Teaching english as a foreign language: issues and challenges by Ahmed LARABA

“… Serious and basic research has to be done on the teaching of English as a foreign language in Algeria. It should be based on the functional distribution of the four skills i.e. listening, speaking and writing. …”
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How I treat Parkinson's disease by Egberto Reis Barbosa, João Carlos Papaterra Limongi, Hsin Fen Chien, Pedro Melo Barbosa, Marcela Reuter Carréra Torres

“…In the early stage, treatment should focus on using the lowest dose of levodopa or combination therapy that provides maximum functional capacity, and does not increase the risk of complications, such as peak dose dyskinesias and impulse control disorders. …”
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Discordant Results Between Creatinine- and Cystatin C-based Equations for Estimating GFR by Pierre Delanaye, Martin Flamant, Emmanuelle Vidal-Petiot, Jonas Björk, Ulf Nyman, Anders Grubb, Stephan J.L. Bakker, Martin H. de Borst, Marco van Londen, Laurence Derain-Dubourg, Andrew D. Rule, Björn O. Eriksen, Toralf Melsom, Per-Ola Sundin, Natalie Ebert, Elke Schaeffner, Magnus Hansson, Karin Littmann, Anders Larsson, Thomas Stehlé, Etienne Cavalier, Justine B. Bukabau, Ernest K. Sumaili, Eric Yayo, Christophe Mariat, Olivier Moranne, Anders Christensson, Antoine Lanot, Hans Pottel

“…However, the equation that should be used when GFR estimates are discordant remains unclear. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of bioimpedance-guided fluid management in patients undergoing haemodialysis: the BISTRO RCT by Mandana Zanganeh, John Belcher, James Fotheringham, David Coyle, Elizabeth J Lindley, David F Keane, Fergus J Caskey, Indranil Dasgupta, Andrew Davenport, Ken Farrington, Sandip Mitra, Paula Ormandy, Martin Wilkie, Jamie H Macdonald, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Julius Sim, Simon J Davies, Lazaros Andronis

“…Background The BioImpedance Spectroscopy to maintain Renal Output randomised controlled trial investigated the effect of bioimpedance spectroscopy added to a standardised fluid management protocol on the risk of anuria and preservation of residual kidney function (primary trial outcomes) in incident haemodialysis patients. …”
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Information campaigns and local authorities by Mariekie Burger

“…In a workshop situation, the needs of the community should be prioritised, in order to address those needs. …”
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Current Trends – Intermittent Exotropia Management by Pradeep Agarwal

“…The examination of a patient who has exotropia includes all components of the comprehensive pediatric or adult ophthalmic evaluation in addition to the sensory, motor, refractive, and accommodative functions. All forms of exotropia should be considered for treatment but all forms of exotropia may not need treatment, particularly some cases of intermittent exotropia. …”
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Cultural context of educational service management on example of e-learning website quality by Aleksandra Radziszewska

“…According to conducted analysis, e-learning website design, which takes into consideration cultural values and reflects culture dimensions typical for particular cultural group have positive influence on students’ experiences and online learning satisfaction. Conclusions It should be stated that in addition to functional requirement of the e-learning website, it should reflects the cultural environment. …”
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Analysis of Factors Influencing the Development of Community-Based Tourism in Rural Areas, Case Study: Villages Targeted by Tourism in the Markazi Province by Hamid Afshari, Behrouz Mohammadi Yeganeh, Hossein Farahani, Mehdi Cheraghi

“…But despite the great role it has played in community-based tourism, it has not been able to function as it should. But regarding the environmental dimension, it should be said that this sector has a significant impact on community-based tourism. …”
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Biological protection of plants in agricultular landscape—state of the art, problems and ways of their decision by Sokolov M S, Kolombet L V

“…</list-item> </list>Thus, artificial agrocenoses and agroecosystems are immanent components of the agrospehere. Functioning of their bioresources meets the same laws of the Nature, as the functioning of the biota of natural ground ecosystems. …”
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Engineering Pedagogy in Vocational Education: Methodological Aspect by P. F. Kubrushko, D. O. Eprikyan

“…The authors argue that methodological issues of engineering pedagogy should be viewed from the position of the whole system of vocational pedagogical education including the levels of initial, secondary and higher education, taking into account the general patterns and regularities characterizing its structure and functioning. …”
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Torque ripple reduction and increasing of torque per volume for hybrid electrical vehicle by A. Hosseinpour

“…Furthermore, torque per volume should be maximized and heat removal should be accomplished without torque weakening. …”
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The clinical indexes and immunological status of HIV/AIDS patients undergoing different highly active antiretroviral treatments by Xinrui Wan, Mingyu Li, Hongye Wang, Ruixian Zhang, Xiaoning Lu, Yu Song, Yu Song, Yu Song, Chenglu He, Chenglu He, Chenglu He, Renning Zhang, Renning Zhang, Renning Zhang, Ming Sun, Hongying Chen, Ya Li, Ya Li, Ya Li

“…Moreover, ALT and AST were negatively correlated with the CD4/CD8 ratio in the 3TC + AZT + EFV and 3TC + AZT + NVP groups.ConclusionThe results showed that HIV/AIDS patients treated with different first-line antiretroviral treatment strategies had different hematopoietic, liver, renal and immune system functions. Furthermore, some clinical indicators such as WBC, PLT, TC, TG, and ALT could predict the CD4+ count, CD8+ count, CD4/CD8 ratio levels and recuperation of HIV/AIDS patients, therefore, should be monitored by clinicians.…”
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Presenting Quantitative Approaches to Investigate the Importance of the Stakeholders of Ecosystem Services in Hyrcanian Forests by Hamid Amirnejad, Sareh Hosseini, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini, Maryam Asadpour Kordi, Mahsa Taslimi, Yadollah Bostan

“…Extended Abstract Background: Forests are one of the complex ecosystems of natural resources with an important role in the environment and multiple production capacities and functions. The benefit of different human societies from these resources in various forms has various effects and consequences. …”
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The issue of sustainable land use in Ukraine taking into account the consequences of the war by Liudmyla Datsenko, Svitlana Titova, Marharyta Dubnytska, Oksana Kustovska

“…The land use system reveals an interconnected set of objects and subjects that function as a single whole in the natural environment, operating with information that is a product that comes from the environment, or a pragmatic part of structural information accumulated by the system itself. …”
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Information and Communication Technology Adoption and the Growth of Small Medium Enterprises in Uganda: Empirical Evidence from Kampala City Council Authority by Eton, Marus, Constant, Okello Obura, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Mary, Ejang, Francis, Ongia

“…Specialized ICT skills, regular updates and outsourcing of ICT functions appeared to be a key challenge businesses face in ICT adoption. …”
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The Gada system and the Oromo’s (Ethiopia) culture of peace by Abdurahman Abdulahi Aliye

“…The academics should do research and disseminate these values. The regional state government and civic societies should develop a peace education program based on these values and traditions so that they should be restored quickly and sustained among Oromo community in all corners of east Africa where Oromo community lives. …”
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DRIFTING TO SOCIALLY-ORIENTED ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC: THE INPUT OF TECHNOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION by B. N. Porfiryev, V. N. Leksin

“…Purpose: the research paper purports to substantiate the must and opportunity of consistent combination integration of the policies of technological modernization, transition to socially-oriented economy and sustainable spatial development as an imperative requirement of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) re-development.Methods: research methodology and methods employ interdisciplinary approach which integrates specific tools of research of economic, sociological, political science, ecological, legal and other issues of spatial systems’ functionings.Results: the obtained research results reveal that provided for budget constraints, volatility of hydrocarbon prices, ongoing international confrontation, climate change and other external and internal challenges socially and ecologically oriented technological modernization should become a priority of the AZRF state (public) and corporate policies. …”
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mRNA Technologies Danger by Mikhail V. Supotnitskiy

“…We should also ensure that such technologies are not used under other names. …”
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Review of Thermal Calculation Methods for Boilers—Perspectives on Thermal Optimization for Improving Ecological Parameters by Bartosz Ciupek, Andrzej Frąckowiak

“…A reasonable energy transition should be based on the direction of the thermal optimization of already functioning structures and adaptation of their operating parameters to the planned new ecological fuels in the sense of the intensification of energy converted from primary form to thermal energy, and in the last step, it should reorganize the energy and industrial sectors, leaving only these groups of devices treated as a stable and necessary source of energy. …”
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Software preservation by Tadej Vodopivec

“…The following questions are asked: why at all to preserve computer programs permanently, who should do this and for whom, when we should think about permanent program preservation, what should be persevered (such as source code, screenshots, documentation, and social context of the program – e.g. media response to it ...), where and how? …”
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