Grammatical Metaphor (GM) is one of the fresh language phenomena introduced by Halliday (1985) in the framework of functional grammar. Thompson (2004) states that the salient source of GM would be ‘Nominalization’ where a noun form attempts to represent a verb form or in other words, a verb form with its different process is represented in a noun form. He continues that any wording is ought to ...

Transforming growth factor betas are multifunctional polypeptides in the cytokine superfamily. They have a growth inhibitory role on hemopoietic progenitor cells in semisolid colony assay as well as in long-term bone-marrow culture. TGF - β2 represses stromal cells, stem cell factor gene transcription, and decreases the stability of c-kit transcripts in hemopoietic cells. TGF-β also modulat...

Background: Genetically Modified (GM) foods are produced using genetic engineering. This survey attempted to identify the presence of GM rice varieties among some imported rice samples in Iran. Methods: From May to July 2016, a total of 50 samples of the imported rice to Iran were obtained, including 20 bulk rice samples from Bandar Abbas custom, Southern Iran and 30 retail rice samples from s...

While environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious, many countries are adopting policies to control pollution. At the same time, the environmental regulation will inevitably affect economic and social development, especially employment growth. The environmental regulation will not only affect the scale of employment directly, but it will also have indirect effects by stimulating up...

اساس سیستم‌های تصویربرداری ایکس پس­پراکنده، پرتوهای بازگشتی هستند که در صنعت و بازرسی دارای کاربرد‌های بسیاری می‌باشند. این تصاویر برخلاف روش عبوری، مواد آلی با عدد اتمی پایین مانند مخدر منفجره پراکندگی فوتون بالا، واضح‌تر دیده می‌شوند. به علت چندگانه فوتونی معمولاً مات­شدگی دارند. پردازش خروجی می‌تواند بهبود کنتراست تشخیص کمک کند. تحقیق از وردش برای استفاده شده پرتونگاره‌های فانتوم‌هایی ارزیابی...