â  â  â€˜eghterab’ in iraqi emigrants' poetry: the case of ahmad matar â â â jafar delshad * â seyyed adnan eshkewaree ** â  â abstractâ  the word ‘eghterab’ in human sciences has different concepts which could be classified into three groups: 1) westernization and tending to western culture or being alien with eastern authenticity 2) nostalgia and homesickness caused by being away f...

This article explores the potential use of Science Fiction Prototypes (SFPs) as a vehicle to promote creative thinking and innovation in the business and technology development process. In particular, the paper describes a tool, ‘‘The Imagination Workshop’’, which business people can use to drive near and far term product innovation, futuristic business and entrepreneurship. A key contribution ...

In a recent paper Ahmad and Li (1996) proposed a new test for symmetry of the error distribution in linear regression models and proved asymptotic normality for the distribution of the corresponding test statistic under the null hypothesis and consistency under xed alternatives. The present paper has three purposes. On the one hand we derive the asymptotic distribution of the statistic consider...

The tribe Phyllomorphini Mulsant & Rey, 1870 of the family Coreidae, subfamily Coreinae, is represented in the Palaearctic Region by three genera (Pephricus Amyot & Serville, 1843, Phyllomorpha Laporte, 1833, and Tongorma Kirkaldy, 1900) and four species. Two of them, Pephricus subtilis Montandon, 1913 and Tongorma latreillii (Guérin-Méneville, 1839) are known only from Yemen and represent Afro...