the phenomenon of western sufi teachers is unique, not just because of the individuals themselves, though they are certainly fascinating, but because of what they represent: the flowering of the western genius, which has discovered eastern traditions, absorbed them and in the process changed them and been changed by them. this paper is a primary outline of the main contours of this phenomenon, ...

the foundation of most intellectual discourse is western-centric to the exclusion of other views. this includes ideal patterns of social interaction, preference for aesthetic, accepted norms and values, and the concepts of dignity, respectability, morality and ethics. such a position is culturally myopic. western cultural influence colors all of them including moral precepts. the assumption is ...

results isotype of 1f1 clone was determined to be igg1, which reacted with native protein in the western blot experiment and stained 20% of the membrane of neoplastic cells overexpressing her2 with 3+ grade. however, 3l5 clone showed a low reaction (10%) with native her2 in immunohistochemistry. conclusions the results of both western blotting and immunohistochemistry showed that native her2 ca...

the arab literature undoubtedly was not a suitable position for the perfect philosophy in the past or in the contemporary era; but rays and glimmers of philosophy can be seen in their literature. except the philosophical sufism of hallaj and ibn arabi’s schools which were followed by jalal al din rumi and farid al din attar neishabouri in persian and arabic. the present article has studied the ...

we have employed a peptide-based antibody generation protocol for producing antibody against human nestin. using a 12-mer synthetic peptide from repetitive region of human nestin protein devoid of any n- or o-glyco-sylation sequences, we generated a mouse monoclonal antibody capable of recognizing human, mouse, bovine, and rat nestin. a wide variety of nestin proteins ranging from 140-250 kda w...

Histological Analysis and Immunohistochemistry Renal sections (3 μm thick) were stained with periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and examined under light microscopy. Glomerulosclerosis index was semiquantitatively graded as 0 to 4+; vascular injury score as 0 to 3+; and tubulointerstitial injury score as 0 to 5+, according to the criteria reported previously. Ultrastructure of glomerular podocytes was a...