acknowledgements i wish to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me in preparing this thesis. i would like to express my deep gratitude to my respected advisor dr. kourosh akef, whose advice and comments helped me in the early stages of the research and throughout the writing process. i would also like to express my gratitude to dr. hajar khanmohammad whose invaluable guidance he...

according to coates’s (2004, as cited in zhang, 2010) definition of "conversational dominance" (p.111), it refers to the phenomenon of a speaker dominating others in interaction. specifically, it means how a speaker makes use of certain strategies to get the floor and maintain the floor. thus, the amount of talk is the main measurement for the dominance of the conversation. whether a speaker do...

a semi-empirical mathematical model for predicting physical part of ignition delay period in the combustion of direct - injection diesel engines with swirl is developed . this model based on a single droplet evaporation model . the governing equations , namely , equations of droplet motion , heat and mass transfer were solved simultaneously using a rung-kutta step by step unmerical method . the...

As is understood by the Safavid documents, surely endowment has been of its most flourishing periods in that time. Safavid King have been counted as the forerunners for great endowments and, following them, many of regional rulers, men of the Court and charitable people throughout country endowed considerable parts of their properties. With regard to the extensiveness and dispersion of the stud...

World class production has been in sight for a few decades and it had turned into one of main driving forces for commercial success of corporations. Considering customer needs and planning to satisfy them will be a huge help to corporation in achieving world class production goals. So in this study we are going to take olive industry as a case study and identify customer needs, technical requir...

According to competitive environments; demand for talents is rising, but most organizations are struggling to maintain Talents. In this regard, the system of Competency-based performance assessment in maintaining talent is a requirement. The purpose of this paper was to identify and rank the components of the evaluation of the performance of talents. This research was carried out at the Natio...