The sacred values of a community are critical in understanding cultural conflict. When an attempt is made to trade a sacred value with a secular good, it evokes feelings of anger (tabootradeoff) but less so when that sacred value is traded off with another sacred value (tragic). Previous work has shown that participants who expressed sacred values for an issue were more resistant to taboo than ...

A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (UCBPP-PA14) is infectious both in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf infiltration model and in a mouse full-thickness skin burn model. UCBPP-PA14 exhibits ecotype specificity for Arabidopsis, causing a range of symptoms from none to severe in four different ecotypes. In the mouse model, UCBPP-PA14 is as lethal as other well-studied P. aeruginosa strains. Mutations in ...

The present paper aims for the most part to prove the fact that religious and spiritual places and above all, mosques play major roles within Islamic urban areas. They are in fact the basis of civil infrastructures. A historical analysis focusing on where mosques stand in Islamic urban areas reveals that mosques have always been the center of development and growth and that they must be studied...

since the government, following the shi’ie doctrine, paid special attention to art and architecture, the school of isfahan found the opportunity to manifest the shi’ite beliefs in architecture. the rare combination of art, shi’ism and illumination gave this era a unique identity, which manifested itself more or less in the isfahan school of art and architecture. shia influence in the political ...

The existing traditional architecture has a sustainable design that is adaptive to the environment. Old mosque one of architectures withstood test time due its adaptations Mosques as religious buildings designed for Muslims practice their religion leads being convenient and sustainable. purpose this study evaluate elements old mosques in Gayo highland Indonesia i.e. Asal Penampaan, Tue Kebayaka...