lore, be an impressive one, and will, as is usual on such occasions, be distinguished by an outpouring of eloquence, and it is to be hoped a loosening of purse strings. Dr. Patrick Manson has worked the scheme with energy and success. A great number of tropical practitioners have testified in the medical journals regarding the benefit they have gained from attending the practice of the Albert D...

Plagiarism refers to the act of “appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit” (1). Most academic researchers reach a consensus that plagiarism is a serious breach of publication ethics (2). Plagiarism has different forms but can be categorized into two general distinct categories – plagiarism of ideas and plagiarism of text (verbatim)....

Patients use call light systems to initiate communication with their health care team. Little is known how this process is affected when language barriers exist between an English-speaking nurse and a patient with limited English proficiency (LEP). The aims of this study are to describe (a) the perceptions of nurses regarding their communication with patients with LEP, (b) how call lights affec...

Gentlemen,— The honor which you annually confer in the appointment of the orator of our yearly festival im poses no ordinary duty, in view of the eloquence and ability which have so uniformly characterized the lessons delivered from this chair. In instituting this Annual Address, the founders of our Society seem to have intended to call in turn upon its fellows for such lessons as individual ex...

Dynamic forms, called sentic forms, are described as language elements of a natural, biologically evolved language of communicating and generating emotions. These forms are genetically programmed into the central nervous system, and can be stored and recognized by computers and robots, and can serve as basis of real time emotional communication between them and humans. Music and art also utiliz...

nahj-ol balaghah is of many values in several aspects. the objective of this paper is to introduce the literary arts involved in this sacred book written the master of eloquence and declamation, the commander of the faithful, imam ali ibn-abi talib (may god honor him) the present paper intends to clarify one of the literary elements cast in most of the sermons and orations in n ahj-ol balaghah ...

background: the evaluation of prosthetic valves is very difficult with two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography alone. doppler and color flow imaging as well as transesophageal echocardiography are more reliable to detect prosthetic valve dysfunction. however, doppler study sometimes tends to be misleading due to the load-depending characteristics of peak and mean pressure gradients. the ...

"Since its foundation in 1713, the Real Academia Española has set main objective of caring for language. With intention reaching this goal, addition to preparation works, Dictionary, Spelling and Grammar, institution also convened various competitions during 18th century promote proper use Poetry Eloquence providing some ideas related mottos contests. The first competition (1778) had as motto L...