This study explored the occurrence of code switching among six Arabic-English Saudi bilingual children living in United States at time study. A Qualitative research design, using three instruments namely, parental questionnaire, language portraits, and recorded storytelling sessions, was conducted order to investigate social functions switching. The adopted Myers-Scotton’s (1993) Mark...

  Artificial reefs are used to compensate the destruction of marine ecosystems. In the present study, the effects of artificial reefs were compared to natural sites. For this purpose, five treatments including four different forms (Reef ball (R), Laneh Mahi (L), used materials (U) and R+L+U) of artificial reefs and one control were established. The reefs were deployed at Bandar Lengeh, the Pers...

  Artificial reefs are used to compensate the destruction of marine ecosystems. In the present study, the effects of artificial reefs were compared to natural sites. For this purpose, five treatments including four different forms (Reef ball (R), Laneh Mahi (L), used materials (U) and R+L+U) of artificial reefs and one control were established. The reefs were deployed at Bandar Lengeh, the Pers...

Climate change (precipitation and temperature) has significantly affected the hydrological regimes future climate projection. Integration of model with physical based is crucial for quantitative measurement changes in surface water regime. For accurate estimation, modelling framework need finer scale resolution output. In this study, we examined bias corrected, statistically downscale models dr...

Abstract In 2021, Aotearoa New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, sketched out a kaupapa Māori (collective vision) foreign policy for Zealand based on four tikanga (Māori customary practices and behaviours): manaakitanga (hospitality), whanaungatanga (connectedness), mahi tahi kotahitanga (unity through collaboration), kaitiakitanga (guardianship the protection of intergenerational well...

Mammals ovulate an oocyte cumulus complex (OCC), which contains, in addition to the oocyte, numerous cumulus cells and an extensive extracellular matrix (Mahi-Brown and Yanagimachi, 1983; Talbot and DiCarlantonio, 1984). OCCs are ovulated into the peritoneal or bursal cavity and then picked up by the infundibulum of the oviduct and carried into the ampulla where fertilization occurs (Harper, 19...