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Volume 5, Issue 4 (12-2001)
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Seyyed Ali Asghar Mousavi Rokni Assistant Professor, Ghom University This article is discussing methodology scholars' attitude in jurisprudence and divine law about how they can prove the crime and the act of sentence. In usual researching methods, these are followed in legal - penal subjects and its theological aspect is less considered, but within this article, while dividing the subject into sections, including "the quality of responsibility" and "the omission of responsibility and sentence" , the legislator's attitude toward real criminal and the quality of act or abolition of sentence has been discussed. The first section implies the precision of methodology as the jurist's thought supporter to recognize the real criminal, since the presupposition for attributing the title of criminal to someone, is being addressed by divine law and this fact occurs with in the discussion of the quality of responsibility. In the second section, the specific attention of the legislator toward the rights of criminal is discussed and considering the special conditions which the criminal faces, the question of reducing or abolishing of sentence from him or her arises, that means the same important question called "acquittance" and the importance of this matter is that the ignored rights of the oppressed people must also be regarded. Obviously, this article can not include all of the legal-theological discussions in this field, and only some parts of it has been dealt with.

Volume 12, Issue 48 (9-2015)
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The aquatic zoonotic bacterial Streptococcus iniae represents a threat to the worldwide aquaculture industry. This study was carried out to evaluate the antibacterial activity Cuminum cyminum essential oil and nisin for control of S.iniae in fillets of Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in 4 Cº on basis hurdle technology between 2012 and 2013.The effect of different concentrations of nisin (0, 0.25 and 0.75 µg/ml) and Cuminum cyminum (0, 0.005, 0.135 and 0.405 %) were conducted on growth of S.iniae GQ850377 for 15 days. The results showed that growth of bacterial delayed in samples treated with nisin and essential oil singly to 9 days and together to 3 days. Samples treated with essential oil showed a significant decrease on the growth of the bacteria compared with nisin and control sample (P<0.05). No significant different was observed on the growth of S.iniae in samples treated with higher concentrations of C.cyminum (0.135 and 0.405 %) (p>0.05), but different concentrations of nisin was statistically significant (p<0.05). Synergistic effects were observed at concentration of 0.405% C.cyminum and 0.75 µg/mL nisin.  

Volume 13, Issue 4 (Number 4 - 2011)
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A research study was conducted to evaluate the effects of three herbal extracts and an antibiotic –virginiamycin- on growth performance, immune system, blood factors and selected intestinal bacterial populations in broiler chickens. A total of four hundred and eighty 1-day old male broiler chicks were assigned to the basal diet (control) , basal diet supplemented with 15 ppm of virginiamycin, basal diets with a 0.1% dose of either thyme (Thymus vulgaris), coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), garlic (Allium sativum) or a blend of the three extracts in the drinking water. The highest and the lowest body weight and weight gain were related to virginiamycin and coneflower, (P< 0.05) respectively. The lowest and the highest feed conversion rates were respectively related to virginiamycin and coneflower (P< 0.05). Relative weight of bursa Fabricius in the garlic group showed a significantly more increase as compared with other groups, while the relative weight of spleen was unaffected by treatments. Cutaneous basophils hypersensitivity response (to phytohemaglutinin injection) and antibody response to Sheep Red Blood Cells (SRBC) was higher in coneflower group (P< 0.05). Antibody responses to Newcastle Disease vaccine (LaSota) was unaffected by treatments but coneflower improved antibody levels (P> 0.05). Garlic (Allium sativum) significantly reduced the serum levels of cholesterol, LDL, and triglyceride as well as significantly increasing the level of HDL. Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) improved hematocrit percentage and hemoglobin concentration, but not significantly. The colony forming units of Escherichia coli in digesta of ileo-cecum in the blend group showed a significantly lower number compared with control. However, there was no difference observed in E. coli counts between blend group and others, except for control. The lactic acid bacteria counts in the thyme group increased as compared to other groups, except for coneflower (P< 0.05).

Volume 15, Issue 4 (September & October 2024)
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This research investigated the mediating role of language motivational self system in the relationship between epistemological beliefs and second language writing anxiety in students. The research method was correlation type using structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research was made up of all the students of the second secondary school, 203 students were randomly selected and answered to Papi's self-motivation system questionnaires (2010), Cheng's second language writing anxiety (2004) and the short form of Schumer's epistemological beliefs questionnaire (1999). The results showed that epistemological beliefs have a direct effect on second language writing anxiety and the motivational self system of language has a direct effect on second language writing anxiety. Also, epistemological beliefs have an indirect effect on second language writing anxiety through the motivational self system of language. The research model was also confirmed and the result showed that the variable measurement models have a good fit and 45% of the variance of language writing anxiety is explained by cognitive variables. Based on the findings of this research, it can be concluded that there is a direct and indirect causal relationship between the variables of epistemological beliefs, language motivational self system and second language writing anxiety, and the mediating role of language motivational self system in the relationship between epistemological beliefs and second language writing anxiety were confirmed.
 
1. Introduction
Language is often seen as a key to gaining knowledge and empowerment. When learning a language, people can communicate on different levels and it allows them to understand and interpret the abstract concepts, feelings and thoughts of the people. Through learning a foreign language, a larger population is accessed, more knowledge is available, and the sharing of ideas becomes deeper and more diverse (Gollnick & Chin, 2009). Language leaning is a cognitive and social process and we learn it through interaction with others as well as conscious mental effort. This means that learners can play an active role in their learning through the use of learning strategies (Anugkakul, 2011). One of the important factors in learning a second language is anxiety. Anxiety can be an important variable that a language learner experiences while learning a foreign language. Anxiety is an integral part of human experience and nature. Anxiety is a vague feeling of uneasiness with apprehension that occurs in response to internal and external stimuli. Also, it may lead to cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral symptoms (Baghiani Moghadam et al., 2015). McIntyre and Gardner (1994) described L2 anxiety as "feelings of tension and apprehension especially in L2 contexts, including speaking, listening, and writing." When learning a foreign language, these anxieties can affect students' performance in academic environments (Farsian et al., 2014). Language writing anxiety is one of the most important variables that plays an important role in second language learning. Second language writing anxiety is defined as a relatively stable tendency of anxiety related to second language writing that includes a variety of dysfunctional thoughts, increasing physiological arousal, and maladaptive behaviors (Cheng, 2004). Studies have shown that students’ writing performance is related to anxiety. In the language anxiety literature, there are two variables of epistemological beliefs and the motivational self-system of the second language playing a decisive role. Learners' beliefs about language learning are also very important (Fujiwara, 2015). In the last three decades, researchers have studied beliefs about knowledge and their impact on learning. These so-called epistemological beliefs include a complex system of beliefs. They not only affect academic performance and information processing, but also they interact with constructs such as achievement motivation (Oschatz, 2015). Students’ epistemological beliefs affect the application of learning strategies and their ability to understand academic texts in English (Allahi, 2018). Another factor affecting language anxiety is the motivational self-system of the second language. The second language motivational self-system model by Dornyei (2005) with three aspects of the self as the language self, the language ideal self, and the language learning experience was developed based on previous models and empirical evidence from psychological studies. Intrinsic motivation and different types of writing anxiety indicate English as a foreign language learners' evaluative judgments from teacher and peer feedback (Tsao et al., 2017). Motivation and self-reported English competences/skills had strong negative and significant correlations with English writing anxiety levels (Akbarov & Aydoghan, 2018). Therefore, this research investigated the relationship between epistemological beliefs and second language writing anxiety, mediated by the second language motivational self-system among students.

2. Method
The present research is an applied one. The data were collected cross-sectionally and analyzed descriptively, and correlational part was based on the method of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research consists of secondary school students of which 203 students were randomly selected as the sample. To collect data, Taguchi et al.,'s (2009) motivational self-system questionnaires, Schumer's (1990) epistemological beliefs, and Second Language Writing Anxiety, Cheng (2004) were used. For data analysis, descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics of structural regression modeling were done using SPSS 24 and Amos 23 software.

3. Findings
 The results show a significant correlation between the subscales of the language motivational self-system and epistemological beliefs with English writing anxiety. There was a significant negative relationship between the subscales of the motivational self-system of language and English language writing anxiety, and a significant positive relationship was observed between epistemological beliefs and English language writing anxiety. The paths of epistemological beliefs and motivational self-system of language also had a significant direct effect on English writing anxiety. Also, the indirect path of epistemological beliefs on English language writing anxiety was observed through the mediation of language motivational self-system, and in general, two variables had the predictive power (R2 = 0.45) of the English language writing anxiety variable, which was about %45. This endogenous variable can be explained by these variables.

4. Conclusion
The aim of this research was to investigate the structural relationship between epistemological beliefs and second language writing anxiety with the mediation of language motivational self-system among students. The results showed that epistemological beliefs had a direct effect on second language writing anxiety and an indirect effect on second language writing anxiety through the mediation of language motivational self-system. The findings are consistent with the results obtained by Papi (2010), Kyung (2017), Sadeghi (2022), and Zare et al., (2019). Writing, especially for second language learners, is a laborious and demanding activity, and at the same time, it is a skill that they must master in order to perform well at higher levels (Daud et al., 2005). Writing tasks are usually required in any field of study. However, writing is a very difficult skill and second language learners are afraid of doing that (Gupta, 1998). The concept of success in writing is related to self-expression, flow of ideas, external expectations, high self-confidence, and enjoyment of writing in a second language (Basturkmen & Lewis, 2002). L2 writing anxiety can be defined as "the avoidance of writing and situations which potentially require some writing along with the potential to evaluate that writing" (Hassan, 2001). Epistemological beliefs in the field of internal factors increase anxiety by forming inappropriate cognitive dimensions. Participants’ beliefs about these dimensions of knowledge may prevent the emergence of more complex epistemological beliefs in the domain of English language learning. Second language curriculum should focus on developing the use of language learning skills and appropriate cognitive strategies (e.g., critical thinking) to determine the most accurate sources of vocabulary knowledge in specific communicative contexts (Ziegler, 2014).
Dörnyei's (2009) language motivation system has been applied in various settings around the world to understand the motivation for learning languages. Some research studies have suggested that students should develop different forms of self-motivation at different organizational levels. In some language learners, the initial motivation to learn a language does not come from internal or external images and is more from a successful engagement with the actual process of language learning experience (Papi, 2010). Through recognizing and strengthening the variables of the ideal self, the ought to self, and learning experiences, the amount of individual effort in learning can be predicted (AttarSharqi & Akbari, 2018). Intrinsic motivation and different types of writing anxiety show English as foreign language learners' evaluative judgments from teacher and peer feedback (Tsao et al., 2017). Analysis of the causes of second language writing anxiety showed that language problems, insufficient writing practice, test anxiety, lack of knowledge, and low self-confidence in writing performance are the main sources of second language writing anxiety. Eckstein and Ferris (2018) recommend teaching second language writers to edit common patterns of errors and sensitizing students to the value of subtle and purposeful lexical variation in their writing. Teachers should look for more effective ways to reduce the anxiety that students feel when learning and writing English in order to support successful language learning experiences (Choi, 2013).
 

Volume 16, Issue 6 (8-2016)
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Hybrid ratio of each reinforcement phases in hybrid composite can be defined as proportion of its volume to total reinforcement volume of the composite. The hybrid ratio is an important factor which controls the participation extent of each reinforcement phases in overall properties of hybrid composites. Hence, in the present work, surface hybrid nano composites of Al2024, Graphite average particle size of 100 μm and ZrO2 average particle size of 15 with different. For fabrication of nano composite the tool rotation rate was set to be 1000 rpm, and its advancing speed was 20 mm/min and tilt angle of 3 degree were chosen and all samples were subjected to 2 passes of FSP to obtain more homogeneous dispersion of the reinforcements. Subsequently, effect of hybrid ratio on microstructural, mechanical and tribological properties investigated. Optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were utilized to perform microstructural observation on the samples showed that reinforcements are well dispersed inside the Nugget Zone. Hardness value measurements and pin on disk dry sliding wear tests were carried out to investigate effect of hybrid ratio on mechanical and tribological properties of the nano composites.

Volume 17, Issue 4 (7-2015)
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The aim of this study was evaluation of phytochemical components, antioxidant activity, and antibacterial effects of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) essential oil (BEO) in vitro. The lipid oxidation of the meat and antibacterial effects of BEO were also evaluated in beef burger product. In this empirical study, essential oil of the basil was isolated by hydrodistillation. Then, BEO was analyzed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The effect of different concentrations of BEO (0.00, 0.062, 0.125, and 0.25%) at 4±1ºC temperature and storage time of up to 12 days was evaluated on lipid oxidation, anti Staphylococcus aureus activity, and organoleptic effects in beef burger. The main compounds in BEO were methyl chavicol (85.19%), 1,8 cineol (3.96%), trans-alpha bergamotene (1.18%) and linalool (1.03%). In the storage temperature (4±1ºC), the BEO decreased the growth rate of S. aureus in beef burger (P< 0.05). Also, overall acceptance rate in the beef burger containing 0.125% BEO created a better sense in the product (P< 0.05). No significant differences were observed after adding different concentrations of essential oil to decrease lipid oxidation in raw beef burger (P> 0.05). Therefore, this essential oil might be used as antibacterial agent and flavor enhancer in meat products such as beef burger. 

Volume 18, Issue 115 (September 2021)
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The control pests and diseases is considered one of the most important operations of Citrus in the protection stage. Today, a lot of research has been done in various fields of agriculture, including the diagnosis of plant pests and diseases by using machine vision methods. One of the problems that reduce the accuracy of the machine for detecting pests in farm conditions is the presence of adverse factors such as shade and changes in light intensity at different times of the day. In this study, in order to find the appropriate light intensity at different times of the day and increase the brightness of the shady parts of the trees, lighting by a lamp at the imaging site has been used. For detect pest-infected trees (in this snail study) has been used to Deep learning method which has been studied and evaluated by various optimization algorithms such as RMSProp, Adam and SGDm. To evaluate and test the algorithm used, 8000 images were examined in 9 farm conditions and one laboratory state In farm conditions, the lowest detection accuracy of algorithms with 64.32% related to imaging in cloudy days with light intensity of 350 to 700 lux was obtained using RMSProp algorithm, which Detection accuracy was improved up to 95.25% using SGDm algorithm by creating a light intensity controlled by a lamp (approximately 9000 lux). In laboratory conditions where the images were prepared in a controlled environment with constant light intensity, the detection accuracy was Obtained 98.73% with SGDm algorithm.
 


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