Estrogen-related receptors (ERRs) are founding members of the orphan nuclear receptor (ONR) subgroup of the nuclear receptor superfamily. Twenty-seven years of study have yet to identify cognate ligands for the ERRs, though they have firmly placed ERRα and ERRγ at the intersection of cellular metabolism and oncogenesis. The pace of discovery for novel functions of ERRβ, however, has until recen...

هرمنوتیک فلسفی یکی از نظریات تفسیر متون در غرب پس رنسانس است که تحولاتی را تفکر معرفتی برخی نواندیشان مسلمان ایجاد نمود. این نظریه افزون بر اختلاف مبانی و اصول، سبب نسبی‌گرایی پلورالیسم تفسیری می‌شود. اندیشمندان حوزة قرآن کریم با غفلت پیامدها پذیرش سعی تطبیق مسئلة پایان‌ناپذیری فهم دارند، بنابراین تحلیل مقایسة دو ضرورت دارد. پژوهش هدف انتقادی روش تحلیلی- تطبیقی درصدد بررسی مؤلفه‌های تفاوت آن اس...

This paper presents the results of a study which examined children’s ideas about speciation. Two groups of elementary school students, 9-year-olds and 12-year-olds, were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The results indicate that several children explain the phenomena of speciation in terms of consistent explanatory frameworks that strongly resemble either early Greek or renais...

example, of the illustrations to the writings of the Elizabethan surgeon William Clowes, or to Italian editions of Matthioli's Herbal. But both these authors and their printers were aiming at the top end of the market, and it is one of the great merits of this book to have given us examples taken from the other end of the spectrum as well. This is, in short, a fascinating book, whose assembly o...

Although contemporary historical novels share a number of features with the traditional historical novel, as analysed by Lukács (1981), they display a fundamental change in the perception of history, evident in the disappearance of the omniscient narrator, in their choice of significant and representative figures, and scepticism regarding teleology of history or the world-historical role of war...

To cope with the complex economical, societal, science and engineering challenges in the new era, it is proposed to promote the spirit of renaissance scientists and engineers, as well as the spirit of open mind, and the inspiration of innovative ideas. The definition and characters of renaissance scientists and engineers are given. Renaissance scientists and engineers are those not only underst...

The Renaissance was a cultural revolution that spread from Florence, in 1400, throughout Italy and into the rest of Europe. Its impetus was the philosophy of Humanism, which strove to resurrect and emulate the literature and art of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Artists had previously been limited to formulaic religious iconography. They now began to reproduce descriptions of classical painting...