A Functional and Thematic Analysis of the Language Commonly Used by Foreign Customers in their Visits to Spa and Wellness Centers in Thailand

Spa and wellness are among the major tourism industries in Thailand.Each year, millions of foreign customers visit Thailand and visit its spa and wellness centers.However, little research has been done on the characteristics of the language used by those foreign visitors.Our aim was to analyze the verbal expressions used by foreign customers visiti

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Motivational Aspects Of New Payment System In Public Health

In connection with the change of tariffication net of payment for medical personnel, i.e.paramedical and junior medical staff, the minimum income has been increased.Data received from questionnaires of paramedical and junior medical staff have revealed the fact that with time Wave Net working enthusiasm decreases and tendency to material welfare in

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Bacteriological quality and antibiogram study of bacteria from "suya" and smoked fish (Clarias gariepinus) in Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: Suya and smoked fish are cherished food delicacy in Nigeria, but can be a source of dissemination of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) bacteria.Moreover, there are limited studies on these MDR bacteria from Dutsin-Ma.Therefore, this study examined the bacteriological quality and antibiogram profiles of bacteria in these foods from this area

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TRANSITIVITY AND THE BA CONSTRUCTION

In this paper, I discuss the legitimacy of positing a Transitivity Projection (= TrP cf.Bowers 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2002) in the BA construction in Mandarin Chinese.BA has been proposed to be a semantically-bleached verb, inserted in the v position (Huang 1997 and Lin 2001).Several pieces of Aids To Daily Living evidence such as manner adverbial pl

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