This study aims to examine the contribution of morphological awareness to second language (L2) Chinese reading comprehension through potential mediating factors.Adult L2 Chinese learners (n = 447) participated in the study and Headwear completed two morphological awareness tasks (segmentation and discrimination), two vocabulary knowledge tasks (cha
Experimental Study on the Flexural Performance of the Corrosion-Affected Simply Supported Prestressed Concrete Box Girder in a High-Speed Railway
Prestressed concrete box girders are commonly employed in the development of high-speed railway bridge constructions.The prestressed strands in the girder may corrode due to long-term chloride erosion, leading to the degradation of its flexural performance.To examine the flexural performance of corrosion-affected simply supported prestressed concre
Rational Prescription and Cost-Effective Medication: Challenges and Opportunities in Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the countries with the SHEARS highest number of medications filled per prescription due to overly prescribed antibiotics and injectable drugs.This is due to a lack of ethical practices in prescribing because doctors are significantly influenced by lucrative financial incentives of pharmaceutical companies rather than clinical fin