Monumental tombs are among the most important monuments of contemporary Iran; they have become the symbol of different cities over time and attracted the attention of the audiences with various tastes. This study tries to explain the architectural components that affect the durability of these buildings and answers these questions: What are the architectural components of the emergence of form ...

The basic level is the level of conceptual structure at which categories are maximally informative. In this research, we investigated whether the privileged status of the basic level might be captured by the statistical properties of the Web. Using Google’s Web search programming interface, we found that frequency ratios for terms across three levels of abstraction (superordinate, basic, and su...

The first part of the XX century saw the development of the digital computer and the field of computer science. In the present paper, we sketch our vision of that period and of the role that Alan Turing and some of his contemporary peers played in that development.

A contemporary examination of the response of British and United States military organizations to the increased manpower wastage occasioned by the diseases and weaponry of war during the period 1854 to 1914 and the resulting changes in how these respective medical services were organized and employed.

The turmoil experienced in European societies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries fostered a widespread fear of the immediacy of the Devil, and contributed to the increasing number of demonic possession cases. This paper examines the demography of demoniacs, contemporary explanations, and the socio-cultural and religious functions possession played in the early modern period.

This article provides a close reading of Democracy and Education, situated in the context of Dewey’s work prior to and during World War I, to illuminate the close tie between Dewey’s overriding concerns during this period and today’s educational concerns. The analysis suggests two projects for contemporary democratic educators.

The evolution of security defenses in a contemporary opensource software package is considered over a twelve year period. A qualitative analysis style study is conducted that systematically analyzes security advisories, codebase revisions and related discussions. A number of phenomena emerge from this analysis that provide insights into the process of managing code-level security defenses.

A total of 1504 consecutive abdominal operations were studied prospectively over a five year period. The incidence of wound (2.8%) and intraperitoneal (0.8%) infections was low compared with contemporary reports. It is difficult to justify modifying existing practice on the basis of small controlled clinical trials when information from accurate audit discloses results superior to those of expe...

BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem. There is a lack of data on IPV risk factors from longitudinal studies and from low and middle income countries. Identifying risk factors is needed to inform the design of appropriate IPV interventions. METHODS Data were from the Rakai Community Cohort Study annual surveys between 2000 and 2009. Female participa...

We characterize the structure of the periods of a neuronal recurrence equation. Firstly, we give a characterization of k-chains in 0-1 periodic sequences. Secondly, we characterize the periods of all cycles of some neuronal recurrence equation. Thirdly, we explain how these results can be used to deduce the existence of the generalized period-halving bifurcation.