this study tried to explore disciplinary variations of web blurbs across soft and hard knowledge fields on the one hand, and to illustrate how academic publishers exploit interactional metadiscourse devices in move structure of their blurbs on the other.

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

abstract the current study sets out 1) to investigate the strategic needs of iranian efl learners in reading literary and non-literary texts; 2) to shed some light on the differences between reading literary and non-literary texts; and 3) to specify the differences in the interaction of participants with texts while reading two literary subgenres ( i.e., short story and literary essays). to ...

abstract this study aimed at investigating the possible relationship between self-assessment in writing and self-regulation of iranian efl learners. the main purpose of the study was not only to report and inform about this relationship, but also to investigate and find practical outcomes of the incorporation of self-assessment in writing, such as improving writing skill. the research was carr...

toury (1978:200) believes that translation is a kind of activity which inevitably involves at least two languages and two cultural traditions. being polite while asking for something takes place differently in different cultures and languages, therefore various strategies may be applied for making requests and also translation of them in order not to disturb or threaten the face or better to sa...

تکنیک داده – ستانده از سالها قبل و به طور گسترده در برنامه‌ریزی‌های منطقه‌ای بکار رفته است، اما آنچه که کمتر به آن پرداخته شده است، مدل‌های چند منطقه‌ای و اثرات سریز و بازخورد بین مناطق است. با توجه به اینکه ساخت جداول داده – ستانده بین منطقه‌ای بسیار پرهزینه و زمان‌براست، اولین سوال قابل طرح این است که آیا ساخت این جداول ضرورت دارد یا خیر؟ و با نادیده گرفتن این اثرات در مدل‌های تک منطقه‌ای خطا...

The prevalence of drug abuse has been on the rise, and addiction is currently considered as one of four major crises in Iran. Addiction can enervate the ethical, economics, and social roots of a society, and finally lead to its complete deterioration. Homeopathy is now accepted as like cures like. Diseases get treated using small doses of homeopathic medicines that can generate similar symptoms...