This study looks at the implications of Video Cassette Recorders in Iran at national and individual levels. By 'contextualising' the medium, the audiences, the text, and relevant state policies within the dynamic environment of post-revolutionary Iran, the research questions the…
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The structure of the health service in Iran has been described and the role and position of Radiology within the service explained. A comparison has been made between the current basic recommendations and requirement of the IAEA for a radiology service and requirements as laid d…
Seven beliefs comprise Maccabean martyr theology. First, though it could not explain suffering in toto, the retributive explanation was a theological foundation stone: Israel's sin resulted in God's judgement. Second, to avoid theodicean problems, this doctrine was galvanized to…
This thesis intends to evaluate, theoretically and quantitatively, existing studies related to the absorptive capacity of the Saudi Arabian economy. In our study, we put forward a new approach to understand the concept of absorptive capacity _ one which takes into account the sp…
The present study seeks to investigate male/female language in Marrakesh. It does not concentrate on the linguistic differences per se, rather it is an attempt to highlight the underlining factors which determine these differences, and which brought about a great deal of controv…
This is a study of the media of mass communication in Saudi Arabia in relation to the social, political, economic and cultural features of Saudi Arabian society. It takes as its starting point the idea of "normative" theories of the press as originally formulated by Siebert and …
Cell adhesion is an intricate process, involving proteins of the extracellular matrix, cell surface receptors for these proteins and a complex interplay of physical, biochemical and cytoskeletal events. This may affect the cell itself, the substrate to which the cell will attach…
The "Achilles heel" of regional planning in the past has consistently proved to be the failure to achieve success in implementing plans. Most scholars acknowledge this reality, but disagree over its explanation, thus, the inadequate theoretical base for planning practice. The es…
Examination by lOX optical- and Scanning Electron- microscopy of 91 chert tools found on surface sites in central Arabia disclosed a suite of weathering characteristics such as subsurface fabric changes (Weathering Fronts), loss of Silica (Corrosion Pitting), deposition on- and …
The study examines the Chinese leadership's assessment of events in the Middle East in 1957-8, with reference to its line over Socialist Camp support for popular movements in response to US intervention. Addressing Chinese categorisation of forces in world politics, it argues th…
Tertiary carbonatites occur along thrust planes at Loe Shilman in Kyber Agency and at Silai Patti in Malakand Agency, NW Pakistan. The Loe Shilman carbonatite sheet complex comprises an amphibole sovite which is intruded by a biotite sovite and an ankeritic dolomite carbonatite.…
In this thesis I shall examine the relationship between computers and the main users of computers in Lycees in Turkey in order to create a model of computer use in Turkey. Systems theory is used to define the sort of model or picture of users that a decision maker needs in order…
The emergence of Nigeria from the monetary anarchy of the turn of the century set forth historical processes for the establishment of modern monetary institutions. This was achieved at the cost of limited growth of currency in circulation because of sterling exchange standard wi…
Surveys on the status of mycorrhizal infection and VAM propagules were carried out in 3 representative forest areas of Jengka in the Lowland Forest of Malaysia. VAM spore numbers found in these forest soils were low and well below those recorded in other tropical soils. However,…
For six years since 1984 Israel underwent a unique political experience: it was ruled by national coalitions supported by more than 75% of the members of parliament. Larger-than-minimal coalitions have always been problematic for traditional coalition theory. The Israeli case pr…
The break-up of Pakistan and the transformation of East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971 was seen by many, particularly those in India, as destroying the nationalist basis of the 1947 partition of the south Asian subcontinent. The emergence of Bangladesh as a secularist state wa…
The study is an attempt to explore the nature and role of the Arab press in the Arab foreign policy. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first effort to investigate empirically the relationship between the press and foreign policy in a regional context. The Arab region whic…
A detailed study of Neogene Ostracoda fauna has been made from closely sampled sections in the Adana and Antakya basins of southern Turkey. The Quaternary (Early Pleistocene) fauna studied has been obtained from the bore-holes drilled in the Mediterranean and in Cyprus. Some sam…