Flood prone areas are often protected against flooding by an extensive network of flood defenses. To ensure their structural integrity, these defenses periodically assessed. Many levees have been functioning well for decades, and survived several relatively high hydraulic loads within lifetime. However, information on load conditions is seldom included in levee safety assessments. Observed degr...

Introduction Multiple definitions for “difficult to treat” patients (DTP) were given throughout the years. While most authors focus on diagnoses, others clinical, social and demographic factors, which should be regarded as factors of bad prognosis elevated costs healthcare systems. Objectives To identify haracterize DTP admitted in acute ward, based practical criteria. Methods Through hospital’...

Research on L2 learners’ success at development and appropriate use of pragmatic ability and knowledge has mostly approached the issue from a cognitive or social perspective, and less attention has been devoted to the problem from the equally important emotional or individual-psychological lenses. This study sought to explore, first, the interplay between Iranian advanced EFL learners’ pragmati...