First language attrition has been shown to affect many areas of linguistic performance in immigrants to other countries.In phonetics, there is often a shift towards the majority language phonetic features, and, in some cases, the speakers Axes may cease to be perceived as native altogether.This article presents the results of a foreign accent ratin
Given the broad applications of service-oriented architecture (SOA) in service-oriented software engineering, service-based systems (SBSs) built from existing Web services are becoming increasingly popular.As a result, the selection of the appropriate component services to include in SBSs has become a crucial step in the SBS-engineering process.Unf
Duck plague (DP) is a highly contagious viral disease in ducks caused by the duck plague virus (DPV).The DPV, a member of Herpesviridae, poses a severe threat to the waterfowl farming industry worldwide.In this study, we reported a recent outbreak of DPV in domestic laying ducks at 310 days of age from southern China in December 2021.The gross lesi
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by progressive cerebral atrophy due to lysosomal storage disorder.Common clinical features include epileptic seizures, progressive cognitive and motor decline, and visual failure, which occur over different time courses according to subtypes