this study sought to investigate identity construction in english language learners using critical discourse analysis (cda). to that end, a number of western cultural points extracted from interchange series were integrated into a questionnaire, asking learners to display their own feelings, behaviors, actions and reactions to the points raised. the questionnaire-generated data coupled with int...

The issue of missing data is present in every trial. Identification of the missing data mechanism is not straightforward; however it is essential to avoid bias. The mechanism of missing completely at random (MCAR) is seldom appropriate and the distinction between missing at random (MAR) and not at random (MNAR) is not straightforward. Follow-up reminder responses provide excellent source of inf...

Background: Preconception health has become an integral part of global maternal and child health, whereas preconception care has been recognized as the next frontier for improving pregnancy outcomes. The literature shows that the language surrounding the concept of preconception health and care is mainly focused on risk factors and often confined within the biomedicine-oriented risk reduction f...

644 Ann Dermatol Received August 5, 2016, Revised September 7, 2016, Accepted for publication September 9, 2016 Corresponding author: Moon-Bum Kim, Department of Dermatology, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 49241, Korea. Tel: 82-51-240-7338, Fax: 82-51-245-9467, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative ...

The article investigates emotional exchanges as manifestations of power through body language. Subtle well obvious displays emotion are related to the macro political renegotiation relations taking place out court in light case. testimonies women trials investigating honour-related crimes include contempt, friendly intimacy, anger and resignation, each connecting sociology emotions theories pri...

The present study sets out to conduct a critical investigation into what linguistic strategies are exploited during the translation of English advertising brochures for household appliances into Persian to manipu- late customers to purchase the respective products. In the pursuit of this goal, it seeks to explore the val- ues that have been added to the Persian version of the translated b...