abstract the aim of this study was threefold: (1) to investigate the relationship between knowledge of semantic prosody and efl learners general language proficiency; (2) to examine the relationship between qualitative as well as quantitative knowledge of words, and (3) to compare the performance of efl learner on receptive and productive measures of semantic prosody. the study is based on a...

Background and Objective: The quality of life is one of the effective factors in individuals’ health, especially in female adolescents, which its promotion improves performance and family accomplishment and makes bether health in society consequently. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life among female high schools adolescents. Materials and Methods: This cr...

this thesis seeks to present a critical reading of virginia woolf’s mrs. dalloway and michael cunningham’s the hours in terms of an intertextual approach, concentrating on dialogic imagination, negativity, transposition and allusion. this study attempts to evaluate cunninghams perception of woolfs life and work by adopting kristevas conception of intertextuality and her consideration of the hou...

Introdution:. Quality of life is an important and measurable outcome in the field of medicine; The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relation between smoking and quality of life in the city of Yazd. Methods: This analytical - cross-sectional study was performed using Yazd Health Study (YaHS) data with a sample size of 8725 people. SF8 (Short Form 8 Health Survey) questionnaire was u...

the neogene intrusion masses in the noudeh-enghelab area located to the north of sabzevar ophiolite have cut the late cretaceous ophiolitic rocks, sedimentary- volcanic and eocene volcanic rocks and have been covered by pliocene and quaternary deposits. the margin is of lava with basalt, phyric andesite-basalt and andesite and the central parts (dome shaped) composed of phyric andesite-trachyan...

Background and Objective: Paying attention to quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease due to the extent of damage and mortality is of importance. The present study investigated the role of defense styles and alexithymia on predicting quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease. Materials and Methods:In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 300 patients with coronar...