Introduction: Professionalization as a Focus in Interior Design History

An Introduction to Focus Group Research

A focus group refers to a group of people who share some common characteristics. A researcher gathers these people in the group in order that they share their points of view and interact with each other over a specific issue. Focus group and Interview group are used interchangeably in the scientific literature and both refer to a method of collecting data in qualitative studies. Given the impor...

focus on communication in iranian high school language classes: a study of the role of teaching materials in changing the focus onto communication in language classes

چکیده ارتباط در کلاس به عوامل زیادی از جمله معلمان، دانش آموزان، برنامه های درسی و از همه مهم تر، مواد آموزشی وابسته است. در تدریس ارتباطی زبان که تاکید زیادی بر توانش ارتباطی دارد، کتاب درسی به عنوان عامل موثر بر پویایی کلاس محسوب میگردد که درس ها را از طریق فراهم آوردن متن ارتباط کلاسی و هم چنین نوع تمرین زبانی که دانش آموزان در طول فعالیت های کلاسی به آن مشغول اند، کنترل می کند. این حقیقت ک...

Interior design

The mitochondrion is the 'power house' of the cell. The internal structure of the mitochondrion — in particular, the shape of the infoldings of the inner membrane (cristae) — has long been debated. Now, three-dimensional tomographic reconstructions like the ones above are resolving the controversy. At top left, a slice through a rat liver mitochondrion is reconstructed, showing 44 cristae (yell...

Focus: Guest Editors’ Introduction

Focus: Guest Editors’ Introduction

SOFTWARE IS THE number-one decisive competitive factor in the automotive industry. Innovations such as driver-assistance systems and energy-efficient driving require complex solutions with complex software functionality. Not only must the growing complexity be managed, but also safe behavior must be ensured. Global competition and fast release cycles enforce continuous efficiency improvement an...