the gulistān palace library in tehran owns a manuscript of kalila va dimna (ms. 2198), a persian version, by  nasr allāh munshi. the volume consists of 107 folios, and the text is written in an elegant nasta’liq.   however, the manuscript is defective:  there is no colophon, nor any other indication to show the date and/or place at which it was executed.  the manuscript’s first public appearanc...

one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts that has been emerged in the history of layout and illustration, is baysonghori shahnameh. this book has been scribed by the order of prince baysunghur mirza (802-837 am/1400-1434 m (and nastaligh pen of prominent calligrapher maulana jafar tabrizi (died in 860-862 am/1456-1458 m) and has 22 miniature majlis. many of the researchers have been evalu...

this research aims to explain utopian components in the opinions of scholars of iran constitution. changing of the relationship between iran and west in the constitution period and advent of enlightened renovation thoughts caused to changing of iranian ideal thoughts approach into utopian concept. ideal thoughts in iran in encountering western civilization manifestation by clear attitudes clari...

In this chapter the concept and phenomenon of trust with special focus on technology partnership formation is explored. Complementary partnerships are believed to be a key element both in knowledge creation for technological development itself and in leveraging the value of technological knowledge. Knowledge creation is social in nature, and social exchange is a core process in knowledge creati...

The discovery in 1993 of the genetic abnormality that causes Huntington’s disease triggered an explosion in our understanding of this inherited neurodegenerative disorder (The Huntington’s Disease Collaborative Research Group, 1993). Since the Huntington’s disease mutation is fully penetrant, everyone with the same underlying CAG triplet repeat expansion in the huntingtin (HTT) gene will develo...

extended abstract 1- introduction power is regarded as an important social variable when studying any social structure and institution. accordingly, distribution of power in family structure has a great importance and could affect many familial experiences such as development of personality, socialization, self-esteem, solidarity, satisfaction, happiness, etc. (mahdavi & saboori khosroshahi, 20...

background: the metabolically active tumor cells may be characterized by a pronounced adenosine release that regulates the growth and development of the tumor. consequently, the expression pattern of defined receptor subtypes will be an important determinant for specific effects of adenosine on the control of tumor cell growth. in recent studies, the expression profile, signal transduction, mol...