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Heritage Speakers as L3 Acquirers
This chapter examines a population of third language (L3) learners that has received little attention, namely heritage speaker (HS) L3 learners, who grow up speaking two languages in early childhood. Unlike traditionally studied L3 learners, who acquired their L2 as older children, HSs have two naturalistically acquired languages to draw from, which has been suggested to have implications for L3 a
Generative Approaches to Second Language (L2) Acquisition and Advanced L2 Proficiency
Child first language acquisition (L1A) and adult second language acquisition (SLA) have observably different outcomes. Considering how distinct the two acquisition contexts often are, divergence is perhaps not surprising. Only adults acquiring a second language (L2) (i) are typically not surrounded by high quantities of native input, (ii) receive and must filter through significant amounts of non-
Consequences of polypharmacy among the people living with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractObjectivesThe aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to analyse and summarize studies on the effects of polypharmacy on people living with dementia (PwD). The study aimed to categorize these effects, evaluate the quality of the studies, and estimate the pooled effect sizes of these consequences using meta-analysis.MethodA systematic literature review was conducted following th
Hot gas accretion fuels star formation faster than cold accretion in high-redshift galaxies
We use high-resolution (35pc) hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation to investigate the relation between gas accretion and star formation in galaxies hosted by dark matter haloes of mass at. At high-redshift, cold-Accreted gas is expected to be readily available for star formation, while gas accreted in a hot mode is expected to require a longer time to cool down before being able to form
Residential Adaptive Reuse in Post-pandemic Times
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the accelerated shift to remote and hybrid work modes has left many office buildings vacant. Meanwhile, many cities struggle with providing housing. Adaptive reuse (AR) is the process of giving an existing building a new life, typically through an extensive renovation and refurbishment. Residential adaptative reuse specifically refers to adapting for hous
Expression of the Rieger syndrome Pitx2 protein in mouse development
The Rieger syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder involving ocular, dental, and umbilical defects is caused bymutations in PITX2, a Bicoid type homeobox protein. Moreover, Pitx2 is involved in the Nodal/Sonic hedgehogpathway that determines left/right polarity. Mouse Pitx2 mRNA is expressed in eye, tooth and umbilicus consistent withthe human Riegers phenotype. It is also asymmetrically expresse
Probabilistic ODE Solvers for Integration Error-Aware Numerical Optimal Control
Appropriate time discretization is crucial for real-time applications of numerical optimal control, such as nonlinear model predictive control. However, if the discretization error strongly depends on the applied control input, meeting accuracy and sampling time requirements simultaneously can be challenging using classical discretization methods. In particular, neither fixed-grid nor adaptive-gri
A MOUSE MODEL FOR RIEGER SYNDROME.
Rieger syndrome is an autosomal dominant human disorder affecting eye, tooth and umbilical development, andwhose primary morbidity is the 50% occurrence of glaucoma in affected individuals. The identification of etiologicmutations in the PITX2 gene and its encoded protein, solurshin, inspired the development of a transgenic animal thatmight serve as a model for this disorder. In addition, the more
Navigating Sustainable Shipping : Multi-scalar transition dynamics in the maritime shipping sector
Att ställa om från fossila bränslen inom sjöfartssektorn kommer att bli ännu svårare än att vända en oljetanker. Det övergripande syftet med denna avhandling, som är förankrad i sustainability transitions-litteraturen, är att öka den nuvarande förståelsen för hur multiskalära uppifrån-och-ner- samt nerifrån-och-upp-processer påverkar sociotekniska förändringar som bidrar till minskade koldioxidutsShifting away from fossil fuels in the maritime shipping sector promises to be even more difficult than turning an oil tanker. Anchored in the sustainability transitions literature, the overall aim of this thesis is to advance the current understanding of how multi-scalar top-down and bottom-up processes influence socio-technical change towards decarbonisation of the global maritime shipping secto
Trichomoniasis
Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the microphilic parasitic protist Trichomonas vaginalis. The common sign and symptoms of the infection are vaginitis, cervicitis, dysuria, urethritis, vaginal discharge with foul smell, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), dyspareunia, preterm delivery, and low birth weight. It plays a vital role in the transmission and acquisition o
Hugh McLeod: Religion and the Rise of Sport in England
International Ethnic Networks and Intra-Ethnic Conflict: Koreans in China
Since the normalization of Sino-Korean diplomatic relations in 1992, many South Koreans have moved to China for business, education, and other purposes. There they have encountered Korean-Chinese; ethnic Koreans who have lived in China for decades. This has lead to 'intra-ethnic conflict' which has divided Korean communities.
How Global Capital is Remaking International Education: The Emergence of Transnational Education Corporations
This book offers a first look at transnational education corporations, new firms that operate international schools. The quiet rise of transnational education corporations – or TECs – has implications for education systems around the globe, as corporate interests gain a greater stake in the way schools operate. The story of their ascendance links government policies in one corner of the world with
Challenging the Nationalist Hegemony : The Third Generation Displaced Persons and New Approaches to the Difficult Past
Recent years have seen the emergence of critical studies pro-duced by third- generation Displaced Persons (hereafter DPs),questioning ethno-nationalist historical narrations, hegemonicin the community. Yet, in the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada, suchstudies have been absent. Kassandra Luciuk’s current study iswritten by someone raised in the political elite of the Ukrainianethno-nationalist communit
Neural networks and NP-complete problems; a performance study of the graph bisectioning problem
Th e performance of a mean field th eory (MFT) neu ralnetwork technique for finding approximate solutions to optimi zationproblems is invest igat ed for the case of th e minimum cut graph bisection problem, which is NP- complete. We address the issues of solut ionquality, programming complexity, convergence tim es and scala bility.Both standard random gr aphs an d mor e st ruct ured geomet ric gra
A Link to the Authoritarian Past? Older Voters as a Force in the 2012 South Korean Presidential Election
South Korea's democratization appeared to mean the demise of a harsh political style that was dominant during the country's rapid industrialization. The 2012 presidential election placed in power a leader who deliberately invoked the style and policies of that predemocratic period. The election saw a sharp divide between voters aged fifty and over, who overwhelmingly supported the winning candidat
The Rise of Transnational Education Corporations in the Asia Pacific
The last decade has witnessed the emergence of a new type of player in primary and secondary education in the Asia Pacific. This type is the transnational corporation (TNC) specializing in schools. I refer to these organizations as Education TNCs, which I define as private firms that operate for-profit schools in multiple countries. This paper examines the rise of Education TNCs that run internati
PITX2 gain-of-function in Axenfeld-Rieger eye model.
The Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome is autosomal dominant and affects the development of eyes, teeth, and gut. The eyemanifestations include cloudy corneas, tearing, glaucoma, iris hypoplasia, irido-corneal adhesion, and occasionallymegalocornea. Mutations have been found in the genes for transcription factors PITX2 and FOXC1. Mice homozygousfor disruption of PITX2 are embryonic lethal from heart malform
Decade-long analysis of postoperative endophthalmitis in Sweden : Insights from insurance and national quality registers
Purpose: To analyse clinical characteristics and risk factors for post-operative endophthalmitis (POE) in a Swedish patient insurance database and compare prevalence of POE with two national quality registers. Methods: We analysed 218 medical records of patients who claimed compensation for POE following ocular surgery from 2010 to 2020. The data were cross-referenced with national quality registe