... students’ andteachersattitudes towards the applications of pair work and group work in teachingand learning English speaking skills” It is also hoped that this study may offer theteachers in the ... understand the current application of pair work and group work but also provided insightful information about theattitudesoftheteachersand grade11 students towards these activities in teachingand ... students at Viet Bac (i) high school towards the application of pair and groupwork in teachingand learning speaking skills (ii) to examine the current situations ofthe application of pair and group...
... language teaching? 3) Do teachersattitudes correlate with their classroom practices? Scope ofthe study The study focuses itself on the investigation ofteachersattitudes towards the uses of computers ... something andthe way s/he behaves towards someone For teachers, they think that the uses of computers benefit classroom teachingand learning, and then they will use them and attempt incorporating them ... indicated that teachersat HNTTC were all fully aware ofthe crucial roleof integration of computers and viewed them as an essential requirement for their teaching so that they had positive attitudes...
... further research On the basis ofthe findings andthe limitations ofthe study, the following suggestions are made for further research As mentioned above, theteachersand students‟ attitudes towards ... Design ofthe study The thesis consists of three parts: Part A is the introduction, which presents the rationale, the scope, the aims, the methods andthe design ofthe study Part B consists of two ... ofthe study indicate that the use of students‟ L1 meet the students‟ expectations They also show that teachers in this study hold a positive attitude towards L1 use and they are aware of the...
... 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...
... 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 ... in the lecture, discussion ofthe results begins with a description of these gestures, their relative frequency, and examples, followed by the results ofthe listening comprehension task andthe ... 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 of students 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...
... (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...
... level of education was collected from the adult respondent and included the highest family level of education according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) Categories ... mean of 50 and standard deviation (SD) of 10 The T scores refer to the mean values and SD from a representative sample ofthe European general population so that scores over (or under) 50 indicate ... EVO, SRF, GV and JAPV analyzed the data EVO, JMV, MH, MF, LR and JA participated in the drafting ofthe article All authors contributed to a critical Page of revision ofthe manuscript and made a...
... suggesting that the nature ofthe transition |3i (Fig 1A) is extrinsic Also, we can rule out that the longest decay arises from an intrinsic state, like the ± ‘‘dark’’ state, because in that case the ... because ofthe relatively short temporal range studied in our experiments In light of these results we can associate the transitions |1i and |2i to carrier recombination from ± 1U and ± 1L states and ... andthe transition |3i to a surface states emission By analysing the temperature dependence ofthe PL intensities I1, I2 and I3 for the three states, we found evidence for thermal population of...