In order to confirm the effectiveness of language learning strategies in theIranian context in junior high schools, this study was designed to examine thepatterns of strategy use, the effects of strategy instruction on the students’ strategyuse, and the relationship between the participants’ strategy use and their Englishachievement. To achieve this objective, 57 junior high school participants...

This paper combines process flexibility and strategic inventory to develop an effective disruption mitigation strategy. We consider a manufacturer with multiple plants producing multiple products where strategic inventory can be held for any product. We measure the level of supply chain robustness by proposing the concept of Time-to-Survive (TTS) defined as the maximum time that no customer dem...

multiple intelligences (mi), second/foreign (l2) proficiency and gender are postulated to contribute to language learning strategies (lls). this study, first, examined whether there was any relationship between iranian efl learners’ lls, on the one hand, and their mi, l2 proficiency, on the other hand. in so doing, it explored the relationship of the overall l2 strategy as well as individual st...

To factor in the retailer’s overconfidence when dealing with inventory problem supply uncertainty, this paper develops a distributionally robust optimization model by only considering mean and variance of yield rate distribution. We first show that would prompt retailer to order more under low-profit conditions, whereas it reduces quantity high-profit conditions. The analysis results imply pull...

This study attempted to investigate the relationship among learning strategy, autonomy and language proficiency of Chinese university EFL students. To achieve this objective, purposive sampling and cluster sampling methods were used to select 422 non-English major students as participants in three universities, Henan province, China. Oxford’s (1990) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SIL...

The capacity of a firm to accomplish its goals is financially compromised by degeneration goods. A suitable preservation strategy reduce degradation vital part the managerial decisions. This study employs technologies under uncertain demand frame continuous review inventory model with full back-ordering and influence promotional efforts. Survey existing research finds few models synchronised op...