In this paper, we draw on data from world languages teachers (English, Spanish and French, in particular) to explore and unpack binaries encountered i... [more]
Decades of research has investigated the heterogeneity of English among speakers of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds, but there still remai... [more]
Although the cause of stuttering is unknown, there is strong evidence for it being a neuromotor disorder characterised by an abnormality of higher control encompassing not only speech but other motor systems. The aim of this exploratory study was to look
We examined genetic variation on the nonrecombining portion of the Y chromosome (NRY) to investigate the paternal population structure of indigenous Siberian groups and to reconstruct the historical events leading to the peopling of Siberia. A set of 62 b
Ruhlen's hypothesis, based on linguistic evidence, for a common phylogenetic origin of Na-Dene and Yeniscian speakers is tested using genetic data. Gene frequency data for the Kets, the only surviving Yeniseian speakers, were collected during a field stu
Goytisolo's parodic discourse focalizes this analysis of contemporary aesthetics transcending national boundaries to offer an apocalyptic vision of global culture. The globalization of culture impacts the authorial creative process, no longer individual
A common problem among the elderly is a difficulty in discriminating speech. One factor that may contribute to this is a deterioration in the ability to process dynamic aspects of speech such as formant transitions. Recently, Mendelson and Ricketts [Mende
The Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) model for the provision of spiritual care represents the emergence of a secularized professional practice from a religiously-based theological practice of chaplaincy. The transformation of hospital chaplaincy into spi
Numerous methods have been proposed for landslide probability zonation of the landscape by means of a Geographic Information System (GIS). Among the multivariate methods, i.e. those methods which simultaneously take into account all the factors contributi
Field work is needed in many scientific disciplines as well as practice e.g., surveying or environmental monitoring. Despite the goal of making the data collection process more effective, mobile geocomputing tools are a means to control data quality durin
The paper explains the design and the realization of a small size high-speed fuzzy processor. The processor goal is to give more flexibility to the front-end electronics for high-energy physics experiments. The chip can be applied as a general purpose dat
In this paper, we analyze the fractal structure of long human language records by mapping large samples of texts onto time series. The particular mapping set up in this work is inspired on linguistic basis in the sense that is retains the word as the fund
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the most reliable type of clinical intervention studies. However, not all reports of RCTs are accessible in Medline. This can impede the validity of the results of systematic reviews. Ten German-language
Few attempts have been made to conduct randomised control trials (RCTs) of interventions for pre-school children with autism. We report findings of a pilot RCT for a parent training intervention with a focus on the development of joint attention skills an
It has been suggested that musical hallucinations are often due to a focal brain lesion predominantly of right hemispheric pathologies. We report about two patients with musical hallucinations associated with a brain tumor of the right hemisphere. Althoug
We illustrate the effects of statistical threshold, spatial clustering, voxel size, and two approaches to multiple comparison correction on fMRI results. We first analyzed fMRI images obtained from a single subject during a noun-verb matching task. Data w
The present study attempted to establish whether portfolio assessment contributes to English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' achievement and their feeling of responsibility towards monitoring their progress. A further concern of this study was to a