This book has the worst title ever. The title is not only too literal but it really does nothing to indicate the book’s true value. The book is really about something much more engaging than the title implies, and academics, researchers and teachers (especially teachers already working in online environments – which is in fact, the perspective of this reviewer), will find much of what is writte...

C ell surface proteins are absolutely essential to activating the Notch signaling pathway, but the lipids that surround them in the plasma membrane have a signifi cant infl uence too, say Hamel et al. (1). Notch receptor ligands (Delta and Serrate in fl ies) are transmembrane proteins that bind receptors on the surface of neighboring cells. Mysteriously, the ligands must be endocytosed before t...

Prior research shows that shared book reading promotes preschoolers ́ language and literacy skills. However, little is known about the potential role of books ́ features –e.g., wordless picture books vs. books with text– in children and teachers ́ spontaneous language production. In this study, we transcribed verbal interactions of thirteen Colombian teachers reading to groups of preschooler stude...

We are witnessing an epidemic of epidemiology. One outcome is a greater demand for books to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body. A widening range of professionals and researchers are discovering the power and fascination of the subject, and their heterogeneity of specialist knowledge and interest poses special challenge. Revisions of classics and many new texts mean difficult...

Abstract This study aimed to investigate how English language teaching textbooks portrayed male and female social actors according to their social roles and gender identities. To examine the linguistic representation of male and female social actors and construction of gender identities in ELT textbooks, Top Notch series was selected. To do so, attempts were made to analyze the series in terms ...

Large-scale environmental epidemiologic studies often rely on exposure estimates based on linkage to residential addresses. This approach, however, is limited by the lack of residential histories typically available for study participants. Our objective was to evaluate the feasibility of using address data from LexisNexis (a division of RELX, Inc., Dayton, Ohio), a commercially available credit...

This study was an attempt to evaluate English Pre-University text book of Karnataka state in India with respect to general criterion as well as vocabulary teaching. To this end two types of evaluation were performed. First a questionnaire was made with reference to some critical features extracted from different material evaluation checklists in addition to, a part related to different strategi...

This research was designed to look at World English textbook evaluation and its effects on EFL pre-intermediate Iranian learners' speaking skill. Thirty male students were selected randomly in Eshtehard language school. They took a pre-test as a proficiency test first to determine their proficiency. To gain this aim, a language proficiency test, i.e., Nelson test was given to the total particip...

Abstract This study aimed to investigate how English language teaching textbooks portrayed male and female social actors according to their social roles and gender identities. To examine the linguistic representation of male and female social actors and construction of gender identities in ELT textbooks, Top Notch series was selected. To do so, attempts were made to analyze the series in terms ...