in this study two modes ofreading (car and traditional print mode) were compared in regards to their effectiveness for l2 reading comprehension. a group of 120 english major students were divided into three classes: car, traditional, and control. based on the english proficiency scores each class was divided into two groups (high and low levels of proficiency). three classes were taught by the ...

This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the effects of a local water harvesting project in Kenya concerning the construction of small scale sand dams by communities. Sand dams are small structures built in ephemeral rivers to store excess water to overcome periods of drought. For this evaluation we developed a method using socio-economic vulnerability indicators, which are linked to...

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was used to study the swelling properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) in ethanol solutions containing 15, 30 and 45 wt% water. The characteristics of the swollen PVA, intrinsic relation between the microstructure of the swollen PVA and the diffusion of water and ethanol in the PVA matrix were analyzed. It was found that the free volume of the swollen PVA redu...

A CdSe/ZnS quantum dot (QD) based electrochemical immunoassay of phosphorylated bovine serum albumin (BSA-OP) as a protein biomarker is presented. The QDs were used as labels for amplifying electrochemical signals and were conjugated with a secondary anti-phosphoserine antibody in a heterogeneous sandwich immunoassay. In this assay, the model phosphorylated protein BSA-OP was added to the prima...

the aim of the present study is to investigate and compare the role of journals with different access models (including print, database, print/database subscriptions) as well as unsubscribed models in meeting the information needs of shiraz university researchers. using a bibliometric method, the communication studies the references used in shiraz university scientific papers indexed by thomson...