the main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of portfolios and conferencing techniques on iranian efl learners' writing skill. the experiment involved iranian intermediate students that were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. the participants of the first experimental group were asked to provide portfolios of their 4 paragraphs during the course ...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of portfolios and conferencing techniques on Iranian EFL learners' writing skill. The experiment involved Iranian intermediate students that were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The participants of the first experimental group were asked to provide portfolios of their 4 paragraphs during the course ...

In October 2010, the UK Secretary of State for Defence announced a process to transform defence to meet the challenges of the future. This process set out a series of complex decisions, including the future location for defence technical training. Five months after the announcement, the Defence Technical Training Change Programme (DTTCP) team contacted Catalyze to request support for the DTTCP ...

The light scalar mesons a0/ f0(980) are being investigated at COSY-Jülich by detecting the strong decays into KK̄ and πη /ππ as well as radiative decays into vector mesons. Selected results are discussed with emphasis on recent measurements at the ANKE and WASA spectrometers.

the markowitz issue of optimization can’t be solved by precise mathematical methods such as second order schematization, when real world condition and limitations are considered. on the other hand, most managers prefer to manage a small portfolio of available assets in place of a huge portfolio. it can be analogized to cardinal constrains, that is, constrains related to minimum and maximum curr...

PSMs have been widely and successfully used in many organisations, but the reliance on face-to-face meetings and workshops makes a typical PSM project difficult and time-consuming to organise, and means that the process may only involve a narrow cross-section of the organisation. Yet much interaction in organisations is neither face-to-face nor even synchronous. This research seeks to 1) explor...

The main objective of this research is to optimize the stock portfolio of investment companies operating in the field of petrochemical and refining industries through minimizing risk with respect to the expected return. In this regard, first of all, the compositions of sample firm's portfolios were investigated during 2013 to 2016 and high-weight industries were selected. Then, the risk of retu...

investing on growth stocks and value stocks has represented one of the research topics on strategies creating excess return. in this paper, which focuses on companies listed in tehran stock exchange, companies are categorized into growth and value based on certain measures and then their performances are studied. in addition to individual ratios used in a large volume of researches, combined me...