this study investigates the cohesive devices used in the textbook of english for the students of psychology. the research questions and hypotheses in the present study are based on what frequency and distribution of grammatical and lexical cohesive devices are. then, to answer the questions all grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in reading comprehension passages from 6 units of 21units th...

power transformers are important equipments in power systems. thus there is a large number of researches devoted of power transformers. however, there is still a demand for future investigations, especially in the field of diagnosis of transformer failures. in order to fulfill the demand, the first part reports a study case in which four main types of failures on the active part are investigate...

abstract pragmatics is the study of communicative action in its sociocultural context. communicative action includes not only using speech acts (such as apologizing, complaining, complimenting, and requesting), but also engaging in different types of discourse and participating in speech events of varying length and complexity. the present study aimed to investigate the assessment of pragm...

Abstract: The purpose of Present study was the effect of resizing of Mesh Size on lenght frequency and weight averages, frequency Kilka Fish Catch in Conical Lift Net May 1997 in Babolsar fishing port by four fishing vessels during 33 torrents at a depth of 50-40 m. After identifying the species caught, the total length and weight of the specimens were measured The results showed that in all 4...

The objective of the present study was to determine the effects of fish aggregation device (FAD) deployment on biodiversity, catch composition and length frequency distribution in the Qeshm Island handline fishery. Two FADs were deployed in the Qeshm Island. Four biodiversity indices including Margalef, Shannon-Weaver, Simpson and Pielou and also catch composition and length frequency distribut...

Proper flood discharge forecasting is significant for the design of hydraulic structures, reducing the risk of failure, and minimizing downstream environmental damage. The objective of this study was to investigate the application of machine learning methods in Regional Flood Frequency Analysis (RFFA). To achieve this goal, 18 physiographic, climatic, lithological, and land use parameters were ...

This study was conducted to survey of distribution and abundance of cutlassfish (Trichiurus lepturus, Linnaeus 1758) as target species between the fishing grounds of Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces. Sampling operations were carried out during the summer season in Bushehr province and autumn season in Hormozgan province in 2013. The fishing operation was done using commercial trawler vessel with...