Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: This paper investigates whether sustained immersion in a dominant second-language (L2) environment alters morphological processing strategies compared to those of L1-immersed speakers. Furthermore, we assess the methodological usefulness language-mode task light validity conducting native research on L2-immersed Design/methodology/approach: We use...

as the spiritual intelligence structure is more complete than other ones such as emotional intelligence and intellectual intelligence and it influences other intelligences, the present research assesses the impact of this intelligence on performance. in order to measure the related parameters, most of the items of naseri tool have been used, but according to its generality and non-nativeness, w...

MOTIVATION Quality assessment of protein structures is an important part of experimental structure validation and plays a crucial role in protein structure prediction, where the predicted models may contain substantial errors. Most current scoring functions are primarily designed to rank alternative models of the same sequence supporting model selection, whereas the prediction of the absolute q...

Trait-based approaches are widely used in community ecology and invasion biology to unravel underlying mechanisms of vegetation dynamics. Although fundamental trade-offs between specific traits and invasibility are well described among terrestrial plants, little is known about their role and function in aquatic plant species. In this study, we examine the functional differences of aquatic alien...

This study investigates how the lionfish (Pterois sp.) invasion of the Western Atlantic Ocean has been socially constructed by natural scientists, the media, and stakeholders associated with various marine protected areas in the Caribbean. By examining the use of data and metaphors by these actors, I identify where invasion discourses converge and diverge. Although consensus exists regarding th...

wear more ‘‘class appropriate’’ attire (described as a skirt and high heeled shoes), as opposed to more comfortable ‘‘island attire’’ (120). She calls this ‘‘cross dressing across class’’ (119). Readers are also privy to her self-actualization as she chooses to draw upon the strength of other black women feminists such as Angela Davis and Audre Lorde to address her fears as a woman in patriarch...

Horticultural trade is recognized as an important vector in promoting the introduction and dispersal of harmful non-native plant species. Understanding horticulturists' perceptions of biotic invasions is therefore important for effective species risk management. We conducted a large-scale survey among horticulturists in Switzerland (N = 625) to reveal horticulturists' risk and benefit perceptio...

BACKGROUND The molecular mechanics of inclusion body formation is still far from being completely understood, specially regarding the occurrence of properly folded, protein species that exhibit natural biological activities. We have here comparatively explored thermally promoted, in vivo protein aggregation and the formation of bacterial inclusion bodies, from both structural and functional sid...

the study of lexical bundles, among types of text analysis, is gaining importance over the others in the last century. the present study employed a frequency-based analysis approach to the use of lexical bundles. the discussion section of 60 political science articles, with corpora around 253,063 words were investigated in three aspects of structure, form, and function of lexical bundles. the p...