of the most outstanding features of iranian folk stories, which had not been precisely scrutinized, are their meaningful deep links with the archetypes in the stories of the prophets, and the reiteration or reproduction of the events of their lives. in such context, three types of roles can be considered for the prophets in these stories are: 1) their active and leading role in the process of t...

According to the theories of symbolic interactionism, phenomenology of perception and archetypes, we argue that symbols play the key role in translating the information from the physical world to the human experience, and archetypes are the universal knowledge of cognition that generates the background of human experience (the life-world). Therefore, we propose a conceptual framework that depic...

death is one of the most inspiring concepts in most of well-known contemporary western and arab poets’works,including t.s. eliot and badr shakir al-sayyab’s. it plays a unique role in shaping the modern poetry. this paper contains a comparative archetypal-based analysis of symbolic aspects of death in “the waste land”, the most famous literary work by t.s.eliot whose impression on al-sayyab was...

HL7 Templates and EN/ISO 13606 Archetypes are essential components for a semantically interoperable exchange of electronic health record (EHR) data. In this article the underlying models from which Templates and Archetypes are instantiated, namely the HL7 Template Model and the EN/ISO 13606 Archetype Object Model will be compared to identify discrepancies and analogies.

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) contain a wealth of information, but accessing and (re)using it is often difficult. Archetypes have been shown to facilitate the (re)use of EHR data, and may be useful with regard to clinical quality indicators. These indicators are often released centrally, but computed locally in several hospitals. They are typically expressed in natural language, which due to...

aBstract This chapter examines the application of system archetypes as a systems development methodology to create simulation models. Rapid organizational change and need to adapt to new business models limits the lifespan of both the databases and software applications. With the information representation permitted by archetypes, diagnostic analysis and can help to evolve generic classes and m...

Evidence-based diabetes care guidelines specify several important clinical goals. Reducing glycated hemoglobin (A1c) levels to less than 7%, blood pressure to less than 130/80 mm Hg, and lowdensity cholesterol levels to less than 100 mg/dL; using aspirin; and stopping smoking have each been shown to reduce microvascular or macrovascular complication of diabetes. About 70% of adults with diabete...