regarding the ever evolving and improving world on different aspects of knowledge, the need to a worldwide communication would emerge stronger than ever before which calls for special attention on the judgments and best choices for intermediating between the nations. as the language skills for translation are tested separately from translation skills themselves, to assess translation skills pro...

Objective: This study was an attempt to compare cognitive functioning in substance abusers and addicts under methadone treatment with normal individuals. Method: The current study was a causal-comparative one. The statistical population of this research consisted of all male substance abusers who had referred to addiction treatment centers of Khoy city in 2013. The total of 40 addicts under met...

Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effects of repeated magnetic brain stimulation on cognitive functions of police personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This research was applied and semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test research design with a control group. Materials and Methods: The statistical population included Naja police officer...

Objectives This study was conducted to compare the executive cognitive functions of the brain in two groups of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) children with and without anxiety. Methods In this cross-sectional comparative study,15 children with ADHD and 15 children with ADHD and anxiety were compared in terms of executive functions. The study population was chosen from patients...

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

in new management approaches, in the organizations with inflexible structure, existing of red tapes and interruptions caused by limitations and also non-compliance with environmental changes, create demotivation among staff. with regard to the influence of job motivational potential and its relationship to the type of organizational structure( enabling and dissuasive), the goal of this research...

this study investigated the effects of three kinds of gloss conditions, that is traditional non-call marginal gloss, audio gloss, and extended audio gloss, on reading comprehension and vocabulary gain of iranian upper- intermediate efl learners. to this end, three experimental and one control groups, each comprising 15 participants, took part in the current study. in order to ensure that the pa...