Australian English, like all languages, is in a constant state of change. The change in Australian English vowels was investigated by means of a cross-sectional apparent time study of 54 subjects covering three generations of speakers, taken from the Australian National Database of Spoken Language. It was hypothesised that there would be a significant change in pronunciation of some, but not al...

purpose: to determine the prevalence and determinants of age-related macular degeneration (amd) in a 40-64 year old iranian populationmethods: in a cross-sectional study, 6,311 people were randomly selected from shahroud. for all participants, visual acuity, refraction, slit-lamp examination and fundus photography were conducted under pupil dilation. results: results of this study are based on ...

aim: oral health is one of the most important parts of public health which significantlyaffects on quality of life. the purpose of this study is to assess the socio-economic statues aswell as oral health behaviors among a sample of iranian students studying in elementary level.methods: this was a cross-sectional study which was conducted from april 2012 tonovember 2012. data obtained from a fac...

Background and aims: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI)among the pregnant women and the risk factors related to it in Shahrekord, Iran.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 832 patients were examined during 26 to 30 weeks of pregnancyand their UTIs were studied. The required information was collected by examining the personalp...

heart failure (hf) is a common disease with high health care costs and high mortality rate knowledge of the health-related quality of life (qol) outcomes of hf may guide decision making and be useful in assessing new therapies for population. yet little is known about qol of hf patients in iran. objectives: to assess health related qol of patients with hf with two different instrument and to co...

Background and aims: Many factors could affect on the health status. This study aimed to assess the general health status of high-school students in Ilam province in 2014. Methods:This cross– sectional study determined the general health status of high-school students in Ilam, located in west of Iran in 2014. The samples were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. Data were collected ...

Background: Eczema is one of the most widely spread inflammatory skin disorders contact dermatitis is an eczematous dermatitis that is produced as a result of contact with a substance in the environment. The substance can act as an irritant or allergen. Every country has allergen particular to itself. Objective: Determining the frequency of skin allergens in patients with contact dermatitis in ...

Conducting qualitative research in applied linguistics seems to have some challenges. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the challenges of applied linguists across different research abilities to conduct qualitative studies. To that end, the biographical narratives, authored by 13 applied linguists, were collected. Then, the narratives were analyzed through qualitative data analysis princip...