In recent decades, cities are seeking for new ways to promote themselves and economic growth; hence, in order to attract capital and enter to competition arena, city managers increasingly pay attention to optimal use of urban assets. In these competitive conditions, governments have focused on strengthening marketing activities and city branding for improving competitiveness. In this regard, th...

this study is an outlook of iranians religious practices and customs in eras such as nasser one. it attempts to answer the main question, "religious practices and ceremonies in the society during naseri ruling" and other subsidiary questions with scientific and historical theories. iran was a traditional and religious community . people abided by their religious practices and duties within reli...

Objectives: Cities have experienced a boost in their population over last decades however, they have not developed along with such fundamental changes. Due to neglecting population alteration and ignoring vulnerable groups of citizens, urban development has been resulted in social exclusion. Methods & materials: In this regard, elderly is one of the mentioned groups who incur multi...

abstract this study is carried out to determine the chemical composition in the three vegetative stages of the haloxylon sp., degradation parameters, with adding naoh and ca(oh2 ). for this purpose, in may and october and january 2010 enough some haloxylon sp. of the ammary area was prepared. crude protein and ash percentage are decrease, neutral detergent fiber percentage with pragress stage ...

Understanding the Pattern of Physical-Spatial Development of Cities in Arid Areas (Case Study: City of Bafgh) Hasan Hekmatnia  Assistant Professor, Department of Geography , Payame Noor University Extended Abstract 1- Introduction Investigation of the stages of physical growth and development of cities shows that technological change over the past century, especially in transpo...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate any relationship between high school efl teachers metaphorical understandings of their role in class and their self-efficacy beliefs. teachers metaphors were elicited through two different prompts: one picturing what they believed a language teacher should be like in class, and the other demonstrating what they are actually like in class; such...