This chapter invites the reader to rediscover Nikolai Marr’s scientific work, which is situated at intersection of archaeology, linguistics, and anthropological language theory. linguistic models, Sergei Eisenstein compared a reading Joyce’s Ulysses, underwent however multiple waves critique. His heterodox materialism, originating in an archaeological vision history leading speculative ‘palaeon...

OBJECTIVE Puberty is a critical time between childhood and adulthood. Many studies have reported that the mean age of breast development is decreasing. The aim of this study was to provide updated data on the pubertal development of girls and to evaluate precocious puberty in our population. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted in 6 to 16 year old school girls during 2009-2010 in ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the rate and causes of wastage of blood and blood products (packed red cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate) in Qazvin hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted in all hospitals in Qazvin, including 5 teaching hospitals, 2 social welfare hospitals, 3 private hospitals, 1 charity hospital, and 1 military hospital. Thi...

1 Department of Mathematics, Imam Khomeini International University, P.O. Box 34149-16818, Qazvin, Iran 2Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Cankaya University, 06530 Ankara, Turkey 3 Institute of Space Sciences, P.O. Box MG-23, 077125 Magurele-Bucharest, Romania 4Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Je...

Background: Beta thalassemia is a common inherited disease, resulting from one or more of 200 different mutations in the betaglobin gene. Qazvin province has attracted migrations of several different populations due to industrialization during the past five decades. The aim of this study was to define the molecular spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in Qazvin province. Methods: Ethylen diam...

Casimir limit Christophe Blanc, Ali Rajabpour, Sebastian Volz, Thierry Fournier, and Olivier Bourgeois Institut N EEL, CNRS-UJF, 25 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin 34149-16818, Iran Laboratoire d’Energ etique Mol eculaire et Macroscopique, Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande Voie des Vignes, Chatena...

The objective of the present study was to determine the reliability and validity of the Persian translation of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQLTM) 4.0 Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version in an Iranian sample of young adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One hundred ninety-seven young adult patients with RA completed the 23-item PedsQLTM and the 36-item ShortForm Hea...

Six species of terrestrial isopods from the province of Qazvin, central Iran, are recorded. Three species, Hemilepistusklugii (Brandt, 1833), Protracheoniscusehsani Kashani, 2014 and Mongoloniscuspersicus Kashani, 2014, were previously reported from the province. Hemilepistuselongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 and Protracheoniscusmajor (Dollfus, 1903) are recorded for the first time, and one species, Pr...