abd allah b.sa’d, believed in islam and for a short time recorded divine revelations; but then he lost his faith. historical studies prove that his apostasy has no relation to writing celestial words. but story-writers who often lack an analytical mind, perhaps credulously or tendentiously connect his blaspheme to the act of recording sacred verses. these unfounded stories have entered history ...

Concentrically braced frames (CBFs) are one of the efficient lateral load resisting systems in high seismicity regions. One of the common problems with the use of concentrically braced frames is limitation in the architectural application and position of the openings. Two-story X braced frames have more advantages than other configurations of concentrically braced frames, since in many cases th...

“thousand and one night” –with 251 narratives- is the best example of distinct storytelling in indian and iranian cultures. perhaps, it is the most voluminous story collection which has so far attracted researchers and theorist of narratology. narratology is a dynamic branch of literary theory. its final goal is discovering universal pattern of narrative. narrative is a closed chain of ev...

Agile methodologies are based on effective communication with the customer. The ideal case is XP’s on-site customer. Unfortunately, in practice customer representatives are too busy to work with the development team all the time. Moreover, frequently there are many of them and each representative has only partial domain knowledge. To cope with this we introduced to our projects a proxy-customer...