South African Journal of Childhood EducationBackground: Although Zimbabwe has performed quite well on Grade 6 SACMEQ literacy assessments compared to other African countries, reading levels are generally low and there is little research on reading literacy in Zimbabwean primary schools.
Fungai Mutema, Elizabeth J. Pretorius
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REVISITING MODEL OF READING COMPREHENSION IN LANGUAGE AQUISSITION [PDF]
, 2015 Reading comprehension is about breaking the barriers which make reading a dull and unpleasant experience. Reading comprehension is not merely about a monotonous activity that is ordering student to read a text and answering the provided questions.
Y.B. Agung , Prasaja
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Screening for Meares-Irlen sensitivity in adults: can assessment methods predict changes in reading speed? [PDF]
, 2006 Two methods of assessing candidates for coloured overlays were compared with the aim of determining which method had the most practical utility. A total of 58 adults were assessed as potential candidates for coloured overlays, using two methods; a ...
Blaskey P. +13 more
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AAA+ protein unfoldases—the Moirai of the proteome
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.AAA+ unfoldases are essential molecular motors that power protein degradation and disaggregation. This review integrates recent cryo‐electron microscopy (cryo‐EM) structures and single‐molecule biophysical data to reconcile competing models of substrate translocation.
Stavros Azinas, Marta Carroni
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DiagnosticsObjective: Cognitive impairments are one of the most common and disabling symptoms associated with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Here, we address the possibility of a specific cognitive profile inherent to ME/CFS.
Mehdi Aoun Sebaiti +8 more
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Teaching high frequency words to poor readers using flashcards : its effects on novel word acquisition, skill trasfer to in-text word reading, and passage reading competencies : a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Educational Psychology, Massey University, Albany, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 Several literacy reports published in the last decade have emphasised the large gap in the reading attainment of children in New Zealand. A common barrier that prevents poor readers to catch up to their peers is difficulty in reading fluency, which is ...
Iqbal, Butul Samera
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The human gut microbiome across the life course
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero +4 more
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Comparison of reading speed with 3 different log-scaled reading charts
Journal of Optometry, 2014 Background: A reading chart that resembles real reading conditions is important to evaluate the quality of life in terms of reading performance. The purpose of this study was to compare the reading speed of UiTM Malay related words (UiTM-Mrw) reading ...
Noor Halilah Buari +2 more
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Readable Racetrack Memory via Ferromagnetically Coupled Chiral Domain Walls
, 2018 Current-induced motion of domain walls (CIMDW) with interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in heavy metal (HM)/ferromagnetic (FM) metal multilayers have attracted attention owing to their potential application in novel magnetic memories.
Shen, Maokang +3 more
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Developmental Dyslexia and Phonological Processing in European Portuguese Orthography [PDF]
, 2015 This study analysed the performance of phonological processing, the diagnostic accuracy and the influence on reading in children who were native speakers of an orthography of intermediate depth.
Ackerman +83 more
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