Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate personal shields in radiation departments of hospitals affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods First, the information related to 109 personal shields was recorded and evaluated by imaging equipment. Afterwards, the equivalent lead thickness (ELT) of 62 personal shields was assessed, using dosimeter and st...

It has been widely accepted that a textbook is an essential component of the EFL classroom. Evaluation of textbooks, therefore, is of utmost importance so that its pedagogical contribution to the teaching and learning process can be assured. In the context of ELT in Hong Kong, textbook evaluation is even more of an important issue given the recent implementation of the New Senior Secondary Curr...

this study aims at investigating the linguistic representation of male and female social actors in the four corners 4 textbook, drawing on cda. more specifically, van leeuwen’s (1996) framework, which highlights the connection of linguistic and social practices, is used as the analytical framework to examine gendered social actors in this english language teaching (elt) textbook. to this end, c...

Compliance with the legal limits set at European level for content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which are harmful to human health and environment, is central importance recycling rubber, particularly end-of-life tires (ELT), into secondary products, e.g., elastic fall protection mats or anti-slip transport sector. However, different regulations associated analytical methods apply ...

Creativity is a term that has proven difficult to define. The field of English language teaching (ELT) especially struggles with this concept, often treating it as an axiom eludes clear definition or notion everyone implicit understanding of. In other pieces research, creativity equated divergent thinking evidenced and measured by performance on different standardized tests. contrast these view...

English language teaching (ELT) has become an essential and indispensable part of primary education in today’s increasingly frequent international exchanges, MOOC, as a massive online model integrating content learning support services, is leading pedagogical transformation, providing historic opportunity to build open sharing platform for ELT. However, developing around MOOC networks still cha...