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Some Comments on "the Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior of HIV/AIDS Patients Family toward Their Patients before and after Counseling"

Recent Trends in Archaeological Theory: Some Comments

 This paper selectively reviews some recent themes in archaeological theory:  a philosophical pragmatism, a turn to materiality, and understanding the past in the context of the present.  It concludes with some reflective comments on the author’s Archaeological Theory:  An Introduction, in advance of the third revised edition.

Comments on Nonfinite Adverbial Patterns in English Prose Fiction: A Simple Model for Analysis and Use

This study aims to present an accessible model of some frequent nonfinite adverbial types occurring in English prose fiction. As its main syntactic argument, it recognizes that these adverbials are mostly elliptical in that there are some dependent-clause markers one can assume to be implicit when supplying those elements back into the clause complex. Some comments are provided at the end on th...

THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN POSITION ON INTRATRACHEAL CUFF PRESSURE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY WITH GENERAL ANESTHESIA: A PROSPECTIVE ANALYTICAL STUDY

Background & Aims: Tracheal intubation with a cuffed tube for the administration of general anesthesia is routine. The cuff of the endotracheal tube is inflated with air to achieve an adequate seal to prevent aspiration and leakage of air and anesthetic gases. Whereas over-inflation can decrease the mucosal perfusion, leading to pressure necrosis and nerve palsies. This study aimed to evaluate ...

Characteristics of Rotator Cuff Repairs Revised to Shoulder Arthroplasty

Background: Successful repair of a torn rotator cuff may prevent progression to rotator cuff arthropathy. However,previous studies have shown a substantial rate of failure after rotator cuff repair and characteristics of surgicallyrepaired rotator cuffs that go on to shoulder arthroplasty have not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study wasto determine the patient cha...

Iranian EFL Learners’ Reactions to Different Feedbacks in Writing Classrooms: Teacher Written Comments (TWC) vs. Peer Written Comments (PWC)

The teaching of writing has recently begun to move away from a concentration on the written product to an emphasis on the process of writing. Feedback is a fundamental element of the process approach to writing. It can be defined as input from a reader to a writer with the effect of providing information to the writer for a revision. This study reports on the effectiveness of two types of feedb...