Knowledge production at any moment in history is the result of the powerful historical agent’s role. Therefore, considering the proportion of knowledge and power would have a fundamental significance in the historical period’s discourse atmosphere recognition. According to the assumption that knowledge implies everything that users of a community deem as knowledge, this article considers the pr...

Many narrations have been reported in the writings of the Shiites and Sunnis on the beginning and motivations of creation by Allah. In some of these narrations the motivation of creation is defined as the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his household. One of these narrations is a statement of such a fame which has been quoted in different Islamic sciences and countless exegetic, juris...

Autonomy and authority are two factors in Iran that has brought wealth and prosperity to the governmental treasury with a great amount of jewels, precious stones and coins in different periods. Even at the time of weak and incompetent rulers, such jewels and coins were to such an extent that they amazed viewers and travelers having them admire and feel astonished. Such wealth and property in th...

acknowledgements i wish to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me in preparing this thesis. i would like to express my deep gratitude to my respected advisor dr. kourosh akef, whose advice and comments helped me in the early stages of the research and throughout the writing process. i would also like to express my gratitude to dr. hajar khanmohammad whose invaluable guidance he...

this ethnographic case study research was carried out in a private school setting in the context of iran. the research tried to explore the analysis and identity construction of a group of learners and teachers along with the content analysis of books on the basis of four types of commodified, political, national and narrative identities. how english language learners and teachers in an informa...

the quest for power has formed much of the world history especially in 20th and 21st centuries. oil (energy) particularly after industrial revolution has been a tool for conquest and power and has been transformed to a geopolitical issue. from a geopolitical point of view this has been the case for the last two centuries in central asia and caucasus. central asia and caucasus has always been...

  Background and aims:   In automated excavation operations especially excavating big tunnels with high operation speed the application of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has been prevalent. Tunneling construction projects especially TBM excavating operations have experienced some accidents in recent years. Hazard control must be done through the process of risk management. This study was done w it...