In modern Dutch and German, main clauses have Subject-Verb-Object as basic word order (“Verb-second”, V2) but subordinate clauses have Subject-Object-Verb (“Verb-final”, Vf). In older forms of both languages, standard word order was SOV in all clause types. According to recent suggestions, perceptual/cognitive processing factors may have contributed to this historical development. Golden-Meadow...

The aim of this survey was to explore the attitudes towards gender selection, focusing on people who were affected by infertility and also familiar with advanced technologies such as the internet. A questionnaire was posted on a German internet site targeting infertile people with a wish for a first or another child. Nearly all respondents (736/742) were female. Most respondents (82.7%) were fi...

the purpose of the survey was to study the relationship between the rate of addiction to internet with academic motivation and social development. the method of the research was descriptive correlation. the statistical population included all high school students of mazandaran province which consisted 99328 ones. 417 students were selected as statistical sample. yang’s internet addiction questi...

Colon cancer is extremely rare in children. This article reports three cases of adenocarcinoma of the colon. A 12-year-old boy, a 13-year-old boy, and a 13-year-old girl presented with constipation and abdominal enlargement over a two-month duration. Abdominal ultrasound and barium enema confirmed a stenotic segment at the rectum with obvious shouldering. Adenocarcinoma was diagnosed following ...