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Reading Edward Bond's The War Plays in light of Theodor Adorno and Sigmund Freud, the writers of this article intend to investigate the interconnection between the mechanisms of social control and the psychology of submission. To this end, socio-political institutions in The War Plays, represented by the army and the state, are seen drawing on Adorno's concept of identity-thinking (Identitätsdenken), by which the cognitive potentials of the characters are systematically suppressed. Also, uninhibited aggression of characters will be discussed in view of the mechanisms of sublimation, and the addendum (Das Hinzutretende), by which the complexities of the response characters give to the situation of coercion is elucidated. In The War Plays, socio-political institutions promote violence to produce socially conditioned victims. These aggressive victims, we conclude, would cooperate with power for the preservation of the status quo, yet challenge the system momentarily through expressing their sufferings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A life-threatening respiratory disease, coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), has spread across the globe since December 2019. Many prognostic factors have already been put forward to predict the risk of death and other outcomes. The current study is evaluating the survival rate between hypertensive and non-hypertensive infected patients. Patients who were included in this study were admitted between 20 February to 1 March 2020 in Fars (southwest of Iran) province hospitals. Data were collected from the electronic base registry which contained demographic information, medical symptoms, and signs, underlying diseases, CT scan results, and final outcome. Of all 1239 positive cases, 159 (12.83%) had known with hypertension ant this group was significantly older than non-hypertensive patients (66.1 years Vs 48.95 years, p <.001). According to Kaplan–Meier survival curve and log-rank test, it was seen hypertensive patients deteriorated more rapidly than non-hypertensive group (p =.032). Moreover, HIV, cardiovascular, and kidney disease were diagnosed as factors that increase the risk of death in hypertensive patients. The current study about the survival rate of COVID-19 patients had shown hypertensive patents are in danger of disease severity, although it may be related to their age. Moreover, the probability of other complications like diabetes, smoking, asthma, kidney, and cardiovascular diseases, and either some other infections such as HIV can make the condition complicated and need more consideration to prevent noxious outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this study, we attempt to investigate the representation of sexuality in the images of English language teaching books (Four Corners (2) - American English File (2) - Interchange (2)) based on visual - social semiotics according to Halliday's Functional linguistics and clearly followed by Kress and Van Leeuwen 2006 (1996). Creating text, as an example image, is a discoursal and as a result a social action. This social action on textbooks which have been written for non-English language learners works at higher level. It works in intercultural level. As a result, there is always a constant problem: Is it possible that the central culture (English language society) creates discourse via the texts of the textbooks in which non-English speakers are considered strangers and they themselves are considered natural and familiar? This research via investigating images, texts, verbal titles and the margin of those images searches how English language teaching books portray English culture as evident, natural and inevitable and others as foreigners who only lose their alterity if they are attracted by this culture. The main goal of this research is to analyze English language teaching books and investigate their different discoursal, social and cultural outputs. Also this research tries to investigate the role of images in intercultural discoursal context. Cultural differences and their reflection in English language teaching textbooks with ideological outputs of images and modality in the images of textbooks are other marginal goals of this research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Imagination and concepts pertaining to it are at the core of Conrad's fiction and theories. Conrad, in A Personal Record, asserts that the imaginative should grasp what is "all human" and based on "experience". Nevertheless, he introduces various kinds of imaginations to his readers when it comes to fiction. For instance in Nostromo and Victory he respectively explains moral imagination and criminal imagination. The most outstanding point is that Conrad considers a very thin line between the "imaginative" and the "real". Infact, he represents imagination as a faculty that helps people to predict future and stay alert. Typhoon, The Secret Agent, and Amy Foster best exemplify this idea. However, Conrad, as in Lord Jim, suggests that over-reliance on imagination might be dangerous. Moreover, he sometimes interweaves an aura of mystery around imagination, a view clearly noticeable in The Nigger of Narcissus. Conrad presumably is more outspoken about imagination and its nature in Youth. Therein, Conrad provides connections between imagination, youth, and sea. For him, while imagination impregnates the vigour of youth, it also embodies its ignorance and inexperience. Yet, it is impossible to draw a clear and constant picture of what Joseph Conrad meant by imagination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Academic burnout results from mental fatigue and students uninterested to education is affected by various factors. Hope to work and educational interest are effective factors on academic burnout among students. The aim of this research is investigating the relationship between hope to work and education interest with student's academic exhaustion at Shahroud university of medical science Methods: By using Kristi-Morgan table, 291 students are randomly selected. Three standard questionnaires were used including, sandier and worland academic motivation (AMS-HS28) and questionnaire of berso academic burnout. Data were statistically analyzed, using T-independent and regression. Results: There was found a significant inverse relationship between hope to work and academic burnout and also between academic motivation and academic burnout. Conclusion: It seems that The balance between student admission and labor market is an essential factor to increase the hope to work and academic motivation and could increase educational achievement and reduce academic burnout among students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The baroque culture of the seventeenth century has considerable affinities with the culture industry of late capitalism. This paper focuses on Caryl Churchill and David Lan's A Mouthful of Birds, premiered by Joint Stock at Repertory Theater in 1986, and tries to discover the baroque elements the play incorporates. This study is mainly concerned with the text of the play and does not deal with its performance or choreography. The writers aim to show that Churchill's play is informed with baroque techniques, which although at times make compromise with the premises of capitalism, yet enhance its potential to criticize the culture industry of late capitalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]