previous studies have aimed at testing a hypothesis but the present study is data-first research in which researcher tries to form a theory from data rather than the use of data to test a hypothesis. this study aims at exploring teachers perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of the current syllabus for college preparatory course. eight experienced teachers were selected to collect data du...

Background and purpose: Mushrooms are highly nutritive, since they are low in calories and contain significant amounts of vegetative proteins, vitamins, minerals, amino acid, and fiber. Mushrooms might be contaminated by heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, chromium, etc. This contamination depends on type of mushrooms, their physiology, and ecosystem. The present study aimed at determining the ...

This study was conducted to determine the concentration of five heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, and chromium in muscle, liver and gills of the gray mullet, Liza aurata in southern part of the Caspian Sea. The samples were collected during sexual maturity (in the fall) and sexual rest (in the spring). The mean concentration of lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, and chromiu...

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 study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...

Background and Aim: The objective of this study was to determine the contents of heavy metals Hg, Cd and Pb in the muscle, liver and gill tissues of Liza abu fish in the Dez and Bahmanshir Rivers in Khoozestan Province, Iran in winter 2010.  Materials and Methods: The study included 108 samples of Liza abu tissues. The metals were extracted from the tissues using the wet-digestion method and t...

there is no doubt that human being needs to become integrated with industry and industry needs to be progressed, daily. on the other hand, serious events in industrial units specially in oil industries has been shown that such damages and events are industry related ones. the consequence of such events and damages which resulted in chemical and poisoned explosions and loss of life and property ...