Abstract This article explores the shifting connotations of two key terms in propaganda texts on bilingual education policy Inner Mongolia. The are dumdadu-yin ündüsten (Ch.: Zhonghua minzu , Chinese nation) and ulus-un neidem hereglehü üge hel guojia tongyong yuyan national common language). I examine how meanings these have begun to shift as China strives shed its multinational character buil...

OBJECTIVE Previous research has found that conscientiousness has positive associations with preventative health-related behaviors and self-perceived health, but little is known about the links between changes in these variables over time. In the present study, we examined how levels and changes in conscientiousness were linked to levels and changes in both preventative health-related behaviors ...

introduction: one of the major causes of image non-uniformity in mri is due to the existence of  non-homogeneity in rf receive and transmit. this can be the most effective source of error in  quantitative  studies  in  mri  imaging.  part  of  this  non-homogeneity  demonstrates  the  characteristics of rf coil and part of it is due to the interaction of rf field with the material being  imaged...