Nephrology from a gender perspective

A Critical Visual Analysis of Gender Representation of ELT Materials from a Multimodal Perspective

This content analysis study, employing a multimodal perspective and critical visual analysis, set out to analyze gender representations in Top Notch series, one of the highly used ELT textbooks in Iran. For this purpose, six images were selected from these series and analyzed in terms of ‘representational’, ‘interactive’ and ‘compositional’ modes of meanings. The result indicated that there are...

Looking at Trade from a Gender Perspective

Gender: An Emotional Intelligence Perspective

Dear Editor:    The rising importance of emotional intelligence gives a clear idea of the significant differences between men and women, since men and women are emotionally intelligent in different ways. Understanding and appreciating such differences leads to the improvement of the existing relationships and to the establishment of new relationships in a satisfying manner.       One of the pri...

Obstetric nephrology: preeclampsia--the nephrologist's perspective.

Preeclampsia, a common and potentially devastating multisystem disorder unique to human pregnancy, represents a novel form of secondary hypertension with complex renal and systemic effects. Recent translational and clinical research reveals key pathophysiologic contributions due to dysregulation of angiogenic factors and of angiotensin signaling. Despite these insights, there are still difficul...

a critical discourse analysis on gender representation in the iranian english books 2, 3 and top notch 2a, 2b a critical discourse analysis perspective

هدف از انجام تحقیق حاضر، مطالعه و بررسی نقش زنان و مردان در دو مجموعه از کتابهای درسی انگلیسی در قالب تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی و همچنین، بررسی و آشکار ساختن اصول ایدوئولوژیکی مربوط به نقش زنان و مردان در این کتابها است. این دو مجموعه کتاب عبارتنداز: کتابهای انگلیسی سال دوم و سوم دبیرستانی ایران و کتابهای تاپ ناچ 2آ و 2ب. برای انجام این منظور، مدل تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی فرکلاف مورد استفاده قرار گرفته ...