the eight year war between iran and iraq is a sensitive and critical period in iran's foreign policy; particularly towards the european community. accordingly and in spite of the fact that the foundations of the new regime in iran have not been consolidated a full scale war ,was imposed on iran, overshadowing all policies and plans including iran's foreign policy. this paper tries to ...

Hard times give rise to greater demand for protection. International trade rules include provisions that allow for raising barriers to aid industries when they suffer economic injury. Yet widespread use of flexibility measures may undermine the trade system and worsen economic conditions. How do states balance these conflicting pressures? This article assesses the effect of crises on cooperatio...

Rats repeatedly exposed to restraint show a reduced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response upon restraint re-exposure. This hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response habituation to restraint does not generalize to other novel stressors and is associated with a decrease in stress-induced c-fos expression in a number of stress-reactive brain regions. We examined whether habituation to re...

As a writing teacher, i find teaching most challenging. To begin with, skills are not meant to be taught, and students cannot just “know how write” after they had attended lessons on skills. Writing is process. Learners may master one process easier than others. Academic fear many undergraduates face when enter higher institution. make matters worse, learners “acquire” their for in high schools...

The Islamic fast during the month of Ramadan is strictly observed worldwide by millions of Muslims. Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic lunar calendar and fasting during Ramadan is the religious duty of all healthy adult Muslims. A whole month of intermittent fasting, from dawn to dusk, every year is particular only to Islam and considering that Islam has over 1.5 billion followers worldwid...

• No evidence for unsuccessful dieters’ reactivity to food-related TV content. Lower perceived self-regulation is associated with more unhealthy food choices. Previous findings on isolated cues cannot be simply extended media This study tested whether exposure (vs. non-food related) content would increase choices in restrained eaters (i.e., chronic dieters low self-regulatory success; PSRS), de...