It was the worst of times, it was the best of times: positive trends influencing hospital libraries

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

I. ABSTRACT The Twenties in the United States began with the Red Scare, which was fueled by many Americans’ fearful reactions to the growth of Communism in Russia. Additionally, twentieth century Americans were dealing with new heroes, Jazz, racism, Prohibition, the assembly line, and the growth of movies and radio. All was well when the stock market soared and the speakeasies poured, the Charl...

The best of times or the worst of times?

Introduction What is globalization? Theorists, the media, and people have discussed this phenomenon for decades. What does the future hold for a global world? People advocating a global world and those who are against it debate the pros and cons of the globalization process. Globalization is ubiquitous and when globalization is discussed, everyone has different images. Here, it is defined as th...

It was logical but was it the whole truth?

Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) was initially characterized as a degenerative process (disorder) because of a tendency to describe any disorder that was not well understood and often occurred in the ‘elderly’ as degenerative. In the last ‘15–20’ years, the observation of the presence of risk factors for arterial atherosclerosis in patients with calcific AS, the production of aortic valve calcific...

The best of times and worst of times.

a critical discourse analysis of the new york times and the tehran times news articles, covering the u.s.-led war in afghanistan

تحقیق حاضر متون خبری روزنامه های نیویورک تایمز و تهران تایمز را به صورت تحلیل انتقادی کلامی مورد بررسی قرارمی دهدکه درمورد جنگ به رهبری آ مریکا در افغانستان است. هدف از این تحقیق نشان دادن تاثیر ایدیولوژی و نگرشهای نویسندگان متون خبری است که ممکن است پنهان باشد. برای انجام این تحقیق 20 متن خبری) از هر روزنامه 10 متن خبری) به صورت تصادفی از سایت اینترنتی روزنامه های نیویورک تایمز و تهران تایمز ا...