There are various AND different strategies for expANDing business influence in commercial markets. External EXTENSION of corporations can be regarded as one of the most important ways for influencing on markets AND increasing productions.There are some similar strategies that have same performance like External EXTENSIONs, but we should not have analogous perception from them. Joint venture, cartels, foreign investments AND other similar CONCEPTs are similar strategies that can be regarded as same CONCEPTs...

The present paper investigated the effectiveness of CONCEPT mapping as a learning strategy on EFL students’ self-regulation (metacognitive self-regulation, time AND study environment, effort regulation, peer learning, AND help seeking). Sixty university students participated in the study. They were rANDomly assigned to control AND experimental groups, each including thirty students. They were at the intermediate level of English proficiency AND studying English either Translation or Literature. Their language proficiency was determined by the Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency (MTELP) (Corrigan, 1979). The instrument to collect data on the students’ selfregulation was the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) (Printrich et al., 1991). The findings revealed that students gained higher self-regulation in writing tasks as the result of the explicit instruction of the CONCEPT mapping strategy. The findings have implications for pedagogy as well as for research.

This article will discuss the CONCEPT of “ situation requirement” in Ma’ ani, AND explain its implications for classical AND modern rhetoricians by analyzing the extent AND limitations of the CONCEPT of situation in their ideas. This study aims to create a dialogue between linguistic thoughts of modern AND classical rhetoricians by considering the metatextual elements in regard to the CONCEPT of situation. In doing so, this research asks: what are the elements of “ situation” in Ma’ ani? Is it possible to compare “ situation requirement” to the pragmatic approaches in linguistics? The method of this research is descriptive-analytical AND after expressing the views of the classical AND modern rhetoricians about “ situation requirement", it is concluded that the difference in their approach to the metatextual elements of speech is due to two reasons: considering the situation before speech AND the rhetorical AND aesthetic functions of situation in Ma’ ani.

ABSTRACT Considering the CONCEPT of quality of life in cities to be the same, urban planners do not have a precise understANDing of the factors affecting the quality of life. Therefore, according to the size of the city, different indicators should be considered to measure the quality of life. Thus, according to the main goal of the research, which is to recognize, identify AND compile the factors affecting the improvement of the quality of life in middle AND small cities on an intra-provincial scale, Qazvin AND Zia Abad cities in Qazvin province were selected as study samples. In order to achieve the goal of the research, exploratory factor analysis AND regression analysis were exerted. The findings show that the homogenization of the indicators affecting the quality of life in all cities is incorrect. Some CONCEPTs, such as the size of the city, are effective in compiling AND selecting the indicators affecting the quality of life. So, the indicators affecting the quality of life in each city can be different according to some CONCEPTs, such as the city's characteristics or the city's size. Examining study samples also shows that in small cities, social indicators are more important due to strong social solidarity among people AND the high importance of social AND cultural CONCEPTs. Moreover, in middle cities, due to the importance of finding economic CONCEPTs AND urban services in people's lives AND people's less communication with each other AND the weakening of solidarity AND social connections, indicators of urban services AND facilities AND economic factors have the most importance in explaining the quality of life; this shows that the Quality of life indicators are different in all cities Extended Abstract Introduction Quality of life is a multifaceted AND dynamic CONCEPT that can be different from city to city AND region to region AND can be defined by various indicators. Not paying attention to this issue AND considering the CONCEPT of quality of life equally in all cities has caused the level of quality of life to decrease in many cities, especially middle AND small cities, in recent years. On the other hAND, considering the CONCEPT of quality of life in cities to be the same, urban planners do not have a precise understANDing of the factors affecting the quality of life. Following this, the main goal of this research is to identify, identify AND compile effective factors for improving the quality of life in middle AND small cities on an intra-provincial scale. In order to achieve this goal, the cities of Qazvin AND Zia Abad in Qazvin province were selected as study samples, so that according to the size of the city, in order to achieve the goal of the research, the factors affecting the quality of life are analyzed on an intra-provincial scale.   Methodology The research method is applied research based on quantitative methods. In line with data analysis, after extracting 60 indicators of quality of life, first, the indicators were separated into separate AND structured factors using the exploratory factor analysis method in SPSS software. AND then, step by step regression method was used to measure the effective factors in improving the quality of life in cities.   Results AND discussion The research findings show that based on exploratory factor analysis, 16 factors were extracted in Zia Abad city AND 15 factors in Qazvin city as effective factors on the quality of life in small AND middle cities. In order to present AND explain the factors affecting the improvement of the quality of life in small AND middle cities, the factors extracted from the factor analysis were analyzed by multivariate regression method AND step-by-step method. Furthermore, finally, (13) factors were introduced in Zia   Abad AND (13) factors in Qazvin as the main factors influencing the quality of life. The analysis of the findings indicates that in Zia Abad, factors such as life expectancy AND social relations, security, the state of urban services AND access to urban facilities, living expenses, the state of urban furniture, urban traffic, the state of offices AND housing have more effects in explaining AND improving the quality of life. In Qazvin, factors such as the state of urban services, the state of green AND public spaces in the city, the state of security AND economic opportunities in the city, the density AND hope of urban, economic, AND cultural life, the state of roads AND leisure in the city are effective in explaining the quality of life. Following this, according to the above findings, quality of life is a multidimensional AND dynamic CONCEPT that directly relates to the type of cities AND the specific characteristics of cities. Therefore, the quality of life AND its indicators can differ from city to city; because every city has its characteristics AND characteristics with citizens with different cultures AND thinking, which causes the factors affecting the quality of life to be different. Therefore, considering the quality of life AND its indicators to be the same in all cities is wrong, which can lead to the decline of the quality of life AND the failure of quality of life improvement programs.   Conclusion Finally, the research results indicate that quality of life is a simple CONCEPT covering various urban life aspects. This CONCEPT can be defined as a determining factor in the excellence AND progress of cities AND residents' satisfaction with their urban life. It is multifaceted AND dependent on place AND time. As a result, the perception of people in different cities AND communities about the CONCEPT of quality of life AND the factors affecting it can be different. Following this, factors AND indicators should be selected according to the characteristics AND conditions of that city in urban planning to improve the quality of life for each city. Thus, this research, using the classification of cities based on the size of the city, has presented factors specifically for middle AND small cities, which in small cities due to strong social solidarity among people AND the great importance of social AND cultural CONCEPTs, social indicators are more important. Moreover, in middle cities, due to the importance of finding economic CONCEPTs AND urban services in people's lives AND people's less communication with each other AND the weakening of solidarity AND social connections, indicators of urban services AND facilities AND economic factors have the most importance in explaining the quality of life; this shows that the quality of life indicators are different in all cities.   Funding There is no funding support.   Authors’ Contribution All of the authors approved the content of the manuscript AND agreed on all aspects of the work.   Conflict of Interest Authors declared no conflict of interest.   Acknowledgments We are grateful to all the scientific.

BACKGROUND: Causing site direct mutation can be one of the efficient methods to evaluate the characteristics AND properties of various genes. Brucellosis is the most common zoonotic infectious disease that would cause great economic losses. Thus, recognition of pathogenic AND immunogenic factors in the genus Brucella can lead to control this health problem.OBJECTIVES: Considering the importance of site direct mutation in identification of genome structure AND numerous ways to achieve this goal, Overlap EXTENSION PCR is introduced as an improved technique for the removal AND replacement of the gene target.METHODS: For this study, with two-step PCR using specific primers, upstream AND downstream fragments from target gene AND antibiotic resistance cassette from plasmid pET28a (+), were reproduced AND were connected to each other. The resulting fragment was cloned in specific position of pBluescriptIISK(-) plasmid by the restriction enzymes. Then, the construction was transferred into the genome of Brucella abortus by electroporation method.RESULTS: Fusion PCR product was obtained without any change in the nucleotide sequence AND then it was cloned into pBluescriptIISK (-) plasmid, finally the construction was replaced AND the target gene was deleted.CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that the Overlap EXTENSION PCR is an optimized AND modified technique to create mutations in the bacterial genome structure AND can easily be used in the family Brucella.

Nature has aesthetics of its own, what can provoke the human mind into better recognizing the CONCEPT of beauty via mental perception. As such, human mind can interact with the nonverbal expressions of nature only to better his/her primitive aesthetic knowledge AND reach a more novel recognition of aestheticism via the practice of interpretative deduction. This article has been the result of a series of discussions AND dialogues between the authors on the nature of aesthetic geotouring AND exploring the natural phenomena based on the Dialectical Method of Socrates AND modelled after the Platonic dialogues. The outcome of this dialectic study brings to light the fact that touring in nature through providing the due opportunity for mental perception of aesthetic phenomena can provide a clearer definition of ‘beauty’ in its rich variety. Aesthetic search as such will culminate in forming a more illuminated mental CONCEPT of beauty in mind, what can influence human rationale for aesthetic judgment AND enrich even more the texture of human aesthetic creation. Such aesthetico-interpretative endeavor might lead to a higher potential for creating more original works of literature AND art AND culminate in a better judgment about such aesthetic creations.

چکیدهبا توجه به پیوستگی دین و رسانه در ایران و نیز توجهات گسترده نظری به مبحث رسانه دینی در سال های اخیر و نیز با در نظر گرفتن اهمیت فهم و ایضاح مفهومی«رسانه دینی» در این پژوهش به تحلیل مقالات ایرانی درباره رسانه دینی پرداخته شده است.در این مرور نظام-مند دلالت های ضمنی و بعضا صریح نویسندگان درباره رسانه دینی مورد نظر بوده و چگونگی فضای مفهومی و فکری این مقالات و نویسندگان شانرمورد توجه قرار گرفته است.بنابر این سوال اساسی این تحقیق آن است که به لحاظ مفهومی چه تلقی از مفهوم رسانه دینی در میان تحقیقات ایرانی و میان صاحبنظران عرصه دین و رسانه وجود دارد؟ به همین منظور پس از مروری بر نظریه های سه گانه دین و رسانه با استفاده از نگاهی فراتحلیلی،همه مقالات ایرانی مرتبط با موضوع و در حیطه جستجوی نویسنده مبنای کار قرار گرفته است.یافته های تحقیق در چهار محور شامل مسایل و موضوعات پژوهش ها،وجود/امکان رسانه دینی،تعریف رسانه دینی،نوع رسانه مورد نظر پژوهش ها،و نوع دین مورد توجه پژوهش ها ارایه شده است.نتایج تحقیق نشان می دهد که نگاه کلی حاکم بر تحقیقات ایرانی در حیطه رسانه دینی،نگاهی هنجاری با رویکرد و مبنای نظری ابزارگرایانه است.این نگاه در همه حیطه های مسایل و موضوعات،وجود و امکان رسانه دینی،تعریف رسانه دینی،مصداق و مفهوم رسانه و نیز دین،و همچنین در مبناها و رویکردهای نظری پژوهش ها خود را نشان می دهد.

The purpose of this study was to compare the technique of taking cephalometric radiographs in Natural Head Position (NHP) with slightly changing of the head in the direction of flexion AND EXTENSION (In the amount of 5 degrees.) 40 Cephalometric head films of 20 cases, all of whom were dental students, were utilized in this study.The cephalograms were divided into two groups. At first lateral cephalometric radiographs in NHP were taken from all of the cases, then another radiograph was taken in extended head position (the head changed 5 degrees upward from NHP position) from cases of group one, AND in flexion head position (the head changed 5 degrees downward from NHP position) from cases of the second group. In this study 24 lANDmarks AND 36 variable were evaluated.All radiographs were twice AND data captured with a digitizer AND computer. Evaluation of the results, which are shown in table I, revealed that 9 of the variable among 36 showed significant differences compared to NHP position, AND two of the variable was common between the two groups. However, 27 of the measurments didn't show any significant differences. Considering the fact that one fourth of the lANDmark measurments which were evaluated in this study showed significant differences during slight EXTENSION or flexion of head, taking of lateral cephalometric headfilms in NHP is recommended specially when they are to be used in serial studies or ar taken for research purpose.However, because other 27 measurment (which comprise three fourth of all the measurments) showed no significant changes, we concluded that lateral cephlograms which are not taken in NHP may be used for diagnostic AND treatment planning purpose.