In this paper, I study the production of consonant clusters by Greek children and examine the consequences of the acquisition data for phonological theory, with particular emphasis on the word initial position. Using a non-word repetition test, I tested the order of acquisition of word initial and word medial sT, TT and TR clusters in 59 children. The results provide evidence against any analys...

This study investigated the possible relationship between educational context and English Language Teaching (ELT) teachers’ corrective feedback preference. To this end, 42 Iranian EEFL teachers from some private language institutes and 39 Iranian EFL teachers from different schools in Shiraz, Iran participated in the study. The Questionnaire for Corrective Feedback Approaches (QCFAs) was ...

In tasks requiring judgments about visual stimuli, humans exhibit repetition priming, responding with increased speed when a stimulus is repeated. Repetition priming might depend on repetition suppression, a phenomenon first observed in monkey inferotemporal cortex (IT) whereby, when a stimulus is repeated, the strength of the neuronal visual response is reduced. If the reduction resulted in sh...

There is an enormous amount of audio-visual content available on-line in the form of talks and presentations. The prospective users of the content face difficulties in finding the right content for them. However, automatic detection of interesting (engaging vs. non-engaging) content can help users to find the videos according to their preferences. It can also be helpful for a recommendation and...

Supply chain companies are one of the most important elements of the economy of each country. These companies play an important role in the expansion and activities of other companies through the provision of capital, customers, credit and even raw materials and technology. Therefore, the main goal of this research was to examine the impact of contagion of return and volatility in the return of...