harsh experiences of the ww1, encouraged many think-tanks and politicians to contain differences and prevent war through founding an international organization, through which global spanners are removed and peace and security are reinforced worldwide. the idea to set up “league of nations” came as peace negotiations was underway in the palace of versailles in france. iran was encroached directl...

He was born to a famous family of Farman Farmaian. His father, AbdolHossein Mirza Farman Farmaian, the grandson of Abbas Mirza and Fath-Ali Shah, was born in 1852, in Tabriz. He was known as “Salar Lashkar” and “Farman Farma”. He finished his elementary studies at Dar ul-Funun, after which he went to an Austrian school to learn military skills. He held numerous critical positions during 1881-19...

As my three-year term as the founding editor of the Journal of Software (JSW, ISSN 1796-217X) ends in October 2008, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Dr. Kassem Saleh as the next Editor-in-Chief of JSW. Dr. Saleh is a professor of Information Science at the Department of Information Science of Kuwait University. He has extensive publications and editorial experience in the field of softwa...

Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knock-down is a widely used experimental approach to characterizing gene function. Although siRNAs are designed to guide the cleavage of perfectly complementary mRNA targets, acting similarly to microRNAs (miRNAs), siRNAs down-regulate the expression of hundreds of genes to which they have only partial complementarity. Prediction of these siRNA 'off-target...

As patrons and editors, I and Dr. Mirza had to work on few very vital issues. First and foremost concern was that it should not be looked upon an isolated Indo-Pak venture! Though in the first five years, 2/3rd of the contributions are from these two neighboring countries, the other 1/3rd valuable share comes from all parts of the globe (Table 1 and Fig. 1). We have an international reach now. ...

Raden Saleh, the first painter in Java to adopt modern techniques and gain recognition Western world during Dutch colonial era, holds an important place Indonesian art history. This article examines life contributions of Saleh. It explores restoration his tomb by President Soekarno as a means strengthen Indonesia's national identity post-independence period. The research utilizes historical met...

With great interest, we have read the letter from Dr. Saleh et al. concerning our recently published article ‘Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery is a very safe procedure with very low rates of conversion to full sternotomy’ in the EJCTS [1]. We very much appreciate the comments from this expert group and it is our pleasure to respond. The minimally invasive approach through a right-sided m...