based on the latest records of typhlops vermicularis merrem, 1820 from iran, this species is distributed in the northern and southern regions of the country. in this study, new records of typhlops vermicularis are presented and it is shown that distribution range of this species is extended towards the eastern and western iran, and according to the new distribution map, it can be assumed that t...

the present paper investigates how far ideologies can be tease out in discourse by examining the employed schemata by two ideologically opposed news media, the bbc and press tv, to report syria crisis during a period of nine months in 2011. by assuming that news is not a valuefree construction of facts and drawing on micro structural approach of schema theory, for the first time in discours...

since esp received universal attention to smooth the path for academic studies and productions, a great deal of research and studies have been directed towards this area. swales’ (1990) model of ra introduction move analysis has served a pioneering role of guiding many relevant studies and has proven to be productive in terms of helpful guidelines that are the outcome of voluminous productions ...

abstract the current study set out to address the issue as to whether the implementation of portfolio assessment would give rise to iranian pre-intermediate efl learner autonomy. participants comprised 60 female in pre-intermediate level within the age range of 16-28.they were selected from among 90 language learners based on their scores on language proficiency test -key english test. then, t...

the west of esfahan province, iran, is one of the most important agricultural areas throughout the country due to the climate variability and life-giving water of zayanderood river. rice is one of the major and economic crops in this area. the most important climatic elements in agricultural activities which should be considered include temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and wind. so...

در این تحقیق شبکه عصبی مصنوعی برای پیش بینی مقادیر ضریب اطمینان و فاکتور ایمنی بحرانی سدهای خاکی ناهمگن ضمن در نظر گرفتن تاثیر نیروی اینرسی زلزله ارائه شده است. ورودی های مدل شامل ارتفاع سد و زاویه شیب بالا دست، ضریب زلزله، ارتفاع آب، پارامترهای مقاومتی هسته و پوسته و خروجی های آن شامل ضریب اطمینان می شود. مهمترین پارامتر مورد نظر در تحلیل پایداری شیب، بدست آوردن فاکتور ایمنی است. در این تحقیق ...