INTHODUCT ION Some of the recent work on women's speech has been concentrated on the issue of women's 'linguistic insecurlty'9 that is, on the claim that women are generally less assertive, more uncertain and hesi.tant in conversation than men are. Such studies usually follow the lead of Robin Lakoff's discussion in Language and Women's Place (1975), focusing on those indicators of verbal timid...

The adoption and use of digital forms of direct-to-consumer advertising (also known as “eDTCA”) is on the rise. At the same time, the universe of eDTCA is expanding, as technology on Internet-based platforms continues to evolve, from static websites, to social media, and nearly ubiquitous use of mobile devices. However, little is known about how this unique form of pharmaceutical marketing impa...

Abstract Introduction There is no popular standardized method for men to measure penis length with countless combinations of measuring implement, side the penis, degree penile stretch or erection, and most proximal point. Predictably, methods can yield drastically different results however both physicians literature rarely elaborate on measurement. With how often comes up in discussion outside ...

This problem of hell is a specific form of the problem of evil. The possibility that perhaps a great number of people will end up in an eternal hell is a problem for the Christian who also confesses faith in an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God. In this paper, I shall introduce issuantist views of hell and show that the basic formulations of this perspective do not provide an adeq...

Linear Time Invariant (LTI) filters are often specified and simulated using high-precision software, before being implemented in low-precision hardware. A problem is that the hardware does not behave exactly as the simulation due to quantization and rounding issues. This article advocates the construction of LTI architectures that behave as if the computation was performed with infinite accurac...

in order to determine the best form factor formula for loblolly pine (pinus taeda l.) plantations in talesh (western guilan province-iran), a number of 110 trees were selected based on their distribution in diameter classes, from 12 to 34 cm (in a two- cm diameter interval). first, several quantitative factors including diameter at breast height, diameter at 0.65 m of height, and diameter at st...

shot hole caused by wilsonomyces carpophilus is one of the main constraints to prune fruit production in iran particularly in khorasan razavi province. it causes foliage shot hole in spring and early summer; fruit-spotting and cankers on limbs and twigs during autumn rains. the fungus was isolated from the lesions of twigs and was purified on pda. the pathogenicity and virulence on detached twi...

Domestic institutions can have profound effects on international trade. This chapter reviews the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of this insight. Particular attention is paid to contracting institutions and to comparative advantage, where the bulk of the research has been concentrated. We also consider the reverse causation running from comparative advantage to domestic institutions.