abstract foreign and iranian cultures are far distinct in the constraints imposed on writing and translating for children, since the iranian literary system is mainly concerned with cultural and religious instructions which lead to manipulation of translated texts. this study sought to identify the cultural and social constraints and norms which determined the strategies applied in the transl...

Among abiotic stresses, soil and water salinity are the major factors affecting agricultural crops growth and productivity worldwide. On the other hand, the scion-rootstock combination and also foliar application of chimical compounds as salicylic acid can affect the nutrient elements content of almond leaf under salinity conditions. Therefore, in this study, the effects of foliar application o...

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...

there are two major theories of measurement in psychometrics: classical test theory (ctt) and item-response theory (irt). despite its widespread and long use, ctt has a number of shortcomings, which make it problematic to be used for practical and theoretical purposes. irt tries to solve these shortcomings, and provide better and more dependable answers. one of the applications of irt is the as...

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...

To investigate the effect of nitrogen and zinc elements on the quantity and quality characters of sunflower plants (Jamah1cultivar), a factorial experiment in a randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted at the University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran in 2013. The experiment consisted of three nitrogen levels: 100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1 as the first factor and three levels of ...

  Effect of different genestein concentrations on nitrogen content and nodulation in annual medics was studied this research was done under controlled environmental condition at the 20/25 oC day/night air temperatures and 5 oC low root zone temperature. Three annual medics species (Medicago polymorpha, Medicago radiate, Medicago rigidula) adapted to cold and temperate zones and 5 genestein leve...

the concepts of similarity and dissimilarity have been the interest of many researchers. basically, in the studies the similarity between two objects or phenomena, has been discussed. in this thesis, we consider the case when the resemblance or similarity among three objects or phenomena of a set, 3-similarity in our terminology, is desired. later we will extend our definitions and propos...