The present study sought to investigate the acquisition of referential, quasi and expletive subject pronouns, three different types of obligatory subjects in English, by adult Persian speaking L2 learners of English at different stages of L2 acquisition. A Grammaticality Judgment Test and a Translation Test were designed and developed to elicit the participants' knowledge of obligatory subjects...

conclusions the hindi version of the abc scale demonstrated acceptable measurement properties, showing that abc-h can be used for assessing balance confidence in hindi-speaking, community-dwelling indian older adults. it can be an assessment tool either for clinical management or research. results the normative value of abc-h total score observed in the indian older population (n = 100) was 71%...

background : sleep disturbances are common among older adults. recently there is much interest in complementary and alternative medicine (cam) from the population in general, and the elderly are no exception. tai chi exercise as a cam can be performed by older adults. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of tai chi exercise on sleep quality of elderly residents in sadeghiyeh el...