architecture has been always recognized as a framework which is influenced by social beliefs, traditions and interactions and furthermore affects individual soul and tendency. therefore it is impossible to analyze and consequently identify an architectural artifact if not accompanied by analysis of intellectual fundamentals of its contemporary society. the ensemble of sheikh safi al-din which i...

Tasavvuf, amacına ulaşmak için çeşitli araçlardan yararlandığı gibi, güzel sanatlardan da istifade etmiştir. Bu bağlamda tasavvuf ile mûsiki arasındaki güçlü ilişkinin sonucu olarak, Türk mûsikisi tarihi boyunca tarikat çevrelerinden birçok mûsikişinas yetişmiş, tekkeler ve dergâhlar mûsikinin icra edildiği ortamların en önemlilerinden olmuştur. Tekke ortamının ihtiyaç alışkanlıkları doğrultusu...

At an estimated $7–10 billion annually, the global trade in illegal wildlife parts is comparable in economic value to human trafficking, and the smuggling of weapons and drugs (Wasser et al. 2008; Wyler & Sheikh 2013). Basic economic principles of supply and demand ensure that, as target species become ever rarer, their market value continues to rise, gradually pushing them towards extinction (...

OBJECTIVE To provide data on herbal medicine (HM) use and safety in patients attending a nephrology clinic at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS A prospective, 3-month study between June and September 2007, investigated all patients presenting to the Nephrology Clinic of the Sheikh Khalifa Medical center (SKMC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. A structured qu...

AIM The gray mullet, Mugil cephalus, has been farmed in semi-intensive ponds with tilapia and carps in Egypt for years. The current study used the fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (F-AFLP) technique to search for genetic differences between the populations of M. cephalus in the northern region of Egypt and to detect the gene flow between sampled locations and the homogeneity w...