Using a pCRI plasmid containing an enzymatically synthesized, full-length DNA transcript of immunoglobulin lambda chain mRNA as the hybridization probe in the Southern gel blotting experiments (Southern, 1975), we identified three DNA fragments of 8.6, 4.8 and 3.5 kb in Eco RI-digested total DNA from BALB/c mouse embryos. A fourth fragment of 7.4 kb was found in addition to these three fragment...

In the last couple of years, the diversity of online cultures on the Internet is being enriched for a phenomenon called “user-created content”. Individuals are publicly sharing their thoughts, preferences, experiences, and feelings in the form of up-to-date online profiles and journals of their lives. Freedom of individual expression and the potential for unlimited participation in producing an...

Karl Barth’s gender perspective is often analysed with reference to his so-called “theoethics” or “creational theology”. This perspective perpetuates an asymmetry in gender relations that was prevalent in Biblical times, throughout Christianity and to some extent still is visible today. He based his view on the subordination of women on an exegesis of Genesis 1:27 as “intertext” of Ephesians 5:...

Contemporary maritime security challenges such as piracy, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing fisheries crimes, significantly affect communities individuals. Utilising a gender lens more holistic approach that highlights the land-sea nexus in contemporary insecurities, this article transcends existing stereotypes prevailing assumptions surrounding masculine character of domain, to...

objective: this research was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (dr) in patients who were unaware of their eye condition. materials and methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in a 12-month period on patients who were referred to meybod imam sadegh diabetes center. 152 patients who had no eye complaint were selected. pupil dilation was created by cyc...