language and culture are now deemed to be co-constitutive; hence english language teaching (elt) textbooks should incorporate cultural aspects and promote intercultural competence. however, careful decisions should be made as regards to the cultural content of materials and the ways in which culture is represented. this study was an attempt to deconstruct the patterns of cultural representation...

the concept of evidence based medicine (ebm) involves a systematic approach for integration of best available research evidence into medical decision making for physicians, medical trainees and researchers. the ebm process includes five essential steps: formulating the questions, searching for evidence, appraising the evidence, and applying and evaluating the results (1). in a descriptive study...

Faculty have conducted many studies on the relationship between learning mode and student performance but few researchers evaluated final grades, grade distribution, pass rates in a sophomore introductory statistics course with non-traditional population who self-selected from among different sections. Accordingly, we examined 307 end-of-course grades four modes of instruction: (a) online, (b) ...

Often referred to as special functions or mathematical functions, the origin of many members remarkably vast family higher transcendental can be traced back such widespread areas (for example) physics, analytic number theory and applied sciences. Here, in this survey-cum-expository review article, we aim at presenting a brief introductory overview survey some recent developments several extensi...

With the rise of importance of sport as a social phenomenon in recent decades, more public attention has been paid to the issue of the legal nature of the rules governing social relations in sports. The issue raised above are only a part of a much broader topic that involves questions of relations of a classical Westphalian state and changes in the international community as well as issues of t...

pupose: to use non-text books in the programmed educational systems is important to deep and stabilized the content of the textbooks in students. therefore, it is essential to identify books that have the characteristics of a suitable book. the main purpose of this study is to provide a list of suitable non-textbooks compatible with the content of the primary school social science and science t...

Abstract Rate-setting is a problematic area for newcomers to translation and established practitioners alike. Survey data generally support the view that translators feel underpaid money matters remain chief ethical pragmatic concern, but appropriate guidance almost entirely absent from introductory textbooks on profession documentation prepared by industry associations remains unsatisfactory. ...