VOLUME 7 : 2009

Editorial, Volume 7, Issue 2

According to Patrick Colm Hogan, in the US academic context, few people in literary theory or comparative literature have much familiarity with non-Western literary theories, and fewer still have research expertise in the field. While working on a project in non-Western literary theory, he was surprised to find that many of his friends and colleagues found it difficult to understand what non-We...

Editorial Volume 7, Issue 1

JALDA, therefore, would like to show inclination towards the view that the reality of the world is not a fixed entity standing out there to be measured by our pre-fabricated ‘scientific’ instruments. In line with Haghshenas’ argumentation, not only can theories and instruments shrink to ornamental entities but also they can turn into what Karl Popper calls pseudo-science, knowledge of an ‘ideol...

Abstracts in Persian: Volume 7, Issue 1

Table of contents Volume 7 Issue 2

2009 Volume Two

The purpose of this research project is to identify and chemically profile active extracts of a marine sponge, Clathria sp., collected from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Previously, pteridine alkaloids, sterol sulfates, and bromine-containing amides collected from various species of Clathria have shown anti-microbial and anti-cancer activities [1]. Sponge extracts were isolated through a combi...