A Votive Offering from Korea

Korea- Italy Workshop on Membranes: A Long Relationship and Friendship between Korea and Italy

The initial public offering from a tripartite point of view

Existing literature on initial public offerings of a firm’s stock has taken into analysis only two parties of the issuer, the underwriter, the informed investor, either by neglecting one party for simplification or uniting it with another one as if they pursue the unique interests by forming a coalition. In point of fact, the issuer, the underwriter, the informed investors are separate entities...

Ex-votos from the Church of São Lázaro and the Votive Healing Process

Votive objects or actions, which are widely referred to as ex-votos, are made in thanksgiving to deities or miraculous beings for graces received. In an ex-voto, the completion of the vow constitutes a votive offering. The process of promising and completing a votive acts as a coping mechanism utilized both by individuals and by their communities. This article explores the votive traditions and...

f/sla from learner perspectives: a social activity or a cognitive process

in the past couple of decades sociocultural theory of sla and its implications in efl contexts have attracted attentions of research circles worldwide and aroused some controversies. firth and wagner (1997) have questioned the principles of the cognitive view which gives importance to mental constructs in favor of sociocultural view which highlights social and contextual constructs. but if soci...

Offering gifts for life

It can be a symbol, a sign or an example. The doctors and students in medicine not only fight to prolong the life of the patients but also fight to offer quality to their lives by giving for life. It was not for the first time in my live when I witnessed an act of normality, which, maybe, only the ones who give themselves or will give themselves to assure the health of their kind are able to do...