Such mawkish passages recur with numbing frequency through this record of eighteen months in the life of an American, white, middle class, midwest girl who is fifteen when the book begins. Her father is the unnamed Dean of an unnamed American University; they live in a lovely Spanish style house with walls of thick dark wood and two steps down into a sunken living room. One can imagine. Her mot...

• Being published at the core or by an established publishing house semi-periphery opens up structural opportunities for continuation regardless of literary genre. Success in some career tournaments, especially relating to market-based performance, predicts continuation. Integration into life and success tournaments remains important continuation, while tendency continue when a diminishes testi...

From the Book of Mammography by Dr. Zabihollah Arnavaz - Head of Radiology Department of Jorjani Hospital, National University of Iran.

Introduction: Nowadays, bedbug infestation is one of the public health problems around the world. The objective of this study was to evaluate the spatial distribution of bedbug in different parts of the infested houses. Moreover, the association between house sanitation and presence of bedbug infestation was determined in infested houses in Ahvaz City, Iran. Materials and Methods: Totally, 57 ...

This article progresses long-term researches on Hogarth and book history, the iconography of skimmington transnational receptions Don Quixote, by introducing a substantial new group images potentially illuminating Hogarth's lost activities as young painter, before he turned 30 in 1727. Astoundingly, no previous research-based study them exists. Unknown to specialists dismissed art historians, t...

Summary The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of hip fracture in Zanjan, Iran and to describe its seasonal variation. A total of 244 cases of hip fractures (131 men, 113 women) were recorded during 1 year. The annual age-standardized incidence rates were 206.5 and 214.8 per 100,000 men and women, respectively. Most fractures occurred in winter, in-house and daytime. In-hospital mo...

Review of the book: Russian Sailors in Far East: The Diary I.F. Likhachev, a Squadron Leader China Sea. 1860–1861. Edited by V.G. Smirnov, Ph.D. history; head compiler: V.P. Tsiplenkov; compilers: М.Е. Malevinskaya, S.V. Terenina. Moscow: Paulsen Publishing House, 2021. 386 pp., 40 ill. ISBN 978-5-98797-280-9 (in Russian)

Reconstructions and projections of populations by age, sex, and educational attainment for 120 countries since 1970 are used to assess the global relationship between improvements in human capital and democracy. Democracy is measured by the Freedom House indicator of political rights. Similar to an earlier study on the effects of improving educational attainment on economic growth, the greater ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of life. According to data from several countries, book reading surged since the beginning imposed lockdowns. This situation presented cultural mediators with an unprecedented opportunity influence their audiences’ habits. current study reports results a qualitative analysis Iranian news websites’ suggestions during March 2020, peak first w...