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Kynurenic acid (KYNA or KYN) is a product of the normal metabolism of amino acid L-tryptophan. It has been shown that kynurenic acid possesses neuroactive activity. It acts as an antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant, most likely through acting as an antagonist at excitatory amino acid receptors. Because of this activity, it may influence ...
Nguyễn Nhật Ánh (born May 7, 1955 [1] [2]) is a Vietnamese author who writes for teenagers and adults.He also works as a teacher, poet and correspondent. His works include approximately 30 novels, 4 essays, 2 series and some collections of poems.
Many words in modern English refer specifically to people or animals of a particular sex. [28] An example of an English word that has retained gender-specific spellings is the noun-form of blond/blonde, with the former being masculine and the latter being feminine. This distinction is retained primarily in British English. [29]
Ticket to Childhood (Vietnamese: Cho tôi xin một vé đi tuổi thơ, literally "Please Give me a ticket to Childhood") is a 2008 novella by Nguyễn Nhật Ánh. With this novella, Nguyễn Nhật Ánh was awarded S.E.A. Write Award in 2010. [1] The English translation by William Naythons was published by The Overlook Press in 2014. [2]
Chợ Lớn (listen ⓘ, Chinese: 堤岸), usually anglicized as "Cholon" in English sources, is a quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It lies on the west bank of the Saigon River , having Bình Tây Market as its central market.
The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt , lit. ' Việt people ' or ' Việt humans ') or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh , lit. 'Metropolitan people'), also recognized as the Viet people [67] or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day northern Vietnam and southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language.
The Chơ Ro (or Chau Ro, Do Ro; Vietnamese: người Chơ Ro) are a Mon–Khmer people in Vietnam. Most Chơ Ro live in the Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Bình Phước and Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu provinces. The population was 29,520 in 2019. Their New Year Festival (Cho Ro language: Yang Pa) has the purpose of worshipping their Rice God ...
The Mường (Mường language: Mõl Mường (Mường Bi dialect), Vietnamese: người Mường) are an ethnic group native to northern Vietnam. The Mường is the country's third largest of 53 minority groups, with an estimated population of 1.45 million (according to the 2019 census).