How are words represented in the brain? Is lexical knowledge explicitly organised in terms of grammatical categories? Some neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies (Perani et al., 1999; Damasio et al, 1993) suggest that distinct neural substrates underlie the representation of nouns and verbs, with verbs being associated with LIFG and nouns with L temporal cortex. However, other studies argu...

In the analysis of cluster data, the regression coefficients are frequently assumed to be the same across all clusters. This hampers the ability to study the varying impacts of factors on each cluster. In this paper, a semiparametric model is introduced to account for varying impacts of factors over clusters by using cluster-level covariates. It achieves the parsimony of parametrization and all...

This paper contributes to the analysis of the relation between child malnutrition and morbidity by providing a comprehensive assessment of the mutual impacts of the two phenomena. We investigate the synergistic relationship between malnutrition and morbidity among infants in Nairobi's poor urban settlements. We use data from 3,459 children enrolled in an ongoing Maternal and Child Health Longit...

the bulk of research within the interactionist framework seems to be consensually pointing to the beneficial effects of interaction in sla. however, few studies have investigated the role of training in providing and perceiving interactional feedback, especially among young learners. this study probed the effects of training prior to engagement in interaction in case of young learners acquiring...

The bulk of research within the interactionist framework seems to be consensually pointing to the beneficial effects of interaction in SLA. However, few studies have investigated the role of training in providing and perceiving interactional feedback, especially among young learners. This study probed the effects of training prior to engagement in interaction in case of young learners acquiring...

In studies of subjective well-being, economists and other researchers typically use a fixed or random effect estimation to control for unobservable heterogeneity across individuals. Such individual heterogeneity, although substantially reducing the estimated effect of many characteristics, is little understood. This paper shows that personality measures can account for 20% of this heterogeneity...

This paper reviews literature published on the psychophysiological effects of long-term human-animal interaction (i.e., pet ownership, pet adoption). A literature search was conducted using PsycInfo and Medline databases. Although the available evidence is far from being consistent, it can be concluded that, in some cases, long-term relationships with animals may moderate baseline physiological...

Film discourse is a typical of multimodal discourse which contains many semiotic modalities such as image, text, sound and music. Multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) focuses on how meaning is made through the use of multiple modes of communication as opposed to just language. The MDA assisted film discourse analysis helps understand films through the interaction among different modalities as we...

A meta-analysis of the effect of Topmax (ractopamine HCl) on the performance of hen and tom turkeys when administered the last 14 d of finishing was conducted. Summary data from 18 studies were included. PROC GLIMMIX (SAS Inst.) was used with a model including fixed effects of linear and quadratic Topmax, sex, breed, age and their interactions and a random study effect. Any non-significant (α >...