as some definitions show, idioms are expressions whose meanings cannot be obtained from individual words. in every society, people use their own conceptions and feelings through different idioms and expressions. so every culture and society has their own idioms. some scholars proposed methods for translating idioms but baker’s strategies are very important and constructive. this research tried ...

reserches show that relationship between human and residential places is based upo both emotional and identity structures. in other words, habitat place is not only the creator of a part of humanistic identity but also form a kind of sentimental and emotional bond that may result in tendency to maintain closeness to a specific place. therefor, formaton of emotional and identity relationship wit...

the central purpose of this study was to conduct a case study about the role of self monitoring in teacher’s use of motivational strategies. furthermore it focused on how these strategies affected students’ motivational behavior. although many studies have been done to investigate teachers’ motivational strategies use (cheng & d?rnyei, 2007; d?rnyei & csizer, 1998; green, 2001, guilloteaux & d?...

روش مطالعه: این مطالعه به صورت یک بررسی مشاهده ای (observational) توصیفی – تحلیلی (descriptive-analytical) مقطعی (cross-sectional) انجام شده است. حجم نمونه مورد بررسی در این مطالعه شامل 60 بیمار مبتلا به آرتریت روماتویید بود که به صورت تصادفی ساده (simple random) انتخاب شدند و 30 نفر عفونت دهانی داشتند و 30 نفر مبتلا به عفونت دهانی نبودند. نتایج: 7/46 درصد از افرادی که عفونت دهانی داشتند و 30 ...

previous studies have aimed at testing a hypothesis but the present study is data-first research in which researcher tries to form a theory from data rather than the use of data to test a hypothesis. this study aims at exploring teachers perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of the current syllabus for college preparatory course. eight experienced teachers were selected to collect data du...

just as motivation is important in sla research, demotivation constitutes an important factor, too. there are many studies done on demotivation and burnout of teachers. many of these studies have been conducted on one or two aspects of english instruction. consequently, there are few studies which have been done on more than two aspects of english teaching. the aim of this study is to find out ...

nitric oxide (no) is a small molecule synthesized by most of mammalian cells with diverse biological activities including vasodilatation, host defense and wound healing. impaired wound healing is a common occurrence among diabetics and patients receiving glucocorticoid therapy. on the other hand the application of laser in biomedical area have been increased. thus, the current studies were desi...