Sensorimotor transformation (ST) may be a critical process in mapping perceived speech input onto non-native (L2) phonemes, in support of subsequent speech production. Yet, little is known concerning the role of ST with respect to L2 speech, particularly where learned L2 phones (e.g., vowels) must be produced in more complex lexical contexts (e.g., multi-syllabic words). Here, we charted the be...

Research in the phonetic sciences involves some of the most fundamental questions at issue in the study of language structure and processing. One concerns the ability of language users (and learners) to derive and exploit generalisations abstracted from their linguistic experience. In speech comprehension, a long line of research on adaptation (across talkers, across varieties of a language, to...

The conservation status of sturgeon species is highly alarming. Six the European Acipenser are critically endangered. Several studies developed in last decades have analysed distribution sturgeons Iberian Peninsula, questioning possibility native character some there, with a special focus on Adriatic sturgeon, A. naccarii. We review available knowledge sturgeons, order to ascertain their native...

The COVID-19 pandemic, which posed challenges for accommodating student learning, also opened avenues using digital resources in online learning. However, differences were observed their use, effectiveness, and intensity across developed least societies. This is referred to as “digital inequalities,” caused by factors such insufficient organizational-level support teachers’ competence (DC). stu...

Mechanical unfolding of a single domain of loop-truncated superoxide dismutase protein has been simulated via force spectroscopy techniques with both all-atom (AA) models and several coarse-grained models having different levels of resolution: A Gō model containing all heavy atoms in the protein (HA-Gō), the associative memory, water mediated, structure and energy model (AWSEM) which has 3 inte...

In the current pilot report, we draw on and further develop our previous research examining pre-service teachers’ attitudes beliefs about accents, in which proposed a pedagogical intervention reflecting certain aspects of outcomes, mainly positive trend embracing one’s non-nativeness. A set four classroom activities, namely Nativeness perception test, Four corners, Bank experiences Sociodynamic...