In the near future... Imagine a businessman preparing for a trip to some western metropolis to meet a customer. As usually, he organizes his trip via the World Wide Web checking how to get to his destination, finding reasonable accommodation and investigating things to do in his free time. To keep himself occupied during his journey, he might listen to his music collection while surfing the mob...

the current study was carried out to investigate the functions of the ritual speech act of ‘ya allah’ (literally meaning ‘o god’) employed by iranians in social interactions. to this end, sixty-two persian native speakers of different age groups, ranging from 35 to 85, of both genders were observed in 250 natural situations such as daily interactions, gatherings, public or private places and lo...

Last month the Defence Secretary Des Browne announced a formal pardon for Harry Farr, who had been shot at dawn for cowardice on 16 October 1916. The long-standing campaign for a pardon, not just for Harry Farr but for all those executed for military offences during the First World War, has been concluded. Most people will probably have been pleased by the result, and feel that justice has fina...

“And so ended Svejk’s Budejovice anabasis. It is certain that if Svejk had been granted liberty of movement he would have got to Budejovice on his own. However much the authorities may boast that it was they who brought Svejk to his place of duty, this is nothing but a mistake. With Svejk energy and irresistible desire to fight, the authorities action was like throwing a spanner into the works....

This work indicates a numerical study on the laminar heat transfer mixed convection in a square cavity with two openings (an inlet and an outlet) on vertical walls through which nanofluid flows. Two flow directions are examined: i) ascending flow which enters the bottom opening and exits the upper opening; ii) descending flow which enters the upper opening and exits the bottom opening. The asce...