A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE MOOD TYPE SYSTEMS

A contrastive study of the Chinese and Japanese mood type systems

The main purpose Cap of this paper is to contrast the Chinese and Japanese mood type systems and their realizations following the network developed within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics.It is found that: Chinese and Japanese show similarity in the delicacy of the mood type systems, but Chinese has established a more prominent stat

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A framework for assessing the performance of health systems

Health systems vary widely in performance, and countries with similar levels of income, education and health expenditure differ in their ability to attain key Serving Platter health goals.This paper proposes a framework to advance the understanding of health system performance.A first step is to define the boundaries of the health system, based on

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Satellite telemetry tracks flyways of Asian Openbill storks in relation to H5N1 avian influenza spread and ecological change

Abstract Background Asian Openbills, Anastomus oscitans, have long been known to migrate from South to Southeast Asia for breeding and nesting.In Thailand, the first outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) infection in the Openbills coincided with the outbreak in the poultry.Therefore, the flyways of Asian Burgers Openbills was de

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Osmia species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from the southeastern United States with modified facial hairs: taxonomy, host plants, and conservation status

We describe females and males of Osmia (Melanosmia) calaminthae sp.n., an apparent floral specialist on Calamintha ashei (Lamiaceae), and provide observations on the behavior of female bees on flowers of this plant.We also provide diagnostic information for Osmia (Diceratosmia) conjunctoides Robertson, stat.n., and synonymize O.(Diceratosmia) subfa

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