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Emotional Metaphors in the Glorious Quran with Reference to Their Realizations in English
No full textMetaphors are an essential part of human experience. Each person depends on their everyday experience in relation to the linguistic system so that an image is created in their mind. The purpose of this study is to investigate metaphors of emotions in the Glorious Quran from a cognitive perspective. Throughout conceptual metaphors, readers structure and understand the abstract concepts in terms of more concrete ones. They perform more significant functions when they are used in the language of the Glorious Qur’an which has intellectual, psychological and aesthetical significances. Using a three-dimensional model to analyze the data which consists of the following; First, Lakoff and Johnson's Metaphors We Live By in its two editions (1980) and (2003). Second, Arabic data depends on Al-Hayani (Metaphor in The Glorious Qur'an: Its Patterns and Rhetorical Meanings) (2016) who classifies meanings into three types; intellectual, psychological and aesthetic. Third, Newmarks' (1988) model of translation is also adopted. In this study, six Ayahs contain different types of emotions from the Glorious Quran are analyzed. The miraculous nature of the Glorious Qur'an is represented by its language which, unlike ordinary language, underlies variety of meanings. As a result, three translations are chosen; Pickhtall (1930), Ali (1987) and Hilali and Khan (1996). This study concludes that metaphors of emotions have a decisive role in our daily experience
The Role of Human Capital in Improving the Quality of Insurance Service: An exploratory study in a number of branches of the national and Iraqi insurance companies in the middle alfurat
No full textسعى البحث الحالي الى تحديد طبيعة العلاقة بين رأس المال البشري وابعاده (المعرفة، القدرة، المهارة) وجودة الخدمة التأمينية وابعادها (الاعتمادية، الاستجابة، الملموسية، الامان، الاتصال، المجاملة)، وتم ذلك عن طريق تحليل علاقات الارتباط والتأثير بين متغيرات البحث، وتطبيقها على عينة عشوائية من موظفي عدد من فروع شركتي التأمين الوطنية والعراقية في الفرات الاوسط، بلغ عددهم (89) موظفاً، وتم اختبار الفرضيات باستخدام معامل ارتباط بيرسون ومعامل الانحدار الخطي واختبار (F) بواسطة برنامج (SPSS V.20). وفي ضوء النتائج تم الحصول على مجموعة من الاستنتاجات اهمها: ان هنالك تأثير ايجابي لرأس المال البشري في تحسين جودة الخدمة التأمينية، وقدم البحث عدد من التوصيات اهمها ينبغي الاهتمام برأس المال البشري من قبل شركات التأمين باعتباره مورداً استراتيجيا يمنحها الميزة التنافسية.The Sought current research aim to determine the nature of the relationship between human capital with its dimensions (knowledge, ability, skill) and quality insurance service with its dimensions (reliability, responsiveness, tangibility, safety, communication, courtesy), which was done by analyzing the correlations and influence between the variables research, and applied to a random sample of the staff of a number of branches of both (national insurance and Iraqi company) in the Middle Euphrates, with number of (89) employees, hypotheses were tested using Pearson's correlation coefficient linear regression and (F) test using software of (SPSS V.20). In the light of the results, a set of the most important conclusions were such as, there is a positive effect of human capital in improving the quality of the insurance service, the research presents a number of recommendations, such as giving the consideration to human capital by insurance companies as a strategic resource that gives it a competitive advantage
Performance Analysis and Prediction Student Performance to build effective student Using Data Mining Techniques
Get PDFIn this period of computerization, schooling has additionally remodeled itself and is not restrained to old lecture technique. The everyday quest is on to discover better approaches to make it more successful and productive for students. These days, masses of data are gathered in educational databases, however it stays unutilized. To be able to get required advantages from such major information, effective tools are required. Data mining is a developing capable tool for examination and expectation. It is effectively applied in the field of fraud detection, marketing, promoting, forecast and loan assessment. However, it is in incipient stage in the area of education. In this paper, data mining techniques have been applied to construct a classification model to predict the performance of students
An empirical evaluation of metrics on aspect-oriented programs: An empirical evaluation of metrics on aspect-oriented programs
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The quality evaluation of software metrics measurement is considered as the primary indicator of imperfection prediction and software maintenance in various empirical studies of software products. However, there is no agreement on which metrics are compelling quality pointers for new software development approaches such as aspect-oriented programming (AOP) techniques. AOP intends to enhance programming quality by providing fundamentally different parts of the systems, for example, pointcuts, advice, and intertype relationships. Hence, it is not evident if quality characteristics for AOP could be extracted from direct expansions of traditional object-oriented programming (OOP) measurements. Then again, investigations of AOP do regularly depend on established static and dynamic metrics measurement; notwithstanding the late research of AOP in empirical studies, few analyses been adopted using the International Organization for Standardization 9126 quality model as useful markers of flaw inclination in this context. This paper examination we have considered different programming quality models given by various authors every once in a while and distinguished that adaptability was deficient in the current model. We have testing 10 projects developed by AOP. We have used many applications to extract the metrics, but none of them could extract all AOP Metrics. It only can measure some of AOP Metrics, not all of them. This study investigates the suitable framework for extract AOP Metrics, for instance, static and dynamic metrics measurement for hybrid application systems (AOP and OOP) or only AOP application
Foreignization in English-Kurdish Translations Produced by the Voice of America
No full textThis paper explores English-Kurdish translations produced by the Kurdish section of the Voice of America (VOA). It is hypothesized that such translations are marked by unnaturalness and foreignness both in terms of linguistic and cultural aspects. This feature seems to be a peculiar characteristic that sets the VOA Kurdish apart from other media outlets producing Kurdish translations. Applying Venuti’s (1995/2008) theory of foreignization and domestication and taking a translation-oriented textual analysis approach, the paper sets out to qualitatively examine a set of 15 English journalistic texts translated into Kurdish by the VOA Kurdish. The study encompasses both linguistic and cultural matrices to identify unnatural or foreignized translation occurrences, which are expected to be otherwise rendered naturally in other media outlets. The results of the study show that Kurdish translations produced by the VOA are peculiarly outlandish and orientated towards foreignization. For journalistic translations to be comprehensible by the target audience, media players ought to present their outputs, translation or otherwise, as naturally as possible. Therefore, the paper recommends that the VOA Kurdish change its tendency from foreignization to domestication
Measuring EFL Teachers’ Implementations of Communicative Language Teaching in Teaching Speaking Skills
No full textThe aim of the study is to investigate EFL teachers’ use of Communicative Language Teaching techniques (CLT) in teaching speaking skills at schools from teachers’ perspectives. The participants were from the intermediate schools located at Al-America District in Baghdad. The total number is 29 EFL male and female teachers. A questionnaire was used to collect the data of the study. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were computed. The findings reveal that the English language teachers sometimes use CLT Techniques and strategies in teaching speaking skills, and even the students are evaluated even by paper and pencil test more than oral test
The impact of internal audit in the activation of risk management under the governance of banks
No full textاستهدفت الدراسة الى تفعيل اثر التدقيق الداخلي على كفاءة ادارة المخاطر في ظل مبادئ حوكمة المصارف في عينة من المصارف، حيث تعتبر التدقيق الداخلي من الوظائف الهامة لضـبط الأداء المـالي والإداري ولها مـن أثـر لتفعيل كفاءة استخدام الموارد المتاحة وتـدعيم مـا يسمى بالحوكمة وكذلك المساهمة في تقييم وإدارة المخاطر، مما يعزز فرص الوحدات الاقتصادية والمصارف في الاستغلال الأمثل للموارد . كما يساعد التدقيق الداخلي الإدارة العليا ومجلس الإدارة في عملية تحديد وتقييم المخاطر والاستجابة لها ، خلال تقديم خدمات تأكيدية واستشارية مختلفة أثناء تنفيذ عملية إدارة المخاطر .
ولتحقيق أهداف الدارسة واختبار فرضياتها إعتمدت الدراسة على البيانات الاولية والثانوية وتـم تصـميم اسـتبانه واسـتخدمت الباحـثتان البرنـامج الإحصائي (SPSS) لتحليل البيانات .
وقد تم الوصول خلال الدراسة إلى أن هناك تأثير واضح لمهنة التدقيق الداخلي على ادارة المخاطر من خلال تحسين فعاليتها و كفاءتها في ظل مبادئ حوكمة المصارف و يظهر هذا من خلال تبوأ التدقيق الداخلي مكانة بارزة في المصارف ولانه مرتبط بأعلى مستويات الادارية كأداة رقابية واستشارية مستقلة.
وقد قدمت الباحثتان مجموعة من التوصيات أهمها ضرورة توفير المـوارد الماليـة والبشـرية الكافية لتدقيق الداخلي في المصارف ، والدورات التدريبية ضرورية للمدققين الداخليين بهدف إكسابهم المعرفة الكافية بكل المستجدات وتواكب مع مبادئ الاساسية لحوكمة المصارف .
كمـا أوصـت الدراسـة بالعمـل علـى تـدعيم مقومـات اسـتقلالية المـدقق الـداخلي ليتمكن من القيام بأداء مهامه على أكمل وجه لان الاستقلالية التدقيق الداخلي والمدقق الداخلي يعتبر كالاحدى اليات حوكمة المصارف .The research aims to measure and evaluate the impact of internal audit on the efficiency of risk management under the principles of the bank governance in a sample of banks. Thus, internal audit is an important function of controlling financial and administrative performance. It has the impact of evaluating and measuring the efficiency of the use of available resources and strengthening the so-called governance as well as contributing to the assessment and management of risks, which enhances the opportunities of economic units and banks in the optimal use of resources.Internal Audit assists senior management and the board in the process of theidentifying, assessing and responding to risks, by providing various assurance and advisory services during the implementation of the risk management process.
In order to achieve the objectives of the study and test its hypotheses, the study was based on primary and secondary data and the questionnaire was designed and the researchers used the Statistical Program (SPSS) to analyze the data.
It was concluded during the research that there is a clear impact of the internal audit profession on the risk management by improving its effectiveness and efficiency under the principles of bank governance shows through the internal audit has a prominent position in banks and because it is linked to the highest levels of management as an independent control and advisory tool.
The researchers present a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the need to provide adequate financial and human resources for internal auditing in banks.
The study also recommended to strengthen the components of the independence of the internal auditor in order to be able to perform his duties to the fullest.
Key words : Internal Audit , Risk Management , Banking Governance, Internal Auditor
Epileptic Seizure Detection using Deep Learning Approach
Get PDFAn epileptic seizure is a sign of abnormal activity in the human brain. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a standard tool that has been used vastly for detection of seizure activities. Many methods have been developed to help the neurophysiologists to detect the seizure activities with high accuracy. Most of them rely on the features extracted in the time, frequency, or time-frequency domains. The performance of the proposed methods is related to the performance of the features extracted from EEG recordings. Deep neural networks enable learning directly on the data without the domain knowledge needed to construct a feature set. This approach has been hugely successful in almost all machine learning applications. We propose a new framework that also learns directly from the data, without extracting a feature set. We proposed an original deep-learning-based method to classify EEG recordings. The EEG signal is segmented into 4 s segments and used to train the long- and short-term memory network. The trained model is used to discriminate the EEG seizure from the background. The Freiburg EEG dataset is used to assess the performance of the classifier. The 5-fold cross-validation is selected for evaluating the performance of the proposed method. About 97.75% of the accuracy is achieved
An Assessment of Teaching Idioms at College Level: A Case Study
No full textThe present study aims at investigating the presence of teaching idioms at English Department - College of Basic Education syllabi and the methods used in teaching idioms. A test, containing 45 idioms, was given to 40 fourth grade students to investigate their knowledge about idioms acquired through their learning at college. The researcher modified a test based on Vanderniet (2015) and Tran (2003), in which they have focused only on the most frequent idioms. The results of the syllabi analysis showed an unexpected result that only four hours are devoted to the teaching of idioms or any other figurative expressions throughout the whole four academic years at college. Teaching idioms is embedded within the syllabus of four coursebooks, which are: Communication (first grade), Communication (second grade), Culture (third grade) and Translation (third grade). The results of the test coincides with the lack of teaching idioms since, unfortunately, 21% of the students passed the test successfully. The neglect is due partly to the program designers who didn't pay attention to the teaching of the figurative language. Teachers also have a negative role in this avoidance and focusing on the other aspects of languages like grammar in teaching English language
Industrialization in William Wordsworth's Selected Poems
No full textWilliam Wordsworth (1770-1850) is undeniably one of the most significant Romantic poets. He is famous for his love for nature. He finds tranquility and solitude in the company of nature. For him, nature is everything, including faith and God. Wordsworth believes that God has mirrored himself through nature. The industrial revolution made life more complicated, yet productive. The industrial revolution solved some problems while it caused some others, violation of nature is among the most distressing one. As a worshiper of nature, Wordsworth has noticed this impairment and portrayed the two lives, one closer to nature and the other industrialized. This paper aims at presenting William Wordsworth's love for nature through standing against industrialization. His poetry preserves the persistence of nature without any destructive mechanization. From this perspective, three poems of Wordsworth are explained to elucidate the different ways of his approach to new technological innovations and urbanization. The poems include; "The World is Too Much with Us", "Steamboats, Viaducts, and Railways" and "On the Projected Kendal and Windermere Railway". Prior to describing industrialization in the poems, the industrial revolution and its outcomes are generally introduced. Besides, a brief account is given to the British Romanticism due to the fact that Wordsworth is one of the key poets of the movement