There are few studies on rhinitis and sick building syndrome (SBS) among students in tropical countries. We studied associations between levels of five fungal DNA sequences, two mycotoxins (sterigmatocystin and verrucarol) and cat allergen (Fel d 1) levels in schools and rhinitis and other weekly SBS symptoms in the students. Fungal DNA was measured by quantitative PCR and cat allergen by ELISA...

Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a rare acquired neurogenic speech disorder characterised by the emergence of an accented speech. The aim of this study is to describe the speech characteristics of LK, a FAS speaker who also shows fatigue and cognitive difficulties. Perceptual as well as acoustic analyses show that LK’s speech characteristics are comparable to those found in the literature, but ...

The present study examines the effects of six weather parameters (temperature, wind power, sunlight, precipitation, air pressure, and photoperiod) on mood (positive affect, negative affect, and tiredness). Data were gathered from an online diary study (N = 1,233), linked to weather station data, and analyzed by means of multilevel analysis. Multivariate and univariate analyses enabled distincti...

In modern society, little or no sleep at all has become a habit, almost good tradition. Fulfilled is one of the key factors healthy lifestyle and longevity, along with proper nutrition, physical activity that fighting stress. Driver fatigue reduces level traffic safety, having negative impact on psychophysical qualities. Fatigue wheel, like driving under influence alcohol, major factor in road ...

In Spanish locative constructions, a different form of the copula is selected in relation to the semantic properties of the grammatical subject: sentences that locate objects require estar while those that locate events require ser (both translated in English as 'to be'). In an ERP study, we examined whether second language (L2) speakers of Spanish are sensitive to the selectional restrictions ...