the present study aimed at exploring cognitions of iranian english teachers within the context of english for academic purposes (eap). to this end, the cognitions of two groups of eap teachers with respect to their pedagogical content knowledge (pck) and their sense of professional identity (pi) were probed. two language teachers and two content instructors who had at least five years of eap te...

This study was aimed to investigate the direct and indirect effect of social support on mental and physical health which was analyzed according to a structural equation modeling method in a propositional model. The target populations of this research were undergraduate students of Tarbiat Moallem University. Three hundred and twenty students (188 females, 132 males) were included in this study ...

a phase-locked loop (pll) based frequency synthesizer is an important circuit that is used in many applications, especially in communication systems such as ethernet receivers, disk drive read/write channels, digital mobile receivers, high-speed memory interfaces, system clock recovery and wireless communication system. other than requiring good signal purity such as low phase noise and low spu...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to construct and validate a scale for measuring interpersonal forgiveness, suitable for Iranian socio-cultural features. Method: The subjects were comprised of 400 college students (237 female, 167 male) selected through random stratified sampling from Ahvaz universities. Data were collected using family forgiveness scale (FFS), Ahvaz Aggression Inventory (...

Background: A successful marriage is a dynamic growing relationship in which both partners continue to grow to achieve personal satisfaction. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of reality-based premarital education on the type of decision making and marriage self-efficacy among single boys in Bushehr. Methods: The design of the present study was a quasi-experimental stud...