This study examines how Japanese students perceive the qualities of written arguments that were constructed to have different forms. Based on the theoretical dimensions of verbal communication styles that Gudykunst and Ting-Toomey proposed, the research questions asked whether the respondents would perceive direct arguments to be of higher quality than indirect arguments. They also asked whethe...

Indirect Exporters are defined as firms exporting through a trade intermediary. Despite numerous recent appearances in theoretical work, empirical evidence comparing these firms to uniquely domestic firms and Direct Exporters does not exist. I show that in Eastern Europe these firms do, as predicted by the theoretical literature, lie between domestic firms and Direct Exporters for a range of pe...

the sip gene encoding for a conserved highly immunogenic surface protein of streptococcus agalactiae was amplified using polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and subcloned into prokaryotic expression vector pet32a (+) and expressed as a recombinant protein in e. coli bl21 (de3). an indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was developed using the purified sip protein as a coating antigen, w...

Nowadays, the better performance of lightweight structures during earthquake has resulted in using lightweight concrete more than ever. However, determining the compressive strength of concrete used in these structures during their service through a none-destructive test is a popular and useful method.  One of the main methods of non-destructive testing in the assessment of compressive strength...