this study aims to delve into the unobservable dimensions of deciding and acting in a pragmatically significant speech event. utilizing a discourse completion test questionnaire, it seeks to find out the structure and pragmatic functions that lie behind efl learners’ choice of specific wording while engaged in performing a recurrent speech act in iran i.e. compliments. to this aim, 30 efl learn...

the prime graph $gamma(g)$ of a group $g$ is a graph with vertex set $pi(g)$, the set of primes dividing the order of $g$, and two distinct vertices $p$ and $q$ are adjacent by an edge written $psim q$ if there is an element in $g$ of order $pq$. let $pi(g)={p_{1},p_{2},...,p_{k}}$. for $pinpi(g)$, set $deg(p):=|{q inpi(g)| psim q}|$, which is called the degree of $p$. we also set $d(g):...

during ramadan fasting quantity and quality of dietary intake may change. there was no data on nutrient patterns in ramadan fasting. the purpose of this study was to identify ramadan major nutrient patterns among those who fast in tehran, iran. 510 fasting people aged 18-65 years and bmi 18.5-40 kg/m2 were recruited in our study by 2-stage cluster sampling method in june-july 2014. data on the ...

in iran the mainstreaming tool for integrating environmental concerns into energy sector is an energy-environment review (eer-iran). this paper comprises: (i) an analysis of the current situation with regards to energy production and consumption; (ii) an evaluation of the growth prospects with regard to energy production and consumption; (iii) the identification of environmental issues induced ...