In this paper, two relevant bodies of literature are examined and compared, namely the ‘interaction and networks’ literature (associated primarily with the IMP Group) and ‘Chinese Management’ literature. Elements examined include relationships, networks, trust, culture and forms of exchange. The contention of the paper is that both bodies of literature have something to contribute in terms of a...

The worldwide clinical implementation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is increasing as complementary therapy to Western Medicine. This development leads to an increasing demand to evaluate not only the scientific proof of efficacy, but also to measure the quality of life (QOL) concepts specific to TCM. This article attempts to 1) review the relevant published literature (indexed in Medlin...

To evaluate the beneficial and adverse effects of breviscapine injection in combination with Western medicine on the treatment of patients with angina pectoris. The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, Science Citation Index, EMBASE, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Wanfang Database, the Chongqing VIP Information Database and the China Biomedical Database wer...

art has not been extensively discussed in the islamic tradition, except a few instances in the islamic jurisprudence. there is no discussion of the essence or definition of art in islamic scholarly spheres, including philosophical spheres. one can find nothing comparable to the philosophy of art as found in the western philosophy, especially after the eighteenth century, in the philosophical or...

several soil samples were taken from western parts of iran. one of the samples col-lected from the rhizosphere of nectarine trees (prunus persica l.) in moghan, ardabil province, contained aprutides guidettii. the species subanguina picridis was recovered from leaf gall of serratula latifolia boiss (asteraceae) in the vicinity of mashhad, khorasan province. although this species showed remarkab...

New product development (NPD) is described in the literature as the transformation of a market opportunity into a product available for sale [ ]. In the automotive industry, within the context of ISO/TS (the automotive quality management system international standard), consists of Three main phases such as planning, Implementation and sales. There are also five sub phases called “Plan...

â  â  â  resistance manifestations in mozafar al nawwab’s poems â  â  â  * hasan dadkhah â  naser tabe` jabery ** â  â  â  abstract â  â  a mixture of political views and resistance literature is so visible in the poems of some contemporary arab poets that they are known as resistance poets. mozafar al nawwab, the contemporary iraqi poet, is one of them. nawwab grew up in a noble and gentle s...

Focusing on the cultural significations and artistic capacities of naqqali, this article examines the comparative workings of this Iranian popular genre in Hossein Jamali’s Hamlet: The Retribution Affair. Jamali’s adaptation is worth considering since it narrates the whole events and characters of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a classic text of English literature, through naqqali, a classic Persian gen...

Abstract: Although music exists in every observed culture, ethnomusicologists suggest that music is not the “universal language,” because of the tremendous variation between music of different cultures. However, evidences from mathematics, psychoacoustics, neurobiology, cognitive science, and anthropology suggest an innate inclination of human beings toward Western harmony. The present study re...

translation is of the most striking manifestations of contemporary arabic literature.this phenomenon in contemporary western criticism of the discussions that influenced this effect is  due to communication and connection with the arab literature and  west.            contemporaneous cash and cash schools, especially schools divan court are external factors affecting research. but the important...