image of woman in literature is an important issue of critical feminism. it can be argued that literature is the society's mirror, but unfortunately this mirror has not yet reflected a beautiful image of woman. with some exceptions women are usually given a nasty and negative image. this paper is a study on the images of women in some anecdotes and stories that had been written between 6th...

Divan literature, a style of writing under Persian and Islamic influence, is very prescriptive. The poets generally stayed within these rules but formed deep layers meaning together with mazmun concepts. poetry, which benefits from many fields, celestial books to astronomy, mythology legend, miracle superstition, medicine math, also rich in terms individuals who have become mazmun. Some are sai...

Comprehensive explanation about milk oversupply is not available in the current literature because few studies have been done on this topic. In traditional Persian medicine, milk oversupply and its management have been described. The aim of this study was to investigate milk oversupply from the perspective of medieval Persian practitioners. In this study, some main medical resources of traditio...

BACKGROUND To test the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12) in the Iranian population. METHODS After translating and cultural adaptation of the questionnaire into Persian, 100 caregiver spouses of Iran- Iraq war (1980-88) veterans with chronic spinal cord injury who live in the city of Mashhad, Iran, invited to participate in the study. The Persian...

On the surface, Robert Browning‟s poem, “Porphyria‟s Lover” is a straightforward piece. 1 The plot begins with the speaker, a man, being visited at night by his lover, Porphyria, and ends ultimately with him strangling her. It is a simple story, albeit a distressing one. As literary critic Catherine Ross notes in her article, “Browning‟s Porphyria’s Lover,” the “standard reading” of the poem is...

Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is currently considered the least invasive, innovative endoscopic intervention for permanent treatment of all types of esophageal achalasia [1]. POEM, however, is a technically demanding procedure, necessitating high-quality endoscopic abilities to manage the individualized technical diffi culties. Herein we report a successful POEM in a 75-year-old male with s...

E ffective teachers do no simply present information for students to learn by rote for a good grade. Rather, they provide an environment in which students can engage with course material and both learn and interpret it for their own interest and goals. With this in mind, I have spent a considerable amount of time developing an active learning format for my introductory biology course, including...