The Life and Times of John Beard, DSc (1858-1924)

The life and times of John Beard, DSc (1858-1924).

The British developmental biologist John Beard, DSc (1858-1924) is little remembered today. Yet, he made outstanding contributions to the life sciences. Beard deserves to be included among the leading biologists of the late 19th and early 20th century. He has been hailed as a forerunner of the present-day theory of the cancer stem cell (CSC). He was the first to point to the parallels between c...

John Denis Sargan 1924 — 1996

J. D. Sargan was born on August 23, 1924, in Doncaster, Yorkshire, where he spent his childhood. He was Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the London School of Economics when he died at his home in Theydon Bois, Essex, on Saturday 13 April, 1996. He received his secondary education at Doncaster Grammar School and, at the age of 17, gained a State Scholarship for entrance to St. Johns College...

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

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...

Durward William John Cruickshank (1924-2007).