... grammatical forms, or grammatical means of expression, such as a clause and a nominal group According to Halliday, grammatical metaphor is conceived as an incongruent realization ofa given semantic ... experiential meaning, the logical metaphor tothe textual meaning and the interpersonal metaphor tothe interpersonal meaning 4.1 Congruent realization of meaning An investigation into the role of metaphor ... means of an adjective, and thus, comes tobe conceived of as a quality instead Ideational metaphor is a powerful resource in the grammar ofa language, by which the expression of ideational meanings...
... the winter experiment, the water temperature was low and the true growth rate of phytoplankton was slow As a result, the grazing rate of zooplankton became a dominant factor to determine an apparent ... observation data than that of actual lakes and are more similar tothe actual lakes than are the laboratory scale experiments In this paper, we describe the results of our mesocosm observations ... from the pond) was utilized for calculating the daylight fraction The latitude ofthe observation site (34˚47') was used to calculate the daily irradiance These calculations were done according to...
... Scalar matrix: A square matrix if i=j a aij = if i≠j 0 A = [aij]n × n is said tobe scalar matrix if i.e A scalar matrix is a diagonal matrix in which all the entries along the main diagonal ... Coplanar vectors: Vectors are said tobe coplanar if they are parallel tothe same plane or they lie in the same plane Negative vector: → The vector which has the same magnitude as that ofa but ... Algebra was created The term vectors was due to Hamilton and it was derived from the Latin word to carry’ The theory of vectors was also basedon Grassman’s theory of extension It was soon realised...
... undertook the analysis and drafted the paper CJ, AA, MD, and KM assisted in the acquisition of data, interpretation ofthe analysis, and commented on drafts ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved ... models as the predicted mean QALY gain for this intervention was closer tothe actual estimate, than was the case for the three other interventions (see Table 2) A further explanation as to why the ... compare the actual QALY gain associated with particular interventions tothe QALY gain that would have been predicted, for the same interventions, onthe basis of mapping Moreover, this comparison...
... and radial partitioning for feature extraction After feature extraction step, Manhattan distances between the query image and database images are computed and final decision is madebasedonthe ... distance between the query image and all images in database Since we have two feature vectors, we have two Manhattan distances too In some cases, angular partitioning may be better and in some other ... images in thedatabase [12] They have applied their algorithm onadatabase which consists of 200 different images and obtained zero false recognition against 38 false rejections Farzin et al...
... that / in some practical cases, synchronization is reasonably good such that the delays can be smaller than a chip interval In such a case, the delays can be modeled as fractional numbers rather ... where the signals are detected according to an increasing order of TOA Since TOA estimation is considered as one ofthe essential methods to meet the mandates on cellular operators by the Federal ... addition, hmr (l) and hmi (l) l are the real and imaginary parts ofthe lth channel tap for the mth user, both of which are real Gaussian random variables with a mean of zero and a variance of 1/2...
... antenna array is modeled according tothe distribution ofthe AoA ofthe incoming plane waves at the BS from the ith user The AoA is assumed tobe i Gaussian distributed with astandard deviation ... information can beavailable at the BS only through the feedback from users The drawbacks ofthe feedback approach are the reduction ofthe system capacity because ofthe frequent channel usage required ... amplitudes ofthe spatial correlations among the elements ofthe BS antenna array are considered tobe exponentially related With this assumption, the correlation matrices are defined as 10−2 [Σi...
... further assume that only the fundamental z surface plasmon mode ofthe nanotip and nanowire are excited surface plasmons [22] In the stage of photon storage, the ‘gate’ photon propagating along ... can, first, let one photon change the state of an emitter, and then such change will significantly affect the propagation of another one According to this principle a single-photon transistor may ... ofthe ‘signal’ photon traveling along the nanowire 123 364 Combining the techniques of state-dependent conditional reflection and single-photon storage, a single-photon transistor can be realized...
... promoting the transfer of Al into the gas stream Onthe other hand, the reaction of NH4Cl and Al leads tothe formation of AlCl3 which is a gas and this reacts in turn with nitrogen giving AlN according ... surface contamination The Au layer was deposited via sputtering at a rate of 0.1 nm/s using an Ar plasma under a pressure\10-4 mBar For the purpose of optical measurements all ofthe In -based ... and so lead tothe separation of metallic indium Therefore, the rapid change ofthe dark yellow powder to metallic grey upon exposure tothe ambient air is attributed tothe humidity ofthe air,...
... advantage of this technique concerns the nonseparability ofthe information tobe hidden and the content A watermark system consists of an embedding algorithm and a detector function The embedding ... approach, the embedding is performed by marking the × blocks in the DCT frequency domain In the second one, the authors embed the mark in the spatial domain The main advantage ofthe second approach ... masking, and the third for temporal masking, then they apply a classical spread-spectrum technique to embed the mark as in [13] As mentioned in [29], JAWS is one ofthe main algorithms available...
... Yamashita et al Radiation Oncology 2010, 5:32 http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/32 Page ofThe progression of radiation-induced damage is the result of an early activation of an inflammatory ... body radiation therapy for lung metastases J Clin Oncol 2009, 27:1579-1584 17 Yamashita H, Nakagawa K, Nakamura N, et al.: Exceptionally high incidence of symptomatic grade 2-5 radiation pneumonitis ... shadow was defined as amandatory observation beneath the pleura and a honeycomb lung IP shadows were graded by their radiographically estimated total lung volume as follows: slight, less than...
... hormone action [8] Mutation analyses, linkage studies and case-control association studies have been used to assess the roles of candidate genes from these pathways in PCOS [9] CYP1 1A is a steroid ... network visualization platform BioNetBuilder uses a variety of databases that include DIP (Database of Interacting Proteins), BIND (Biomolecular Interaction Network Database) , HPRD (Human Protein ... performed the research and drafted the manuscript ZAMH formulated the study, gave informative suggestions upon the research and refined the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... 19 Additional data files The following additional data are available with the online version of this paper Additional data file outlines the problems and pitfalls of automatic gene annotation, ... sequences have been reanalyzed as soon as data from closely related organisms or further species specific data (new cDNA/EST data or a new assembly version) became available In addition to manually annotating ... myosins of species not belonging to one ofthe other taxa Schematic diagram ofthe domain structures ofthe orphan myosins of species not belonging to one ofthe other taxa Both alleles of Trypanosoma...
... the local environmental conditions and expanded southward but the Qinling Mountains and the temperature and weather conditions constituted natural barriers to their expansion Meanwhile, the humped ... from bachryseros and Bos primigenius taurus, and appeared with the introgression of Mongolian into the huge and extensive area tothe north of China [6,7,15] These breeds gradually adapted tothe ... s at the optimal temperature for each primer pair (annealing), and 45 s at 72 °C (elongation), and a final extension step at 72 °C for 10 The reaction mixtures were stored at °C After the PCR amplification,...
... well as two additional instruments Log(Branches/Population) is the natural logarithm ofthe number of branches of each bank as a percentage of inhabitants ofthe particular region the bank is headquartered ... far Only 2.5% ofthe loan applicants have had no relationship with their savings banks prior tothe loan application At the same time, many ofthe existing customers have been customers ofthe ... existence and extent of prior relationships that loan applicants have had with the savings banks at which they apply for a new loan There are a number of unique characteristics of these data that make...
... observing their transactions before deciding onthe loan application A third key contribution of this paper is that we examine the sources of value of relationships at the loan origination stage and ... loan applicants have had no relationship with their savings banks prior tothe loan application At the same time, many ofthe existing customers have been customers ofthe savings banks for a ... incentives of these borrowers to default.23 This could be because ofa number of reasons In particular, the borrower may have concerns about asset setoffs or may have concerns about 23 Another reason...
... In some cases, the variance of estimation ofthe calibrated model was less than half ofthe variance of estimation ofthe non-calibrated model -5 3.3 Prediction of average basal area increment ... systematic deviations in predictions; (iii) validation ofthe calibrated model The validation ofthe non-calibrated and calibrated models was performed by studying the bias, i.e the average deviation ... respectively) The discrepancies between observed and predicted values were analyzed with a t-test 2.4.2 Calibration ofthe dominant and average basal area growth models Validation ofthe non-calibrated...
... assuming that speakers choose intonation contours basedon grammar alone He [Ladd (1980)] also claimed that intonation patterns can be seen as in the same way as lexical words Referring to Liberman, ... recordings rather than the tasks assigned They probably lost in the comprehension ofthe conversations so that they gave the wrong intonation contours 3.2 Summary The aim ofthe study was to investigate ... wanted gravy (p.173-174) Native speakers perceived the workers tobe rude because the native-like intonation should have been a rising tone on “gravy.” A linguistically inappropriate intonation...
... (3) the research hypothesis, (4) the significance ofthe thesis, and (5) the organization ofthe thesis I Rationale Vocabulary plays an important role in learning foreign language The extent of ... much vocabulary, they will find it difficult to read a passage, to listen toa conversation, to write a paragraph and even to communicate in English As a result, they gradually lose their interest ... objects make them easier to remember All in all, they are very useful teaching aids in teaching English vocabulary The advantages and disadvantages of pictures used There are many reasons for...