The fi rst academic clinic of professor Peter Frank

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

Global health agenda for the twenty-fi rst century

The right to the highest attainable level of health is enshrined in the charter of the World Health Organization (WHO) (2002a) and many international treaties. It is this aspiration that spurs the work of the Organization and frames the broader global public health agenda for the twenty-fi rst century. It is a tall order. But the right to health is more important today than ever before given he...

Virol . Frank Grosse and Heinz - Peter Nasheuer Armin

on the relationship between using discourse markers and the quality of expository and argumentative academic writing of iranian english majors

the aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency and the type of discourse markers used in the argumentative and expository writings of iranian efl learners and the differences between these text features in the two essay genres. the study also aimed at examining the influence of the use of discourse markers on the participants’ writing quality. to this end the discourse markers us...

Professor Frank Pantridge – from Beriberi to pre-hospital coronary care

It is a pleasure to be the guest editor of this special supplement on Frank Pantridge. It commemorates a man who made a significant contribution to Ulster medicine, and who is regarded as the father of emergency medicine in the USA. The papers in the supplement were presented during the historical section of an international symposium on Frank’s legacy, held at Queens University Belfast, in Jun...