abstract the primary purpose of this study was to explore the actual practices and cognitions of two groups of iranian eap teachers, i.e. language teachers and content teachers, with respect to teaching reading-comprehension and vocabulary. to this end, tehran university of medical sciences which authorizes both groups of teachers to teach eap courses was selected as the context of the study s...

the issue of curriculum and syllabus evaluation and revision has been in center of attention right from when curriculum came into attention of educational institutions. thus everywhere in the world in educational institutions curricula and syllabi are evaluated and revised based on the goals, the needs, existing content, etc.. in iran any curriculum is designed in a committee of specialists and...

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

today, scouring is one of the important topics in the river and coastal engineering so that the most destruction in the bridges is occurred due to this phenomenon. whereas the bridges are assumed as the most important connecting structures in the communications roads in the country and their importance is doubled while floodwater, thus exact design and maintenance thereof is very crucial. f...

abstract venlafaxine, 1–[2–(dimethylamino)–1–(4–methoxyphenyl) ethyl]cyclohexanol hydrochloride is a novel non-tricyclic antidepressant. venlafaxine is a second generation antidepressant drug, has a neuropharmacologic profile distinct from that of existing antidepressants including tricyclic compounds, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and monoamine oxidase inhibitors. venlafaxine impart...

درک الگوی توزیع مکانی ماکروفون خاک بدلیل اثرات آن روی فرآیندهای اکوسیستم بسیار مهم است. لیکن اطلاعات کمی در این خصوص وجود دارد. درمورد تنوع زیستی ارگانیسم ها وجانداران خاکزی که ازاجزای مهم وکلیدی درهرسیستم اکولوژیکی هستند و در بهبود حاصلخیزی خاک و تولیدات زمین وپایداری اکوسیستم ها(ازطریق فرآیندهای بیولوژیک)نقش عمده دارند تحقیقات کمی انجام شده است. این تحقیق جهت بررسی الگوی مکانی پارامترهای تنوع...

Background and Objectives: Actinobacteria efficiently can produce different nanoparticles with different biological properties due to their ability to produce secondary metabolites. The aim of present study, isolation and screening of gold nanoparticles via producing actinobacteria from the soil were studied and their antibacterial activities was evaluate. Methods: In this study, after iso...

the present study aimed at exploring cognitions of iranian english teachers within the context of english for academic purposes (eap). to this end, the cognitions of two groups of eap teachers with respect to their pedagogical content knowledge (pck) and their sense of professional identity (pi) were probed. two language teachers and two content instructors who had at least five years of eap te...

any change in the refractive index of a laser active medium can lead to serious degradation of beam quality, laser beam modes, laser performance and variation in the intensity distribution. alteration in the refractive index of laser active medium is especially notable in high power lasers. it is clear that in the laser beam production, the pumping agent induces a great amount of heat which...