The evaluation of masonry and mosque type structures after the Sivrice Earthquake is presented in this study. Stone buildings exhibited damage such as vertical cracks splitting at corners, wedge shaped corner failures, diagonal cracking on walls, out-of-plane separation walls from flooring/roofing systems. On other hand, flags caps minarets was a common example mosques. Future earthquake can be...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to assess and compare the quantity and quality of Iranian and Turkish researchers working in the field of Parasitology from bibliometric point of view. METHODS To assess the contributions and achievements of the Iranian and Turkish parasitologists, bibliometric analysis was carried out based on the citation data retrieved from Web of Science. RESULTS The a...

The geographical variation in Helicobacter pylori genotypes is an observed phenomenon. Cytotoxin associated genes A (cagA) and E (cagE), and vacuolating cytotoxin (vacA) genotypes of H. pylori are associated with peptic ulcer disease (PUD). This study compared the distribution of these genotypes in Iranian and Afghani isolates and their association with clinical outcomes. H. pylori infected pat...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to develop reference data for the Iranian population for anthropometric values and cardiometabolic data in comparison with those in Americans, as representative of a Western population. DESIGN The present cross-sectional survey, conducted as part of the baseline survey of a community-based interventional study (the Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme), u...

This study aims to elaborate on the rise of The At-Taqwa Grand Mosque as Jami' mosque and long-standing great Sang Cipta Rasa in Cirebon, West Java, 1963. emergence not only drove new Jami mosques Cirebon following years but also brought about contestation religious authority since function a source Islam. rests history Great first Mosque, implications two context contesting religiosity Muslim ...

Along with the walls, columns are main load-bearing elements in carrying vertical and horizontal loads most historic masonry buildings. When mosques of Mimar Sinan, great Ottoman architect, examined, it is seen that there a wide variety column forms. Motivated by this situation, study, forms Sinan's few were investigated, their geometric dimensions measured, lateral load capacities them determi...