With the deepening of cultural globalization, differences between China and West have gradually become prominent in various fields. As an important form communication, film has a stage to show West. The representation Chinese Western cultures movies can often vividly reflect two cultures, which is very for mutual understanding, communication learning. This article explores combines forms expres...

Due to its worldwide usage, the necessity of teaching English language is undeniable even in Islamic and religious countries like Iran. However, order avoid ‘cultural invasion’, Iranian government decided ban official curriculum primary schools asked a team experts chosen by Organization for Educational Research Planning design localized textbooks students K12. Thus, response changes vital role...

Do players in different cultures have different ways of appreciating games? What aspects of games do players of a particular culture like or dislike? We describe the results of a study that examined a large body of user-submitted game reviews and scores on two prominent gaming websites: one based in the US and the other in Japan. We examined the reviews by applying statistical and computational...

Western medicine and Chinese medicine are different systems that have been influenced by the cultures and scientific traditions from which they developed. Each contains its own set of Kuhnian paradigms. Though possessing some superficial and structural similarities, these paradigms are in fact quite different. The longevity of traditional Chinese medicine as an ancient method of healing may be ...

Symptom validity tests (SVTs) are predicated on the assumption that overendorsement of atypical symptoms flags symptom exaggeration (i.e., questionable symptom validity). However, few studies have explored how practitioners from different cultural backgrounds evaluate such symptoms. We asked professionals working in Western (n = 56) and non-Western countries (n = 37) to rate the plausibility of...

This paper presents a case study from a western country (UK) and an Arab country (Oman) to extract the views of Web designers in both countries regarding web usability. The purpose is to determine the most important issues that should be considered when designing for a particular culture. To obtain a deeper and more detailed knowledge on how designers work in each country, it necessitated that ...

This article provides an overview of international developments in the area of infertility counselling. It informs about the development of international organizations and relevant professional standards and describes the need to make counselling accessible to all patients, especially those who experience great distress or display previous vulnerability. Whereas in previous years counselling fo...