Forest fire risk in Finland is estimated with the Finnish Fire Index (FFI), which predicts fuel moisture content (FMC) of forest floor. We studied FMC variation four typical ground vegetation fuels, Pleurozium schreberi, Hylocomium splendens, Dicranum spp., and Cladonia raw humus mature recently clear-cut stands. Of these, six were sub-xeric Pinus sylvestris stands, mesic Picea abies analysed a...

purpose: non-addict wives who are discordant with theirhusbands in substance use encounter many problems andexperience considerable stress in their life. in the present study weaimed to investigate the effectiveness of life skills instruction incoping skills of non-addict wives who were discordant with theirhusbands in substance use. materials and method: thirty women who did not use problem-fo...

In the past few years, demands on flash flood forecasting have grown. The Flash Flood Indicator (FFI) is a system used at Czech Hydrometeorological Institute for evaluation of risk possible occurrence floods over whole Republic. FFI calculation based current soil saturation, physical-geographical characteristics every considered area, and radar-based quantitative precipitation estimates (QPEs) ...

Strategies-based instruction (SBI), as a learner-centered and participatory approach, allows learners to be the center of attention and explicitly taught how, when, and why strategies can be used. The study reported here has investigated the effect of strategic reading instruction on enhancing reading comprehension and emotionalsocial abilities of a cohort of undergraduates at a college located...

This study investigated the effectiveness of reactive incidental focus on form (FonF) for each learner with regard to different linguistic categories in meaning-oriented EFL classes. To this end, 30 hr of meaningful interactions of upper-intermediate EFL learners were audio-recorded in 2 free discussion classes. Instances of reactive incidental focus-on-form episodes (FFEs), where teachers offe...

Including a method factor on which all items loaded significantly improved fit of CFAs of both IPIP and NEO-FFI data. Fit was further improved by separating the method factor into two factors representing construct-positive and construct-negative items. The criterion-related validity of conscientiousness increased when uncontaminated by method bias. PRESS PARAGRAPH This research extends previou...

In the paper we investigate how owner personality, attitude and gender influence dog behavior, dyadic practical functionality and the level of dog salivary cortisol. In three meetings, 12 female and 10 male owners of male dogs answered questionnaires including the Neo-FFI human personality inventory. Their dyadic behavior was video-taped in a number of test situations, and saliva samples were c...

The current study, setting a two-fold goal, attempted to see whether the preemptive focus on form (FonF) under either planned or unplanned conditions could contribute to increasing lexical diversity in written narratives and, second, to find whether there was a trade-off between the lexical diversity and accuracy. To this end, 32 beginner learners were selected following a Quick Oxford Placemen...

Alimoglu MK, Gurpinar E, Mamakli S, Aktekin M. Ways of coping as predictors of satisfaction with curriculum and academic success in medical school. Adv Physiol Educ 35: 33–38, 2011; doi:10.1152/advan.00100.2010.—The purpose of the present study was to determine the coping strategies of medical students and to investigate the effects of coping strategies on student satisfaction and academic achi...