But today, there is naming of parts

he is one and there is naught but he (isfahani hatif on the summit of tarjiband)

the celebrated poem of ahmad hatif of isfahn, known in persian as the hatef’s tarjiband is studied in the present paper from a historical point of view to reveal the status of this poet in persian poetry, as well as its mystical content. first a short history of tarjiband as a poetic form is revised, then the sixteen poets who have written a mystical tarjiband are presented. all of these tarj...

There is a missing ingredient in diabetes care today.

Agroup of junior colleagues recently asked me what, after nearly 30 years of experience of caring for people with diabetes, I would consider as the single most important piece of advice to give to them as they launch into their new diabetes practice. It didn’t take me long to find an answer. ‘‘Ensure you have good communication with your diabetes patients,’’ I replied without trepidation. To st...

Refractive surgery today: is there innovation or stagnation?

Refractive surgery, both corneal and intraocular, has undergone an explosive evolution during the last 25 years. The first excimer laser surgery performed now already over 25 years ago is a historical landmark which started the scientific age of corneal refractive surgery. Before that momentous occasion, refractive surgery was a buccaneer procedure that lacked consistent scientific knowledge ab...

Is There Any Chance for Reconfigurable Processors Today?

Reconfigurable processors are an emerging alternative to the increasing complex and fixed ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) approach: they contain hardware resources that are not pre-allocated to the execution of pre-defined functions, but instead can be configured with some logic commands. This communication shows the main differences between the traditional processor architecture and the rec...

But there is a practical side.