Urban commercial quarters such as bazaars can be found all over the world, from Turkey toEgypt, from Tajikistan to Iran. In Iranian cities, bazaars have very specific and unique architectural features and theyhave played an important role as economic and social engines. In addition, bazaars are an integral part of the culturalgeography of Iran and have contributed to the definition of urban dev...

in this paper, a house is assumedas an expression of culture. it has been tried to study a qajar1 house in tabriz, in terms of its ties with cultural context.methods and viewpoints of amos rapoport have been used in order to identify and peruse the circumstance of this relationship. the main reason for using rapoport's viewpoints to understand salmasi house, as a case study, in addition to cont...

Veterans and Military Service Members are separate independent cultures. As a principle element, clinicians seek to become culturally competent develop therapeutic rapport improve treatment outcomes. Previous research has identified that mental health providers must be treat the Veteran population effectively. There vital elements need assessed: specific contextual knowledge, professional compe...

This paper proposes a new method based on the cultural algorithm to solve graph coloring problem (GCP). Graph coloring problem involves finding the minimum number of colors for coloring the graph vertices such that adjacent vertices have distinct colors. In this paper various components of cultural algorithm have been implemented to solve GCP with a self adaptive behavior in an efficient manner...

This paper proposes a new method based on the cultural algorithm to solve graph coloring problem (GCP). Graph coloring problem involves finding the minimum number of colors for coloring the graph vertices such that adjacent vertices have distinct colors. In this paper various components of cultural algorithm have been implemented to solve GCP with a self adaptive behavior in an efficient manner...

The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) believes that cultural competence is a critical factor in providing quality cancer care to an increasingly diverse patient population (ONS, 1999). Nurses and their interdisciplinary colleagues should be educated comprehensively to foster sensitivity and responsiveness to issues of diversity. ONS (1999) issued guidelines and identified four components of educat...