undoubtedly, macedonian alexander is one of the history makers and effective miens in the history and civilization of human being. it is surprising that independent works on alexander in persian literature are much more than any other historical or mythical figure. in addition to many historical texts which are talking about alexander,s life and personality in detail, eight works have been writ...

with hisextensiveknowledgeof mythologicalstories, astronomy andalchemy, nezamicreatesin haft peykara mysterious narration, which offers new dimensions and colors in every reading.bahrām-egōr, the hero ofnezami’s narration, goes through sevenstages toachieveself-knowledgeand perfection. this process ofindividualityterminateson a friday by his marriage withthe iranian princess. bahrām’s (mars) ma...

Melamine and its potential toxicity have drawn increased attention since a 2008 crisis in China in which milk, infant formula, and other foods were illegally laced with the chemical in order to increase their apparent protein content. That contamination affected an estimated 294,000 infants and children, with more than 50,000 hospitalizations and at least 6 deaths. In a new analysis of specific...

abstract:   video embossed tiles, the tiles are fairly large group makes up period, the number of these tiles at golestan palace museum's main hall is used. the study of these works, illuminating many issues and matters relating to art is in period. the phenomenon is illustrated in qajar embossed tiles, cultural factors, social and arts related courses. in this article, the influence of cu...

pictorial representations of ancient iranian oral narratives became prevalent gradually during middle ages of islamic period in some of  major ceramic workshops of iran and central asia. the paper focuses on one of such narratives which has been originated from khwaday-namag (shahnama)and represented on the outer side of a pottery dated to 6th century ah, recovered somewhere located in rey or k...

Aims: The ability of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) to bind fumonisins B1 and B2 (FB1, FB2) in fermented foods and feeds and in the gastrointestinal tract could contribute to decrease their bioavailability and toxic effects on farm animals and humans. The aim of this work was to identify the bacterial cell wall component(s) and the functional group(s) of FB involved in the LAB–FB interaction. Metho...

1. introduction one of the genres of lyrical literature that has attracted the attention of many poets. it is in fact, a poem often written in couplet-poem format in motaghareb meter which the poet addresses the tapster and expresses his ideas about issues such as the instability of the world and time, reprimanding sanctimonious ascetics, hypocrisy of the people, inviting to debauchery and expr...