the present study was an attempt to investigate varieties of cloze test and c-test as measures of reading comprehension ability. it aimed at comparing the performances of subjects on different cloze and c-test forms constructed from the same passage. to this end, five versions of cloze test and two versions of c-test were developed by applying different deletion techniques and deletion rates, a...

Colonization of soft lining materials with microorganisms, espe­ cially Candida albicans, is a common clinical problem. Silicone­based soft li ning materials have been found to be particularly susceptible to Candi­ dal adhesion. This study investigated the Candida albicans adhesion to 6 silicone­based soft lining materials (Molloplast­B, Mollosil, Ufigel P, Ufigel C, Soft Liner and Luci­sof). F...

In this note, we reconsider the notion of ‘economic sovereignty.’ We argue that a small country may need to invest in assets of the sort of a port even when the common scale-economy argument indicates that using a port of a neighbouring country will be more cost effective. The reason for such an investment would be purely strategic, as the sovereignty of the parties involved prevent them from w...