In this research, five species of agaricfungiincludingConocybe leucopus, Inocybe terrigena, Psathyrella clivensis, P. tephrophylla,and Tricholoma scalpturatum collected from different regions of Hamedan province are reported for the first time from Iran.More information of the studied specimens is as follows:Conocybe leucopus Kühner ex Kühner & Watling, in Watling, Notes R. Bot. Gdn Edinb. 40(3...

death and afterworld are among those vexing questions for humankind. in both eastern and western literature there are many works attempting to describe afterworld and resurrection as a journey to the other world. sanaei’s seir-al-ebad elal-ma’ad and ardaviraf nameh are two examples of such journeys. based on the gnostic experiences of resurrection, the two texts depict exciting and marvelous im...

this article is concerned with a comparative review of jahân-nâme   by mohammad bin najib bakran and manuscripts of masâlek va mamâlek by abu al-hasan sâʽid bin ali jurjâni written by during the middle of ninth century ah. from this review it becomes clear that jorjâniʼs main source in writing his book was jahân-nâme and therefore jahân-nâme is also a good source for editing the masâlek.  howev...

haft-peykar (or bahram-nameh) is the fourth nizami’s verse composition in terms of time and one of his masterpieces besides his khosrow and shirin. haft-peykar consists of two general parts: the first part is about bahram and his life and the second one is about the stories of his seven wives. the structure of the book makes it possible to be criticized through a formalistic approach. the chara...

The rather lofty title of this article may suggest that the research reported herein may be more fundamental than it really is! The foundations of Bayesian techniques in neural networks have been already laid down in the works of Buntine and Weigend (1991), MacKay (1996), Neal (1996), and Wolpert (1993). Bishop (1996) devotes an entire chapter to the application of Bayesian techniques in neural...

Background: Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a mesenchymal tumor which is most commonly seen in the pleura; however it can be seen in other organs such as the meninge, gastrointestinal tract, soft tissue, bone, and skin. SFT should be differentiated from other mesenchymal tumors in these organs. Immunohistochemistry plays a pivotal role for the histopathologic diagnosis...