among the low–dimensional allotropes of carbon, nanotubes and graphene have attracted very much attention from nano–science and nanotechnology specialists. they have been proposed as building blocks in nanometer device engineering. however, these structures are not defect–free. in this thesis, we focused on defective carbon nanotubes and graphene, and studied the effect of couple of very common...

asymmetric polyethersulfone (pes) microfiltration flat sheet membranes were composed by the phase inversion method (pim) and were used as supports. composite membranes were fabricated by coating silicone rubber as selective layer. effect of different concentrations of pes and pdms and different solvent such as nmp, dmf and dms effects as pes solvents and support thickness and different coagulat...

this study investigated the effects of planning on second-language written production with regard to task type. the participants were 75 iranian learners of english as a foreign language attending a private foreign language institution. they were asked to complete two different types of writing tasks (expository writing task and argumentative writing task) in different planned conditions (indiv...

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

this study aimed to investigate the effects of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of such strategies. this work, employing an experimental methodology, was conducted among 60 adult efl learners from a language institute in isfahan, iran, as participants. the participants, who were selected based on the results of a placement test, were assigned t...

چکیده هدف اصلی این پژوهش تعیین رابطه استراتژیهای خود رهبری و خلاقیت اعضای هیات علمی دانشگاه علم و صنعت بوده است. در این پژوهش از روش توصیفی از نوع همبستگی استفاده شده است. جامعه آماری پژوهش کلیه اعضای هیات علمی دانشگاه علم و صنعت در سال تحصیلی 88-1387 بود که بالغ بر345 نفربودندو از این تعداد، 119 نفر استاد با استفاده از روش نمونه گیری تصادفی طبقه ای متناسب با حجم انتخاب شد. ابزار جمع آوری داده...

this study was conducted to investigate the impact of podcasts as a learning and teaching tool on iranian efl learners’ motivation for listening as well as on their listening comprehension ability. the study also investigated the learners’ perception towards listening to podcasts and examined whether the learners were likely to accept podcasts. out of fifty-five intermediate learners studying e...

چکیده : هدف پژوهش حاضر، تعیین نقش واسطه‏ای اعتماد سازمانی در رابطه ی بین عدالت سازمانی و یادگیری سازمانی به روش تحلیل مسیر می‏باشد. برای این منظور با استفاده از روش نمونه گیری تصادفی ساده 1?0 نفر از کارکنان اداره ورزش و جوانان استان فارس انتخاب و به پرسشنامه های متشکل از ابعاد یادگیری سازمانی، عدالت سازمانی و اعتماد سازمانی پاسخ دادند. نتایج پژوهش به طور کلی نشان داد که رابطه ی عدالت سازمان...

the present study was concerned with exploring the frequency and linguistic focus of corrective feedback types given by novice and experienced female teachers working with young learners and compared it with those of elementary classes for adults. moreover, it aimed at measuring learners’ acknowledgement of teachers’ corrective feedback in the form of uptake in relation to linguistic coverage o...