during the last few years, ir scholars in iran have been called to develop international relations theories from an iranian point of view. this article seeks to examine the structural context within which such an attempt is going to be made. the five components of this context have been recognized: the international position of iran, basic islamic/iranian sources, dynamism of ir community in ir...

Latinos are the nation’s largest minority, and one of its fastest growing as it is stated by the Pew Research Center. Latinos are expected to make up nearly one-fourth of the population by 2050. It would be safe to assume there would be many resources available and help tailored for the nation’s largest minority but it’s actually the opposite. There is a huge health disparity in the US, where L...

We tested the underlying assumption that citation counts are reliable predictors of future success, analyzing complete citation data on the careers of ~150,000 scientists. Our results show that i) among all citation indicators, the annual citations at the time of prediction is the best predictor of future citations, ii) future citations of a scientist's published papers can be predicted accurat...

High aspect ratio inertial focusing channels offers high throughput portable devices thatcan remove colloidal-size particles from a continuous media for the preparation of samplesor membranes filtration are in need for point of care operations in a compact andlightweight format. This research attempts to increase concentrating efficiency by studyingparticle behavior in the c...