this research explores the effects of three computer-mediated feedback modalities, that is, elicitation, recast, and meta-linguistics, on the learning of english participial, gerund, and infinitival phrases among iranian intermediate-level efl learners. the overriding focus of the present study was to investigate whether different types of feedback given through form-focused computer-human exch...

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune, and inflammatory nervous system disease. It leads to the loss of myelin in the white matter of brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. As a chronic disease with sudden and unpredictable Side effects and complications of the disease will lead to disability and dependency in life. Causes neurologic symptoms and sig. The purpose of the p...

To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on controlled treatment trials of meta-cognitive therapy (MCT) for anxiety disorders, studies were included if they employed controlled methodology and treated people above 18 years with anxiety disorders. Case studies (with less than 4 cases) and single case designed studies were excluded. A comprehensive literature search identified 15 trials f...

background: pleurisy is a common extra pulmonary complication of tuberculosis, but current methods for diagnosing it are fairly crude. here we product a meta-analysis for the available evidence on the ability of tumor necrosis factor-? (tnf-?) in pleural fluid to serve as a diagnostic marker of tuberculous pleurisy (tp). materials and methods: we searched the pubmed, embase, and google scholar ...

there is controversy in the literature regarding a number of topics related to anterior cruciate ligament (acl)reconstruction. the purpose of this article is to answer the following questions: 1) bone patellar tendon bone (bptb) reconstruction or hamstring reconstruction (hr); 2) double bundle or single bundle; 3) allograft or authograft; 4) early or late reconstruction; 5) rate of return to sp...

Background and Objectives: Patient safety (PS) is one of the most important and essential elements of quality in healthcare setting. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to assess the status of patient safety culture using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). Methods: In this systematic review and meta-analysis study, data were collected through searching dat...