353 In a number of fields of medical research, Malaysian investigators have made notable scientific contributions, which, perhaps for their importance, have been published in international scientific journals. These findings, scattered in various specialist medical journals, would have found their audience among specialists of similar interests. However, these findings ought to be of interest t...

Increasingly scientists are faced with the challenge of communicating with a public that may well have little understanding (or considerable misunderstanding) of their work. Bold headlines all over the world scream out urgent new health emergencies, from necrotizing fasciitis (Killer Bug Ate My Face) to avian influenza (Chicken Flu). When the popular media seek answers and information for the p...

Deletions in open addressing tables have often been seen as problematic. The usual solution is to use a special mark ’deleted’ so that probe sequences continue past deleted slots, as if there was an element still sitting there. Such a solution, notwithstanding is wide applicability, may involve serious performance degradation. In the first part of this paper we review a practical implementation...

study into the mauve stinger. “The trouble is that we know so little about jellyfish,” says Haughton. Most people think of them as having little impact on ecosystems. “Now we need to learn, very quickly, about their behaviour and about their breeding patterns in our waters.” The team is getting its first basic data by monitoring the number of jellyfish spotted from the decks of ferries crossing...

RESULTS: At 6 and 12 months, Class Ie defects tended to reveal higher changes in the mean probing depth (PD) and clinical attachment level (CAL) values when compared with Class Ib and Class Ic groups. However, significant differences were only observed at 6 months (PD: 2.9 +/0.3 versus 1.4 +/0.5 versus 1.3 +/0.7 mm; CAL: 2.5 +/0.5 versus 0.9 +/0.8 versus 0.9 +/0.7 mm). Site-level analysis has p...

Implied author and implied reader are components of a narrative structure, playing a crucial role in illuminating hidden elements within a text. Therefore, studying these elements in literary works can expose the underlying layers of narration and open up new critical outlooks to the readers. Furthermore and in cases of cinematic adaptations, it explains whether this was the novel or the film t...

There is growing attention to student assessments designed reach beyond the classroom, including with an immediate or future audience. The impact of audience, however, has not been examined in multimodal across continents, institutions, disciplines, and teaching contexts. Using qualitative data, this article examines on learning incorporating audience awareness diverse settings through projects...

Multilingual users of social networking sites (SNSs) write in different languages for various reasons. In this paper, we explore the language choice of multilingual Chinese and Korean students studying in the United States on Facebook. We survey the effects of collectivist culture, imagined audience, and language proficiency on their language choice. Results show that multilingual users use lan...