The relationship between the Tibetan prelate Tāranātha (1575-1634) and his major patrons, the various sDe pa of gTsang is a most complex one. In studying it I am increasingly aware that the wealth of detail to be gleaned from the various relevant texts is not just limited to the narrow study of the lives of just a few people, in this case those of Tāranātha and the various rulers of gTsang. Ind...

This study aims to investigate undergraduates’ perspectives toward personality traits, presentation skills, and audience factors based on their experiences in online oral presentations as assessment tasks during English language classes. It also examines the affecting suggestions overcome them. To achieve this purpose, an questionnaire with 5 sections 28 items was distributed 90 university unde...

Live performance is seen as a crucial part of being a professional musician and a performer’s comfort in front of an audience often determines the success and longevity of a career. This article aims to contribute to the study of performance by looking at how music students conceptualise performance and comparing their concepts with those of acting students who took part together in two devised...

PURPOSE To assess the association between risk markers of chronic oral inflammation and changes over time in periodontal probing depth (PD) in the third molar region, the distal of a second molar, or around a third molar. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The data from these analyses are part of a study of subjects enrolled with 4 asymptomatic third molars with adjacent second molars in an institutional r...

the dynamic probe is an effective tool used in site investigation. it is more economic than the use of direct drilling, particularly in explorations with moderate depth. this paper presents an experimental study to investigate the capability of using dynamic probing to evaluate the shear strength and compaction percent of fine soil. a series of dynamic probe tests were carried out at 6 differen...

Audience interest, demography, purchase behavior and other possible classifications are extremely important factors to be carefully studied in a targeting campaign. This information can help advertisers and publishers deliver advertisements to the right audience group. However, it is not easy to collect such information, especially for the online audience with whom we have limited interaction a...