abstract: fortunately in recent years in iran, semiotics arguments in literature and art study are noticed by researchers. in according to, the denotation and connotation functions in photography are updated and expanded. thus, necessary bases for continuing this argument are available. although denotation and connotation are belong to semiotics area, but in photography, specially critique of p...

This research provides secondary data analysis of two large-scale scientist surveys. These include a 2009 survey of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) members and a 2006 survey of university scientists by the United Kingdom's Royal Society. Multivariate models are applied to better understand the motivations, beliefs, and conditions that promote scientists' involvement i...

1 This work is the product of a collaboration between the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with support from public and private providers in the Chilean health system participating in foreign trade in health services. The research was led by a team from ECLAC made up of Vivianne Ventura-Días, Director ...

In this paper, we propose a method for selecting the most representative high-quality images from a set of user photographs. To avoid redundancy arising from many similar images, we find all sets of near-duplicates. We then rank images based on three technical qualities: exposure, blur, and contrast. Finally, we provide an ordering of the images which accounts for both quality and uniqueness. O...

this paper showed the results of a qualitative investigation that looked into intracultural communication between brazilian teachers and students of english, and intercultural communication between american teachers and brazilian students of english. the aims were to identify and describe contextualization cues used by both brazilian and american speakers of english, and to connect these cues w...

the zionist state of israel , that was fabricated as an agent state in the middle east , after its defeats in 33 days war of lebanon and 22 days war of ghazza , has been faced with serious challenges in american society . the question that has been raised is that why the us , in the face of israel’s failure to attain its objects in the region , steal decisively defend this regime ? in response ...

the community of latin american and caribbean states, celac, is among the biggest latin american :union:s in the region.  this :union:, which includes the american countries except for the united states and canada, has been created to create the vast grounds of political and economical cooperation in the region.  celac has been considered by political analysts as an influential factor in politi...

The diversity of content on the web has exploded exponentially, while our vocabulary to parse it remains at a relative plateau. It is increasingly difficult for search engines to understand what the user really wants by considering only the query terms [1]. For instance, a wildlife photographer searching for “jaguar” is probably looking for information on the animal, while an automobile enthusi...

THE ROOTS OF MODERN motion analysis can be traced back to photographer Eadweard Muybridge who used his invention, the zoopraxiscope, to project sequential motions onto a screen so they appeared in motion. At the University of Pennsylvania, he studied animals and human volunteers. To gain insight into uncommon human motion he also recruited patients with physical disabilities from a nearby hospi...