Throughout his long and fruitful career John Tyler Bonner [4] has made great strides in understanding basic issues of embryology [5] and developmental-evolutionary biology. Indeed, Bonner?s work on morphogenesis highlighted synergies between development and evolution [6] long before ? evo-devo? became a part of the scientific lingua franca. Princeton University [7] Press published his first boo...

BACKGROUND Lysine-ketoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase (LKR/SDH) is a bifunctional enzyme catalyzing the first two steps of lysine catabolism in plants and mammals. However, to date, the properties of the lysine degradation pathway and biological functions of LKR/SDH have been very little described in arthropods such as ticks. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We isolated and chara...

although believing in the reappearance of imam mahdi is an islamic belief, it has an outstanding position in the shiite school. it can be said the main proof behind this position is that shiites have accepted his birth and life. regardless of the foundations and arguments of shiites, some sunni writers have sharply opposed this belief. ahmad b. taymiyya is one of these writers who has made cert...

A 20-year-old man with intellectual disability and intractable multifocal epilepsy presented to a neurologist for further evaluation and management. His seizures began at 4 months, the night after his first DPT vaccine, and he continued to have frequent tonic-clonic seizures throughout his life. Several weeks after his visit, he was found facedown on the floor, dead, by his family. His autopsy ...

The enormous amount of capabilities that every human learns throughout his life, is probably among the most remarkable and fascinating aspects of life. Learning has therefore drawn lots of interest from scientists working in very different fields like philosophy, biology, sociology, educational sciences, computer sciences and mathematics. This thesis focuses on the information theoretical and m...

To my parents, Laiping Sheng and Chengai Shi, who offered me unconditional love and support all the way since the beginning of my studies. This brief dedication is not enough room to express my gratitude that they are my parents. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank several people for their help making this thesis possible. First and foremost, my greatest thankfulness goes to my advisor, P...

Dr. Seyed Taghi Noorbakhsh died in a tragic car accident on Nov 15th 2018, while on an official mission in Golestan Province in Iran. There is a great emptiness left by Dr.Noorbakhsh’s passing. He will be missed by his colleagues andthousands of his patients whom he helped during his career.In addition to being a board member of Iranian Orthopedic Association (IOA), for consecutive terms & Chie...