focus of narration is the perspective on which the author or narrator looks at his story. analysis of “focus of narration” and narrative techniques get an important role to discover consistent and accurate narrative structure in fiction. the gerard genette¢s theory of “narrative focus” is one of the techniques through which one can understand the ability of an author to form and shape his work’...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors related to asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) in pregnant women. MATERIAL AND METHOD Three hundred and sixty asymptomatic pregnant women who attended their first antenatal appointment at Rajavithi Hospital from August 1 and October 31 2005 were enrolled. Those with symptoms of urinary tract infection within one month, those who had been prescribed antibioti...

The unfolded protein response (UPR) counteracts stress caused by unprocessed ER client proteins. A genome-wide survey showed impaired induction of many UPR target genes in xbp-1 mutant Caenorhabditis elegans that are unable to signal in the highly conserved IRE1-dependent UPR pathway. However a family of genes, abu (activated in blocked UPR), was induced to higher levels in ER-stressed xbp-1 mu...

Corresponding Author: Manar Abu Talib Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, P.O.Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE Email: [email protected] Abstract: Researchers, practitioners and social scientists all agree on the enormous importance of social science research in advancing human knowledge and informing public policy makers. The National Research Foundation, along with other organ...

This study examines the efforts made by Iraqi scholar Mohsen Mahdi in field of studying Farabi philosophy, and reasons that led him to specialize thought Abu Nasr al-Farabi, who is considered founder Islamic one most important influential Muslim philosophers philosophy Middle ages. The then analyzed methodological perspective on which Dr. relied looking at Al-Farabi's philosophical achievement....