On the shoulders of a giant: the legacy of Matilda White Riley for gerontology.

The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 60:S296-S304 (2005)

The legacy of Matilda White Riley to the study of aging encompasses multiple disciplines and extends to multiple domains within these disciplines. Although her greatest intellectual legacy is in sociology, she presented a compelling vision of the need for other disciplines to consider the role of social forces in shaping both aging as an individual, lifelong process and age as a feature of cult...

Aging in the Twenty-First Century

پیامدهای پرتودهی با نور فرابنفش A بر ظرفیت آنتی‌اکسیدانی، سینارین و برخی ویژگی‌های مورفوفیزیولوژیک سه رقم آرتیشو (Cynara scolymus L.)

Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) is peculiar among the vegetables due to its medicinal properties. Previous studies have been shown that Ultraviolet (UV) radiation stimulates the production of some secondary metabolites in the plants. In the present study, the effects of UV-A (360 nm) radiation on total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, antioxidant capacity, cynarin content and some morphop...

Cultural Elements in the Translation of Children's Literature: Persian translation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda in focus

Translation can have long-term effects on all languages and cultures. It is not a mere linguistic act, but mostly a cultural act, since language is by nature one of the major carriers of cultural elements. Thus, the translator’s job is not just transferring the meaning of words and sentences from the source text to the target text. Culture-specific items often cause translation problems. Identi...

Cultural Elements in the Translation of Children's Literature: Persian translation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda in focus

Translation can have long-term effects on all languages and cultures. It is not a mere linguistic act, but mostly a cultural act, since language is by nature one of the major carriers of cultural elements. Thus, the translator’s job is not just transferring the meaning of words and sentences from the source text to the target text. Culture-specific items often cause translation problems. Identi...