phonic features in translation of quran   in tabari language     abbasali ebrahimi [1]       received: 2011/11/21   accepted: 2013/03/04       abstract   historically, the linguists have divided the iranian languages into three historical eras, (a) ancient era, (b) middle era, and (c) new era. the tabari language is one of the languages of the new era as the continuity of middle era languages. ...

AIM To develop discriminant functions for sex estimation on medieval Croatian population and test their application on contemporary Croatian population. METHODS From a total of 519 skeletons, we chose 84 adult excellently preserved skeletons free of antemortem or postmortem changes and took all standard measurements. Sex was estimated/determined using standard anthropological procedures and a...

An approach for analysing and modelling learning as the result of the interweaving of reasoning minds in verbal interaction ("dialogic learning") is described. It is argued that giving primacy to modelling dialogue in learning situations can establish requirements for Intelligent Tutoring Systems architectures and provide a means for understanding collaborative learning processes in humans and ...

Increasingly, psychological research has indicated that an individual's personality changes across the lifespan. We aim to better understand personality change by examining if personality change is linked to striving towards fulfilment, as suggested by existential-humanistic theories of personality dynamics. Using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a cohort of 4,733 mid-life individuals across 1...

Evolutionary biologists have often assumed that ecological generalism comes at the expense of less intense exploitation of specific resources and that this trade-off will promote the evolution of ecologically specialized daughter species. Using a phylogenetic comparative approach with butterflies as a model system, we test hypotheses that incorporate changes in niche breadth and location into e...

BACKGROUND circulating measures of inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP) have been associated with an increased risk of future cognitive decline. However, the nature of the relationship among the very old (>75 years) is unclear. Cross-sectional evidence suggests that elevated CRP may even be protective in this age group. This study examines these associations longitudinally. ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether treatment with memantine plus vitamin D is more effective than memantine or vitamin D alone in improving cognition among patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS We studied 43 white outpatients (mean 84.7 ± 6.3 years; 65.1% women) with a new diagnosis of AD, who had not taken anti-dementia drugs or vitamin D supplements. We prescribed memantine alone (n = 1...

Surgical treatment of morbid, familial, juvenile-onset obesity in a 37-year-old, 260-pound, mother of three children by jejunoileal bypass was subsequently converted to gastric bypass. The resulting weight loss of 110 pounds resulted in personality changes and changes in family dynamics and was followed by divorce. Medical, psychosocial, and economic aspects of the case are discussed.