the main purpose of this study was to investigate any relationship between high school efl teachers metaphorical understandings of their role in class and their self-efficacy beliefs. teachers metaphors were elicited through two different prompts: one picturing what they believed a language teacher should be like in class, and the other demonstrating what they are actually like in class; such...

Background and purpose: Sensory processing is necessary to perform daily activities properly. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of sensory processing disorder in children aged 5-11 years old. Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study included all children aged 5 to 11 years old in kindergartens and primary schools in Tehran, Iran. Children meeting the i...

the aim of this thesis is an approach for assessing insurer’s solvency for iranian insurance companies. we use of economic data with both time series and cross-sectional variation, thus by using the panel data model will survey the insurer solvency.

Abstract Introduction: Teenagers (especially girls) who are going through puberty are among vulnerable populations whose sexual needs receive little attention. Objective: This study aimed to determine educational needs of 11-14 year old girls on sexual health in Dezful. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 810 middle school girls aging 11 to 14 in Dezful city in 2012....

Objective: Balance is the most basic function of the neuromuscular system in performing all simple and complex­ activities that­­­ contribute to­ health-related physical­­­­­ fitness. Musculoskeletal deformity especially, genu varum in the Lower extremity abnormality has negative effect on body biomechanics in walking and running. The aim of this study was to the comparison of balance between 1...

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was the evaluation of salmonella infections in Guilan . The survey was carried out on 153 patients of two hospitals in Rasht . Test samples included blood ,feces and urine. Samples taken from patients were cultured and biochemical . Serological test for determination of antigenic formmula were carried out .66 patients were positive for salmonella comprising ...

most specialists in the field of foreign language teachingconsiderreading skill as an interactive process between the reader’s prior knowledge and the text.accordingly, the activation of prior knowledge for an effective comprehension is very important. it is generally agreed that the pre-reading phase is the stage where this type of interaction and activation may be enhanced throughcertain stra...

Abstract Introduction: Teenagers (especially girls) who are going through puberty are among vulnerable populations whose sexual needs receive little attention. Objective: This study aimed to determine educational needs of 11-14 year old girls on sexual health in Dezful. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 810 middle school girls aging 11 to 14 in Dezful city in 2012....

when we return to the concept of poetry and the age-old discussion about the uselessness or the usefulness of the poets to the private and public state of human beings, originating from plato and aristotles views about poets respectively, there emerges the question of the role of poetry in human beings lives. in the same manner, with the advance of technology and the daily progress and improvem...