Native Language Identification, or NLI, is the task of automatically classifying the L1 of a writer based solely on his or her essay written in another language. This problem area has seen a spike in interest in recent years as it can have an impact on educational applications tailored towards non-native speakers of a language, as well as authorship profiling. While there has been a growing bod...

his classroom description is an enactment of the research-based practices demonstrated to be most effective for all populations we have studied (Tharp et al. 2000), kindergarten through middle school. Four decades of research in the field of education and diversity have produced a clear and solid body of evidence strong enough to guide teachers, regardless of the languages, ethnicities, race, o...

As Prensky (2001) observes, "Our students have changed radically. Today's students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach" (1). Prensky sees today's students as digital natives while most of today's teachers remain digital immigrants. In particular, today's educators are acculturated to a print paradigm while students are increasingly products of a digitally-based...

In smart technological solutions, interactive installations, multi-touch surfaces are all around us nowadays. In particular, pupils, who are digital native, are keen on these devices. So the adoption of these smart technologies could be an interesting approach to capture their attention. DADODICE (DD), our latest interactive installation, takes advantage of this trend. DD, in fact, is especiall...

this study was conducted to determine taxonomic feature of fishes from the headwaters of three riverine systems in kohgiluyeh and boyer-ahmad province (k & b) in southwestern iran during 2011 to 2013. fifteen species belonging to 4 families, and 3 orders from the karun river system, 10 species belonging to 4 families and 3 orders from the zohreh river system and 8 species belonging to 2 fam...

background: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, intensity, and species of internal and external parasites of native fowls from golestan province, north of iran. methods: during 2007, different organs of 26 and 24  adult female native fowls  collected   from hu­mid parts (gorgan, kord kooy, ramian and bandar gaz) and dry regions  (gonbad kavoos, and ban­dar torkaman) of golest...

background and objectives: poultry are more susceptible to receiving and spreading of fungal infections in exact condi- tions. the goal of this study was to identify the normal fungal flora and dermatophytes agent of the combs and wattles of adult native chickens in tehran, iran. materials and methods: a total of 150 combs and wattles samples were collected by skin scraping or brushing of the m...

balloon angioplasty for aortic coarctation was introduced in 1979 for the fust time.1 this procedure soon became the choice treatment for restenosis of operated coarctation,2-5 but remains controversial for native (unoperated) coarctation. however, it seems to be rapidly becoming the intervention of choice for relief of unoperated coarctation as well. in this study, we evaluate the outcome of t...

Introduction: Citation is an essential prevalent feature of all academic writings in various fields of knowledge. It is employed by authors and researchers across disciplines for diverse reasons. This study was aimed at comparing types and functions of citations in medical research articles in discussion sections between Iranian medical faculty members and their native counterparts. Method: To...