ferdowsi has composed a few lines concerning himself at the end of the story of shapur-e zulaktaf beginning with: چو آدینه هرمزد بهمن بود بر این کار فرّخ نشیمن بود scholars have proposed different hypotheses about these lines. some believe that these lines reflect ferdowsi’s desire to see the prophet mohammad after his death, as the pleasure of completing this part of shāh-nāmeh, and the celebra...

This study aims to empirically test the impact of the Motivation-Ability-Opportunity(MAO) model on knowledge work. We propose that knowledge work is a function of employees’ motivation, ability and opportunity. In this regard, the aim is to provide empirical support to explain the effects of motivation, ability and opportunity on knowledge-work, which we defined as a knowledge-centered behavior...

In this paper, factors affecting the development and effectiveness of ICT in Iran’s educational system, based on survey results from a group of computer engineering colleagues are discussed. Participants in the study were 22 students studying in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, selected through a voluntary basis from a pool of students who had taken at least one web-based class at the university...

Meso-mechanical analysis of deformation characteristics for dynamically triggered slip in a granular medium M. Griffa a , B. Ferdowsi a , E.G. Daub b c , R.A. Guyer b d , P.A. Johnson b , C. Marone e f & J. Carmeliet a g a Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), ETH Domain – Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland b Solid Earth Geophysics Gro...

Iran's young population structure has been highlighted the importance of addressing youth issues more than ever. Marriage is one of the stages that youth pass in their life. Today, marriage has become a major concern of young people that review  and understanding of this area is considered as one of the tasks of social researchers. This study aimed to measure the attitude of unmarried male stud...

in a profoundly impressive verse in shahnameh, sky is likened to red ruby. the present paper is attempted to probe into the background of the conventional belief regarding the relationship between sky and stone, for the semantic structure of the verse is composed in such a way that it is not possible to consider this relationship as being a conceptualistic viewpoint so that one may establish so...

The aim of this study was to identify the deficiency of uridine monophosphate synthase (DUMPS) and the complex vertebral malformation (CVM) in Iranian Holstein bulls. A total of 144 blood samples were prepared of Holstein bulls in Abbas Abad Animal Breeding Center and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad's Dairy Farm in Khorasan state of Iran. Genomic PCR-RFLP protocol was performed to amplify the po...

in this paper the practice of medicine in ancient iran is studied. mythology of ancient iran has many references to how diseases were treated and medicine dispensed. there is even a mention of surgery; presumably the rst caesarian section in the history of medicine is performed for the birth of mythological persian hero, rostam. this study looks at mythology, ancient persian religious texts an...