The development of an organism depends on individual cells receiving and executing their specific fates, although how this process is regulated remains largely unknown. Here, we identify a mechanism by which a specific cell fate, apoptosis, is determined through the cooperative efforts of Hox and E2F proteins. E2F transcription factors are critical, conserved regulators of the cell cycle and ap...

Mastery over speech acts plays a significant role in the accomplishment of communication between interlocutors. Thus, present study aimed to investigate Iranian EFL Instructors' perception and instructional practices towards form-focused instruction acts, specifically request apology invitation. To this aim, through sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, researchers selected 30 English la...

The present study investigated the potential of implementing reading strategy instruction in raising learner readers' awareness of reading strategies, extending the range of strategies they employed and enhancing their reading comprehension ability. To conduct the study, 90 female preuniversity students majoring in Natural Sciences were selected based on a convenient sampling procedure. After t...