drawing upon some teachings of modern literary criticism and michail bakhtin’s notion of polyphony, the article tries to compare selected iranian contemporary literary and dramatic texts. polyphony, as the potential capacity of a text to produce and reproduce meaning, gives the reader the chance of analyzing the dialogical and narrative patterns of iranian novels and dramas in a new perception....

how to cite this article: khalessi n, khosravi n, mirjafari m, afsharkhas l. plasma ammonia levels in newborns with asphyxia. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):42-46. abstract objective perinatal asphyxia may result in hypoxic damage in various body organs, especially in the central nervous system. it could induce cascade of biochemical events leading to the cell death and metabolic chang...

background prostate cancer is a serious genetic disease known as the first widespread cancer in men, yet the molecular changes required for the cancer progression is not fully understood. availability of high-throughput gene expression data has led to the development of various computational methods for the identification of critical genes involved in the cancer. methods in this paper, we show ...

164 Abstract— Differences of physiological properties of the glottis and the vocal track are partly due to age and/or gender differences. Since these differences are reflected in the speech signal, acoustic measures related to those properties can be helpful for automatic gender classification. Acoustics measures of voice sources were extracted from 10 utterances spoken by 20 male and 20 female...

TOPIC: Lung Pathology TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Chylothorax is a rare complication usually seen in Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas as enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes can compress the thoracic duct. Quick diagnosis important since condition be fatal if left untreated. Persistent loss of chyle could lead to malnutrition, weight and immunosuppression. CASE PRESENTATION: 35y/...

background and objectives: because of toxical and hazardous properties of hexavalent chromium (cr(vi)), its removal by an economical and efficient method is necessary. the use of activated carbon, as an adsorbent, is a common and effective method for hexavalent chromium removal. thus the aim of this study was to produce granular and powdered activated carbon form peganum harmala and compare the...