1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...

the purpose of this study was to examine the comparative effect of story retelling and role playing on efl learners’ vocabulary learning and reading comprehension. to carry out the purpose of the study 90 female learners of tabarestan language school located in noshahr were non-randomly selected. they took pet test and among these 90 participants 62 students were selected as homogenous learners...

this research aims at answering the questions about translation problems and strategies applied by translators when translating cultural concepts. in order to address this issue, qualitative and quantitative study were conducted on two groups of subjects at imam reza international university of mashhad. these two groups were assigned as beginner and advanced translation students (10 students). ...

the purpose of this study was to examine the english language needs of medical students at tehran university of medical sciences . analysis of the needs took place for three groups: 320 undergraduate students, 30 postgraduate students and 20 university instructors. a triangulation approach to collect data was used in which a combination of the quantitative (using the questionnaires) and qualita...

the present study is paid to the evaluation of the welfare program of the unemployment insurance in iran. the main purpose which was the main reason for performing this thesis, was the unemployment insurance plan’s challenges in iran such as financial problems of this plan, prolongation of the credit receipt for some insured people, unemployment slow exiting from the unemployment insurance fund...

مطالعه کنه های بالاخانواده raphignathoidea در استان آذربایجان‏غربی طی سالهای 93-1391 انجام شد. در این بررسی جمعا ً26 گونه متعلق به پنج خانواده و 10 جنس مختلف جمع‏آوری و شناسایی شد. از این بین دو گونه برای فون کنه های دنیا جدید بودند که نامگذاری و توصیف گردیدند. caligonellidae grandjean, 1944: caligonella humilis koch, 1838; molothrognathus azizi ueckermann & khanjani, 2002; molothrognathus baha...

this study investigated the effects of planning on second-language written production with regard to task type. the participants were 75 iranian learners of english as a foreign language attending a private foreign language institution. they were asked to complete two different types of writing tasks (expository writing task and argumentative writing task) in different planned conditions (indiv...

به منظور شناسایی فون کنه های بالا خانواده های raphignatoidea و bdelloidea در میاندوآب، نمونه برداری های مختلفی از خاک و اندام های گیاهان زراعی، باغات و علف های هرز مناطق مختلف طی سال های 1390 – 1389 به عمل آمد. در مجموع تعداد 2500 اسلاید میکروسکوپی تهیه گردید که از این مجموعه تعداد 900 اسلاید مربوط به اندام های هوایی و1600 اسلاید مربوط به فون خاک بود در این مطالعه از خانواده های stigmaeidae (17...

supervisors play an undeniable role in training teachers, before starting their professional experience by preparing them, at the initial years of their teaching by checking their work within the proper framework, and later on during their teaching by assessing their progress. but surprisingly, exploring their attributes, professional demands, and qualifications has remained a neglected theme i...