Endometriosis is classically defined as the growth of endometrial glands and stroma at extra-uterine sites, most commonly implanted over visceral and peritoneal surfaces within the female pelvis (1). Though endometriosis has been described for the first time in 1690 by the German physician, Daniel Shroen, researchers remain still unsure as to the definitive cause of this disease (2). The most w...

Abstract The city of Timbuktu evokes remoteness and, since 2012, chaos and destruction. During an armed conflict in the north Mali, radicals took over destroyed several its mausoleums. One perpetrators, Ahmad Al Faqi Mahdi, was convicted at International Criminal Court (ICC) for his participation destruction 10 religious historic buildings. unprecedented nature Mahdi case led to equally questio...

Fresh material (aerial parts, leaves and stems) was collected when possible, collection data (place, date and collector) are outlined and an asterisk indicates a herbarium sample. Samples were identi"ed by M.El-Gibali, and voucher specimen are deposited at the Herbarium (CAIRC) of the National Research Center, or that of the Faculty of Science, Cairo University (CAI). P. atlantica Desf.: (1) No...

irony is a technique in figurative language which is very common in the works of mahdi akhavaan saales and can be considered as a prominent feature in his style. although irony is used as a common technique by many iranian writers, many critics have not studied it fully. the author of this article studies irony in the works of mahdi akhavaan saales.