INTRODUCTION:Research has recently focused on the relationships between working memory, negative affect (e.g., general anxiety, depressive symptoms) and personal assets (e.g., self-concept, academic and competence dimensions, and ego-resiliency), and their influence on mathematics and reading literacy.Although these variables have click here been a
Animacy is an intrinsic semantic property of words referring to living things.A long line of evidence shows that words with animate referents require lower processing costs during word recognition than words with inanimate referents, leading among others to a decreased N400 amplitude in reaction to animate relative to inanimate objects.In the curre
Background: Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common cause of hospital admission and COPD patients usually have a long stay in hospital.Methods: The objective of this study was to identify factors predicting length of stay in click here patients with exacerbation of COPD when seen in the emergency room.We analyzed cl
IntroductionThe 1980 eruption of Mount St.Helens had devastating effects above and belowground in forested montane ecosystems, including the burial and destruction of soil microbes.Soil microbial propagules and legacies in recovering ecosystems are important for determining post-disturbance successional trajectories.Soil microorganisms regulate nut