Mark Twain made use of repetition and parallelism as two comedic literary devices to bring comic effect to the readers. Linguistic devices of humor, repetition and parallelism seemed to create many difficulties in the translation of literary texts. The present study applied Delabatista‟s strategies for translating wordplays such as repetition and parallelism in the translation of humorous texts...

Asmhan Flieh Hassan, Dong Cai-lin and Zahir M. Hussain PhD Candidate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, HuaZhong Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China Department of Mathematics University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq School of Mathematics and Statistics, HuaZhong Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China Department of Computer Science, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq...

A cross sectional study among Al-Najaf province population related to blood group distribution showed that the ABO and Rh (D) blood groups distribution among 1628 young adult males 698 (42.9%) and females 930 (57.1%) from different locations in AlNajaf in Iraq. Blood samples were collected by venipuncture method. The blood was transferred into laboratory were tested for both the blood groups by...

291 Abstract Background : Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important secondary cause of frozen shoulder (FS) . Aim of study : to identify the prevalence of FS among diabetic patients and it's relation to age, gender, duration and control of DM . Patients and method : 198 randomly selected diabetic patients from the attendants of Al-Hakem center of endocrinology at Al-Sader teaching hospital in Al-N...

OBJECTIVE To assess the different epidemiological and clinical features of Paederus dermatitis in Najaf province. METHODS This prospective observational study, including the clinical assessment of 87 patients with definitive diagnosis of Paederus dermatitis, who presented to a dermatology clinic in the Najaf province of Iraq, was carried out from April 2006 to April 2007. RESULTS The peak t...

the family of najaf ali isfahani were unique in safawid and qajar periods. no family has played a more prominent role in the painting of court life as more as najaf ali’s family. najaf ali in recognition of his work in lacquer painting was foremost among the lacquer painters. under afsharid and  zand  periods, lacquer works further developed and ali ashraf was one of prominent painters in this ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Dairy cattle have been implicated as principal reservoir of Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli (VTEC), with undercooked ground beef and raw milk being the major vehicles of food borne outbreaks. VTEC has been implicated as an etiological agent of individual cases and outbreaks in developed countries. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of VETEC in dia...

Background & objectives : Acute appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen .In spite of many researches & studies that had been performed on the acute appendicitis in general, very limited works talking about the role of the parasites in the causation of acute appendicitis This study was performed to investigate the preformed to investigate the prevalence rate of in...

Abstract The aim of the research is to study mineral analysis and oxides ratios in two cultivated uncultivated soils governorates Qadisiyah, Babylon Najaf. And determination proportions hematite magnetite oxide minerals, following results showed that there a great predominance minerals (quartz calcite) all middle Euphrates, were diagnosed Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, calcite 32.8%, which came firs...

formation and expantion of informal settlements are concequences of urban growth and zanjan isn't an exception to this regulation. najaf abad informal settlement has been formed and expanded on the bases of uncontrolled and exceeding rural immigration. this study aims to investigate role of social security in empowerment as well as elimination district problems of zanjan najaf abad. in the empo...