The Mermaid's Story

Mermaids are Real!! Sirenomelia: A Case of Mermaid Baby

We report a case of sirenomelia baby (mermaid syndrome) born to a thirty years old female at 36 weeks of gestation. It is a rare syndrome in which there is fusion of lower limbs. Classification of caudal regression syndrome (CRS) from sirenomelia is still debated. According to some authors, this syndrome should be classified separately from caudal regression syndrome and is likely to be the res...

Editor's Note/Man, the Story-Telling Animal

the archetype of mother: a never-ending story retold by poe

investigation the archetype of mother can help the reader to understand poes works, especially his fiction, better, if not fully. motivated by internal and external drives to get into the universe in its manifold form poe was impelled to art and, from various modes of art, to symbolism. how much was poe successful to produce works of art has been a matter of dispute among critics. however, ther...

The Decline of Community in Iran: A chronological story

The empirical data show a fundamental transformation in the fabric of the Iranian society in recent decades. The essence of this transformation is what we have called the “decline of community’, also labelled as the ‘depletion of social capital’, referring to the loss of social ties and the erosion of moral life which hold members of society together. In this article, drawing on a large volume ...

The Decline of Community in Iran: A chronological story

The empirical data show a fundamental transformation in the fabric of the Iranian society in recent decades. The essence of this transformation is what we have called the “decline of community’, also labelled as the ‘depletion of social capital’, referring to the loss of social ties and the erosion of moral life which hold members of society together. In this article, drawing on a large volume ...