decorative arts have got a special place in iranian architecture traditionally. these types of arts are the symbol of nation's ethnics and indigenous features and also express the artist's feelings of those times. stucco is one type of the decorative arts that has decorated many buildings -especially palaces-that belong to the pre-islamic period and also mosques that built in the isla...

Masoumeh Sadeghi, Hamidreza Roohafza, Hamid Afshar, Fereshteh Rajabi, Mohamadarash Ramzani, Hasan Shemirani, Nizal Sarafzadeghan I Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Isfahan, IRAN. II Mental Health Department, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Isfahan, IRAN. III Psychiatry Department, Isfahan University o...

Mosques, as symbol of Islamic architecture must play an important role in reflecting the superiority of Allah the Almighty. There are many ways in making it successful and one of them is through the high quality of aesthetic value. Aesthetic value in Islamic art and architecture is normally portrayed by the highest degree of motifs and ornamentation. Contemporary mosque designers normally focus...

OBJECTIVE There is little information regarding the isolation of antimicrobial-resistant potentially pathogenic bacteria from water and carpets of mosques worldwide. The objective of the present investigation is to determine the bacteriological quality of water and carpets of mosques in Elkhomes city in Libya. METHODS Potentially pathogenic bacteria were isolated from water samples (n=44) and...

There is a trend of recruiting faith leaders at mosques to overcome religious barriers to organ donation, and to increase donor registration among Muslims. Commentators have suggested that Muslims are not given enough information about organ donation in religious sermons or lectures delivered at mosques. Corrective actions have been recommended, such as funding campaigns to promote organ donati...

1 Associate Professor, Psychosomatic Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. 2 Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. 3 Resident, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School...

1Student, Department of Basic Sciences, Isfahan Payame Noor University, Isfahan, Iran 2Assistant Professor, Biosensor Research Center and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 4Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Scien...

In a community-based malaria control project covering a predominantly Muslim population in the United Republic of Tanzania, difficulty was encountered in motivating people to have their mosquito nets reimpregnated with insecticide at six-monthly intervals. Education on this subject was therefore provided in mosques during Friday noon prayers. People who attended these services considered them a...