The purpose of this study was to determine the food behaviors of nutritionally high-risk seniors as a function of their racial background, gender, marital status, and education level. A total of 69 seniors were identified to be at high nutritional risk using the Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) checklist. A supplemental questionnaire (SQ) was created to examine the risk factors in relation ...

Learning a second language (L2) is a complex task that often takes years before functional communicative skills are attained, and that rarely results in native-like proficiency. One of the biggest challenges for an L2 learner is acquiring the sounds and sound patterns of a new language. Beginner learners struggle with both perception and production of novel sounds, and even years of practice do...

The present paper introduces some strategies used in teaching an Informatics course for non-IT first year university students. The strategies were developed during several years, using the main principles of flexible and blended learning. The methodology has been based on the results of experiments with students from social sciences, economics and technical faculties. Numerous tests were carrie...

HE heterozygous carriers of some genetic variants are superior in fitness to Tthe corresponding homozygotes. The causation of this hybrid vigor or heterosis (euheterosis according to DOBZHANSKY 1952) constitutes an important but as yet little understood problem. One possibility is that some gene alleles are “overdominant” with respect to fitness, and thus give heterosis in heterozygous conditio...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance, as well as neuromuscular activity, in a strength task in subjects with different training backgrounds. Participants (n = 26) were divided into three groups according to their training backgrounds (aerobic, strength or mixed) and submitted to three sessions: (1) determination of the maximum oxygen uptake during the incremental treadmill test...