Address for Correspondence: Dr. Kanika Sachdeva, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Amritsar143001, Punjab, India. Phone No: +919888284878 E-Mail: [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: *1 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Res...

the purpose of the present study was to identify any significant relationship between critical thinking ability, l2 vocabulary knowledge, and l2 vocabulary learning strategies of iranian efl learners. to this aim, the productive vocabulary levels test was administered to measure the learner’s l2 vocabulary knowledge and observe homogeneity in terms of vocabulary knowledge. at the second stage, ...

BACKGROUND We sought to describe the characteristics and operational dynamics of male sex workers (MSW) and hijra sex workers (HSWs) in 11 cities across Pakistan in 2011. METHODS We report descriptive statistics of self-reported sexual behaviour data from cross-sectional mapping and biological and behavioural surveys conducted among 1431 MSWs and 1415 HSWs in four cities across Pakistan in 20...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Seema, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Vallah, Amritsar, Punjab, India. E-Mail: [email protected] Background Atlas is the first cervical vertebra articulating above with the occipital condyles of the skull and below with the axis vertebra. Anatomy of this first cervical vertebra show great morpholog...

Although software reuse presents clear advantages for programmer productivity and code reliability, it is not practiced enough. One of the reasons for the only moderate success of reuse is the lack of software libraries that facilitate the actual locating and understanding of reusable components. This paper describes a technology for automatically assembling large software libraries which promo...

In this paper, a novel method of representing symbolic images in a symbolic image database (SID) invariant to image transformations, useful for exact match retrieval is presented. The proposed model is based on Triangular Spatial Relationship (TSR) [Guru, D.S., Nagabhushan, P., 2001. Triangular spatial relationship: A new approach for spatial knowledge representation, Pattern Recognition Lett. ...

abstract the present study aims at analyzing efl learners’ attitudes towards motivating factors in learning vocab-ulary. a mixed-methods approach was used to conduct the study. in the qualitative analysis, iranian efl learners’ attitudes towards learning vocabulary were investigated through a semi-structured interview en-compassing 36 participants. subsequently, a 56-item ‘motivation for voca...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of blended learning and multimedia software on iranian esp students' vocabulary learning. to this end, 120 iranian esp learners were assigned to two groups: the experimental and control groups. the experimental group received instructions through multimedia software while the control group received traditional instructions. the data were c...

Dr Stephen Covey (1932-2012) was and remains a hugely influential management guru. Covey's most famous book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, became a blueprint for personal development when it was published in 1990. The principles may be used for life in general they are not limited to workplaces, management, leadership, etc. Covey's concepts actually can help people to grow, chang...

BACKGROUND In November 2011, 6 patients who were in the ICU of the Sri Guru Ram Dass Institute of Medical Sciences and Research acquired an infection which was caused by Serratia marcescens. We investigated the cause of the increase in frequency of the isolation of Serratia marcesens from hospitalized patients. METHODS Various samples from patients and environmental sources, which were collec...