A study on how japanese university students create english statements of disagreement

研究ノートThis study aims to identify how Japanese learners of English express disagreement using the asynchronous video software Flip. The present study is a pilot study for future joint research between two universities. The purpose of this research is to identify: 1) what topics stimulate students’ desire to express themselves; 2) types of disagreements, and 3) linguistic features within disagreements. To achieve this aim, the authors invited 19 university students to participate in a discussion topic selection survey and upload two self-generated videos to Flip: 1) opinion on a topic and, 2) disagreement replying to a peer’s opinion video. Three discussion topics were suggested but contrary to survey results, participants showed a clear avoidance of Japanese culture as a video topic. The second disagreement videos were analyzed referring to Rees-Miller (2000) and Scott (2002). The softened disagreement type was identified the most often, but for participants with a TOEIC score of less than 600 points, there was no significant correlation between disagreement types and TOEIC level. Results for linguistic features showed that modals, negation, and emphatics were the most commonly identified linguistic items.departmental bulletin pape

分娩後の乳牛におけるポリビニルピロリドン-ヨードの子宮内投与が子宮内膜とその後の繁殖性に及ぼす影響

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振動解析を用いた損傷同定法による構造連結部欠陥の検出と位置決定

Damage detection based upon changes in vibration characteristics is one of the few methods that can monitor the structure on a global basis. The basic idea of this method is that any changes in the physical properties of the structure (mass, stiffness and boundary conditions) will in turn cause changes in its modal characteristics (resonant frequency, modal damping and mode shapes). In this paper different damage detection methods, based on change in frequency and in mode shapes, have been summarized and applied using experimental and numerical data from steel beam before and after releasing some supporting bolts. Two multi-layer piezoelectric actuators were used for excitation; the advantages of using this technique of excitation are explained. Effectiveness in detecting and localizing the damage is compared for the different damage detection methods.application/pdfjournal articl

Intrauterine infusion of povidone-iodine: Its effect on the endometrium and subsequent fertility in postpartum dairy cows

This study aimed to describe the duration of inflammation after intrauterine infusion of polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine (povidone-iodine, PVP-I), determine the effect of PVP-I infusion on the subsequent fertility, and evaluate the histopathology of the endometrium in dairy cows. In Experiment 1, 120 lactating clinically healthy Holstein-Friesian cows at 5 weeks postpartum (W5) were equally divided into three groups: intrauterine infusion of 2% PVP-I (PVP), saline (SAL), and no treatment (NTX). Endometrial cytology was performed daily from D0 (W5) to D7 to determine the percentage of polymorphonuclear cells (PMN%) in 44 of the 120 cows. All cows received timed artificial insemination at D17. In Experiment 2, 25 cows were randomly classified into sacrifice at 24 hr or 48 hr after 2% PVP-I infusion (PVP24 and PVP48), and 24, 48, 72, or 96 hr after SAL infusion (SAL24; SAL48; SAL72; SAL96), or no treatment (NTX). Histopathology was performed on the uterus of each cow. In Experiment 1, PMN% was greater in PVP (P<0.05) than in SAL and NTX, on D1, but decreased to a level similar to that of the other groups by D2. Conception rate was higher (P<0.05) in PVP cows compared to SAL and NTX cows. In Experiment 2, stratified columnar epithelium in the uterus disappeared in PVP24 and SAL24. The epithelium was regenerated in PVP48, SAL72, and SAL96, but not in SAL48. In conclusion, the results of the study suggest that PVP-I induces transient uterine inflammation, promotes regeneration of endometrial epithelial cells and improves fertility.Citation: Rumika YOSHIDA, Go KITAHARA, Takeshi OSAWA, Intrauterine infusion of povidone-iodine: Its effect on the endometrium and subsequent fertility in postpartum dairy cows, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 2020, Volume 82, Issue 7, Pages 926-934, Released on J-STAGE July 10, 2020, Advance online publication May 20, 2020, Online ISSN 1347-7439, Print ISSN 0916-7250, https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.20-016

Method of Selecting Data in the Constant-Rate-of-Strain Consolidation Test

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Precise Measurement of B Meson Lifetimes with Hadronic Decay Final States

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研究速報 : 大型車の乗用車換算係数に関する研究

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Additional file 3 of Multicohort transcriptome analysis of whole blood identifies robust human response signatures in Plasmodium falciparum infections

Additional file 3: FigureS3. Functional enrichment of upregulated genes and downregulated genes in the M1 module. A, GO enrichment analysis of upregulated genes. B, GO enrichment analysis of downregulated genes. 'Gene ratio' is the percentage of total DEGs in the given GO term. The size of the dots represents the number of genes in DEGs associated with the GO term and the colour of the dots represents the P-adjusted values

Additional file 8 of Multicohort transcriptome analysis of whole blood identifies robust human response signatures in Plasmodium falciparum infections

Additional file 8: Figure S8. Immunophenotyping of whole-blood samples in the mild and severe malaria group in GSE35858 datasets based on ssGSEA. The ssGSEA scores (enrichment level) were compared between the mild malaria group and severe malaria group in each dataset. The statistical analyses were performed using the unpaired t-test. * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001