Arabic Language Teaching Methodology: A Pilot Study at The International Language Institute, Sultan Ismail Petra International Islamic University College (KIAS) by Mohammad Jawwad Yusnan, Linamalini Mat Nafi, Nurin Zahidah Ahmad Zainuddin

“…Research conducted by Che Radiah & Masittah (2011) indicates that children, teenagers, adults, and even the elderly have demonstrated the ability to acquire Arabic, either through formal or informal means. Arabic may be studied not only in classrooms and higher education institutions, but also at mosques, suras, public and private Arabic education facilities, etc. …”
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The Horrible Sepulture of Mannes Resoun: Intoxication and Medieval English Felony Law by Elizabeth Papp Kamali

“…A similar ambivalence toward the intersection of intoxication and criminal responsibility may be found in early English felony law, which offered no formal, intoxication-based exceptions to liability, but nevertheless countenanced jurors exercising their prudential judgment to treat intoxication as either an inculpatory or exculpatory factor in particular cases. …”
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Drinking Water Treatment Residuals to Control Phosphorus in Soils by Jonathan D. Judy, Maria L. Silveira, Sampson Agyin-Birikorang, George O'Connor, Thomas A. Obreza

“…Excess P in soil does not damage soil fertility but can be transported from agricultural and urban areas either dissolved in water that drains away or as particulate matter (attached to soil particles) that travels with eroding soil.  …”
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Stability and Convergence of Nuclear Detonations in White Dwarf Collisions by Peter Anninos, David Cruz-Lopez, Brighten Jiang, Emanuel Gordis

“…These conclusions apply equally to pure C/O white dwarfs, multispecies compositions (including helium shells), magnetized and unmagnetized cores, and either single or multiple detonation scenarios.…”
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Perspectives of Rural Teachers on the Effects of Peer Pressure on Learners’ Behaviour – A Case of the Mqanduli Magisterial District, South Africa by Berington Zanoxolo Gobingca, Nomhle Mqolombeni

“…It emerged that peer pressure influenced the learners’ behaviours either positively or negatively. It is recommended that there is a need for learner support agents (LSAs) and full-time employed psychologists in schools to counteract the possibility of school dropouts, truants, and misbehaving learners impeding the quality of learning and teaching. …”
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Quantum control in size selected semiconductor quantum dot thin films by Kärcher Victor, Reiker Tobias, da Costa Pedro F.G.M., de Camargo Andrea S.S., Zacharias Helmut

“…Different thicknesses of the CdTe QDs are used to manipulate the phase relationship between the external fundamental and the internally generated third harmonic, resulting in either suppression or strong enhancement of the resonant third harmonic, while the nonresonant components remain nearly constant. …”
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Remote work from the perspective of employees and managers by Gavrić Gordana

“…Organizing and managing this way of working is not always easy for either workers or managers and requires additional commitment and effort. …”
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Specific Features of Vascular Endothelium in Patients with Severe Forms of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by O. V. Khlynova, E. A. Stepina

“…The research sample consisted in 65 patients with UC (n = 45) and CD (n = 20), who were either in the acute phase or had been diagnosed with such conditions for the first time. …”
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Enzymatic functionalization of bacterial nanocellulose: current approaches and future prospects by Monika Kaczmarek, Aneta Monika Białkowska

“…The employment of enzymes for the targeted alteration of this material’s properties is based on either a direct method, such as controlled hydrolysis and nanofication [i.e., synthesis of different morphological forms of bacterial cellulose (e.g., rod-shaped nanocrystals)] using cellulases, and/or attachment of reactive functional groups into the polymer structure via oxidation (e.g., utilizing a laccase/TEMPO catalytic system or lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases) and esterification catalyzed by lipases; or an indirect procedure involving the application of bacterial nanocellulose as a matrix for enzyme immobilization (e.g., laccase, glucose oxidase, horseradish peroxidase, lysozyme, bromelain, lipase, papain), thus creating a specific catalytic system. …”
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Older adults do not consistently overestimate their action opportunities across different settings by Isabel Bauer, Milena S. Gölz, Lisa Finkel, Maddalena Blasizzo, Sarah E. M. Stoll, Jennifer Randerath

“…The tasks’ setting differed in their boundaries’ proximity to the actor with either proximal (e.g., judging one’s hand fit into an opening) or distal boundaries (e.g., judging the reachability of a distant object). …”
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Specialized contact sites regulate the fusion of chlamydial inclusion membranes by Christine Linton, Jordan Wesolowski, Anna Lobley, Toshiyuki Yamaji, Kentaro Hanada, Fabienne Paumet

“…This regulatory mechanism contrasts with eukaryotic or viral fusion systems that are either composed of multiple proteins or use a change in pH to initiate membrane fusion. …”
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PULSE WIDTH MODULATION TECHNIQUE FOR THE SPEED CONTROL OF M-PHASE AC MOTORS by EGWAILE JOEL OSARUMWENSE, ORIAHI MATTHEW

“… Thyristors are now widely used in many power electronics and motor driven applications and all the known methods of control are nothing but variations of either the phase angle firing control (PFC) or the pulse width modulation control (PWM). …”
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Thermodynamic Efficiency of an Advanced 4th Generation VHTR Propulsion Engine for Large Container Ships by Głuch Jerzy, Kodlewicz Tomasz, Drosińska-Komor Marta, Ziółkowska Natalia, Breńkacz Łukasz, Ziółkowski Paweł

“…The study focuses on a propulsion engine system with features such as extraction control, bypass control, and either one or two turbines. The direct thermodynamic cycle of the VHTR offers high efficiency, smaller sizes, and flexible power control, thus eliminating the need for helium storage and enabling rapid power changes. …”
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An extreme North Atlantic Oscillation event drove the pelagic Sargassum tipping point by Julien Jouanno, Sarah Berthet, Frank Muller-Karger, Olivier Aumont, Julio Sheinbaum

“…Among the hypotheses being debated about the origin and nutrient source to support the blooms are either: a) an increase in nutrient supply to the Atlantic Ocean via continental, or atmospheric inputs, or b) long-distance transport of a seed population during the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) event of 2009/2010 and stimulation of blooms in the tropical North Atlantic by nutrient supply primarily due to seasonal vertical mixing of the upper water column. …”
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A Comparison Between the MEWMA and Mahalanobis Distance Control Chart by Kawa Rashid

“…Depending on numeric observation values, a process is either "in control" or "out of control."  Considering the current, there are no questions regarding the observations and their values during the production process. …”
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Старините в прохода Траянови врата в пътеписите от XVI–XIX век by Ivan Valchev

“…The descriptions of foreign travellers and the sketches, engravings and plans they left behind constitute the sole source of information about the ancient gate, which was destroyed in 1835, as well as about part of the fortifications connected to it, of which no remains have been preserved either. Although the earliest reference to the gate dates back to the 13th c., the first eyewitness account of the monument only dates from the first half of the 16th c. …”
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Predator–prey interaction in insects and arachnids: a chemical ecology perspective by Vivek Kempraj, Soo Jean Park

“…Predator–prey interaction has sequential stages starting with initial detection, attack by the predator or either evasion or counterattack by the prey, capture by the predator or escape by the prey, and ingestion by the predator or alarm by the prey. …”
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Thyroid Dysfunction following Radiotherapy and Combined Therapy in Non-Thyroid Head and Neck Cancers by Rais Ahmad Bhat, Om Prakash, Shabab Lalit Angurana

“… INTRODUCTION: In patients with head and neck cancers thyroid gland bears the brunt in terms of either excision or irradiation resulting in loss of functionality of the gland leading to thyroid dysfunction. …”
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Density of states, black holes and the Emergent String Conjecture by Alek Bedroya, Rashmish K. Mishra, Max Wiesner

“…Altogether these results indicate that in gravitational weak-coupling limits the lightest tower of states is either a KK tower, or has an exponentially growing degeneracy thereby resembling a string tower. …”
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STRENGTHENING THE RESEARCH OF KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEW INNOVATIONS by Sanja Tišma, Karolina Horvatinčić, Iva Tolić, Anamarija Farkaš

“…In addition, Croatian scientific and research institutions have a lot of experience in KET-related projects funded by the European Union, either as a partner in international projects or having their own project. …”
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