this study was intended to analyze the listening tapescripts of the elementary and pre-intermediate levels of total english textbooks from the pragmatic dimension of language functions and speech acts in order to see whether the listening tasks are pragmatically informative or not. for this purpose, 8 conversations from the two books were selected randomly, and then, the two pragmatic models of...

In order to study of the effect of combined biologic and priming on growth characteristics and phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in Nigella sativa L., an experiment was carried out in the greenhouse of Agriculture Faculty, University of Birjand with factorial CRD statistical design in 2011. Factors were 1- Bacteria treatments a (Pseudomonas sp 168), b (Pseudomonas sp 187), c (comp...

abstract i the purpose of this study was to launch a thorough investigation concerning the possibility of differing orientations to the writing proficiency construct by native and non-native english speaking teacher raters. it mainly revolved around the international english language testing system (ielts) that is widely administered and employed as a measure of general proficiency in englis...

thermal barrier coatings (tbcs) are used to provide thermal insulation to the hot section components of gas turbines in order to enhance the operating temperature and turbine efficiency. hot corrosion and thermal shocks are the main destructive factors in tbcs which comes as a result of oxygen and molten salt diffusion into the coating. in this thesis atmospheric plasma spraying was used to dep...

in this thesis a calibration transfer method is used to achieve bilinearity for augmented first order kinetic data. first, the proposed method is investigated using simulated data and next the concept is applied to experimental data. the experimental data consists of spectroscopic monitoring of the first order degradation reaction of carbaryl. this component is used for control of pests in frui...

Safflower having oil with high unsaturated fatty acids is a very valuable plant. However the sensitivity of safflower to some pests as safflower fly (Acanthiophilus helianthi), particularly in drought stress conditions has limited its production. In order to evaluate the effect of drought stress on population density and damage of important safflower pests, especially safflower fly, an experime...

this study investigated (a) the learners’ existing reading strategy repertoire, (b) the effect of instruction in reading strategies on learners’ strategic performance, and (c) the effect of explicit instruction in top-down reading strategies on reading comprehension ability of intermediate learners. the study was conducted with 40 intermediate efl learners in two groups of experimental and cont...

بررسی تطبیقی بازده حاصل از کاربرد تحلیل های تکنیکال و روش خرید و نگهداری در بورس اوراق بهادار تهران چکیده در این پژوهش بازدهی حاصل از روش های تجزیه و تحلیل تکنیکی و روش خرید و نگهداری در فرض قابل پیش بینی بودن قیمت ها و عدم وجود شکل ضعیف فرضیه بازار کارا که توسط فاما در سال 791 مطرح گردیده است ، فعالیت میکند . در این مطالعه چهار روش از پر کاربردترین و معتبر ترین روش های تحلیل تکنیکی مورد بر...