the interactions between southeastern sites of iranian plateau and western sites in susa and mesopotamia in the third millennium b.c is one of the most controversial aspects of the near eastern archaeology. it seems that with some structural changes in these sites from the middle of 4th millennium b.c that led to long distance trade between mesopotamia and indus valley, these sites were related...

iran is a large country with a vast variety of tribes and ethnic groups. these various tribes are unified with a national language and culture while using their own local languages and enriching ethnic art forms. among iranian ethnic groups, the turkmen are remarkable for their art of carpet weaving which has a unique structure compared to other designs and textures. the charming motifs on turk...

ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to create museum texts and educational materials for a textiles section major year-long university exhibit focused on exploring Japanese culture aesthetics through works fine applied art. Little background information about the available. A sample historical kimono, yukata, obi in collection examined using material semiotics methods. motifs present we...

Among the key challenges to our understanding of solidification in the glass transition is that it is accompanied by little apparent change in structure. Recently, geometric motifs have been identified in glassy liquids, but a causal link between these motifs and solidification remains elusive. One 'smoking gun' for such a link would be identical scaling of structural and dynamic lengthscales o...

This work makes the contribution of developing a parametric modeler for designing Islamic star patterns. The intention here is to innovate with new interpretations of star patterns for latticed screens, which are reminiscent of the Indo-Mughal era. With a motivation for providing traditional appearance to the buildings like resorts and hotels, traditional latticed screens with Islamic star patt...

Abstract. Protein-protein interactions form the basis for many intercellular events. In this paper we develop a tool for understanding the structure of these interactions. Specifically, we define a method for identifying a set of structural motifs on protein-protein interface surfaces. These motifs are secondary structures, akin to α-helices and β-sheets in protein structure; they describe how ...