AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACTS OF TEACHING WRITING SKILL THROUGH EXTENSIVE SHORT STORY READING

The present study is an attempt to test the effect of wide short story reading on the precision and difficulty of EFL students’ composition ability. The research was accomplished at Fan Bayan Language Institute in Ajabshir, Iran on advanced EFL students. The entire sample group of 30 learners exhibited a high amount of improvement in a composition ability pre-test, which had an experimental part and a control part. The experimental group of the study comprised three entire weeks of short story practicing before the final test. A composition skill post-test was administered for both the experimental and control groups of the study. The subjects’ compositions were graded according to precision and difficulty of the final test and a T-Test was applied to investigate the students’ improvement according to their grades. The outcomes of the research proved that long-time reading of such stories could empower students in the experimental group to apply and use many answer patterns in post-testing.  Keywords: literature, short stories, extensive reading, writing, accuracy, complexity.Cite as: Nozen, S.Z., Kalajahi, S.A.R., Abdullah, A.N., & Jabbarzadeh, H. (2017). An investigation of the impacts of teaching writing skill through extensive short story reading. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(1), 53-70.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss1pp53-7

(2,2′-Biquinoline-κ2 N,N′)dibromido­zinc(II)

In the title compound, [ZnBr2(C18H12N2)], the ZnII atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tetra­hedral configuration by two N atoms from the 2,2′-biquinoline ligand and two terminal Br atoms. The crystal packing is stabilized by weak inter­molecular C—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds and extensive inter­molecular π–π contacts between the pyridine and benzene rings [centroid–centroid distances = 3.775 (4), 3.748 (4), 3.735 (4), 3.538 (4), 3.678 (4) and 3.513 (4) Å]

Dichlorido(6,6′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine-κ2 N,N′)cobalt(II)

In the title compound, [CoCl2(C12H12N2)], the CoII atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tetra­hedral geometry by two N atoms from a 6,6′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine ligand and two terminal Cl atoms. Inter­molecular C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking inter­actions between the pyridine rings [centroid–centroid distances = 3.788 (1) and 3.957 (1) Å] are present in the crystal structure

The Relationship between Clinical Findings of Shoulder Joint with Bone Damage of Shoulder Joint in Patients with Isolated Shoulder Blunt Trauma

BACKGROUND: Due to the prevalence of shoulder injuries among athletes and other people and the prevalence of radiography for these injuries, there are still no valid criteria for indication of doing shoulder radiography. AIM: This study aimed to examine the relationship between some signs and clinical examinations of the shoulder with shoulder bone injuries and the need for radiography. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. All patients aged 18-70 years who referred to the emergency ward of Imam Reza and Hasheminejad Hospital in the year 2014 due to blunt trauma and had criteria for entering the study and lacking exclusion criteria were included in the study process. Data on clinical symptoms, radiographic results, and final diagnosis were extracted from the patients' records through a questionnaire and analysed statistically. RESULTS: There was a significant relationship between the clinical signs of patients Existence of ecchymosis in the shoulder fractures with glenoid and humerus fractures (p = 0.029, p = 0.004 respectively). There was also a significant relationship between clavicle fracture and limitation in shoulder rotation and abduction (p = 0.000 and p = 0.001 respectively). Other clinical symptoms did not show any significant relationship with radiographs indicative of the problem requiring specific treatment. CONCLUSION: Although it is possible to define critters based on clinical symptoms that reduce the need for unnecessary radiographs that the does not reliably help inpatient treatment, but finding these critters to indicate the performance of the graphs in shoulder injuries requires further studies with the higher population and more clinical variables

Evaluation of sensitivity and the specificity of Canadian CT head rule and New Orleans criteria in patients with head injury

BackgroundMillions of people around the world are annually under emergency investigation due to severe head injuries. Computed tomography (CT) scans is a diagnostic procedure that can be done for most people. AimsThis study is aimed to evaluate the sensitivity and the specificity of Canadian and New Orleans criteria in determining the rate of head injury.Methods To obtain the relationship between clinical symptoms and CT scan results, the required information was obtained by filling out the records and physical examination in the emergency department and the results from the patients were statistically analysed. Data needed to complete the questionnaire was collected from patient, the patient, their concomitant examination, and the information in their medical records. The raw data from the questionnaire was analysed using SPSS version 17 software. In this study, after obtaining the CT scan results, the individuals were classified into two clinical criteria, New Orleans and Canadian, and their sensitivity and specificity were analysed using ROC curve analysis.Results ROC curve analysis data showed that the sensitivity and specificity of New Orleans criteria are 31 per cent and 69 per cent, respectively, and the sensitivity and specificity of Canadian criteria are 76 per cent and 74 per cent, respectively. Data shows that the Canadian curve has a significant difference compared to basic state (P-Value < 0.05).ConclusionDespite abnormal CT scan results in patients with head trauma, there is a significant relationship between headache and a combination of symptoms in patients. The results can be used in decision-making on involved in performing a CT scan. ROC curve analysis also showed that the Canadian criterion has higher sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of severe head trauma compared to New Orleans criteria

Detecting electronic structure evolution of semiconductor nanocrystals by magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy

The evolution of electronic states of nanocrystals under shape variation is hardly detected by conventional optical and electronic instruments due to the condensed electronic levels of nanocrystals. Herein, we demonstrate that magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy is a high-resolution method to monitor this delicate progress on account of the sensitive Zeeman response to electronic states. In particular, the MCD intensity of the first excitonic transition exponentially decreases with the shape changing from quantum dots to quantum rods owing to the increased density of valence p(z) state with elongation in the z direction, which contributes much less to MCD intensity compared with p(+/-). This work provides a simple but effective strategy for understanding the electronic state evolution in various semiconductor nanomaterials