The article discusses the linguistic means of implementing comic in order to convey negative evaluativeness in the English-language online movie reviews.The various comic techniques are a rich linguistic arsenal for showing authors criticism.The pragmatic motivation of satirical and ironic texts is the introduction of new, different from the existi

Single photon emission computed tomography imaging is a popular nuclear medicine imaging technique which generates images by detecting radiations Infusions emitted by radioactive isotopes injected in the human body.Scattering of these emitted radiations introduces blur in this type of images.This paper proposes an image processing technique to enha

The main focus of disaster management is currently on disaster risk reduction activities.Mount Merapi in Indonesia is one of the most active volcanoes in the world with a four-year eruption cycle.The local government of the Sleman Regency has made several efforts to reduce the risk of impacts from the eruption of Mount Merapi.These efforts involve

Background: One of the ways for cost-sharing in health system that has been taken into consideration in recent years in some developed countries is paying deductibles.In case of using deductibles, the insured people more carefully and accurately will use health care services, and potentially many unnecessary costs will be avoided.Methods: To invest