James Anta: Missionary, Martyr and unsung Hero of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Zimbabwe

Dr Sambhu Nath De: unsung hero

the best way to describe the discovery of cholera toxin by Dr Sambhu Nath De in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata). In a pioneering series of research spanning less than a decade starting from 1952 and culminating in the Nature paper of 19591, De worked relentlessly in search of the elusive toxin that caused the epidemic responsible for the killer disease cholera. De’s discovery of cholera toxin w...

The Eradication of Yaws - and its unsung hero.

Yaws or ‘puru’ is a skin ulcer that occurs mainly in the hot wet regions of the earth. The bacteria that causes it is indistinguishable in shape and size from the syphilis bacteria, but it is transmitted by skin contact. It was said that of the many diseases prevalent in the Malay states early in the twentieth century, none was of more concern and importance to the Malays than ‘puru’. Although ...

Joseph Goldberger: an unsung hero of American clinical epidemiology.

Pellagra, a disease rarely seen in developed countries today, was common during the first half of this century in the United States. The disease was initially believed to be infectious, and severe "pellagraphobia" left many victims and their families ostracized. This paper calls attention to Joseph Goldberger, an American physician whose remarkable research helped correct the erroneous belief i...

the analysis of the role of the speech acts theory in translating and dubbing hollywood films

از محوری ترین اثراتی که یک فیلم سینمایی ایجاد می کند دیالوگ هایی است که هنرپیش گان فیلم میگویند. به زعم یک فیلم ساز, یک شیوه متأثر نمودن مخاطب از اثر منظوره نیروی گفتارهای گوینده, مثل نیروی عاطفی, ترس آور, غم انگیز, هیجان انگیز و غیره, است. این مطالعه به بررسی این مسأله مبادرت کرده است که آیا نیروی فراگفتاری هنرپیش گان به مثابه ی اعمال گفتاری در پنج فیلم هالیوودی در نسخه های دوبله شده باز تولید...

Vivien Thomas: master craftsman, gifted teacher, and unsung hero.