-reported pain and osteoarthritis of the hip and spine in retired elite rowers by Baynham-Williams, M

“…<p><b>Background and Aim:</b> Pain in the hip and spine presents a large burden to athletes competing in rowing. …”

3D spine shape estimation from single 2D DXA by Bourigault, E, Jamaludin, A, Zisserman, A

“…Scoliosis is currently assessed solely on 2D lateral deviations, but recent studies have also revealed the importance of other imaging planes in understanding the deformation of the spine. Consequently, extracting the spinal geometry in 3D would help quantify these spinal deformations and aid diagnosis. …”

Ethnoichthyology of the First Record of Spine Bahaba (Bahaba polykladiskos) from Muar, Johor, Malaysia by Ilham-Norhakim, Mohd Lokman, Mohd Faudzir, Najmuddin, Hidayah, Haris, Othman, Nursyuhada, Ramli, Ramli, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Rasul Abdullah, Halim Muhammad, Abdullah-Fauzi, Abdullah-Fauzi, Akmal, Fawwazah, Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar

“…The Spine Bahaba (Bahaba polykladiskos), locally known as 'Gelama Tirusan,' is a member of the Sciaenidae fish family that is distributed across Southeast Asia, reaching as far as North Australia. …”
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A mobile application developed for scaffolding ESL learners in providing peer feedback. by Catherine, Nguoi Chui Lam, Habil, Hadina, Siew, Min Hui

“…Contributions: This study adds to the limited research on the use of mobile-assisted peer feedback, which can be a practical way to develop ESL learners’ oral presentation skills. The findings offer insights into how a mobile application can help scaffold students in peer feedback provision and could help inform that scaffolding is deemed necessary in building an effective classroom culture of feedback. …”
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Finding clarity in the fog of hybrid warfare by Li, Ian

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Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants

“…Dynamic tracking of spinal instrumentation could facilitate real-time evaluation of hardware integrity and in so doing alert patients/clinicians of potential failure(s). …”
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Somatosensory and clinical profiles of patients with spine-related and clinical framework-based neck–arm pain by Kapitza, C, Ballenberger, N, Luedtke, K, Schmid, AB, Tampin, B

“…A recently developed mechanism-based clinical framework for spine-related pain distinguishes between spinally referred pain without neurological deficits (somatic referred pain, heightened nerve mechanosensitivity, radicular pain), with neurological deficits (radiculopathy), and mixed-pain presentations. …”

Transforming collaborative narrative writing through storyboard that for ESL upper secondary school students by Subramaniam, Vanitha A/P, Ruhil Amal, Azmuddin

“…Findings show that students in the experimental group who used the Storyboard That improved their narrative writing scores significantly compared to those in the control group. …”
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Factors affecting learner success in an ESL self-access programme : a case study by Thanasingam, Santhakumari, González Ruiz, Cristina

“…The study confirms findings from other research and highlights the need to consider these two factors in the design of successful self-access programmes.…”
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Indonesia's new capital: can Jokowi find the money? by Borsuk, Richard

“…President Joko Widodo has pushed ahead to launch his most ambitious project – building a new capital from scratch in remote Kalimantan, Borneo. Can Indonesia find the estimated US$32.5 billion needed for building a smart and green city in the jungle?…”
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