in this research a number of important and active phonological processes in standard german, spoken in berlin, have been studied. in this regard, four dictionaries: duden universal w?rterbuch (1998), langenscheidt (2002), brock haus (1996), and panbeh-chi (1379) have been used for gathering the data. furthermore, two german informants had a four-hour interview to complete the data. in addition,...

This action research examines the concept of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in a second language acquisition context. The researcher investigated the contributors of WTC in a foreign language classroom setting. Therefore, a multiple assignments method and sequence was applied. Participants of this study were students who matriculated in a United States (U.S.) undergraduate program, studying G...

the german cockroach is an important household insect pest mechanically involved in transmission of a variety of diseases to humans. different classes of insecticides have extensively been used for its control leading to insecticide resistance development. hence, for an optimal control of this pest, the status and underlying mechanisms of insecticide resistance should be studied in this group o...

The German cockroach is an important household insect pest mechanically involved in transmission of a variety of diseases to humans. Different classes of insecticides have extensively been used for its control leading to insecticide resistance development. Hence, for an optimal control of this pest, the status and underlying mechanisms of insecticide resistance should be studied in this group o...

Based on the facts that the voice quality that allows the recognition of a speaker is characterized, among other features, by his/her fundamental frequency (F0) and that F0 may differ across languages, we investigated, in the present research, whether speakers show different F0 when they speak in two different languages. To do this, we carried out a study with a within-speaker design, in which ...

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is an important aspect of Business Process Management. The concept of BPR has been widely discussed in the past decade; however, it remains undetermined how prevalent the applications of Davenport, Hammer and Champy’s ideas are, especially with respect to their relevancy for actual business practice. This paper analyses which ideas of BPR actually have been ...