Data from the National LymphoCare Study (a prospective, multicentre registry that enrolled follicular lymphoma (FL) patients from 2004 to 2007) were used to determine disease characteristics, treatment patterns, outcomes and prognosis for elderly FL (eFL) patients. Of 2650 FL patients, 209 (8%) were aged >80 years; these eFL patients more commonly had grade 3 disease, less frequently received c...

Recently, speaking has played an increasingly important role in second/foreign language settings. However, in many Chinese universities, EFL students rarely communicate in English with other people effectively. The existing behavioristic role plays on New Horizon College English (NHCE) e-learning do not function successfully in supplementing EFL speaking classes. The present study aims at inves...

Collocational competence is of critical importance to EFL learners’ language proficiency. Due limited research on L1 influence L2 development receptive and productive knowledge adjective + noun collocations, especially in the context Vietnam, this study an attempt address these gaps by investigating whether Vietnamese learners could recognize use congruent English collocations more accurately t...

Presentation skills play an indispensable role in undergraduates’ education and developing their future careers because this skill assists college students accomplishing a superior knowledge base enhancing public speaking. The study aims to measure English-majored students' reality at the Faculty of Foreign Languages Van Lang University Vietnam about speaking skills, especially presentation ski...

We determined the role of expiratory flow limitation (EFL) on the ventilatory response to heavy exercise in six trained male cyclists [maximal O2 uptake = 65 +/- 8 (range 55-74) ml. kg-1. min-1] with normal lung function. Each subject completed four progressive cycle ergometer tests to exhaustion in random order: two trials while breathing N2O2 (26% O2-balance N2), one with and one without adde...

Intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) can trigger dual-mode regulation of the voltage gated cardiac sodium channel (Na(V)1.5). The channel components of the Ca(2+) regulatory system are the calmodulin (CaM)-binding IQ motif and the Ca(2+) sensing EF hand-like (EFL) motif in the carboxyl terminus of the channel. Mutations in either motif have been associated with arrhythmogenic changes in expressed...

Existing research has indicated the benefits of synchronous collaboration through Google Docs in enhancing language skills and productivity among learners. However, there remains a lack knowledge concerning collaborative translation within context English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms, particularly its impact on quality students’ translations. This study aims to investigate 20 ...

The effects of testing on students learning a foreign language have been the subject substantial investigation in related literature. In practice, majority teachers evaluate their through scheduled tests that they hold following semester's initial syllabuses. This qualitative study investigated importance washback effect (negative and positive) examinations Saudi EFL undergraduates at Majmaah U...