Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of copper and aluminum-zinc oxide nanoparticles and their synergistic effects with conventional biocides against Bacillus cereus. Methods: Synthesis of copper-zinc oxide, aluminum-zinc oxide nanoparticles performed via co- precipitation method and nanoparticle properties were investigated using FTIR, XRD and TEM. The antimicro...

this study investigated (a) the learners’ existing reading strategy repertoire, (b) the effect of instruction in reading strategies on learners’ strategic performance, and (c) the effect of explicit instruction in top-down reading strategies on reading comprehension ability of intermediate learners. the study was conducted with 40 intermediate efl learners in two groups of experimental and cont...

introduction: diabetes mellitus is an growing national and international public health concern. the number of people affected by diabetes in world by 2030 will be 69% in developing countries. regular physical activity plays a key role in the management of type 2 diabetes melitus, particularly glycemic control. it has been recommended that peoples with type 2 diabetes participate in moderate-int...

Background : Nowadays, bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance of their etiologic agents are among the most important challenges facing the health systems. Therefore the application of antimicrobial agents with natural origin has been deeply studied recently. The aim of this study is to evaluate antibacterial effects of aqueous extracts of Ghalghaf and Mazuj galls on gram-negative bacter...

there is less published research about how teachers in efl contexts respond to students who are relatively less mature and less competent l2 writers. while writing researchers have examined various issues concerning peer and teacher response in writing-oriented classes, little research has centered on the effect of collaborative tasks particularly dictogloss on writing skills. output collaborat...

within the components of communicative competence, a special emphasis is put on the “rules of politeness,” specifically the politeness strategies (brown and levinson, 1978) that speakers deploy when performing the request speech act. this is because the degree of imposition that making a request places upon one’s interlocutor(s) has been seen to be influenced by several factors among which, as ...