The organised state of living cells must derive from information internal to the system; however, there are strong reasons, based on sound evidence, to reject the base sequence information encoded in the genomic DNA as being directly relevant to the regulation of cellular phenotype. Rather, it is argued here that highly specific relational information, encoded on the gene products, mainly prote...

Since fear of silence is a striking feature of stuttering, this study investigated the effect of experimentally imposed silence. 24 adult stutterers read 4 passages aloud, S times each, under 3 conditions of imposed silence (introduced following the 2nd reading), and under 1 control condition. They then ranked these situations as to their evoked discomfort. Unexplained Silence, Explained Silenc...

It is a challenging task to identify eLearning courses parts that have to be revised to best suit learners’ requirements. Reading being one of the most salient learning activities, one way of doing so is to study how learners consume courses. We intend to support course authors (e.g. teachers) during courses revision by providing them with reading indicators. We use the concept of reading sessi...

dry eye is the major contributor to computer vision syndrome. the reductions in the blink rate and amplitude have been considered as the possible mechanisms leading to this condition. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in the lower tear meniscus heights and areas in the computer reading task, in dry eye subjects, with and without soft contact lenses. in this quasi-experimental...

The current study examined the impact of translanguaging on second language reading comprehension. involved an experimental and a control group. participants in group (n = 38) were offered four opportunities to engage Arabic – their first comprehending text English. These occasions for included: (a) receiving glosses (i.e., only meaning) key terms text, (b) employing summarizing paragraphs from...