constructing houses in the form of garden-house became popular among statesmen and the privileged class in naseri period. iranian traditional houses which used to be formed around a central courtyard, now were organized around a garden. so the transition from houses with courtyard to garden-houses created a new order of relationships between spaces, resulted in redefining spaces and their forms...

Constructing houses in the form of garden-house became popular among Statesmen and the privileged class in Naseri period. Iranian traditional houses which used to be formed around a central courtyard, now were organized around a garden. So the transition from houses with courtyard to garden-houses created a new order of relationships between spaces, resulted in redefining spaces and their forms...

A prospective field study was carried out to investigate any preferential differences of gravid female Aedes mosquitoes in ovipositing their eggs in man-made containers placed in different environmental conditions. The findings of this study show that gravid female Aedes mosquitoes preferred to breed in containers found in the outdoor garden than those placed on the patio and or inside the hous...

The volume has the feel of an intimate scrapbook of many of the key events and documents in Darwin’s life. But it is more than just a scrapbook: the words are written by science historian, John van Wyhe. A distinguished Darwin scholar at Cambridge University, van Wyhe is also director of the major project to make the entire work of the evolutionary biologist available electronically. Darwin Onl...

In the name ofGod Amen I John Webster of Cliderow in the County of Lancaster Physician knowing the certainty that it is appointed for all men ones [sic] to dye & that the houre of death is uncertain being something crazy of body but of right understanding perfect judgment & sound memory doe make this my last Will & Testament thereby revoking & disanulling all other Wills & Testaments by me made...

Eighteenth-century gardens have traditionally been viewed as spaces designed for leisure, and as representations of political status, power and taste. In contrast, this paper will explore the concept that gardens in this period could be seen as dynamic spaces where scientific experiment and medical practice could occur. Two examples have been explored in the pilot study which has led to this pa...

An abandoned fetus with suspicious skin injuries was found dead, lying on the grass of a garden, near a private house. Suspecting infanticide, the prosecutor ordered a medico-legal autopsy. The cause of death was identified as a congenital malformation of the central nervous system such as hydranencephaly, and infanticide was excluded.

As a spice and medicinal plant, Aloysia citriodora Palau (Family, Verbenaceae) is applied in nutritional and pharmacological purposes. According to the findings, many parameters relating to growth location and cultivation conditions, may affect on the secondary metabolites of the herb and result in different percentage of concerned constituents. Accordingly, present study was performed to compa...