the present paper compares nature description in imra’ ul-qais and ibn hamdis poetries with the aim to analyze the nature elements in their poetries – one in dark ages era and the other in andalusian. the main question is that which beautiful scenery has been described according to their different living eras. the assumption which helps us to find the answer to this question is that imra’ ul-qa...

the political and social system involved in the limbo between tradition and modernity of the qajar era caused widespread and quick developments in iranian culture, art, and architecture as well as a challenge between tradition and modernity. relatively numerous palaces built in this era were signs of greatness and distinction-seeking of the qajar kings and aristocrats, who embraced all transfor...

This year’s Early Research Achievements track attracted 40 submissions written by authors from 22 countries on 4 continents. After an intense reviewing process in which each paper was reviewed by at least 3 members of the ERA program committee, 15 papers were accepted by the 20 members of the ERA program committee. As expected, the majority of the papers covers traditional CSMR topics such as r...

Bevacizumab (BZM) and temozolomide (TMZ) have been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of patients with glioblastoma. We sought evidence for the benefit of BZM in the general patient population at large. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER database was queried for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma between 2000 and 2009, divided into a pre-TMZ era (January 2000-June 2003)...

In this paper, we extend and modify the ERA approach proposed in Ref. 13 to solve Propositional Satisfiability Problems (SATs). The new ERA approach involves a multiagent system where each agent only senses its local environment and applies some self-organizing rules for governing its movements. The environment, which is a two-dimensional cellular environment, records and updates the local valu...

AIM To examine whether high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) availability influences the use of general anesthesia (GA) in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and associated outcomes. METHODS In this retrospective study, patients were stratified into 3 eras between October 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 based on HFNO availability for de...