Compliments and Praise as an Expression of Linguistic Courtesy in the Private Correspondence Henryk Sienkiewicz This article presents a linguistic, stylistic functional analysis almost 200 compliments which paid to his closest family mem­bers letters. The study indicates that complimenting, although not very frequent, is important act linguistic courtesy epistolary conversation. As discussed, p...

Our home health (HH) division has collected Home Health Care CAHPS® Survey (HHCAHPS) data since 2011. To date, HH providers have not met performance thresholds related to patient experience. This study aimed explore HHCAHPS composite measures and specific questions predict 1) overall rating of care provided by the agency (Care Rating) 2) willingness recommend family friends (Recommend Agency). ...

IN RECENT YEARS collections made by staff members of the Fiji Department of Agriculture have substantially added to the available study material of Fijian plants, permitting more adequate knowledge of many species and the recognition of others as new to science. Study of the Rubiaceae of these collections has made desirable the publication of notes to clarify certain complexes within the genus ...

Sir,?May I through the courtesy of your columns bring to the notice of the Public Health Administrators the facilities that exist in the Health Organisation of the League of Nations for the supply of information relating to the detailed application of different Public Health methods in various countries. In addition comparative information is available with regard to Epidemiological Statistics ...

While reading handwritten text accurately is a difficult task for computers, the conversion of handwritten papers into digital format is necessary for automatic processing. Since most bank checks are handwritten, the number of checks is very high, and manual processing involves significant expenses, many banks are interested in systems that can read check automatically. This paper presents seve...

This page is designed to test your understanding of the concepts covered in this issue and to give you an opportunity to reflect on what you have learnt. The multiple true/false questions were produced in collaboration with the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and the Diagnose This quiz is provided courtesy of the Ophthalmic News and Education (ONE®) Network of the American Academy ...