Cable pili are peritrichous organelles expressed by certain strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia, believed to facilitate colonization of the lower respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis patients. The B. cenocepacia cblBACDS operon encodes the structural and accessory proteins required for the assembly of cable pili, as well as a gene designated cblS, predicted to encode a hybrid sensor kinase prot...

Background and Purpose: One of the difficulties that emerged during online learning was teaching listening skills which prompted development an platform, Computer-based Language Test (CBLT), to assist educators conduct practices assessment with students without experiencing geographical limitations. As this is a novel paper intends examine students’ perceptions after utilising platform using de...

Abstract This study is an exploratory study, which was conducted in relation to the of proficiency and performance Iranian Air Traffic Controllers: attitude, work experience, specific Aviation English courses. Few studies have been this field. The Courses Iran are very similar Content-Based Language Training (CBLT) To end, participants were 278 ATCOs who selected from 1000 based on Cochran form...

The vast majority of ‘Gen Z’ are in the positive light about future technology education. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a shift teaching, learning and assessing methods. To keep abreast with current technology, computer-based language test (CBLT) was used as one methods assess students’ proficiency during shift. For this study, CBLT adopted conducted among students who were taking an...

This research was designed to compare the impact of culturally laden Task-based language Teaching (TBLT) and Content-based language Teaching (CBLT) on Iranian intermediate learners' Speaking improvement. Two groups of participants, i. e. the experimental and control groups, were used in this study. In the experimental group, task-based instruction for 20 intermediate students and in the control...

In a seminal paper, Camerer, Babcock, Loewenstein, and Thaler (1997) find that the wage elasticity of daily hours of work New York City (NYC) taxi drivers is negative and conclude that their labor supply behavior is consistent with target earning (having reference dependent preferences). I replicate and extend the CBLT analysis using data from all trips taken in all taxi cabs in NYC for the fiv...

Computer technology has provided language testing experts with opportunity to develop computerized versions of traditional paper-based language tests. New generations of TOEFL and Cambridge IELTS, BULATS, KET, PET are good examples of computer-based language tests. Since this new method of testing introduces new factors into the realm of language assessment ( e.g. modes of test delivery, famili...