Works In Progress

Recent Progress in Zeolite/Zeotype Membranes

This is a comprehensive review of the recent progresses made in the field of zeolite membranes. It describes zeolitic materials and methods of membrane fabrication, followed by a summary of applications for gas separation, pervaporation and separation of liquid mixtures. Special attention is called to polymer mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) and membranes based on metal organic frame works (MOFs)....

Minimalist structures in urban space: a criticism to the works by Sol Lewitt from point of view of Arthur C. Danto with an emphasis on arrangement of works in urban environment

Urban spaces and in other words urban design and architecture have been found with close linkage with art and beauty especially the arts such as painting and sculpture. Addressing beauty at different areas such as creation of galleries to offer works of art, addressing form of urban spaces and representing works of art in urban environment have improved social life and increased identity, conse...

What does Canon Law say about the quality of sponsored works?

Fr. Morrisey is professor of canon law, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario. Aclear distinction is to be made between "Catholic works" and the "works of Catholics." The former are undertaken "in the name of the Church" (canon 116), with all the guarantees of the church behind them. On the other hand, works of Catholics are undertakings of Catholics that might have an ecclesial relationship o...

اندیشیدن سینمایی و قطعه قطعه‌سازی جغرافیای خیالی فرهنگی

In his discussion about the cultural treasures, Walter Benjamin argues that, “There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism”. The most obvious instances of cultural treasures in Benjamin’s discussion are found in the monumental architecture, and the history has always shown that the rulers have been interested in these magnificent s...

Can we do it? Creating health care that works.

A review of agent-based modeling (ABM) concepts and some of its main applications in management science

We live in a very complex world where we face complex phenomena such as social norms and new technologies. To deal with such phenomena, social scientists often use reductionism approach where they reduce them to some lower-lever variables and model the relationships among them through a scheme of equations. This approach that is called equation based modeling (EBM) has some basic weaknesses in ...