the purpose of the present study was to provide empirical support for the construct of the involvement load hypothesis (ilh ) in an efl context. to fulfill the purpose of the study, 4 intact groups consisting of 126 intermediate-level students participated in this experiment. in order to ensure that the participants were at the same level of english language proficiency, the nelson test was adm...

The success of reproduction, although gradually increasing over the years, many couples also had been left frustrated following repeated failed attempts. Implantation of the embryo, can only take place in a receptive uterus and inadequate uterine receptivity is responsible for approximately two-thirds of implantation failures. Endometrial receptivity can be reduced by morphological and/or molec...

Retrieval tasks provide learners with an opportunity to focus both on meaning and on form. There are four different retrieval directions. The present study aimed to identify the optimal direction of recall type retrievals during reading and to investigate the outcomes of each one. Forty-eight intermediate EFL learners took part in the study. One of the experimental groups was provided with the ...

Neurophysiological mapping was used to study the effects of early postnatal removal of mystacial whiskers on the organization of cutaneous receptive fields (RFs) within the ventral posterior thalamus (VP) of rats. This sensory deprivation induced an extensive reorganization of the thalamus, as reflected in larger facial or continuous overlapping face-body RFs and a higher proportion of slowly-a...

background & purpose: a stroke occurs when blood flow to a region of the brain is interrupted by the blockage or rupturing of a blood vessel or artery. the most prevalent cause of aphasia is stroke. a brain damage that can effect on receptive & expressive language skills is aphasia. intensive language therapy is the most effective means of treating aphasia. the ciat is one of the novel intensiv...