In the study of reliability of the technical systems, records model play an important role. Assume that the lower limit value of the first record is known, then we propose a definiton of the mean residual life of the future record. We predict mean residual of the future records under condition that the lower limit value of the mth record is known. Furthermore, we present generalization of the...

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...

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...

the central purpose of this study was to conduct a case study about the role of self monitoring in teacher’s use of motivational strategies. furthermore it focused on how these strategies affected students’ motivational behavior. although many studies have been done to investigate teachers’ motivational strategies use (cheng & d?rnyei, 2007; d?rnyei & csizer, 1998; green, 2001, guilloteaux & d?...

Introduction: on the basis of the interpretation of the world health organization, in 2000 about 56 millions deaths had happened in the whole world. today, about 20 millions of the worlds population are suffering from a kind of cancer. Every year about 10miliions is added to this number, and 7 millions of them lose their lives. Collecting the creditable, comprehensive and opportume data of canc...