Objectives: The aim of the present study is to investigate the variations of the electro encephalographic (EEG) alpha rhythm in or der to measure the appreciation of bilateral and unilateral young cochlear implant users during the observation of a musical cartoon. The cartoon has been modified for the gen eration of three experimental conditions: one with the original audio, another one with a ...

Words often fail when teaching science. Although some scientific concepts lend themselves to easily articulated descriptions and definitions, others consist mostly of a language of symbols only decipherable by knowledgeable experts. Diagrams can help. However, some researchers and science educators believe another medium, known more for its entertainment value than its educational value, is oft...

Translators face a number of difficulties while translating. Not only translation of cultural elements is of utmost importance in translation studies, but also it is an arduous task for translators, especially in the case of interlingual translation. One of the biggest concerns of audiovisual translators is culture-specific items amongst which taboo expressions are included. This study aimed at...

Electricity is a very important concept in learning Physics. Mastering this can make Physics meaningful and relatable to real life problems. However, literature indicates that students have poor conceptual understanding of concepts about electricity. The current research aims improve Form 5 (aged 17 years) students’ direct circuits by using Concept Cartoons Worksheets. are A single-group pre-te...

The humour found in short jokes and their often equivalent newspaper cartoons graphic representations are often dependent on the results of ambiguity in human speech. The ambiguities can be unexpected and funny. Sometimes wellknown ambiguities cooperatively repeated can also be funny. Captioned cartoons often derive their humour from an unexpected ambiguity that can be understood by a listener ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study is to investigate the variations of the electroencephalographic (EEG) alpha rhythm in order to measure the appreciation of bilateral and unilateral young cochlear implant users during the observation of a musical cartoon. The cartoon has been modified for the generation of three experimental conditions: one with the original audio, another one with a dist...

BACKGROUND Coverage of health in Nepali print media is quite a recent phenomenon despite readers' ample appetite for it. Dominated by politics, Nepal's print media has been marginally publishing news pieces, features, editorials and op-ed articles, photographs and cartoons on health, though marginally. But the media did not wake up to the issues of human resources for health until lately. MET...