this qualitative study attempted to determine the approaches of select ‎iranian translator educators for assessing students’ translation quality. so, ‎a purposive sample of twelve experienced, specialist translator educators‎at major universities across iran was invited for interviews. the analysis ‎of the interview data revealed the approaches they advocated and so ‎applied to assessment of st...

In this study, the concentrations of heavy metals (Ca, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni) in thesediment of Shavoor River in Khuzestan Province in Iran has been investigated. After the library studies and field studies, six samples of water and sediment were taken from the river in order to evaluate heavy metal pollution in sediments. To determine the geochemical phases of metals in sediment samples the 5-ste...

Risk assessment and HACCP are related, but fundamentally di€erent processes. Four major elements of risk assessment are commonly described (hazard identi®cation; exposure assessment; dose-response assessment or hazard characterization; and risk characterization). Some similarities exist between the inputs for the ®rst elements of risk assessment (hazard identi®cation) and HACCP (hazard analysis...

Traditional system reliability efforts have failed to focus on software reliability. To remedy this, the authors propose a method that uses descriptive analyses, trend analyses, and reliability models to control testing activities, evaluate software reliability, and plan maintenance. uring the development of a software system, the supplier must efficiently monitor the development activities; co...

in the present study, an attempt is made to investigate the frequency and motives of using avoidance strategies by a group of iranian intermediate language learners through their own journal writing. the effect of gender on the use of avoidance strategies is to be investigated as well. thirty nine female and twenty three male learners enrolled in an english language spoken course in a private e...