Aluminum anodes have been widely used in the cathodic protection of marine structures. However there are conditions in which these anodes become passivated or face some localized or unwanted corrosion, which influences their efficiency. Addition of alloying elements such as Zn and In not only have improved the efficiency of the anodes but also the effect of casting parameters such as ultra ...

this article tries to compare two contiguous concepts inzoroaster’s gāthas, “spэništa mainyu”- “spэnta mainyu”, withtwo others in ibn arabi’s mystical system, “al-fayḍ al-aqdas”-“al-fayḍ al-muqaddas”. by this comparison, we are in quest ofarraying an explanation of two basic concepts of the gāthaswithin the theories of a major figure of islamic mysticism ratherthan corresponding these two to th...

created in 8th century a.h., daqayeq al-she?er is one of the most important rhetoric texts has ever been written. little attentions have been paid to it due to the published unreliable correction. the present paper is going to offer, using some reliable handwritten versions, some new-found information about the author, taj al-halvani, the place it was written in, and the life and the works and ...

there are references to aristotle’s view points about meteorology in ?asfizari’s treatise entitled athar-i ulwi that have not been existed in the arabic translation of aristotle’s meteorologica. ibn bitr?k, the arabic translator, did not translate some parts of the book and there are mistakes in his translation. asfizari has also mentioned some points which cannot be found in the original work ...

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Akhlaque Haque is an Assistant Professor of Government and Public Service and Director of the MPA program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Haque’s research interests are in the areas of public administration theory, economic development and policy analysis, and geographic information systems. His published works appear in several refereed journals, includ...