Despite the importance of interlanguage pragmatic rating (ILP) in the second language teaching and learning context, scant attention has been devoted to it. This study aims to investigate native EFL teachers’ major criteria in assessing the speech act of complaint produced by Iranian EFL learners. To fulfill this end, two groups of experienced native raters, including American (n=47) and Britis...

The present paper studies Kitchen Sink Drama and Naturalism to investigate how a cultural movement through which artists like Arnold Wesker, John Osborne, and Shelagh Delaney express their disillusionment during the post-war period representing the reality of their lives via theatre. The period of 1956–1965 can be considered as a period of time identifying post-war British theatre which is rela...

Britain has a relatively good track record in counterinsurgency (COIN).1 But as one journalist commented in 2008: “the war in Iraq has been one of the most disastrous wars ever fought by Britain. It has been small, but we achieved nothing.”2 Although this view can be contested, it is clear that, if judged in terms of the original aim, Britain’s achievements fell far short of expectations set in...

ford Depository: British American Tobacco, Bates No 203465873-93. 14 Marr M, Sims D. Uzbekistan marketing plan 1994-2003. Discussion draft 3. Guildford Depository: British American Tobacco, Bates No 203459117-35. 15 Draft 2,Project Umpire, Skeleton business Plan. Guildford Depository: British American Tobacco, Bates No 600507395-420. 16 Wells W. Project Umpire:Bain Link Market Sizing Model. 11/...

Computation Mark R. Greenstreet Computer Science Department, University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [email protected]

Microorganisms through Comparative Genomic Analysis Lee H. Bergstrand,a,b Erick Cardenas,a Johannes Holert,a Jonathan D. Van Hamme,b William W. Mohna Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadaa; Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canadab E.C. and J...

The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) Standards, Guidelines and Audit Working Group, in conjunction with the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, British Orthopaedic Association, Royal College of General Practitioners and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology, has produced an evidence-based guideline for the management of the hot swollen joint with particular focus on the...

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Correspondence to: Beverlie Baquir. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Room 232, 2259 Lower Mall Research Station, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada. Email: [email protected]. Provenance: This is a Guest Editorial commissioned by...

1 Changing Ocean Research Unit, Global Fisheries Cluster, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2 UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK, 3 Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Paris, France, 4 Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 5 Fisheries Economics Research Unit, ...

Measurement of a High-Temporal Resolution Arterial Input Function from MR Projections: Extension to Radial Acquisition to Compensate for Local Tissue Enhancement Jen Moroz, Stefan A Reinsberg, and Piotr Kozlowski Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Radiology, UBC, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada, UBC MRI Research Centre, University of British...