... power- base (economic, military, politic). As he puts it “language exits only in the brains and mouths and ears and hands and eyes of its users. When they succeed, on the international stage, their ... or “international” is the power of its people. Crystal assumes the power here includes the power of military, politic and economic. Look back at the history of Greek and Latin language which ... however, to keep and develop the status, political and economical power are essential. In other words, to maintain the status, a language needs a strong base and force to popularize itself. Hardly...
... progressive and systematic training, and from practice and language use. 5. Conclusion This study has compared several intonational features of Vietnamese and those of English, and provided some implications ... However, many linguists pay more attention to its prosodic aspect and consider tone to be absolutely as essential a part of the word as its consonant andits vowel. In the instance that follows, ... overview of the tones and intonation of the English language is presented. In Part IV, some aspects of intonation which are different in English and Vietnamese are addressed, andimplications for...
... benefits, the company’s image will be raised and its income will increase. And the benefits that it gains come from customers, such as customer loyalty. Page 9CANON VIETNAM CO. LTD ANDITS ... market, advertising, and social welfare activities. Benefits and costs analysis show that all costs that Canon has to pay is to satisfy customer demands by its products and services. However, ... purchased products and services and identify, evaluate and choose among alternative brands and suppliers’ (BPP Professional Education, 2004, p149).4.2. The differences between customers and organizational...
... type 2 diabetes, and cardiovas-cular disease. Diabetes. 2007; 5: 1198-209. 2. Hu XB, Zhang YJ, Zhang HT, et al. Cloning and expression of adiponectin andits globular domain, and measurement ... adiponectin and the C-terminus of GLP-1-A. Compared with native GLP-1, the fusion protein has a modified site and larger molecular size, and may circumvent the rapid inactivation and renal ... by its very short plasma half-life [5, 6, 13]. This is due to its rapid inactivation by dipeptidyl peptidase IV and by renal clearance [5, 6, 13]. Many attempts have been made to increase its...
... rabbits via ear vein, immunological rejection and graft versus host disease were observed and necrotic and normal femoral heads, bone marrows, lungs, and livers were harvested at 2, 4 and 6 ... acute and chronic toxic reactions and graft versus host disease were observed during and after MSC transplantation. Meanwhile, the body temperature, routine blood parameters and liver and renal ... blood examination and liver and renal func-tions, no manifestations of acute and chronic toxic reactions and graft versus host disease, no local swelling at injection sites, and no lower limb...
... http://www.medsci.org 198had fewer side-effects and broader indications com-pared with conventional anti-cancer drugs. However, its anti-tumor activity was moderate, andits half maximal inhibitory concentration ... matrine also inhibits tu-mor cell proliferation (3), and induces cellular diffe-rentiation (4) and apoptosis (5). Our previous study showed that matrine could inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis ... peptide, which is a ligand of several integrin receptors, has been used to modify oncolytic viral vectors, delivery vehicles, and the resulting molecules have been used as probes and radiotracers...
... trade barriers. Australia has joined WTO and signed free trade agreements with the United States and Thailand in 2005, with Singapore in 2003 and with New Zealand from 1993. It is now in negotiating ... and fπ are home and foreign quarterly inflation rates respectively (based on CPI change); andand are exchange rates at time the quarterly change in the nominal exchange rate at time t and ... (1988) and Ardeni and Lubian (1991) reject long-run PPP. However, Diebold, Husted and Rush (1991), Cheung and Lai (1993), Edison (1987), Frenkel (1981), Branson (1981), Desai (1981), and Miller...
... water is diverted and locally accelerated or drawn off, any associated vortex tube is extended andits rotation is thereby increased. Higher velocities incur lower pressures and, if a free surface ... curvilinear coordinates for prediction of flow pattern in meandering channel with 60o and 90o bend, and also with compound meandering channel. In this study, the Cartesian velocity components ... problems as follows: McGuirk and Rodi (1978) studied the side discharge into an open channel andits re-circulating flow field by using a depth-averaged model. Kalkwijk and De Vriend (1980) calculated...
... some more hands” or “She’s got new wheels,” which do not literally refer to a hand or a set of wheels. Instead, they stand for the whole person or object – hand for the whole person and wheels ... good solution to the problem as it makes those items meaningful and memorable, and therefore, saves students’ time and energy and enables students to use them actively. In skills class, “activities ... Synecdoche and metonymyFig. 2 a1 & a2: The signified and the signifier in synecdoche. Fig. 2 b1: The signified and the signifier in synecdoche.Fig. 2 b2: An example of the signified and some...
... the benefits brought by FDI: (1) Employment: While the number of jobs created are suitable for different scales of investment and production process itself and along with new jobs and income ... investors. Enlist and rational use of capital investment and aid, especially ODA from other organizations in the world, to upgrade and improve the system ports, airports, and the belt economic ... to record its benefits, but also to gain additional profit.In addition, a stable working environment also shows the calculated hardwork and spiritual discipline of the workers; and more importantly...
... Purchasing Power Parity and East Asian Currencies. IMF Working Paper. WP/99/120. Cooper, J. B. (1994) Purchasing Power Parity: a cointegration analysis of the Australian, News Zealand and Singapore ... and fπ are home and foreign quarterly inflation rates respectively (based on CPI change); andand are exchange rates at time the quarterly change in the nominal exchange rate at time t and ... trade barriers. Australia has joined WTO and signed free trade agreements with the United States and Thailand in 2005, with Singapore in 2003 and with New Zealand from 1993. It is now in negotiating...
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... and costs analysis show that all costs that Canon has to pay is to satisfy customer demands by its products and services. However, it gains many benefits, the company’s image will be raised and its ... purchased products and services and identify,evaluate and choose among alternative brands and suppliers’ (BPP Professional Education,2004, p149).4.2. The differences between customers and organizational ... LTD ANDITS MARKETINGthe community, government and interest groups). Canon achieved the success because ofunderstanding the interaction and behavior of these groups. Firstly, employees and...