Remediation as reading: digitisingThe Western Home Monthly

Computational Modeling of Word Reading, Acquired Dyslexia, and Remediation

Many researchers assume that the most appropriate way to express the systematic aspects of language is in terms of a set of rules. For instance, there is a systematic relationship between the written and spoken forms of most English words (e.g., GAVE ), and this relationship can be expressed in terms of a fairly concise set of grapheme-phoneme correspondence (GPC) rules (e.g., G , A E , V ). In...

Brain Mechanisms and Reading Remediation: More Questions Than Answers

Dyslexia is generally diagnosed in childhood and is characterised by poor literacy skills with associated phonological and perceptual problems. Compensated dyslexic readers are adult readers who have a documented history of childhood dyslexia but as adults can read and comprehend written text well. Uncompensated dyslexic readers are adults who similarly have a documented history of reading impa...

Reduction in Asthma Morbidity in Children as a Result of Home Remediation Aimed at Moisture Sources

OBJECTIVE Home dampness and the presence of mold and allergens have been associated with asthma morbidity. We examined changes in asthma morbidity in children as a result of home remediation aimed at moisture sources. DESIGN In this prospective, randomized controlled trial, symptomatic, asthmatic children (n = 62), 2-17 years of age, living in a home with indoor mold, received an asthma inter...

Route to Reading. Promoting Reading through a School Library: Effects for non-Western Migrant Students

Reading a Home: An Application of Rapoport's Viewpoint in Iranian Architecture Studies

In this paper, a house is assumedas an expression of culture. It has been tried to study a Qajar1 house in Tabriz, in terms of its ties with cultural context.Methods and viewpoints of Amos Rapoport have been used in order to identify and peruse the circumstance of this relationship. The main reason for using Rapoport's viewpoints to understand Salmasi House, as a case study, in addition to cont...