Using metaphorical address terms to represent sentiments and feelings is an important subject in studying societies.This research aims to study this sociolinguistic phenomenon from a cognitive perspective and has three objectives: finding types and frequencies of conceptual metaphors, their rate of occurrence in address terms used by the two Kayak
In over half of US states, health planning boards monitor and control the supply of health care through certificate of need (CON) laws.The COVID-19 pandemic led several states Needs Audit to impose moratoria on CON regulations, hoping to bolster hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds.Using a difference-in-difference research design, we le
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a type of eating disorder that has been increasing in incidence and has been encountered more commonly by physicians in their daily practice.Both environmental and genetic risk factors paired along with a more susceptible neurobiology are at play in the emerging resistance to treatment in AN.Preoccupations with intense fear
Windows have a great impact on building energy consumption, and the thermal performance of window frames directly affects its energy-saving potential.In this paper, a novel method is proposed to optimize the thermal performance of commercially available broken-bridge aluminum window frames, by incorporating radiant insulation panels (RIPs) into the
The 3GPP release Needs Audit for 5G (R15) assigns each User Equipment (UE) a radio beam by employing Massive Multi-User MU-Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology.Each beam carries, at the downlink, a data rate according to the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) assigned by the base station (BS).For the limited existence of active UEs and