Ccrumic refers to all fircd products incl uding pou ery, hrick. and tile that is primarily composed of clay with different iJlllo unts of o ther materia ls thaI have a source from soil and when they lired .produced a hard material. Firing the clay body to the hanJness of ceramic hody is the next critical stage in manufm:turing. To de termine the firing te mperatu re. four lired (450, 600....

1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...

  Introduction: In Emergency Departments (ED), seconds and minutes are vital for the patients. Therefore, a logical decision making is crucial to manage the patients’ waiting time. Simulation, a decision supporting technique, is used to analyze risk factors and strategies in decision making. The purpose of this research was to apply this method to reduce patients' waiting time in the ED at Aya...

burnout is a response to the chronic work stress which is prevalent mostly among the people who do people job, like teaching. the purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument that can measure burnout in foreign language teachers. although some widely used instruments were developed before which measured burnout in teachers, a specific instrument which include specific sy...

abstract: postmethod is a newly developed pedagogy which as an alternative to method rejects the notion of good or bad methods and the concept of best method that can be generalized and appropriate for all contexts. instead, it treats each context as unique and one of a kind which cant be compared with other cases. this study is a postmethod-oriented one which investigates whether and how far t...

Emergency department is one of the most important departments in a hospital that its function can mainly be effective in the functions of the other departments and satisfaction of the patients. The speed of the offering services in treatment centers, specially emergency, has a great importance in reducing mortality causing disability rates. Researchers have found out that one of the...

a large number of single research studies on the effects of strategy-based instruction (sbi) in teaching english as a foreign or second language has been conducted so far. however, the lack of a comprehensive meta-analysis targeting the effectiveness of english language sbi is observed. moreover, the findings of experimental studies regarding the context of the english language, proficiency lev...

flow in natural river bends is a complex and turbulent phenomenon which affects the scour and sedimentations and causes an irregular bed topography on the bed. for the reason, the flow hydralics and the parameters which affect the flow to be studied and understand. in this study the effect of bed and wall roughness using the software fluent discussed in a sharp 90-degree flume bend with 40.3cm ...

the purpose of this study was to investigate how english language teachers in mashhad who teach students in the pre-university cycle perceived the impact of the efltee on their teaching. the target population was nearly all pre-university english language teachers in seven districts of mashhad in the scholastic year 2008/2009. a survey questionnaire which consisted of (36) likert type items, wa...