Results 31 to 40 of about 182,155 (262)

Reply to “Dyslexia: Still Not a Neurodevelopmental Disorder”

Brain Sciences, 2019
In a recent opinion article, we explained why we think that defining developmental dyslexia as a neurodevelopmental disorder and neuroimaging studies on dyslexia are useful.
Gorka Fraga González, Iliana I. Karipidis, Jurgen Tijms   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the validity of KFL text difficulty as defined by the ILR Reading Scales [PDF]

Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 2016
The purpose of this study is to explore the validity of text difficulty as defined by the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) in the context of the Korean Flagship Admission Test (KFAT) administered at a university on the west coast in the U.S.
Sun-Young Shin
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of molecular signatures of senescence and associated resources: pros and cons

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Cells can enter a stress response state termed cellular senescence that is involved in various diseases and aging. Detecting these cells is challenging due to the lack of universal biomarkers. This review presents the current state of senescence identification, from biomarkers to molecular signatures, compares tools and approaches, and highlights ...
Orestis A. Ntintas, Sylvia Vagena, Pavlos Pantelis, Giorgos Theocharous, Russel Petty, Konstantinos Evangelou, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A universal reading network and its modulation by writing system and reading ability in French and Chinese children

eLife, 2020
Are the brain mechanisms of reading acquisition similar across writing systems? And do similar brain anomalies underlie reading difficulties in alphabetic and ideographic reading systems?
Xiaoxia Feng, Irene Altarelli, Karla Monzalvo, Guosheng Ding, Franck Ramus, Hua Shu, Stanislas Dehaene, Xiangzhi Meng, Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lexical Density and Readability of the Facil’s ‘Advanced Learning Textbook’ for Indonesian High School Students

Al-Ishlah: Jurnal Pendidikan, 2022
This article discusses the lexical density and readability levels in Facil's 'Advanced Learning English textbook for high school students in grade XI. The documents of this study were 11 reading texts selected from each chapter in the 'Advanced Learning ...
Dita Rizkiani, Sutiono Mahdi, Eva Tuckyta Sari Sujatna   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Executive Functions in Children with ADHD and/or Reading Difficulty [PDF]

Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 2020
The objective of this study was to compare the Executive Functions performance (EFs: inhibitory control, auditory and visuospatial working memory, cognitive flexibility and verbal fluency) between children with ADHD, reading difficulties (RD ...
Estephane Enadir Lucena Duarte Pereira, Carla Alexandra da Silva Moita Minervino, Lara Fechine Piquet da Cruz, Rauni Jandé Roama-Alves, Josemberg Moura Andrade   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Promiscuous stimulation of HSP70 ATPase activity by parasite‐derived J‐domains

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports three highly homologous yet functionally divergent J‐domain proteins into human erythrocytes. Here, we show that J‐domains isolated from all three proteins effectively stimulate the ATPase activity of both endogenous host and exported parasite HSP70 chaperones.
Julian Barth, Moritz Koch, Le‐Han Rössner, Johanna Eichhorn, Denys Pogoryelov, Matthias P. Mayer, Jude M. Przyborski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-sectional analysis of psychological aspects of adolescent underachievers

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2010
Background: Previous research supports that factors commonly associated with underachievement include low academic self-concept, low self-efficacy, low self-motivation, low goal valuation and negative attitude toward school and teachers.
Sanjay Kumar Nayak, Masroor Jahan
doaj   +1 more source

Task Difficulty and Its Components: Are They Alike or Different across Different Macro-genres? [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2016
Task difficulty across different macro-genres continues to remain among less attended areas in second language development studies. This study examined the correlation between task difficulty across the descriptive, narrative, argumentative, and ...
Afsar Rouhi, Manoochehr Jafarigohar, Yadollah Hosseini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

YlmG1 is localized exclusively to the chloroplast envelope membrane and is involved in preprotein translocation in Arabidopsis thaliana

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Cytosolically synthesized chloroplast preproteins are translocated across the outer and inner envelope membranes through translocons called TOC and TIC, respectively. In green algae and plants, the TIC core is composed of essential membrane proteins, Tic12, Tic20, and Tic214.
Mengyi Li, Xueyang Zhao, Masato Nakai
wiley   +1 more source