The major difference between Iranian traditional medicine and allopathic medicine is in the application  of  evidence  and  documents.  In  this  study,  criteria  for  evidence-based  practice  in  Iranian traditional medicine and its rules of practice were studied. The experts' views were investigated through in- depth, semi-structured interviews and the results were categorized into four mai...

This paper discusses LOLC, a text-based collaborative music improvisation system for laptop ensemble developed by the authors. The system is contextualized in terms of related work and the specific motivations and goals for the project, and its design and implementation are explained. The paper then evaluates LOLC in the context of a recent performance by professional classical musicians with m...

materials and methods in the present study, authors have attempted to state the life and time of jorjani and his views by studying the history, old medical sources, and other provided recent medical literature in these fields. results the biography of hakim jorjani has been well reviewed and described precisely. conclusions based on our findings, it is clear that jorjani described and explained...

traditional houses enjoy an organizing with inner spaces based on religious and traditional notions of iranian families. space flexibility, readability, introversion, spatial hierarchy and family privacy have had a special status in architecture of iranian houses, replaced with an outward-oriented architecture. the traditional architecture which has had all the necessary spaces for any communic...

Why does major music sound happy and minor music sound sad? The idea that different musical modes are best suited to the expression of different emotions has been prescribed by composers, music theorists, and natural philosophers for millennia. However, the reason we associate musical modes with emotions remains a matter of debate. On one side there is considerable evidence that mode-emotion as...

Computer technology has provided language testing experts with opportunity to develop computerized versions of traditional paper-based language tests. New generations of TOEFL and Cambridge IELTS, BULATS, KET, PET are good examples of computer-based language tests. Since this new method of testing introduces new factors into the realm of language assessment ( e.g. modes of test delivery, famili...

BACKGROUND Nutritional deficiency, bleeding, and inflammation are three main causes of anemia. On the other hand, erythropoietin (EPO) production, iron availability, and a healthy bone marrow are essential for erythropoiesis. Recently, recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) has been used to treat the patients already taking iron supplements. In Iranian traditional medicine literature, much ha...

BACKGROUND Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in contemporary societies, general tendency for safer treatments with fewer side effects has recently been a subject of interest. OBJECTIVES Food-based strategies, which are one of the outstanding medical solutions in Complementary and Alternative Medicine including Iranian Traditional Medicine have been investigated. MATERIALS ...

a Cardiology Department, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran b The School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran c Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran d The School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran e The School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti...