Considerable literature explores the contribution of genre teaching in English academic writing. The role of this approach in developing academic writing of Iranian EFL students, however, has been underresearched. This study investigated the implications of using this approach with a class of undergraduate students in Iran. The current study reports on the findings of a project which employed a...

We evaluated and modeled the viscoelastic characteristics of chitosan and chitosan-gelatin scaffolds prepared using a freeze-drying technique. Chitosan and chitosan-gelatin solutions (0.5 and 2 wt.%) were frozen at -80°C and freeze-dried. Using the scaffolds, uniaxial tensile properties were evaluated under physiological conditions (hydrated in phosphate buffered saline at 37°C) at a cross-head...

The paper provides the methodological foundations of a property valuation method based on income approach called cyclical capitalization. model is proposed for producing properties and was originally introduced by d'Amato (2001) relies assumption more than single capitalization rate it integrates direct with analysis an entire market cycle. Such integration has been required in literature (Kazd...