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Almost all western theorists in the field of urban studies pointed to urban vitality in their books and articles. Also, vitality is a fashionable word in the lexicon of urbanism in Iran, but in fact, it received little support from urban planners, urban designers, and geographers. During the years of confrontation with western achievements and modernism in Iran, people experience the incorrect manner of using imported terms, theories and inventions. Urban vitality is another example of such experiences, and the exact meaning and position of vitality in Iranian urban contexts is still unclear. There are lots of articles and projects focusing on urban vitality without clarifying the situation on which people can pursue vitality for an urban context. In the present study, the meaning and position for urban vitality, and the misuses of this concept in Iranian urban contexts is discussed.
 

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Abstract
This thesis is a study of one of the enchanting stories of love in post Islam Iran. Mehr-o-Vafa has 1309 versess and the rhytme is Mafaylon Mafaylon Folon. Poet dedicated it to Shah Abbas Safavid and Etemadol Dowleh Hatam Beig, and imitating the style of Khosrow-Shirin arranged and organized a poetic introduction for it. ُThis thesis is a study of comparative literature, particularly poetry of the lyric literature (fiction epopee) in Persian and Kurdish, which has long been of interest to researchers. Since this thesis the folk tradition of oral literature of Kurdish Mehr-o-vafa story with Sho'ori Kashi's Meho-vafa from eleventh century And with the knowledge that where there is a story of Folk kind and deal with another version of the narrative can not easily determine which version is older than the other. This research tries to idendify more narrators and compare roots and causes of why this story is rewritten by Kurdish poets in the Western parts of our country? Adapting the story of Mehr-o-Vafa in the narrative tradition of oral literature of Kurdish with Sho'ori Kashi's in Persian classical literature from all aspects, including the translation and aesthetic aspects will be done throughout this research.

KEY WORDS: Mehr-o-Vafa , Kurdish folk narrative, Persian narrative, Sho'ori Kashi.

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Lieber (2004, 2009) is a decompositional approach with seven semantic features and a principle called coindexation principle. In this theory each lexical item has one semantic skeleton and one semantic body. The skeleton may consist of a hierarchical arrangement of functions and arguments and the semantic body contains two layers: the first one, like semantic skeleton, is relatively stable and can be formalized but the second layer consisting of general information and encyclopedic knowledge, varies a lot. Coindexation principle identifies the arguments of two or more lexical items and makes another item that denotes one unified lexical item. This paper studies the semantic contributions of prepositions in Persian, and then, based on semantic features, classifies them. The conclusion of the paper is that prepositions like other categories as a result of semantic skeletons and weak semantic bodies, own semantic contributions and they have some common semantic features with verbs. Lastly, based on the semantic contribution/features of prepositions, they can be classified.
 

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According to Sheridan and Gillett (2005), one fundamental form of inequality, being on the rise since 9/11, is religious discrimination. The main source of experiencing and being exposed to such inequalities and discriminations can be television which ‘is such an important source of information and entertainment that viewers cannot escape its gradual encroachment into their everyday lives’ (Laughey, 2007, p. 20). American TV series are so major and worldly-known entertaining media that many of them have millions of viewers around the world. So, it will be of great importance to make sure if they want to keep and even worsen this picture of Islam and Islamophobia. Therefore, this paper investigates the role of American TV series in promoting Islamophobia in public view. To do so, one has to analyze two main aspects of the TV shows which are the conversations and the picture frames. For analyzing the former, we have chosen Norman Fairclough’s (1992a, 1995, 2001) approach to Critical Discourse Analysis, and for the latter, Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2006) Grammar of Visual Design. American TV series, named Homeland (2011- still on air in 2017), broadcasted by Showtime® in the U.S has been the corpus of the present study. Its story that is mainly connected to the Middle East with lots of Muslim characters explains our choice. Consequently, the present study seeks to answer the following research questions: 1. Do the analyzed sequences of Homeland have Islamophobic elements based on Fairclough’s (1992a, 1995, 2001) CDA framework? 2. Do the analyzed sequences of Homeland have Islamophobic elements based on Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2006) Grammar of Visual Design? 3. Are there any combinations of visual and discursive elements to promote Islamophobia in the analyzed sequences of Homeland which can be analyzed by an integration of Fairclough’s (1992a, 1995, 2001) CDA framework and Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2006) Grammar of Visual Design?
Our work has led us to the conclusion that many cases in Homeland TV series, either discursive (based on Fairclough’s CDA framework (1992a, 1995, 2001)) or visual (based on Kress and van Leeuwen’s Grammar of Visual Design (2006)), were Islamophobic. Furthermore, there were cases in which both visual and discursive (audio) elements were used to promote Islamophobia. As a result, all of the research questions receive a positive answer. Moreover, it can be concluded that a combination of Fairclough’s (1992a, 1995, 2001) CDA framework and Kress and van Leeuwen’s Grammar of Visual Design (2006) can create a powerful approach in critical media analysis to expose the real policies of the media and power owners and decode the encrypted messages behind what is shown to the public. It is worth noting that analyzing a greater number of TV series could result in a higher generalization of our results.

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This article deals with importance of the survey of research and scientific activities and the existing mechanisms in this regard and at the same time, provides a framework for innovation survey at national level. The first part of the article is a review and survey of the literature of technological changes. In this part, theoretical principles of technological changes are discussed. Also we will deal with measurement of research and development as the oldest indicator of research and scientific activities and, then, considering the flows and defect in the measurement of research and development, as well as, non-linear realities of modern economics, innovation survey is introduced as the latest mechanism for technological activities. In addition, current approaches for the survey of innovations at national level are introduced and, at the end of the first part, we will discuss different approaches to classify technology policies in this regard. In the second part of the article, an appropriate framework for innovation survey at national level is proposed through the use of field research. First of all, considering the potentials and capabilities of each of the current innovation surveys at national level, the appropriate approach is adopted. Then through the direct approach of technology policy classification, the status of innovative activities in Iran is determined. In the next section, we identify current innovation survey indicators at national level, which are deemed appropriate based on national requirements and the status of innovation activities in Iran. At the same time, we discuss the possibility of evaluatiny current indicators of innovation survey based on the situation of Iran. Finally, considering the results of the measurement research, we offer appropriate and possible indicators for innovation survey at national level.

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Objective: As we are approaching the global eradication of wild poliovirus, laboratory surveillance of poliovirus by the gold standard cell culture method becomes increasingly important. As there is a lot of concern about accurate and sensitive detection of imported wild and Vaccine Derived Polioviruses (VDPVs) in Polio-Free countries, in this study we assessed and compared the sensitivity of the cell lines used in polio laboratory simultaneously to standard poliovirus and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) polioviruses, to ensure the accurate detection of circulating and imported polioviruses in the society. Materials and Methods: Cell sensitivity test was performed according to the World Health Organization (WHO), Polio Laboratory Manual for RD, L20B and Hep2 cell lines using 3 serotypes of standard monovalent and OPV polioviruses. The test was repeated every four passages for all cell lines. Results: The sensitivity of L20B and Hep2 cell lines for standard poliovirus type 1 and 2 is more than sensitivity for the same types of OPV virus but for poliovirus type 3 it is vice versa. Also RD cell line is more sensitive to all 3 types of OPV virus. In addition, the test showed that increasing the passage number will decrease the sensitivity of all cell lines. Conclusion: Using RD & L20B cell lines simultaneously (with low passage number) will assure us of sensitivity and accuracy of the cell lines for detection of circulating and imported polioviruses.

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Production of drought tolerant crop is an important strategy for avoiding water scarce crisis. Improvement of the root structure leading to the higher yield and seed quality. In this study, three genes affecting root structure, drought tolerance and phosphorous absorbance are used in producing hybrid constructs used for the rice transformation. Three genes: a serine/threonine protein kinase (PSTOL1), a gene from the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase family (OsCKX4) and a transcription factor induced under stress from the NAM-ATAF-CUC family (OsNAC5) isolated from the rice wild cultivars are cloned under  separate regulatory elements in the T-DNA region of the Agrobacterium binary vector. OsNAC5 gene was cloned under RCc3 root specific promoter and PSTOL1 gene under ubiquitin promoter. Also, OsCKX4 gene was cloned once under ubiquitin promoter and once under RCc3 promoter. Two hybrid multi-gene constructs named pUhrN5CkPstol and pUhrCkPstol harboring multiple genes are synthetized and used for the gene transformation into the Hashemi cultivar. Gene transfer was done to callus obtained from mature rice seeds. Transgenic plants were confirmed using PCR analysis. From the number of 107 regenerated plants in which the presence of transgenes was proved, 14 transgenic events were finally obtained. Root structure of the T0 plants showed drastic phenotypic difference in comparison to the non-transgenic ones. By now, one transgenic event harboring CKX4 and PSTOL1 is confirmed to have a homozygous line in T2 generation. It is hoped that genetic engineering of rice for enhanced root structure lead to drought tolerance, reduce water consumption and improve yield under stress conditions.
 

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Mine ventilation is one of the important functions in mining. The purpose of mine ventilation is providing enough oxygen to breath, create comfortable working conditions and dilute and remove the gases and dust from mine. Methane gas released from minerals while extraction in coal mines. To prevent the accumulation of this gas and intense explosions, the use of auxiliary ventilation beside main ventilation is essential. Auxiliary ventilation in room and pillar coal mining is used generally two methods of stopping and brattice.In this study, the equations of conservation of mass, momentum, species and energy is discrete by using computational fluid dynamics and the results have been validated with experimental work and then several scenarios have been predicted to improve mine ventilation. Results show that concentration of methane decreases 47 % using stoppings, but the concentration is still higher than the standard level. By using brattice the level of methane concentration decreased to 74.2%, but methane concentration in side walls of coal face is 3.4% that is still higher than the level of standard. Optimized case was simulated by using stoppings and brattice simultaneously and quality of air improved 88.8% and concentration of methane has been fully respected and mine safety and explosive gas concentration are desirable.

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The safety of bridges as the vital arteries of cities is of great importance. There are several factors that raise concerns about the safe performance of bridges, and resolving these concerns are dependent on the appropriate decision-making of urban managers throughout the service life of bridge. These factors can be divided into two major types. The first type are factors affecting the safety of a part or whole structure of bridge and producing concerns about the bridge collapse. For easing the danger of collapse, totally or partially, a proper decision should be made to improve the behavior of a specific part of bridge at a certain time during its service life. The second type are factors influencing the safety of one or more bridge elements and increasing the life cycle costs of bridge. To prevent the growth of bridge costs due to deterioration, an appropriate plan for repair and maintenance should be implemented in order to enhance the condition of one or several elements.
 In order to make the right decision, it is necessary to obtain accurate information on the condition of bridges. One of the best ways to get this information is to use bridge health monitoring. Health monitoring is the process of information acquisition from structure by installing sensors on its components and analyzing the data obtained from implemented sensors. By bridge structural health monitoring and interpreting the gathered data, the access to accurate and timely information, which is consistent with the reality of the bridge structure, is provided. Having the correct information about the bridge, the managers can decide at a lower level of risk. However, choosing specific monitoring strategy among different health monitoring systems for a bridge is a challenge that should be solved. A Quantitative index is needed to find the best technically and economically monitoring system.
 The value of information (VoI) analysis is used for determining the effectiveness of monitoring information in decision-making. VoI is a method which quantifies the price of information and specifies the cost-effectiveness of decisions made on the basis of monitoring. This analysis also makes it possible to choose the most economical monitoring strategy among several alternatives. In the VoI calculation, all the uncertainties involved in the performance of a Health monitoring and probabilities of any anticipated event are considered. Thus, the decision making based on VoI is risk-based and reliable especially for important structures like bridges.
In this paper, after investigating the worries and solutions for eliminating worries about the bridges in detail and introducing the applications of structural health monitoring (SHM) systems for bridges, the equations governing the VoI analysis is presented and the procedures for determining the VoI is discussed, and as an example, the VoI analysis of a bridge is discussed. According to the results of this analysis, implementing a specific amount of strain gauges with specific accuracy can provide worthy information about the bridge safety for the manager. Moreover, by the VoI analysis, the best approach for sensing system of SHM in the bridge is determined.

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Man is a voluntary being, and having this quality causes human responsibilities to be borne And if a person is reluctantly influenced by her will, it is not possible to hold her responsible to some extent. Of course, this view is foreseen in the discussion of the general rules of contracts and criminal liability in the laws of Iran and France, but the Iranian legislator has been silent on civil liability law. Scholars of Islamic sciences have addressed this issue in jurisprudential books and disagree on some issues, including the issue of reluctant murder. The Islamic Penal Code legislates the punishment of the reluctant person, but in the legal field, Iranian jurists, in their books on civil liability, briefly refer to the books of jurisprudence and related laws, but a special rule for It has not been predicted. Carefully in the laws of Iran and France, the need to provide separate materials for the issue of reluctance in civil liability of Iran due to the growing importance of civil liability and to prevent disagreement in the judicial process has been felt and the proposed materials have been presented.

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One of the interpretive approaches in image studies is iconology, which describes the meaning and explanation of works. In religious arts such as in Christianity, there are many symbols and signs which refer to beliefs and traditions. One of the most important beliefs of Christianity is the incarnation of God. The purpose of this study is to study the semantics of a selected painting by Giotto, an Italian painter. In order to understand the symbolic concepts related to incarnation, the question arises as how the iconological method seeks out the signs of embodiment in a Giotto painting, and what are the effects of the artist's knowledge on painting. The method applies in the course of this research is analytical-historical, with the desired approach being iconology. Library and visual sources have taken into account in the accomplishment of this paper. In the end, it is suggested that the iconology method, while studying the face, deals with visual communication and why the work is formed based on the symbols of incarnation. Finally, for the first time in the history of art, despite the dominance of religion, Giotto used painting as an independent art based on facts and expressed incarnation with realistic concepts.