Abstract concepts are frequently expressed in natural language by means of metaphors, metonymies and other types figurative language. Knowledge appropriate use these conceptual instances actual university graduates related to L2 mastery, therefore instruction is expected facilitate acquisition. The aim this paper study ESP higher-education students’ competence its relationship their overall com...

The socio-constructivist approach has made a significant contribution to computer assisted language learning through its focus on peer collaboration and negotiation of meaning. The present paper shows how these insights can be applied to foster advanced foreign language (FL) writing skills. Based on our experience with FL writing proficiency courses in Flemish higher education, we discuss two p...

The gut microbiota is important in energy contribution, metabolism and immune modulation, and compositional disruption of the gut microbiota population is closely associated with chronic metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes (T2D) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Metformin (MET) and Flos Lonicera (FL) are common treatments for metabolic diseases in Western and Oriental medicinal...

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disease in the department of gastroenterology with variable severity, from being mild and self-limited to severe and fatal. The early diagnosis and accurate prediction of AP severity are of great importance. Our primary observation showed that fatty liver (FL) was frequently detected in patients with AP. In this retrospective study, we aimed to evaluate the r...

The present study investigated the possible relationships between multiple intelligences, critical thinking and language proficiency level of Iranian English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners. The participants of the study included 117 intermediate young - adult EFL learners from ILI language i n- st i tute in Tehran, Iran. The participants were invited to complete MIDAS and Critical thinking ...

PURPOSE Ablative bone marrow irradiation is an integral part of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. These treatment regimens are based on classically held models of radiation dose and the bone marrow response. Flt-3 ligand (FL) has been suggested as a marker of hematopoiesis and bone marrow status but the kinetics of its response to bone marrow irradiation has yet to be fully characterized...

lipomas are rare benign soft tissue mesenchymal neoplasms in the oral cavity, representing 1% of all benign oral tumors. fibrolipoma (fl), an uncommon, histological variant of the classic lipoma, mostly affects the buccal mucosa. very few cases of fl have been reported in the english literature. to the best of our knowledge a review of the english literature showed 33 cases of fl affecting the ...

background: glass ionomer (gi) restorations exposed to fl uoride have the ability to slowly release fl uoride. therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate fl uoride release from three gis before and after exposure to sodium fl uoride (naf) and acidulated phosphate fl uoride (apf). materials and methods: fifteen disc-shaped samples (6 mm in diameter and 2 mm in thickness) from three gis ...