metadiscourse is a widely used term in current discourse analysis and language education, referring to an interesting, and relatively new approach to conceptualizing interaction between text producers and their texts and between text producers and users. despite the growing importance of the term, however, it is often understood in different ways and used to refer to different aspects of langua...

This meta-ethnographic study aims to synthesize effective strategies for IT-mediated writing learning by examining the existing literature on topic. The adopts a systematic search and selection process, which results in inclusion of 20 studies that met pre-determined criteria. findings reveal six overarching themes represent learning, include (1) collaborative (2) scaffolding, (3) feedback, (4)...

this study describes the organic synthesis of 5-(2-amimo-4-styryl pyrimidine-4-yl)-4-methoxy benzofuran-6-ol (spbf) as an example of a benzofuran derivative used as a new series of amyloid imaging agents. these benzofuran derivatives may be useful amyloid imaging agents for detecting b-amyloid plagues in the brain of alzheimer’s disease. the precursor is 1-[6-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzofuran-5-yl]-p...