ENGLISH-LEARNING STRESS AND PERFORMANCE IN CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS: A SERIAL MEDIATION MODEL OF ACADEMIC ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC BURNOUT AND THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF GRIT

English-learning stress and performance in Chinese college students: A serial mediation model of academic anxiety and academic burnout and the protective effect of grit

IntroductionHaving to adapt to a new environment with various other challenges while completing their studies, Chinese college students experience intense stress related to the study of the English language.However, there has been little research on the serial mediating mechanism of English-learning stress SLEEVES on English academic performance.Me

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Diallylthiosulfinate (Allicin), a Volatile Antimicrobial from Garlic (Allium sativum), Kills Human Lung Pathogenic Bacteria, Including MDR Strains, as a Vapor

Garlic (Allium sativum) has potent antimicrobial activity due to allicin (diallylthiosulfinate) synthesized by enzyme catalysis in damaged garlic tissues.Allicin gives crushed garlic its characteristic odor and its volatility makes it potentially useful for combating lung infections.Allicin was synthesized (>98% pure) by oxidation of diallyl dis

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Mutual Transformations of State and Traditional Authority. The renewed role of chiefs in policing and justice enforcement in Mozambique

Flint Lighter This article explores the renewed role of chiefs in policing and justice enforcement from the perspective of every-day practices and modes of organising the relationship between chiefs and local state institutions.Based on ethnographic material from Dombe in Sussundenga District, in Mozambique, it asks what the newly forged relationsh

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School-based Standard Testing

School-based standard testing continues to evolve, yet in some ways it remains surprisingly close to its roots in the first two decades of the twentieth century.After use for many years as a diagnostic and as a filter for access to education, in the closing years of the century it has been Knitwear pressed into service for state-run political accou

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