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Volume 4, Issue 7 (9-2017)
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Many scholars in the field of Qur'an and translation have considered the translation of Mohammad Mahdi Fouladvand from the Holy Quran as one of the best contemporary translations of the Qur'an.And they find it reliablein terms of compliance with the source text,and applying the rules of language and expression, as well as the use of Persian phrasal vocabulary, which is often the main theme of coherence in the structure of the text.On the other hand, one of the small Qur'anic Surahs which, despite a small volume, speak of a variety of topics is the Surah of At-Tariq. Due to the diversity of the subject and the small volume, the quality of coherence in this chapter and its translation can be questioned.Thus, in this research,based on the evolved version of the systematic theory of Holliday and Hassan 1985.m,as well as the concept of cohesive coordination that Roghayeh Hasan introduced in 1984.m,the factors of coherence and coordination of coherence in Surah At-Tariq and its translation from Mohammad Mahdi Fouladvand were studied and reviewed selectively and inductively,based on descriptive - analytical and statistical evaluation. The author intends, with a spacious and textual view, relying on the above theory to determine the factors of coherence, coordination of coherence, and the amount of this cohesion, in the text of Surah At-Tariq and its translation, then compared both the source and destination to each other. The results of the research show that, despite the differences in the ratio of the grammatical elements and the lexical elements of the source and destination texts, both texts is coherent, also, due to the high percentage of the similarity of the target text to the source text in the way of applying the coherence factors, the translator has been able to translate successfully and reflect the meanings and concepts of translation to a large extent.

Volume 7, Issue 3 (11-2023)
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Research Subject: Optical sensors based on porous coordination polymers or metal-organic frameworks (MOF) with luminescent properties with high sensitivity and selectivity are considered as important identification tools in chemical and environmental research. Today, pesticides/herbicides are widely used in order to protect the widely used food resources of human society against pests and to preserve the richness of arable land against weeds and unnecessary things in industries. Agriculture is considered. A large or chronic amount of these compounds can cause high levels of toxicity in humans, animals and plants and endanger the lives of organisms. Therefore, the identification of this group of compounds is of great importance.
Research Approach: In this study, metal-organic framework UiO-66-NH2 fluorescence nanosensor (1) was synthesized to identify the herbicide Trifluralin (TFA) by ultrasonic method. The properties of nanosensor 1 were identified by X-ray powder diffraction analysis, infrared Fourier transform, thermal analysis, photoluminescence spectra, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, and scanning electron microscopy. The blue emission of compound 1 caused by n-π* electron transfers of 2-aminoterephthalic acid ligand was investigated to identify TFA. The experimental results show that the blue fluorescence emission of nanosensor 1 is turned off in the presence of TFA molecule and the gradual increase in its concentration.
Main Results: Nanosensor 1 is associated with fast, stable, selectable response and high sensitivity in determining TFA. Considering the good linear correlation of the fluorescence response of nanosensor 1 to TFA concentration in the range of 10 to 100 µM and the lowest detection limit (LOD) equal to 2.32 µM, it indicates the reliability and practicality of the synthetic nanosensor in identifying TFA herbicide.

Volume 9, Issue 3 (2-2020)
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IT governance is the ability to direct and organize information technology and identify the responsibilities between IT and business align with the organizational goals. This research intends to "survey the mediating role of operational coordination in the effect of strategy alignment on IT governance maturity”. The statistical population in the qualitative sector includes the IT experts and in the quantitative part is the senior managers of the IT and business departments of TCI. This study is an applied-developmental purpose and it is descriptive-survey in nature as well. The data collection tools are library resources, interviews, and a researcher-made questionnaire whose content validity has been verified by experts. The innovation of this study is to introduce the variable "Operational coordination" that leads to objectification of the "IT-Business strategy alignment” in order to realize the IT governance maturity. The research model was designed in two dimensions as a combination of Loftman's strategy alignment and business process management methodology (including 10 key components and 55 indicators). Its content validity and reliability were confirmed by experts using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.936). Structural validity, structure and fit of the model were investigated by using structural equation modeling with SmartPLS software and the research hypotheses were tested. The results showed that the effects of both strategy alignment and operational coordination variables on the IT governance maturity were positive and significant. The Sobel test results also confirmed the mediating role of variable operational coordination in the effect of strategy alignment on IT governance maturity.
 

Volume 11, Issue 5 (12-2023)
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Aims: The objective of this study was to explore the coordination and communication governance processes utilized by the Yogyakarta provincial government in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants & Methods: Qualitative research with a phenomenological approach was performed with a total of 7 informants from various stakeholders, including government institutions, professional organizations, and task forces collaborating with the Yogyakarta Provincial Health Office to address the challenges posed by COVID-19 in the region. Data were collected using in-depth interviews and observations. The data were analyzed by Colaizzi’s method.
Findings: Two primary themes were produced, including, 1) training and development of human resources for the management of the crisis, with two sub-themes emerging, including, a) the healthcare stage in handling and b) recruitment in human resources fulfillment, and 2) the communication governance of the Yogyakarta Special Region's government, with four key themes, including, a) effective information through easily accessible applications, b) comprehensive information from reliable sources, c) diverse media for socialization meetings during coordination, and d) dissemination of recommendations.
Conclusion: An effective response to the pandemic hinged on a cooperative strategy that brought together diverse stakeholders, such as government entities, healthcare organizations, and community leaders.

Volume 12, Issue 6 (3-2021)
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وَ// [=and] as a conjunction that coordinates different linguistic units, namely words and sentences, has been studied in logical and grammatical perspectives by many logicians and grammarians from a long time ago. In this research, semantic study of this morpheme was done on the basis of a spoken corpus which was all produced sentences in three Iranian TV series including Monster, Mannequin, Rhino. Here, ‘و’ as a sign within the linguistic system was considered by its own especial value and with regard to the syntagmatic relations of other elements presented in the sentences. Considering the semantic values of ‘و’ which means its substitutional possibilities with other units on the paradigmatic axis on one hand, and semantic behaviors of this unit on the syntagmatic axis on the other hand showed that firstly, ‘و’ can have different values on the paradigmatic axis as ‘and’, ‘because’, ‘but’, ‘while’, ‘with’, ‘starting unit’ and ‘so’; Secondly, this morpheme on the word level has two semantic roles in the frame of free or bound conjunctive compounds, and in onomatopoeia in the form of strong or weak repetitions. However, on the sentence level, ‘و’ with regard to propositions p and q can have various behaviors that shows its dependence on the time, possible worlds, conditional situations, making consequences, and models in possible worlds. Therefore, the semantic behavior of ‘و’ completely depends on the semantic behaviors of propositions p and q.


1. Introduction
‘vɑ’ [=and] is a letter that inflects two words or two sentences together. Its written form in the Persian script is "و", and its pronunciation in the spoken language is [o], but its reading form is manifested in the form of a labiodental consonant and a vowel that form [vɑ]. The study of this morpheme has a long history in formal semantics or truth conditional semantics in the form of logical relations. In the propositional logic, the constant "وَ" as a connective or inflection device is shown as ˄, and the variables are represented by p, q, r, and the like. In such cases, [p˄q] is used to represent a compound proposition obtained by combining two simple propositions p and q (Chapman, 2000, pp. 47-48). In the semantics of propositional logic, the meaning of propositions is determined by the value of their truth, that is, whether they are true or false; based on this, the truth value of compound propositions can be determined according to the truth value of simple constituent propositions. The main issue in the analysis of conjunctive devices is whether different functional contexts cause one to consider a general and specific meaning for that particular relational device (micro attitude) or whether the different uses of these devices should be distinguished from each other (macro attitude). In fact, the main question is whether "وَ" has a semantic content other than its traditional role in representing the truth value. Thus, the focus of the present study is to determine the semantic behaviors of "وَ" in Persian, especially in the spoken form of Persian speakers. For this purpose, this study used a speech structure and analyzed the data in a descriptive-analytical manner.
 
2. Literature Review
The semantic behavior of this conjunction in English has been studied by various linguists from different linguistic perspectives, including its study in Relevance Theory (Blackemore, 1988; Carston, 1993), Discourse Representation Theory (Jayez & Rossari, 2001; Txurruka, 2003), Systemic Functional Linguistics (Halliday & Hasan, 1976; Martin, 1992), and Cognitive Linguistics (PanderMaat, 1999; Pit, 2003).
Various Iranian researchers have studied the grammar of the conjunction "وَ", and its features and applications (Khatib Rahbar, 1989; Anwari & Givi, 1998; Meshkooh al-Dini, 2000; Tabibzadeh, 2012). Ahmadi Bidgoli and Ghari (2015) have studied the capacities and capabilities of the letter "وَ" in creating meaning and artistic innovation in the structure of literary and rhetorical texts. Taghi Pour (2016), in a comparative study of the functions of "وَ" in Persian and Arabic, has focused on the study of Saadi's poems. Baghaei and Naghzguye Kohan (2020), while examining the possible worlds of conditional construction in contemporary Persian, examined the formal construct of conditional sentences.
This set of studies as a whole is not conclusively confirmed by the author of this research, since, in a wide range of cases, one encounters several exceptions, and it seems that some of the semantic roles or behaviors of "وَ" are not considered.
 
3. Methodology
In the present study, the data was analyzed in a descriptive manner based on a corpus of spoken sentences of Persian speakers. The corpus in question is a collection of three Iranian TV series that could be accessed through home broadcasts: Monster (1398; directed by Mehran Modiri), Mannequin (1398; directed by Hossein Soheylizadeh), and Rhino (1398; directed by Kiarash Asadizadeh). As per the focus of this research, the examples presented in this study have been purposefully selected from hundreds of sentences that were expressed in these series within conversations between different characters. In different parts of this research, the author, as needed, used the language of logic to refer to different structures and parts of sentences. The reason for choosing this corpus was simply the lack of a linguistic corpus for spoken Persian.
4. Results
The study of "وَ" as a semantic construct in at least two levels of words and sentences was prioritized in the present study. Considering several examples of speech in Persian, the researcher found that "وَ" has various semantic values. This morpheme can have the semantic value of "and", "because", "but", "while", "with", "as a result" and as a starting unit in speech. In other words, "وَ" can be substituted for each of these expressions in the composition of sentences, and it can take on the semantic value of these units. To examine the semantic behaviors of "وَ", which indicates the dependence of this unit on its accompanying units on the syntagmatic axis, the researcher considered it in two levels of word and sentence. At the word level, this morpheme can play a role in the form of "free and restrictive inflectional combinations," on the one hand, and onomatopoeias or "strong inflectional repetition and weak inflectional repetition" on the other hand. When "وَ" was evaluated at the sentence level, it exhibited at least five different behaviors. Various data indicate that "وَ" can have different behaviors with respect to the components of "time", "possible worlds", "conditioning", "conclusion" and "patterns in possible worlds". These behaviors are determined according to the two propositions p and q, that is, the accompanying units with "وَ"
Ali Darzi,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (1-2006)
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The Persian morpheme ra has attracted the attention of many linguists including Karimi (1989), Dabir-Moghaddam (1990) and Ghomeshi (1996) among others. Karimi takes ra as the accusative case marker, the presence of which on subjects and objects of prepositions render the sentence ungrammatical. According to Ghomeshi (1996), it marks DPs functioning as VP-level topics. Dabir-Moghaddam (1990) analyzes ra as the secondary topic marker in the Halidayian Functional grammar framework. In none of these analyses, this morpheme appear on deep subjects. In this article, it is highlighted that ra may also mark subjects, just in case it occurs in the right grammatical configuration. More specifically Persian has the category of small clause in which an NP marked with ra is the subject of the small clause rathar than object of the matrix sentence. This is an unprecedented hypothesis in Persian linguistic literature. I also present a minimalist account of the construction in question.
Akbar Parhizkar, Mohammadreza Hafezniya, Mahdy Taherkhani, Roudabeh Farhady,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (1-2008)
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In 1985-86, the European office of World Health Organization (WHO) proposed the health promotion program under the theme “Healthy Cities Projects”. With the aim of securing individual and collective welfare, the staffs of healthy city in Tehran also began their official activities at 13th Aban Street at Rey (Tehran’s 20th municipal district) along with community participation and intersectoral coordination. Since, the “Healthy Cities Projects”, emphasised on intersectoral coordination, self-awareness and community participation; the issue of the current research is whether or not there is any specific difference of opinion among people and officials regarding this project? For this purpose, people’s viewpoints on the activities was conducted through 424 samples from 13th Aban Street coincidentally with 46 officials of the “Healthy Cities Projects” and thus analytical study was carried out keeping in view level of differences between people and officials of “Healthy Cities Projects” and their viewpoints regarding community participation in the physical and mental health, individual security, environment and utmost to sports and training. The results indicate that with reference to the satisfaction level on “Healthy Cities Projects”, there isn't a significant difference between people's and officials viewpointsBut, with respect to their viewpoints about the level of community participation, there exists significant differences between people's and officials viewpoints in the fields of “Healthy Cities Projects” physical and mental health, individual and social safety, environment and utmost sportive and educational activities. The obtained results from officials, therefore, are more than those obtained from people.

Volume 18, Issue 1 (5-2014)
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Supply chain (SC) management aims to increase the overall profit through improvement of various activities and components. Many contradictions between parts and different levels of a SC have been identified in order to achieve overall objectives. Such shortfalls may result in decreased strength and competitiveness of the SC. The basics of game theory make it a suitable and reliable tool for solving contradiction situations by considering all levels and players goal. For Solving the problem mentioned above, game theory approach besides coordination mechanism are performed in this research. First of all an unlimited three echelon supply chain including S suppliers, M manufacturers and K retailers are considered. For this matter, a mathematical cooperative model based on specific assumptions is proposed. The model was performed in a numerical example and it is solved by genetic algorithm. The sensitivity analysis of proposed model was analyzed by design of experiment and finally the verification of the cooperative model is assessed by simulation and Arena software.

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