complementary and alternative medicine (cam) is frequently used in portugal and it contributes to the improvement of people’s health. cam and western medicine (wm) are taken as complements both in the diagnosis and the treatment stage. the portuguese health system is able to generate certified cam professionals but the provision of cam care and services is not included in the national health sy...

the 6th national population and housing census was carried out from october 28 to november 17, 2006 in which three different questionnaires were used. question number 55 of the 3rd questionnaire asked about housing units sewage disposal. this paper studies and analyzes the answers to the mentioned question in regional and national levels. assessment of housing units sewage disposal conditions s...

Satire has long been used as a tool in social commentary and political communication, some cases this extended to about science its role policy. This is certainly the case for recent Adam McKay film, ‘Don't look up’, where an allegorical story comet heading Earth satirise current media response climate catastrophe. While film succeeds making point, how humour interacts with objectives of commun...

This paper attempts to examine the allegorical narrative strategies and politics of identity—race, gender, using postcolonial racial frameworks. The novel, Blackass written by a Nigerian writer is 21st century fierce comic satirical adaptation Metamorphosis, novella Franz Kafka. intricacies culture within society ethnicity in nation such as patriarchy are explored through language, characters, ...

Shashi Tharoor’s award winning work The Great Indian Novel showcases an allegorical representation of recent history and politics modelled on the ancient epic Mahabharata. . He has taken as a blueprint filled it with contemporary cast for his witty sent-up pre post-independence India. India’s struggle against colonial rule her postcolonial tryst democracy is presented in vein. strategy, bases b...

in this paper, dynamic transient method and conventional degree-hours method (static) have been compared to estimate heating and cooling loads of building’s wall. all main wall surfaces of various orientations, i.e.south, west, east, north, and horizontal are considered in the climate of tehran, iran. in this study, a conventional wall structure, which is comprisedconcrete as main wall material...

D uring the past few decades, national security plays a central role in the process of economic development. Also, foreign investment and trade have rapidly increased worldwide and have enhanced economic growth in developing countries. Although foreign investment and trade bring huge economic benefits, many developing countries fear that by opening up markets to competition and forei...

The paper discusses the works of Moscow artist Boris Smotrov. It provides a general analysis tools his artistic style as well data on main vectors creative activity (painting, poster graphics). author dwells master’s in field painting, focusing national themes. study distinguishes dominant blocks painter's (landscape, thematic painting), detects specifics language, methods working with color, m...

this work presents a simulation approach to the design and economic evaluation of fuel oil hydrotreating processes for control of so2 and nox emission in an iranian steam power plant. minimum amount of required fuel oil desulphurization was calculated from the limit of so2 emissions of power plants in two different scenarios based on (i) european and (ii) iranian so2 emission standards. based o...