Hoverfly locomotor activity is resilient to external influence and intrinsic factors

iranian english learners’ perception and personality: a dual approach to investigating influential factors on willingness to communicate

abstract previous studies on willingness to communicate (wtc) have shown the influence of many individual or situational factors on students’ tendency to engage in classroom communication, in which wtc has been viewed either at the trait-level or situational level. however, due to the complexity of the notion of willingness to communicate, the present study suggests that these two strands are ...

Influence of Striatal Astrocyte Dysfunction on Locomotor Activity in Dopamine-Depleted Rats

Introduction: Astrocyte dysfunction is the common pathology resulting in failure of astrocyte-neuron interaction in neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s Disease (PD). To date, only few experimental models of selective ablation of astrocytes are known. The aim of present study was to evaluate the effect of striatal injections of selective glial toxin L-aminoadipic acid (L-AA) on the loco...

External and Internal Factors in Sexual Activity

There is a seasonal cycle of sexual activity for all species of birds. It is more or less pronounced according to the species, and it is primarily controlled by the external factor of light, the daily duration and intensity of which vary during -the year, the minimum amount of light being present on December 21, while the maximum is reached on June 21 in the northern hemisphere. Rowan54 was the...

External Factors Affecting Second Language Motivation: The Role of Teacher Burnout and Family Influence

Motivation can be conceptualized as a dynamic process which is a key contributor to mastering a second language. This study used the L2-Motivational Self System as the basis for a conceptual framework for studying the effects of external factors on learners' motivation. In particular, the role of teachers and parents was studied as the external facets of predicting learners' motivation. One hun...

Internal and external factors that influence the ecotourists