Drought Forecasting in Khash City by Using Neural Network Model Hossein Negaresh Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental PlanningFaculty, University of Sistan & Baluchestan Mohsen Armesh Holding Master Degree in climatology in Environmental Planning Extended Abstract 1- Introduction Drought is condition of lack of rainfall and increase in temperature occurring in...

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...

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 study of geographical extent of precipitation pattern is important because of its impact on agriculture, water resources, tourism, industry, dams, and irrigation. The principal component analysis (PCA), as an elegant mathematical tool, was applied for the regionalization of winter precipitation in central south Iran (Fars, Boushehr, and Kohgiloye and Boyerahmad Provinces). Averaging monthly...

The study of geographical extent of precipitation pattern is important because of its impact on agriculture, water resources, tourism, industry, dams, and irrigation. The principal component analysis (PCA), as an elegant mathematical tool, was applied for the regionalization of winter precipitation in central south Iran (Fars, Boushehr, and Kohgiloye and Boyerahmad Provinces). Averaging monthly...

In order to gain a deep understanding of planned maintenance, check the weaknesses of distribution network and detect unusual events, the network outage should be traced and monitored. On the other hand, the most important task of electric power distribution companies is to supply reliable and stable electricity with the minimum outage and standard voltage. This research intends to use time ser...