why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

Social capital as one of the prerequisites for urban development has elements such as social trust, social participation, social cohesion, social awareness, and degree of religiosity, each of which has different components in different societies. And the development of sustainable urban development depends on providing relative prosperity, citizen participation and increasing social awareness f...

Development of the electric networks led to more interconnection in this system, therefore high level of short circuit faults flows in the networks. Many destructive damages such as instability, insulation problems and voltage mitigation can highly play unwanted influences on the system’s equipment. Using appropriate protection devices like high voltage fuses, fast switches, and such devices...

Today, urban and regional issues related to sustainable development is a key challenge for policy-makers, planners and specialists in various disciplines. Geomorphologic studies can be useful and effective in analyzing and deriving acceptable means to assess the growth and development of the city, and to set criteria to determine the directions of urban development.    Landslides ran...

Introduction: Today, the method of distribution, provision and realization of urban services is one of the important necessities of urban life and urban development plans. However, the use of traditional methods of providing land for urban services has led to the fact that many lands allocated for public services have not been realized and have created problems for citizens and city managers, a...