Desertification is the result of a series of important processes. Among them, climate change and human activity are the most important. Arid and semi-arid regions cover a vast area of Iran (85%). The hazard assessment of desertification and preparation of desertification intensity maps are key tools for management of desert regions. This research assessed the efficiency of the MICD model for ha...

Background and Objective: Studies indicated that physical activity influences sleep quality and inflammatory markers, but not have been studied much the relationship between sleep quality and inflammatory markers caused by physical activity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between sleep quality with interleukin-1β and C - reactive protein in active and ...

in the past couple of decades sociocultural theory of sla and its implications in efl contexts have attracted attentions of research circles worldwide and aroused some controversies. firth and wagner (1997) have questioned the principles of the cognitive view which gives importance to mental constructs in favor of sociocultural view which highlights social and contextual constructs. but if soci...

Introduction & Objective: Active lifestyle and regular physical activity have a great impact on improving the health and metabolic control in diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting physical activity and metabolic control in type 2 diabetic women referred to the Diabetes Research Center of Hamadan based on Trans-Theoretical Model (TTM). Material & Me...

building on previous studies on the effectiveness of different types of written corrective feedback, the present study aimed at investigating whether direct focused corrective feedback and direct unfocused corrective feedback produced any differential effects on the accurate use of english articles by efl learners across two different proficiency levels (low and high). in current study, the par...