abstract the present study aimed at discovering the practices and strategies autonomous efl learners pursue in their endeavor to master english. it thus set out in the iranian context, with 60 efl learners, both autonomous and non-autonomous, as participants. the gathered data through a questionnaire and an interview were subjected to content and descriptive analysis. the results showed that bo...

This longitudinal ERP study investigated changes in children's ability to map novel words to novel objects during the dynamic period of vocabulary growth between 20 and 24 months. During this four-month period the children on average tripled their productive vocabulary, an increase which was coupled with changes in the N400 effect to pseudoword-referent associations. Moreover, productive vocabu...

BACKGROUND Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world, and blindness from cataract is particularly common in low-income countries. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of cataract surgery on daily activities and time-use in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A multi-centre intervention study was conducted in three countries. Time-use data ...

With the growing popularity of image “productive city” both in political and academic circles Brussels, need to keep – or even redevelop productive activities city is becoming more widely accepted. However, while public stakeholders favour implementation new through their policies regarding spatial planning, these transformations sometimes take place detriment existing activities. Yet are not i...

This study aims to describe a case of the emergence Productive Disciplinary Engagement (PDE) in MEA and illustrate how PDE principles are elaborated through MEA. qualitative involves four students at Undergraduate Mathematics Education Program Indonesia engaged Data sources this include video recordings activities, written answer Task, interviews. The results indicate characterised by intellect...

Objective: Social participation in daily living the activities requires the maintenance of a variety of social relationships with others and engagement in various social activities. Proper social participation increases the feeling of attachment, provides a stable sense of identity, and increases one’s sense of worth, belonging, and dependence on society. Lack of social participation leads to a...