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This issue comes with changes in our web page and the addition of a group of scholars who have graciously accepted to be our advisory board members. PLSJ was a challenge in Persian studies in Iran and was faced with quite a few obstacles in these five volumes. The ministry of higher education still does not consider PLSJ as an academic journal and does not list in its approved list of journals!...

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Kiramat (Generosity) and the Status of Woman in Qur’an

The story of the creation of man and woman in the Qur’an differs infundamental ways from the story of creation in the Bible. The Qur’an explainsthat, contiguous with the creation of Adam, was the creation of his mate from thesame material and essence. These two, Adam and Eve, hold equal positions as Allah’skhalafah(vicegerent) on earth. This article discusses the Kiramat(generosity)of women in ...

On Visualizing Branched Surface: an Angle/Area Preserving Approach

for his love, support and selfless sacrifices. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Allen Tannenbaum, not only for his wonderful understanding and guidance of technical topics, but also for his kindness and generosity. I would like to thank Dr. Steven Haker for his help and suggestions. I would like to thank my thesis committee members, Dr. for their help throughout my study. F...

Integrating File Popularity and Peer Generosity in Proximity Measure for Semantic-based Overlays

Peer-to-peer file sharing systems are now at the origin of most of Internet traffic. Improving the performance of such systems has generated a lot of interest both in industry and academia. More specifically, many approaches focus on the improvement of the query mechanism in such systems. In a peer-to-peer system, peers are connected to a subset of other peers with which they can communicate. E...