Tale of Two Frames

An Architectural Tale of the Two Cities

A comparative study of the corresponding styles of Western and Iranian modern architecture has hardly ever been carried out in detail. This paper aims to sketch out an outline for such an investigation and to present a summary of empirical evidence accompanied by field observations to elaborate the ongoing trend of relationship between architectural styles in Iran and that of the West. This is ...

Tale of Two Fellows

A tale of two Es.

This is the strange tale of two drugs each with a name beginning with the letter E. One is a dangerous killer that leads to thousands of deaths every year and the other is ecstasy (MDMA). The big killer is of course alcohol (ethanol) which, for historical reasons, is a legal drug in the UK (though not in many Muslim states). Ecstasy is currently a Class A illegal drug under the Misuse of Drugs ...

A tale of two hemispheres

specific type of gravity model when a homogeneous distribution of the populations (and thus opportunities) is assumed. This could explain why the gravity-theory analogy has been so persistent in mobility research, and also indicates that it is equivalent to an idealized scenario, one hardly ever encountered in real-life settings. The radiation model may provide a route to further exploration. I...

A Tale of Two Biofilms

One of the great advances in medical technology has unwittingly spawned a serious threat to public health. Implanted medical devices, from cardiac stents to artificial hip joints, are commonly infected with biofilms, complex microbial communities that can prove remarkably resistant to host defenses and treatment. It appears, however, that biofilms, even those arising from the same microbe speci...