Reflections on Academic Discourse: How It Relates to Freshmen and Colleagues

on the relationship between using discourse markers and the quality of expository and argumentative academic writing of iranian english majors

the aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency and the type of discourse markers used in the argumentative and expository writings of iranian efl learners and the differences between these text features in the two essay genres. the study also aimed at examining the influence of the use of discourse markers on the participants’ writing quality. to this end the discourse markers us...

Academic mentoring--how to give it and how to get it.

STUDENTS, TRAINEES, RESEARCH FELLOWS, AND JUNIOR faculty all benefit from the direction provided by academic mentors and research supervisors. The literature contains numerous reports on the importance of mentorship in helping facilitate the future success of trainees, documenting benefits such as more productive research careers, greater career satisfaction, better preparation in making career...

How Political Science Can Contribute to Public Health: A Response to Gagnon and Colleagues

Reflections on an academic career

There are many undefined aspects to an academic medical career. This article attempts to provide some guidance about things to consider.

Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Inflammation and How to Defy it: Focus on Pharmacological Interventions

One of the most common health problems are diseases of the cardiovascular system with a great bulk of disease burden; while a considerable number of cardiac patients undergo cardiac surgery; cardiac surgical procedures with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) are nowadays among the top list of surgical procedures. More than half of a century has passed since the introduction of total cardiopulmonary b...