we can recognize ancient environmental, political, economic and cultural conditions with study old textiles. textile objects are important cases for archaeological investigations at the museums. professor mohsen moghadam has collected unique textile collection belonged to parthian, sassanid, early islamic, middle islamic, safavid, qajar and pahlavi periods and a few foreign textiles for example...

The non-identity problem concerns actions that affect who exists in the future. If such an action is performed, certain people will exist in the future who would not otherwise have existed: they are not identical to any of the people who would have existed if the action had not been performed. Some of these actions seem to be wrong, and they seem to be wrong in virtue of harming the very future...

Within traditional Islamic geometric design, there is a small but distinct subset of patterns which incorporate notions of self-similarity. Such patterns typically use exactly two overlapping levels of self-similarity, with each level comprising similar motifs at two different, related scales. Recently I have constructed a large number of fractal Islamic patterns that pursue a different notion ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Depression after stroke has been associated with increased mortality, but little is known about this association among very old people. METHODS A population-based study among people ≥85 years of age was conducted in northern Sweden and Finland, comprising cross-sectional assessments and subsequent survival data. The 452 individuals who had completed the Geriatric Depres...

Printed news reports circulated, in the 16th and 17th century, which revealed sudden conversion to Christianity – some were real, but several invented of powerful monarchs from abroad. How such announcements written or invented? Different scenarios existed. There was genuine news, added cosmetic false details, sometimes overly enthusiastic interpretations. although invented, arguably, simplify ...