Genre analysis as an area of great concern in recent decades, involves the observation of linguistic features used by a determined discourse community. The research article (RA) is one of the most widely researched genres in academic writing which is realized through some rhetorical moves and discursive steps to achieve a communicative purpose. This study aimed at proposing a model of generic p...

in the past decades, many methods have been developed to synthesize zero- dimensional  nanoparticles, quasi–one–dimensional (1d) cuo nanostructures, such as metal organic deposition technique,  microwave irradiation, sol-gel-like dip  technique, reverse micelle-assisted route, chemical method, and simple template free solution route. among those synthesis methods, hydrothermal and chemical reac...

This paper investigates how inconsistency (as measured by the I2 statistic) among studies in a meta-analysis may differ, according to the type of outcome data and effect measure. We used hierarchical models to analyse data from 3873 binary, 5132 continuous and 880 mixed outcome meta-analyses within the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Predictive distributions for inconsistency expected ...

The destination of tourism is a major element in tourism marketing. Branding tourism destination is a process by which a tourism destination develops its focal features, develops and delivers its main audience, can build a reputation, establish its reputation, strengthen slowly or even change, which is important for tourism purposes. Brand recognition is very important for communicating success...

Meta-analyses should be analytic and deductive. In a review of the state of the science of meta-analysis in the previous volume of Epidemiologic Reviews, a list of definitions and synonyms of meta-analysis was given: "overview, pooling, data pooling, literature synthesis, data synthesis, quantitative synthesis, and quantitative review" (1, p. 154). Indeed, most metaanalyses are more synthetic t...

In this study an efficient meta-heuristic is proposed for layout optimization of truss structures by combining cellular automata (CA) and firefly algorithm (FA). In the proposed meta-heuristic, called here as cellular automata firefly algorithm (CAFA), a new equation is presented for position updating of fireflies based on the concept of CA. Two benchmark examples of truss structures are presen...

Developing and Validation of Intervention Program Based on Multiple Learning Systems for Students with Specific Reading Disabilities: Meta-Synthesis Study

BACKGROUND Qualitative synthesis has become more commonplace in recent years. Meta-ethnography is one of several methods for synthesising qualitative research and is being used increasingly within health care research. However, many aspects of the steps in the process remain ill-defined. DISCUSSION We utilized the seven stages of the synthesis process to synthesise qualitative research on adh...

Designing a Model of Professional Development Courses for Faculty Members Farhangian University with Flipped Learning Approach: A Meta-Synthesis Study

Global and regional economic and environmental changes are increasingly influencing local land-use, livelihoods, and ecosystems. At the same time, cumulative local land changes are driving global and regional changes in biodiversity and the environment. To understand the causes and consequences of these changes, land change science (LCS) draws on a wide array synthetic and meta-study techniques...