according to wejarkard ī dēnīg, the brave and blessed esfandiyār becomes brazen-bodied by the praying of the prophet ašū – zarduxšt in the ceremony of drōn yašt. the prophet gives him some pomegranate seeds and esfandiyār is rendered invulnerable. pahlavi zand ī vandidād says that esfandiyār cannot be hurt, harmed, threatened or wounded by sword, knife or any other weapon because of his invulne...

In teaching the history of astronomy, mosaics found at ancient synagogues in Middle East are invaluable. The Zodiac signs forming such related to seasons indicating fact that precession Earth axis had been neglected or even unknown. We demonstrate sage’s derivations patriarch’s ages chronology Septuagint version bible correspond zodiac, an assumption supported, for example, by inscription ruins...

Background: In the context of the recent Greek economic crisis and its detrimental impact on healthcare system as well as the complete absence of a mechanism to map and plan human resources, a need for rethinking healthcare workforce management at a national level was emerged. Objectives: The aim of the study was to identify factors that influence the current and future demand for and supply of...

1. introduction reza barahani(1984), in his “male history”, focuses on the murder of son by father, in ferdowsi’s rustam and sohrab, in the canonical epic of shahnameh. he, thence, juxtaposes it to father’s murder by son, in sophocles’ “oedipus rex”, to conclude that in oriental culture, it is always the “new” that is sacrificed by the hands of the “old”, whereas in western culture it is the co...

The proposed signs are used for the transliteration of the Arabic script into Gujarati by Ismaili Khoja communities. They are used for representing Arabic letters and signs for which correspondences do not exist in Gujarati. They were devised in the late 19th century and are standard elements of the Gujarati orthography used by the Ithnashari Khoja (“Twelver Shia”) and the Agakhani Khoja commun...

BACKGROUND No study to date has focused on the impact of Greek Orthodox Christian fasting on serum lipoproteins and obesity yet. METHODS 120 Greek adults were followed longitudinally for one year. Sixty fasted regularly in all fasting periods (fasters) and 60 did not fast at all (controls). The three major fasting periods under study were: Christmas (40 days), Lent (48 days) and Assumption (A...

For his Second Labor, Heracles was tasked with slaying the Hydra, a serpentine monster from ancient Greek mythology who possessed many heads. When attempted to decapitate monster, two new heads grew in place of each severed head, an expression hopelessness such struggle for anyone but hero. The invulnerability Hydra because its one immortal head. Once head cut off, defeated, and Heracles' secon...