increases in body mass index (bmi) are reported to influence asthma response to treatment. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between bmi and response to treatment in a group of patients that were referred for asthma control. effectiveness measurements in this analysis included percentage of changes in forced volume in 1 second (fev1), forced volume capacity (fvc), fev1/f...

English is no longer the language belonging to about 375 million native speakers. It also an international spoken by more than a billion of second and foreign users. The models used teach as or have traditionally been mainly speaker models. However, in last few years, large number researchers suggested integrating model Lingua Franca (ELF) into classroom because it has several benefits for comm...

1. Native species might be able to persist in the face of a detrimental exotic invader by occupying refuge habitats where the exotic is not successful. These refuges might then provide demographic subsidies that enhance persistence of the native species in areas of coexistence with the exotic species. Phenotypic plasticity of the native species could play a critical role in this process by allo...

The degree of similarity between the sounds a speaker’s first and second language (L1 L2) is believed to determine likelihood accurate perception production L2 sounds. This paper explores relationship cross-linguistic subset English vowels, including highly productive /iː/-/ɪ/ contrast (as in “beat” vs. “bit”), by group Spanish/Catalan native speakers learning as an L2. learners’ ability identi...

The present study explores the acceptability of postverbal subjects by intermediate and advanced L2 English learners with L1 Macedonian, a pro-drop Slavic language rich verbal morphology. two languages differ regarding distribution subject-verb inversion (SVI): in it is default pattern thetic sentences, but severely restricts SVI to specific contexts. To test hypothesis that Macedonian encounte...