as a result of rule of law ideal, judges are required to act in accordance with laws. the ideal is justified by some political values: political liberty, legal liberty , personal liberty and equality. citizens are subject only to the law not to the arbitrary will or judgment of another who wields coercive government power. but in some cases law is indeterminate. in these cases there is an impor...

Three species of scale-worms inhabiting chaetopterid tubes have been found during routine studies of benthic communities. Anotochaetonoe michelbhaudi gen. et sp. nov. occurred in the E Atlantic off Congo in association with Spiochaetopterus sp. and Phyllochaetopterus sp. It has a relatively short body (fewer than 50 segments); elytra in posterior part of the body arranged on chaetigers 23, 26, ...

from the genus Ligularia (Compositae) plants we have studied the roots of Ligularia tongolensis (FRANCH) HANDMAZZ collected in mountainous areas (altitude: 3600 m) in southwestern China. Ligularia tongolensis is used as a traditional folk medicine in China and its roots can reduce phlegm, relieve coughing and cure pulmonary tuberculosis, urinary track blockages, common cold, and pharyngitis. Ho...

the main purpose of this article is to determine the nature and effects of reservation of title clauses in iranian law. to bring out the exact comprehension of its nature in iranian law, the study of the matter in other legal systems is required. although it is not always easy to pass upon the question of validity of these clauses in iranian law, by highlighting the security interest in such co...

without general principles, no system of law is conceivable. these principles have special position not only in domestic but also in international law. general principles would have been invoked even though those principles were not cited as the sources of international law in accordance with the statute of icj, article 38. those are taken into account as the independent source of international...

Evolution of the concept of “environmental damages” is one of the aspects of development in international environmental law. In fact, after increasing global environmental problems and lack of efficiency in international environmental law to prevent the damage, unifying the concept of “environmental damage” in the law is being considered as a solution for this matter. Moreover, development of i...

Current chemotherapeutic strategies for liver cancer have limitations. Thus, the demand for complementary medicine is warranted. We evaluated the antitumor potential of berberine, a naturally bioactive phytochemical from Coptis chinensis Franch against Huh7 cancer cells and WRL68 liver cells. The antitumor activity of berberine was evaluated by flow cytometry. The caspase-dependent pathway was ...