It is a well-known fact that publishing companies spend much money, time and energy in designing their book covers to attract potential customers. As the first thing people do when they buy or intend to buy a book is looking at its front cover. However, if there is a need to know more about the book, people usually look at the information on its back cover. This paper attempts to explore the persuasive function of blurbs beyond the constraints of the academic domain and consequently their connection with advertising discourse in two main sections: The first presents the concept of blurb and its structure while the second defines persuasion and shows the most prominent strategiesused in blurbs. Finally, this paper gives the conclusion that the blurb is a persuasive text as it aims to influence others to buy the book and therefore, blurb is a type of advertising.
This study aimed at revealing the degree of availability of standards of word problems in mathematics books for the first three grades of the basic stage in Palestine. For this purpose, the researcher prepared an analysis tool and a list of criteria consisting of two areas: linguistic formulation and mathematical content. Every area had seven items. The results of the study showed that the third-grade mathematics book has the highest degree of availability of the standards with 85.75%, and then came the second-grade mathematics book with 83.12%. Finally, the first-grade mathematics book came with 80.13%. In the light of the previous results, the researcher recommended to develop the language of word problems, to take into account their i
... Show MoreObjective: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational program on female students’ knowledge toward premenstrual syndrome.
Methodology: A quasi-experimental design study conducing on (140) student purposely in four secondary schools at Al-sadder city (70) student for study group and (70) for control group. The prevalence of PMS selected through American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) (2015) criterias to select PMS students before program. The education program were set in four steps, the first step (pre-test) is to assess the knowledge , before the implementation of the program, the second step is implementing the program, following two steps post-test I and II between each test two weeks. Validity is determined
Irrigation has significant role in endodontic treatment, many types of antimicrobial irrigation solutions have been used, but due to the ineffectiveness, safety concerns and side effects of this irrigation, the herbal alternatives for endodontic irrigants might be beneficial. Objectives This study compared the in vitro effectiveness of tea tree oil and clove oil as possible irrigants in endodontics against Enterococcus faecalis in comparison with 3% Sodium hypochlorite. Materials and Methods E. faecalis was isolated from patients in need for endodontic treatment; VITEK was employed for E. faecalis isolate conformation. Muller Hinton agar was prepared with 100μl of freshly prepared suspension of E.faecalis. Wells of 6mm diameter and 4mm dep
... Show MoreIrrigation has significant role in endodontic treatment, many types of antimicrobial irrigation solutions have been used, but due to the ineffectiveness, safety concerns and side effects of this irrigation, the herbal alternatives for endodontic irrigants might be beneficial. Objectives This study compared the in vitro effectiveness of tea tree oil and clove oil as possible irrigants in endodontics against Enterococcus faecalis in comparison with 3% Sodium hypochlorite. Materials and Methods E. faecalis was isolated from patients in need for endodontic treatment; VITEK was employed for E. faecalis isolate conformation. Muller Hinton agar was prepared with 100μl of freshly prepared suspension of E.faecalis. Wells of 6mm diameter and 4mm dep
... Show Moreاﻟﺴﯿﺎق ﻓﻲ َأدرك ﻋﻠﻤﺎؤﻧﺎ اﻷواﺋﻞ أﺛﺮَ اﻟﺴﯿﺎق ﻗﺮﯾﻨﺔ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻘﺮاﺋﻦ اﻟﻤﺆﺛﺮة ﻓﻲ ﻣﻌﻨﻰ اﻟﺨﻄﺎب، وﻗﺪ ﻠﻤﺔ ّ وﺗﻤﺜﻞ ﻟﺪﯾﮭﻢ ﻓﻲ ﺟﺎﻧﺒﯿﻦ :اﻷول اﻟﺴﯿﺎق اﻟﻠﻐﻮي اﻟﺬي ﯾﻘﻮم ﻋﻠﻰ أﺳﺎس أن اﻟﻜ ،ﺗﻮﺟﯿﮫ اﻟﻤﻌﻨﻰ وﺗﺤﺪﯾﺪه ِﻜﻮن ﺣُﺴﻨﮭﺎ ورداءﺗﮭﺎ ﻓﻲ ﻧﻈﻤﮭﺎ، ّ ﻻ ﻗﯿﻤﺔ ﻟﮭﺎ ﻓﻲ ﺣﺎل إﻓﺮادھﺎ، وإﻧﻤﺎ ﯾ واﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ اﻟﺴﯿﺎق اﻟﺤﺎﻟﻲ، وذﻟﻚ ُ ُ ﺑﺮﺑﻄﮭﻢ اﻟﺼﯿﺎﻏﺔ اﻟﻠﻐﻮﯾﺔ ﺑﺎ
... Show MoreThe Arab Muslime Paid agreat attention to the Islamic East, especially after their conquest to the Parisian lands, they went forword to continue their conquest till Transoxiara (the lands beyond the river). The research is included the Islamic efforts to conquest (Transoxiara) , They needed mouch time for more than 40 years to conquest it. To sattle their steps in it they used its leading figures to prevent the breaking of the agreement held between them as they were known for doing this before more than once. The main idea of this research is releated to study that history in the Arabic resources.
Time series is an important statistical method adopted in the analysis of phenomena, practices, and events in all areas during specific time periods and predict future values contribute to give a rough estimate of the status of the study, so the study aimed to adopt the ARIMA models to forecast the volume of cargo handled and achieved in four ports (Umm Qasr Port, Khor Al Zubair Port, Abu Flus Port, and Maqal Port(, Monthly data on the volume of cargo handled for the years (2006-2018) were collected (156) observations. The study found that the most efficient model is ARIMA (1,1,1).
The volume of go
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The interest in the intellectual capital and its development is a civilized necessity imposed by the requirements of the times and cannot imagine an advanced society in its potential productivity in poor efficiency of human capital, and features the work environment change permanently, putting the management of financial companies against a constant challenge toward coping with new developments in this changing environment and this is not taken unless owned by these companies qualified human resources and the provision of Culture organizers have, which manifested itself with the research problem by the following two questions:
- Did the intellectual capital value specific financial and
This study deals with segmenting the industrial market as an independent variable and targeting the industrial market as a dependent variable. Since the industrial sector represents one of the most important fundamental pillars to build the economies of countries and their development , the Iraqi industrial sector was chosen as a population for the study . Based on measuring the study variables , identifying them and testing the correlation and effect on each other , the study reached a group of findings:
1- Increasing the level of availability of study variables inside the companies “The study sample”.
2- There is a correlation between the independent v
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On of the direct causes which led to the global financial crisis 2008 is decrease or collapse in liquidity of large financial institutions which is reflected on investments of a considerable number of institutions and persons.
This study aim's through out its three sections to explain the disclosure level of financial institutions which affected by Financial Crisis from liquidity information which explained in the statement of cash flow according to Timeliness and Completeness.
The study concluded an important result the company of research sample was disclosure in Timeliness and Completeness from all of accounting information is related in liquidity or that related in result of operations and financial position. The more
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