The present paper investigated academic self – efficacy beliefs of undergraduate mathematics education students with respect to gender, academic performance and grade level. The participants were a total of 244 undergraduate students (195 females and 49 males) enrolled to department of mathematics education (57 freshmen, 106 sophomores and 81 junior) of a government university located west side...

Background & Aim: To assess functionality status and surgical outcome of fenestration versus laminotomy technique based on Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) in patients with lumbar disc hernia (LDH). Methods & Materials/Patients: A cross-sectional study was performed between January 2007 and April 2012. A total of 108 patients with a single-level disc herniation were asked to respond to the...

Objectives-To evaluate the clinical safety and feasibility of  one layer suture pattern technique in gastrojejunostomy in dog in comparison to two layer suture pattern technique. Study Design-Elective experimental study Animals-Sixteen mix-breed healthy male and female dogs Methods-Sixteen healthy male and female dogs were randomly divided in two groups. In the control group the two layer...

the goal of this prospective study was to determine die prevalence of certain surgical findings in iranian patients with appendicitis in one of our surgical centers, including: position of the appendix, rate of true appendicitis, perforation, and peritonitis. duplication was observed in 4%, surface exudate in 52%, gangrenous necrosis in 27%, swelling in 79%, appendix in the left lower quadrant ...

â  â  significance of taking notice of pronouns in the selected poems of “mahmoud darwish” â  â  â  â  fatemeh lotfigoodarzi * â  pabiyah bent alhaj maming ** â  â  abstract â â â  eltifat is one of the most prominent artistic techniques that impressively drew the attention of the old and modern poets. this rhetorical style bestows richness to texts and contributes to avoiding direct addres...

BACKGROUND A recent cross-national study demonstrated a curvilinear (inverted U-shaped curve) between elderly male suicide rates and the Human Development Index (HDI) fitting the quadratic equation y = a + bx - cx2 where y is the elderly male suicide rate, x is the HDI and a, b and c are constants). This study used only one-year cross-sectional data on suicide rates, and suicide rates can rando...