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The return to scale constitutes a significant investment index in the determination of
the quantum of resources that are deployed in investment decision on workers’
continuing professional development. Such investment decision is always…

From a sociointeractional perspective of discourse, this research aims at investigating
the written narrative of a student of English and Portuguese Teaching Practicum from
a Letters undergraduate Course at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de…

The role of culture in a field as vast as applied linguistics is so pronounced and vital
that even a highly selective overview might not be sufficient to be comprehensive.
What follows might be a synoptic account of the role of culture in the realm…

This research examines the mass communication discourse on Japanese hate speech
incidents and briefly skeches the related arguments. The analysis seeks to offer insights
into the recent backlash against minorities. The incidents appears to be the…

The world is gradually shrinking that at the press of a button events happening in farflung

part of the earth could be followed live via cable network. Globalization or
capitalist penetration of every economy is the new phenomenon.…

Visual communication is a global activity and often demands using visual language
that will be understood across cultures. Lack of place specificity is often considered
desirable in design. But the trend toward visual globalization can have…

Literature is a powerful medium for examining justice, judgment, and society’s
treatment of humankind. “Does justice have a dark side?” Many pieces of literature
show the dark side of man’s justice, such as Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter,…

This study suggests a broad approach to enhance the social sustainability through
socially innovative and inclusive governance when humanizing the urban landscape.
This approach requires both “top-down” and “bottom-up” strategies.…

According to WHO, about 16.7 million people in the world die every year from
cardiovascular diseases, including coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD is a leading
disease in incidence and mortality in the general population [1,2]. One of the…

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of consumer-to-consumer online
reviews on the drivers of customer equity (CE) and the role of brand trust. An
experimental online forum was purpose-built and a restricted probability sample of
269…