Since 1979, relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran have oscillated periods of overt hostility apparent rapprochement, yet since 2003 the two engaged in a vitriolic competition that has spread across regional affairs, to devastating effect Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, Iraq Yemen. Central much this are efforts securitise other eyes external audiences, discursively presenting rivalry language securit...

Bert W. Rust and Dianne P. O’Leary Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. [email protected] Computer Science Department and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; [email protected]. Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards...

This study aims to explain and elaborate a new model for the business environmental hostility in small and medium enterprises in the science and technology park in Kermanshah (Iran). The research method is a mixed method. Content analysis was used in the qualitative part, and a confirmatory factor analysis was used in the quantitative section. In the qualitative section for the environmental ho...

in order to examine the prevalence of thyroid disease in a hospital outpatient setting, in an area of sufficient iodine intake, serum levels of tsh, t4, t3, anti-tg and anti-tpo antibodies were examined in 909 individuals with an age range of 12.4 to 88.5 years, participating in a checkup outpatient setting. the study was conducted in henry dynant hospital located in the metropolitan area of at...

the purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among attachment styles (avoidant, secure and ambivalent), emotional intelligence, marital satisfaction and marital conflict in married female teachers of elementary schools in ahvaz. in this descriptive-correlational study, the sample consisted of 250 married female teachers who were selected through multi-stage random sampling. to g...

This study aimed to assess the quality of Persian translation of Orwell's (1949) Nineteen Eighty-Four by Balooch (2004) based on House's (1997) model of translation quality assessment. To do so, 23 pages (about 10 percent) of the source text were randomly selected. The profile of the source text register was produced and the genre was realized. The source text profile was compared to t...

this study aimed to assess the quality of persian translation of orwell's (1949) nineteen eighty-four by balooch (2004) based on house's (1997) model of translation quality assessment. to do so, 23 pages (about 10 percent) of the source text were randomly selected. the profile of the source text register was produced and the genre was realized. the source text profile was compared to the transl...

This 9-week study was designed to determine whether a commercial cognitive-behavioral training program could effectively reduce overt aggression behavior in Chinese young male violent offenders. Sixty-six participants were randomly assigned to receive routine intervention alone (control group) or routine intervention plus Williams LifeSkills Training (WLST group) in a 1:1 ratio. The primary out...