THE CALIPHATE: ANACHRONISM OR MODERN NECESSITY?

The medical chaperone: outdated anachronism or modern necessity?

The word “chaperone” derives figuratively from the French word chaperon meaning “hood” and later a kind of hat. The term was first borrowed into English in the 1700s and came to refer to an “escort,” commonly an older woman who accompanied a young, unmarried woman in public to provide protection. While the use of these social chaperones now seems quaint and has fallen out of practice, the use o...

Rhetoric, Comedy, or Shock? Bruce Gilley’s Case of Anachronism

Necessity of Modernization of Modern Buildings

Due to the environmental and economical processes of the world the architectural thinking is started to change radically in the last decades. The danger of the global warming and the climate change motivated us to revalue our activity and its impacts. The concept of sustainability came into being and its role became more and more important in the architecture. It isn‟t visible that the sustaina...

Episiotomy in Modern Obstetrics – Necessity Versus

Episiotomy is now one of the most common procedures performed in obstetrics. At the beginning of its existence, it was performed very carefully and used in exceptional circumstances. In the second half of the twentieth century, its use became so widespread that it was almost regarded as a standard procedure in labor rooms. Authors intend to provide answers to the question as to whether it was a...

Review the Necessity of Critical Regionalism in the Development of Modern Architecture

   Since entering the new century, Iranians architectural field treats the scientific thoughts of “Regionalism” and “Critical Regionalism” more and more rationally and gradually abandons shallow copy of “racialism”. This transfer of historical trend does not originate from the update of academic definition, but from cultural critical renewal of the traditional architectural culture for months...