Faster than thought

A new twist in measuring mutation rates

The influenza virus mutates faster than we previously thought.

The dairy fat paradox: Whole dairy products may be healthier than we thought

Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of the Concepts of Republic and Democracy in Imam Khomeini's Political Thought

Repu: blic and democracy are two terms applied to mean ruling of people since fifth century B.C. They have been especially and tremendously emphasized in west since 16th century. To clarify his ruling system prior and subsequent to the victory of revolution, Imam Khomeini applied these terms as well. What republic and democracy quantitatively and qualitatively mean in Imam Khomeini's political ...

بررسی یک مانع فلسفی گذر به دموکراسی در جهان اسلام

Philosophical thought, especially in its political form, began with the Al_Farabi more than thousand years ago in the Islamic world but affirmatively, this kind of thought in the world of politics and political action has less results. The question is “what is the role of political philosophy in the evolutions of the present Islamic world?” Evaluating the political-philosophical texts in the Is...

مقایسه کنترل فکر، ذهن آگاهی و سبک های دلبستگی در دانشجویان با گرایش بالا و پایین به اعتیاد

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the control thought, mindfulness and attachment styles in students with high and low tendency to addiction. Methods: The present study was causal-comparative study and population consisted of University of Mohaghegh Ardabili's students in 2015-2016 academic years that 283 patients were chosen by systematic random sampling and completed questionnai...

Evolution and plasticity: Divergence of song discrimination is faster in birds with innate song than in song learners in Neotropical passerine birds.

Plasticity is often thought to accelerate trait evolution and speciation. For example, plasticity in birdsong may partially explain why clades of song learners are more diverse than related clades with innate song. This "song learning" hypothesis predicts that (1) differences in song traits evolve faster in song learners, and (2) behavioral discrimination against allopatric song (a proxy for pr...