imported instructional english textbooks in iran and the learners’ attitudes towards english. further, the instructors’ awareness of these ideologies was examined through a questionnaire. to find the ideological values, a content analysis of conversations, texts, and  pictorial prompts in spectrum and true to life english textbook series was conducted and the extant ideologies were categorized ...

Accurate species identification is essential for ecological monitoring and biodiversity conservation. Interactive plant keys have been considerably improved in recent years, mainly by providing iconic symbols, illustrations, or images the users, as these are also commonly used people with relatively little knowledge. Only a few studies investigated how well morphological characteristics can be ...

Autistic traits can help people gain and sustain power, and has probably done so throughout history, says the present paper. A number of testable claims follow from this assumption. First, the powerful should have more autistic traits than others - which they do appear to have. Among other things, powerful people, and those with many autistic traits, tend to prefer solitary activities and are o...

We examine the effect of individual psychological differences on network structures, proposing several hypotheses about how individual differences might predispose actors to structure their social environment by seeking network closure or by sustaining structural holes. We introduce a new triad census method to examine personal networks of strong and weak ties. For 125 egocentric networks we co...

One of the fundamental assumptions of futures studies is that the future is not out there to be discovered or unfolded but can be created by people's intentions and actions. While intentions and actions of those who are currently leading the society are definitely significant, equally important are those of young generations who will create the much longer part of the future. There have been ma...