150 years ago last month, The Lancet published an obituary: " DR JOHN SNOW—This well-known physician died at noon on the 16th instant, at his house in Sackville-street, from an attack of apoplexy. His researches on chloroform and other anaesthetics were appreciated by the profession. " John Snow's death was sudden and early—he was only 45 years of age. Other obituaries and eulogies were more ef...

Organizations of the private and public sector have already been compared with the theater (Mangham, Overington, 1987; Vail, 1990; Schreyögg, 2001) and many authors focusing on organizational culture have consciously or unaware borrowed from the repertory of theater and dramaturgy, especially when using terms like heroes, scripts, plots, internal audiences, myths, legends etc. While such cross-...

“state of war” is the most significant consequence of war declaration. “dār al- harb” is considered as the land against which islam has declared the state of war. sometimes it may be as the same as “ma’rekeh” (the theater of war). declaration and beginning of war influences the entire world and especially puts effects on political and commercial relations which may lead to their suspension, rev...

The growth in the number of Chinese students Western universities has prompted academics to explore different pedagogical practices suitable for diverse classrooms. Some persisting contradictions between and Eastern conceptions education exist institutional structures that encounter daily. Designing appropriate curricular learning activities is crucial embedding international students’ experien...

A In Japan, most of children haven’t read the Fairy Tales or tales of old Japan because the high technology video games are more exciting than most of picture books. But they must be effective to bring up the children’s cultivation of aesthetic sensitivity. And we have heard from teachers of elementary schools that most of themes of computer education in school are the operation of Painting Too...