while performance-based language assessment has led to an increased authenticity and content validity in the practice of writing assessment, the reliability of ratings has become a major issue. research findings have shown different reactions by native english speaker (nes) and non-native english speaker (nns) teachers to students’ writings. the focus of this study is on investigating whether i...

now-a-days graphic design plays a major role in influencing culture, society, business, and customers, in such a way that one could look upon every individual as a potential customer. graphic designers seek to identify customers needs and find an intelligent solution for them. correct identification and understanding of those needs is the first step towards achieving ones goals. marketing knowh...

there are many approaches for solving variety combinatorial optimization problems (np-compelete) that devided to exact solutions and approximate solutions. exact methods can only be used for very small size instances due to their expontional search space. for real-world problems, we have to employ approximate methods such as evolutionary algorithms (eas) that find a near-optimal solution in a r...

Background: Metal industries are of accident-prone industries. Todays the hazard assessment in order to hazard control  is very important. Aim of this study was safety and occupational health risk assessment in a metal industry.  Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014 in Isfahan. Firstly three jobs, forging and fittings cutting and finery press operators, which h...

Abstract Background and aims: Nowadays with increasing global competition, companies apply several scientific methods to identify, assess and remove potential failures in production process. The main goal of this study was identification and analysis of potential failure modes in a hydraulic pump manufacturing company by using combination of interval valued fuzzy Analytic network process (IVF-...

abstract given the importance of the text’s formal aspects, in addition to its content, poetry presents special challenges to translators. poetry has its own distinctive features that cannot be rendered into another language easily. the translation of poetry into poetry entails preserving the rhyme, figurative language and the general tone of the original. the present study was an attempt to i...

  Background and Aims: workers in petrochemical industries are exposed to various contaminants and are facing to serious hazards, therefore a comprehensive risk assessment program for identification of hazardous chemicals that affect human health and also determination of hazardous tasks and processes is necessary.     Methods : This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in three stag...