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Volume 0, Issue 0 (Articles accepted for Publication 2024)
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Aim and Introduction
Commuting is a socio-economic phenomenon that arises from spatial imbalances between labor supply and demand across different locations. While some trips are recreational or incidental, a significant proportion occurs due to the inability of individuals to meet essential needs—such as employment—at their place of residence. In this context, commuting serves as a practical response to spatial mismatches. However, constraints in transportation infrastructure and increased demand for urban travel have made trip reduction an effective strategy for improving the performance of urban transportation systems.
Since a considerable share of daily trips is generated by land patterns—particularly workplace locations—modifying commuting patterns by relocating workers closer to their places of employment can significantly reduce trip generation. This study assumes that all workers currently living in Isfahan but employed elsewhere relocate to reside in their respective places of work. As a result, transportation costs associated with commuting to and from Isfahan would be eliminated, thereby creating a negative shock to the city’s final demand.
Conversely, the inflow and outflow of workers and their families would induce changes in local economic dynamics. Specifically, increased demand for housing would raise real estate rental prices, generating a positive shock in final demand. This research explores the economic consequences of such shifts through a regional input-output framework.
Methodology
To estimate interregional economic changes, this study employs a multi-regional input–output (MRIO) model. Given the availability of regional account data in Iran, regional tables were constructed using the Location Quotient (LQ) method. To address the common shortcomings of traditional LQ techniques—namely, the overestimation of regional coefficients and underestimation of imports—the Flag method was adopted. This approach incorporates three economic dimensions and addresses spatial factors, improving the accuracy of regional estimates.
A key challenge in compiling MRIO tables is obtaining reliable interregional trade data to calculate import and export coefficients. To this end, the gravity model—based on Newton’s law of gravitation—was utilized to estimate economic flows. The model correlates the volume of interregional trade with the economic size of the origin and destination and inversely with the distance between them. Thus, this study combines the LQ and gravity methods to model economic interactions among three regions in Iran: (1) Isfahan city, (2) other cities within Isfahan province, and (3) other provinces nationwide. Data sources include the national input-output table (1395) and regional accounts provided by the Statistical Center of Iran.
Results and Discussion
Findings indicate that the reduction in transportation costs within Isfahan city leads to a decline in production across all three regions, with the most pronounced effects observed in the industrial production and wholesale/retail sectors. Conversely, rising real estate rental costs initially stimulate employment growth in the construction, financial, insurance, industrial, and transportation sectors.
The simultaneous impact of reduced commuting costs and increased housing expenses results in a net rise in employment in Isfahan’s construction and real estate sectors. Similar employment gains are observed in the real estate, construction, and financial sectors in other cities within Isfahan province. In other provinces, the positive effects extend to the real estate, construction, financial, insurance, and water and sewage sectors. However, most other economic sectors across all regions experience a decline in employment.
Conclusion
This study underscores the complex economic implications of altering commuting patterns. Future research should explore the broader effects of these shocks on variables such as energy savings, reduced fossil fuel consumption, decreased air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, fewer traffic accidents, lower healthcare costs, and less congestion—especially during peak commuting hours. Additionally, reduced commuting times can increase employees’ available time, some of which could be allocated to productive activities, warranting supply-side investigations. Furthermore, lower transportation costs may function as increased household income, potentially influencing household consumption patterns—an area that merits further exploration in subsequent studies.


Volume 0, Issue 0 (Articles accepted at the time of publication 2024)
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Writing assessment literacy(WAL) for second or foreign language (L2) teachers, which refers to teachers’ knowledge, conceptions, and practice of writing assessment in L2 contexts, has lately received attention from scholars. Although there has been significant debate about the impact of contextual and conceptual factors on teachers’ assessment literacy, studies focusing on how such factors influence teachers’ WAL are lacking. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the way Iranian English writing teachers' conception of assessment, and macro, meso, and micro contextual variables impact their writing assessment practice. It also looked at how writing teachers make assessment decisions in order to negotiate and find a compromise when their assessment views and beliefs diverge from the assessment policies in their local contexts. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with ten in-service l2 writing teachers in Iran. The findings show that participants had positive conceptions about formative writing assessments but they stated that they mostly used summative assessment in writing classes. Macro level contextual factors turned out to mostly impacted teachers’ writing assessment practices and conceptions. The results underscored the role of school and work experience in shaping and changing writing assessment conceptions. The findings of this study contribute to our current understanding of WAL development and provision of more efficient assessment training for language teachers in teacher education programs.

 

Volume 0, Issue 0 (Articles accepted at the time of publication 2024)
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Some muslim scholars and theologians believe in monotheistic creation, but others believe that Allah The Almighty has inspired monotheism to man after his creation. Aiming to investigate the collection of Mulla Sadra's works on monotheism (tawhid) and its correspondent beliefs, the Topic-based Discourse Analysis Model (See Mazinani, Alizadeh, and Azad, 1397) was applied. The results were categorised in three sections: claims, warrants/topos, and certainty in assertion. Sadra claims that the belief in the monotheism is Man's very nature and a necessity for his existence. He has made most of his claims by refering to Quranic verses and hadiths by their explicit quotation, implication and interpretation. In the maze of this important matter, this philosopher occasionally takes an implicit rational position by denoting the topos such as "benefit", "harm", "fundamental need", "necessity", "fulfillment of treaties", "trustworthiness" "Pressure", and "attribution", which these can also be infered from the quoted verses and hadiths. Of course, such kind of argumentation by Mulla Sadra makes it difficult for non-Muslims and rationalists to accept his claims and theory. In all the data considered, however, an influential decisive declarative tone prevails in the claims so that no words or signs of doubt or any item suggesting Mitigation Strategy were observed. In the same vein, the Intensification Sterategy application was nearly observed in 20% of the data, and the processes of negation and passivization with their specific function were seen in 10% of the data.

Volume 0, Issue 0 (Articles accepted at the time of publication 2024)
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در نشانه معناشناختی ، نشانه ، گونه­ای منعطف ، سیال ، پویا ، تغییر پذیر ، متکثر و چند بعدی است . همه­ی اینها معنا را تعاملی ، فرایندی ، تحول­پذیر ، پویا و چند وجهی می­سازند . از این دیدگاه ، نشانه معناشناختی نویدی است برای شناخت چگونگی کارکرد ، تولید و دریافت معنا در نظامهای گفتمانی ، زیرا فرایند معناسازی خود تحت نظارت و کنترل نظامی گفتمانی قراردارد . و دارای سطوح مختلفی است تا بتوان با توجه به وسعت حضور نشانه معناها ، کارکردهای متفاوت معنایی آنها را ارائه داد . کارکرد­های مختلفی با توجه به  حضور نشانه - معناها  در  گفتمان  وجود دارد که مهمترین آنها عبارت است از : کارکرد  مقاومتی ، ممارستی و  مماشاتی که مبنای شکل گیری بسیاری از گفتمانها به شمار می­روند . از این دیدگاه ،  نظام اسطوره­ای ، نظام نشانه - معنایی است که چارچوبی کیهان شناسانه و ادراکی برای تبیین پدیده­های پیرامون انسان ارائه می­دهد که دقیقا در کارکرد ادراک معنایابی و تفسیر آن نوعی نگاه به جهان مطرح است که منجر به ایجاد نوعی التفات به جهان می­انجامد که متاثر از زیست جهان انُسانها  شکل گرفته است . در این پژوهش مساله مهم این است که نظامی جهت تبین جهان بینی و ایدئولوژی اسطورها­ی خود از چه شگردها و راهکار­هایی  بهره برده است ؟ همچنین کارکرد­های ویژه اسطوره در گفتمان هفت پیکر چیست ؟  این پژوهش نشان

Volume 0, Issue 0 (Articles accepted at the time of publication 2024)
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The aim of the present study was to examine whether Metacognitive Intervention (MI) in their first language (L1) had any significant effect on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ Working Memory (WM) in listening comprehension when they received it. In addition, it measured whether gender had any effect on EFL learners’ listening comprehension when they receive MI through L1. To this end, 60 Iranian EFL learners were selected through a Quick Placement Test and were assigned into two male and female experimental groups. These experimental groups received an eight-week intervention program, designed by the pedagogical cycle proposed by Goh and Vandergrift (2022). After the metacognitive intervention in L1, two posttests including a working memory capacity test and a listening comprehension test were administered. The findings indicated that there was a significant effect on EFL learners’ working memory in listening comprehension after they received MI in L1. It was also found that gender had a significant effect on the EFL learners’ working memory and listening comprehension when they receive MI in L1. The findings might contribute to assisting language instructors to adopt strategy-based approaches to teaching listening. Furthermore, curriculum designers and ELT policymakers might consider metacognitive intervention as an effective teaching approach and add it to EFL learners’ curriculum.

Volume 0, Issue 0 (Articles accepted at the time of publication 2024)
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Since learning theories have been often ignored in translation education, the present study aimed to explore the impact of implementing principles of connectivism learning theory in translation training using an AI-powered translation tool, Matecat. Participants were thirty third-year students who enrolled in a course on the translation of Islamic texts from English. Before the commencement of the course, a pretest was given to the students to assess their translation skills. Then, on the basis of the results, two groups of experimental and control were formed. The homogeneity of the two groups was further checked by using independent samples t-test in SPSS. Unlike the control group, the experimental group was trained on the basis of the principles of connectivism and the tailored model designed for the present study. At the end of the program a posttest was administered, and the scores were subjected to statistical analysis using independent samples t-test. The results showed although both groups had started at more or less the same level, the quality of translations produced by the experimental group improved significantly more than that of the control group. Furthermore, the experimental group outperformed the control group in cohesion and coherence, structure, style and cultural aspects. In fact, the findings indicated that employing AI-powered translation tools per se will not lead to a significant improvement in learners' translation quality unless the training is integrated with pedagogical application of a digital age learning theory, such as connectivism.

Volume 0, Issue 0 (Articles accepted at the time of publication 2024)
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 Today, due to the speed of spread of communication on the Internet, a new discourse has been formed in this space, in which language is considered the most important element. This discourse is placed in a hostile relationship with other common discourses, one of them is standard language. Persian language, as one of the Iranian subjects' languages, faces challenges in this space. It seems that a new form of language is being formed here, which Ignoring it, could cause irreparable damage to the future of the Persian language. Considering the importance of the language's role in Jacques Lacan's psychoanalysis, this research has analyzed each of these discourses based on Lacan's discourses with a descriptive-analytical method and pathologized the common language in this space. The results show that the discourse of the standard language creates the crossed out subject and cyber space creates a hysterical subject. according to Lacan's thought, the subject's desire is never satisfied, and the feeling of loss in him never disappears, Therefore, the contemporary subject will never achieve what he wants with language outside the norm and grammatical rules. this will cause damage and danger of destruction for the language.
 

Volume 1, Issue 1 (Spring 2021)
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PPrior to approving the Islamic Penal Code Act 2013, the concept of repentance was accepted to some extent in the context of provisions related to Hudud (fixed religious penalties). In the latest efforts to revise the Islamic Penal Code, the lawmakers dedicated some articles to repentance which stipulated specific rules on the framework and other detailed provisions on applying this concept. This initiative of the legislators can be challenged on the one hand through the criminological analysis of the subject, and on the other hand, in the context of its implementation within the framework of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Due to its ignorance of modern criminological theories, particularly on victimology, the deviation of attention from offender’s personality to the criminal act, and the impossibility of realization of all repentance conditions, it appears that approving legislative provisions on repentance in the Islamic Penal Code will result in a serious crisis. Therefore, in order to reach an effective criminal policy, it is necessary that all aspects of the concept be duly scrutinized. Taking into account the substantive and procedural limits surrounding this topic, the gap between the bases of repentance in the Islamic Penal Code with the recent developments in criminal policy and also the absence of practical approaches to materialize this concept, it seems that its implementation will face challenges, thereby making the criminal policy far away from being effective.
 

Volume 1, Issue 2 ((Articles in Persian) 2010)
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Volume 2, Issue 2 (8-2012)
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The main goal of this study is the classification of international risks facing Iranian automotive companies activated in international markets. Also, the examination of the relationship among these risks and the selection of entry mode to various countries by these companies is another goal of this research. The research population of this study is the factories in automotive industry which has entered foreign markets in recent 5 years (1385-1390). Analysis even data surface is elected "Company-Project" and exploratory factor analysis test is used for the classification of risks. In this manner, international risks are classified in the four categories of risks; specific-host country risk, specific-industry risk, specific-company risk, and specific-home country risk. Also, the relationship between international risks and the selection of entry mode is examined by Spearman correlation test and its results are the confirmation of relation specific-host country risk and specific-industry risk with the selection of the entry mode. In other words, according to findings, with increase in the mentioned risks, the export entry mode has been considered and with decreasing of the risks, the entry mode has inclined to the J.V. and foreign direct investment. On the other hand, it has been identified that the relationship between the entry mode, specific-industry risk, and specific-home country risk is not meaningful.  

Volume 2, Issue 3 (NO. 3- 2010)
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A great number of sociological studies on democratization emphasize on the role of social classes in democratic transitions and the consolidation of democracy. Some authors like Barrington Moore know bourgeoisie as the historical agent of democracy, and for the authors like Dietrich Rueschemeyer, the workers are agents of democracy. In this article, we argue for a new perspective on the role of social classes in democratization based on a comparative historical study of the experience of democracy in Iran (1941-1953), Turkey (1945-1960) and South Korea (1945-1961). We are going to show that there are no specified pre-supposed interests in democracy for any social class, but the interests are historical-situational constructs of the circumstances of period under investigation. Democracy based on such an analysis is not the function of historical action of a specified class, rather it is the consequence of power balance between the classes in a specific part of history. In addition, as a part of such a perspective, the article argues in favour of a structural explanation for democratic consolidation.

Volume 2, Issue 3 (9-2014)
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Determining landslide size could be a difficult and expensive task. In this research, size parameters of 142 landslides recognized in Tajan River Basin, northern Iran, have been assessed. The dataset was prepared through the extensive field surveys and using the satellite imagery available via Google Earth. Dependence between landslides area (A-m2), volume (V-m3), and depth (D-m) was appointed by the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) at 0.05 and 0.01 levels. Then, the relation between the area and volume variables has been investigated using 10 curve estimation (CE) models. Coefficient of determination (R2), F statistic, and RMSE were calculated to compare the models with each other. Results showed that the power law fit the data better than other CE models. Although, the quadratic and cubic relationships have represented high R2 and low RMSE, they have resulted negative estimated volumes, and also their F statistic is less than its value in power law. To achieve a better result, the estimated volumes were compared with the observed ones using paired test. Results indicated that the estimated volumes were in conformity with the observed ones and there was no statistically significant difference between them (R2=0.801, sig=0.633). Although, the estimated depths were significantly different from the observed ones. The mean depth was estimated 5.5 m which was close to mean of the actual depths (5.53 m).

Volume 2, Issue 6 (Summer 2021)
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This study investigated the relationship between sports attachment and sports orientation in recreational-sports clubs. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and method of collecting descriptive-survey information and is of correlation type. The process of data collection was also field. The population of this study was 480 athletes who were selected as a sample using a simple random sampling method. The standard sports attachment questionnaire (Gail 1993) and sports orientation questionnaire (Kyle et al., 2005) were used for data collection. In order to analyze the data, descriptive statistics (center orientation and dispersion indices) and the Pearson correlation coefficient test was used to determine the relationship between variables using SPSS software version 24. The Pearson correlation test results showed a significant positive relationship between sports attachment and sport orientation with its dimensions of competitiveness, victory and goal orientation sports attachment. According to the research results, it can be said that the managers of sports clubs, per the components of attachment and orientation by holding domestic or foreign competitions, pay special attention to the need for competition, victory and goal-orientation of users.

Volume 2, Issue 7 (Autumn 2021)
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This study's purpose was to analyze recreational-sports clubs' social capital. The research is a descriptive survey in terms of applied purpose and a descriptive survey in terms of data collection. The population of this study was 480 athletes who were selected as a sample using a simple random sampling method. The standard social capital questionnaire in recreational clubs was used to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics, including independent and one-way analysis of variance tests using SPSS software version 24, were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the four components of social acceptance, behavioral norms, mutual trust, governance, and social norms are the most important components of social capital in leisure-sports clubs. And in general, to increase the quality of life and happiness of the people, investing in social capital is much more valuable than economic investment. Many groups, organizations, and human societies have succeeded without economic capital and relying solely on human and social capital, and they must have a strong emphasis on social capital.

Volume 2, Issue 7 (Autumn 2021)
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This research aims to survey the cultural status of clubs in the Persian Gulf Pro League. This research is a type of grounded theory research. The present study is of applied type. In terms of location, the scope of the research included all the professional football league clubs across the country. All interviewees were chosen voluntarily and purposefully. Sampling was done with the snowball technique, and a total of 25 elite football players were interviewed in depth—the data analysis process was based on the Strauss-Corbin model. Then, MAXQDA12 software was used for qualitative analysis of the interviews. Results showed that the current cultural status of the clubs is in the very bad category, and more work should be done to improve it in the future. Also, regarding the solutions to enhance the cultural status of the clubs, the following answers were found, which are: strengthening and reforming the management process, providing information and proper education and training, correct planning and legislation and its strict implementation, exercising supervision and control, distance From materialism and result orientation, using authentic Iranian Islamic culture, increasing budget and facilities, using domestic and foreign experiences, professionalism and updating football, helping to solve the general and contextual problems of society and establishing communication between different classes. Therefore, by implementing these solutions for Iranian football clubs, we can try to improve the cultural level of the clubs at least at the same level as their technical level and display a worthy and dignified culture of Islam and Iran in the region and the world.

Volume 2, Issue 8 (Winter 2022)
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One of the projects in the department of physical education at the ministry of Education is the school sport Olympiads, which will require the development of government funds and other sectors to achieve the project's further benefits and goals. Therefore, this research aims to provide a model for the development of financial resources for the school sports Olympiad. The present study has applied exploratory purposes. In terms of data presentation, the type of research is theoretical, and in terms of data search, it is qualitative research. The grounded theory approach was used in this research, and Strauss and Corbin's methods were used. Statistical samples were from managers, deputies, physical education teachers, physical education experts in the departments, and executive officials of the Olympiad. We chose the samples purposefully and proceeded with the snowball method until we reached theoretical saturation. Data gathering tool in the field method: Semi-structured interviews and in the library method: phishing, a compilation of literature and theoretical framework. For data analysis, open coding, axial coding and selective coding were used to reach concepts, categories and final theorems. In this study, 218 concepts and 21 categories of interviews were extracted. Five categories and 39 concepts in the Causal conditions, seven categories and 30 concepts in the Context conditions, six categories and 33 concepts in the Intervening conditions, six categories and 33 concepts in the Strategies, and six categories and 36 concepts in the Consequences. Expected outcomes of the final model: increased moral and financial attention of authorities, increased funding for the project, greater private sector participation, strengthened management and planning, quantitative and qualitative improvement of space and equipment and more realization of the objectives of the school sports Olympiads.

Volume 2, Issue 8 (Winter 2022)
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Today, sports are an essential part of the diplomatic tools of countries. As a desirable tool, the sport can shape the preferences of others through soft power. Therefore, the researcher decided to identify the political functions of public diplomacy and soft power in sports and tourism in Iran. This research was conducted in the framework of a qualitative approach, and data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The statistical population of the study was experts in the field of politics, sports and tourism, including five sports faculty members, five tourism faculty members, seven political science faculty members, and five people with executive work experience in the tourism and cultural heritage organization, and athletes with a history of participating in international competitions. The data collection method was a previous research study and an in-depth and open interview. In order to measure the reliability of the research, an intra-subject agreement was used. The average level of intra-subject agreement was reported as 89%. Based on the findings of the semi-structured interview, the most important political functions of public diplomacy and soft power in Iran's sports and tourism were six components: political character, foreign policy, domestic policy, political awareness, combating isolation, information and communication. According to the results of the research, it is suggested to use the advantage of sports, which is a common language between nations, to increase international communication and political awareness of sports ambassadors because of the benefits of the negotiations of athletes and coaches in sports events compared to official politicians; Diplomacy and communication are spontaneous and will face fewer restrictions.
 

Volume 2, Issue 8 (Winter 2022)
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the brand's special value and the audience's loyalty to the brand in Iranian sports clubs. The descriptive research method was correlational and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population included sports club spectators, whose sample size was determined based on Morgan's table for a population of 1,800 people, and 317 people were selected through available and targeted sampling. Aker's brand value questionnaire and Mahoney's audience loyalty questionnaire were used to collecting data. Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression were used simultaneously with SPSS version 25 software to analyse the data. Based on the results of the research, it was observed that the special value of the brand has a significant direct positive effect on audience loyalty with the path coefficient (p=0.001, β=0.891); Therefore, it can be said that the special value of the brand has a significant positive effect on the loyalty of the audience. It is suggested according to the results.

Volume 3, Issue 1 (Number 1 - 2001)
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A total of twenty seven bacterial strains were isolated from cankerous tissues of apricot, nectarine, peach, plum, sour cherry and sweet cherry trees in Tehran province and identified as Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss), the causal agent of the bacterial canker disease, on the basis of LOPAT (levan production, oxidase test, potato rot, arginine dihydrolase and tobacco hypersensitive reaction) and GATTa's (gelatin liquefaction, aesculin hydrolysis, tyrosinase activity and Na-tartrate utilization) group tests. Pss strains showed slight differences in morphology, phenotypic (biochemical and physiological) characteristics, serological properties, plasmid DNA and cellular protein profiles and antibiogram. They were divided into three distinct groups based on hippurate and formate utilization which was correlated with protein profile in SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). The virulence of Pss was significantly associated with the degree of necrosis on immature sweet cherry fruits and the rate of in vitro syringomycin production.

Volume 3, Issue 2 (Number 2 - 2001)
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Foliar analysis of natural deciduous tree species of basswood (Tilia americana L.) (BA), American beech (Acer grandifolia Enrh) (BE), and white ash (Fraxinus americana L.) (WA) was carried out in 1994 in southern Quebec. The Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) was developed from the traditional method to find the preliminary norm and indices of N, P, K, Ca, and Mg for the above species. The growth decade 1983-1994 in a high yielding sub-population was used to develop DRIS norms for the identification of DRIS functions and indices in relatively depleted levels of those elements in the declined growth of three species. Foliar nutrient deficiencies were found with K (-3.72) and N (-2.96) for basswood, Ca (-10.43) and Mg (-4.93) for beech, and N (-6.16), Ca (-2.56) and K (-2.05) for white ash. The DRIS analysis indicated that basswood and white ash were relatively depleted of K and N, while beech had a deficiency of Ca and Mg, and white ash had a limitation of N. These results suggest the usefulness of DRIS for foliar tissue analysis as an indicator of nutritional status and elemental stresses in natural forests. The DRIS indices were also discussed from the traditional approach.

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