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Volume 2, Issue 3 (NO. 3- 2010)
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The present study was designed to examine the identity status of high school adolescents in the city of Ilam (Iran) using the survey method. 215 high school students were selected as a sample through random sampling method. The theoretical framework of this paper is based on
Giddens' theory. To analyze the obtained data, T-test, Pearson coefficiency and multiple regression methods were used.
The results indicated that educational level has a positive and significance relationship with individual identity, while socio- economic status only has a significance relation with ethnic identity. Among the other identities, it has just more coefficiency with individual identities rather than collective identities. The results of multiple regression method showed that the group and individual identities have more effect on the social identity among the high school dolescents.
Volume 3, Issue 3 (9-2015)
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Aim: Smoking is the first factor of diseases, and death, and one of the major health problems all over the world.
The aim of this study was validating the Persian version of short-form decisional balance scale to smoke cessation in Iranian workers.
Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 218 workers from automobile manufactory in Bam City (Iran) in 2016 using convenient sampling.
Findings: The total of 218 male workers with (mean age 30.52±6.66 years) participated in this study. The results showed two factors (Barriers, and Benefits, or Cons and Pros) with good explanatory (KMO=66%; Cumulative of Variance= 58.94), confirmatory (REMSEA= 0.000; GFI= 0.995, AGFI= 0.983; P-value= 0.775) factor analysis and reliability index (ICC =0.65 95% CI (0.57, 0.72)).
Conclusion: This study showed the Persian version of the short-form decisional balance scale for smoking cessation was valid and reliable tool to measure decisional balance for smoking cessation.
Volume 3, Issue 6 (11-2015)
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One of the stylistic featuers of contemporary poetry is usage of local and folk words. We can say that in the contemporary poetry, the difference between the literary and non-literary words has been eliminated. Most of contemporary poets (Nima, Shamloo, Forooq,….) used these words in their poetry, and showed that the words are equal, and putting them in unequal category is not correct. The most important reason of this exchange is the modern discourse placed in the contemporary period. In the pre- modern period that its pre-supposithon is unequality, the language is unequale too (literary and non-literary words), and just the word’s can enter the poetry that are known appropriate in the top of the word's pyramid. So the folk and local words can not enter to poetry. But when the modern discourse and its presupposithon, (equality) was placed in the contemporary period, the difference between the literary and non-literary words was eliminated too. So the words (folk and literary) found equal value, and the poets as Nima and others used theme in their poetry
Volume 4, Issue 2 (4-2012)
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The following text, which has been emerged from the research on the period of power transition from Qajar to Pahlavi, unlike the approaches that are based on traditional history, according to the Foucauldian discourse analysis and the post-colonial literature, offers differentiatedscrutiny on how the first modern statehas been formed in Iran. The results show that the formation of the first modern state in Iran is the objective and strategic embodiment of the imperative modernity. Reconsidering the formation of imperative modernity, the influential discourse acts, the paper also which have formed the supporting elements of the foresaid formation were identified. Embarks upon the critical discourse analysis of the journals published in the period of power transition from Qajar to Pahlavi, including: Kaveh,Iranshahr, Name-e Farangestan, Ayandeh and Mard-e-Azad. Resulting categories of this discourse analysis include the following main concepts: "self and other image"; "Asking about collapse and underdevelopment", "adopting western civilization", "separation of religion from politics and public sphere", "elitism", "necessity of the imperative and authoritative state", and finally "nationalism". The intellectuals of the power transition period, as the reference group of the imperative modernity discourse, as well as the most influential strategic group, have played a major role in institutional and discourse formation of the first modern state in Iran. Here, wewell focus to analyze their discourse effects.
Volume 4, Issue 3 (9-2015)
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Pauesia antennata Mukerji (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) as the unique parasitoid of the giant brown peach aphid, Pterochloroides persiace Cholodkovsky (Hemiptera, Aphididae) is considered to be the most effective biological control agent of this pest. In this study, the assessment of selected biological parameters of P. antennata demonstrated that the longevity of mature parasitoid was 3.90 ± 0.22, the developmental time was 14.48 ± 1.05 and the life span was 19.46 ± 0.68 days. The maximum flight activity and oviposition were observed at the second and third days of the parasitoid lifespan. The parasitism, emergence rates and the sex ratio were affected by the variations in the number of P. persicae relative to each population of the parasitoid.
Volume 6, Issue 1 (winter 2021)
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Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of two weeks of vitamin D3 supplementation on some indices of Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness (DOMS) after eccentric exercise.
Method and Materials: In this semi experimental study, 20 nonathletic male collegiate students (19.75±1.29 years) participated in the study voluntarily and were divided randomly into two groups of experimental (n=11) and placebo (n=9). The experimental group consumed vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) containing 50000 IU while the placebo group took apparently similar capsules containing starch like, two capsules for two weeks. To induce DOMS, participants performed a step protocol that included four sets (5 minutes for each set), with a 1-minute of rest interval between each set using a 46 cm-step. Range of Motion (ROM) of low extremity joints and circumferences, and Visual Analog Scale (VAS were measured before, immediately after (Time 0), and 24 hours (Time 1) and 48 hours (Time 2) after eccentric exercises.
Findings: This study showed that thigh Thigh circumference increased following eccentric exercise in the placebo group, while it did not change significantly in the experimental group (p>0.05). There was no significant difference between the two study groups regarding other variables (P>0.05). Vitamin D3 supplementation with the dosage and duration used in the present study reduced the limited symptoms of DOMS. Future studies of longer duration or higher dosage of vitamin D supplementation are recommended.
Conclusions: According to the finding of this study, vitamin D3 supplementation could not reduce the limited symptoms significantly. However, future studies are suggested to evaluate the effect of higher dose or longer duration of vitamin D supplementation on DOMS.
Volume 7, Issue 1 (No.1 (Tome 29), (Articles in Persian) 2016)
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Issues concerning syllable structure, as well as the arrangement and configuration of the phonological units inside a syllable or out of it (i.e. the border of two syllables), are basically discussed within the domain of phonology. This article tries to shed a new light on the issue of syllable structure and phonotactics, on the basis of data from Persian Language. Given the fact that the structure of syllable in Persian is (C)V(C)(C), the present article tries to show if there is any difference between the phonotactics of an individual syllable with that of the same syllable when combined with other syllables, and also tries to find out if there is a significant relationship between the phonotactics of words and their parts of speech. In order to do so, 4075 bisyllabic words with the syllable structure (C)V.CVC(C) were collected from two Persian dictionaries were collected, and were tagged in terms of their types as well as their parts of speech; and the phonotactics of each were determined. The results of this research show reveal that several factors such as the type of syllable nucleus and the coda of the syllable may turn out to be effective on the phonotactics of the adjacent syllable. Also, there seems to be a specific relationship between the syllabic structures of the words with their types and parts of speech.
Volume 7, Issue 3 (Summer 2021)
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Backgrounds: Due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant Candida species, the discovery of new antifungal agents with minimum side effects is essential. The aim of this study was to investigate the antifungal activity of caprylic acid and nano-encapsulated caprylic acid against C. albicans as well as their effect on the expression of EFG1 gene.
Materials & Methods: In this laboratory trial study, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of caprylic acid and nano-encapsulated caprylic acid against C. albicans was evaluated at various concentrations (400-625 and 1.3-50 μL/mL, respectively). Real time-PCR was performed to assess the expression level of EFG1 gene. Cytotoxicity effect of caprylic acid and nano-encapsulated caprylic acid was evaluated on SW480 cell line using MTT test.
Findings: Antifungal activity findings displayed that MIC90 and MIC50 values of caprylic acid were 500 and 450 μg/mL, respectively, whereas MIC90 and MIC50 values of nano-encapsulated caprylic acid were 6.2 and 3.1 μg/mL, respectively. The expression of EFG1 gene significantly decreased in the groups treated with caprylic acid and nano-encapsulated caprylic acid compared to the control group. According to the cytotoxicity evaluation findings, the viability of cells treated with caprylic acid was significantly higher than that of cells exposed to nano-encapsulated caprylic acid.
Conclusions: According to the obtained results, nano-encapsulated caprylic acid successfully inhibited C. albicans growth at a lower concentration compared to caprylic acid. Overall, it was found that nano-encapsulated caprylic acid is a promising antifungal agent against Candida species; however, further studies are needed to be performed about nano-encapsulation of caprylic acid.
Volume 8, Issue 3 (9-2022)
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The occurrence of Pauesia silana Tremblay, as an aphid parasitoid (Hym., Braconidae, Aphidiinae) in Tunisia is documented. The parasitoid was found in association with the Aleppo pine aphid, Cinara palaestinensis Hille Ris Lambers, infesting Pinus halepensis. Specimens were collected by the rearing of the mummified aphids from the colonies infested the pine trees in the Arboretum of the Institut Supérieur Agronomique Chott Mériem (ISA CM - Tunisia) during March–April 2021. A brief diagnosis is provided for the recorded parasitoid. This is the first record of a Pauesia species in Tunisia (out of the purposeful introduction of Pauesia antennata Mukerji). Two secondary parasitoids including Asaphes vulgaris Walker and Pachyneuron aphidis (Bouché) (Hym., Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) have also emerged from the mummified aphids. The known Cinara aphids and their associated parasitoids in the North African country are reviewed. Both Aleppo pine aphid and the newly detected parasitoid might be considered exotic species in North Africa, sourced from a recent accidental introduction inside the Mediterranean area, or a horizontal expansion across the North African countries.
Volume 8, Issue 4 (12-2022)
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Seed-eater eurytomids of the genus Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1988 were collected from Ardabil and Qazvin provinces in northwest Iran. Various host plants were collected and their seeds were kept in laboratory conditions from 2007 to 2012. Scope of this paper focused on the Bruchophagus species reared from seeds of Astragalus brachydontus Boiss (Fabaceae). We obtained six species of Bruchophagus including B. astragali Fedoseeva. They were B. saxatilis Zerova; B. mutabilis Nikolaskaya; B. nikolskayae (Zerova); B. turkestanicus Zerova, and B. robiniae Zerova. Of which, Bruchophagus saxatilis Zerova, is a new record for the Iranian fauna. New host associations were found for all collected species and it seems a complex biological association that was recorded for the first time. Currently, 11 species of Bruchophagus are occurred inassociated with seeds of A. brachydontus. All previously known species of the genus Bruchophagus in Iran are also tabulated.
H. Ahmadi, A. M. Borgheei, A. R. ALimardani, A. Rajabeepour, D. Y. Lee,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (Number 3 - 2007)
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Recent studies demonstrate that aluminide coatings are beneficial to wear and erosion resistance and also that oxygen-active elements such as yttrium can remarkably improve this resistance. In this research, the micro-hardness of the aluminide coatings with and without yttrium on 1045 steel was investigated using a micro-mechanical probe. Wear of the samples was measured using a pin-on-disk tribometer. The erosion loss of specimens against soft and hard wheat was also evaluated using a slurry erosion test machine. The data was analyzed statistically using a 3-factor completely randomized design to study the effect of wheat varieties (soft and hard wheat), moisture content at three levels (10±0.5, 15±1.5, and 20±2 % (wet basis)), and rotary velocity of the slurry erosion machine at three levels (200, 400, and 600 rpm) on erosion resistance. The results showed that the aluminide coatings improved the wear and erosion resistance of substrate steel 1045; yt-trium markedly improved the hardness of the aluminide coating and its wear and erosion resistance. The erosion loss of materials was significantly (p<0.01) influenced by the type of wheat, moisture content and rotary velocity. Both aluminide coatings showed higher wear and erosion resistance than 1045 steel substrate.
Volume 10, Issue 1 (Winter 2022)
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and health promotion. This study aimed at how universities consider student satisfaction with academic services and health promotion.
Instrument & Methods: This research uses a descriptive method. This research was conducted in six state Islamic universities in Indonesia and involved 315 students. Research data collection using a questionnaire. The variables in the study include lectures, counseling, health issues, additional services, hidden services, explicit services, and social atmosphere. This study uses Rasch analysis to measure variables with the help of WINSTEPS 3.73 in determining validity and reliability. The RASH model is used in this study to verify the measurement of service quality variables. Rash's model only focuses on student perceptions and gains satisfaction with the dimensions of academic service and health promotion.
Findings: The results showed student satisfaction based on demographic characteristics that state Islamic universities were more dissatisfied than university-type Islamic colleges.
Conclusion: Academic services to students need to be considered to increase student satisfaction.
Volume 10, Issue 1 (Winter 2024)
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Background: Despite the passage of more than two years since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the persistence of the coronavirus and its circulation at varying levels globally necessitates a deeper understanding of the factors influencing its transmission and impact. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between environmental factors, population density, and genetic variations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with a specific focus on elucidating their implications for public health measures and vaccine development.
Materials & Methods: This observational analysis was conducted utilizing daily reported SARS-CoV-2 cases in various countries. Additionally, monthly changes in ultraviolet (UV) radiation index, population density per km2, and viral genetic variations were assessed. Comparative analysis was performed to examine correlations between these variables. Data analysis was conducted using SAS 9.3 software with a generalized linear model (GLM) approach.
Findings: This study revealed significant correlations between UV index and key epidemiological parameters, including mortality rate, average case number, and transmission rate. Population density per square kilometer did not exhibit any substantial relationship with these variables. Analysis of viral clades suggests potential immunological insights, indicating varying degrees of immunity conferred by certain genetic variants.
Conclusion: These findings underscore the importance of environmental and genetic factors in shaping the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic. By elucidating the role of UV radiation and viral genetic diversity, this study informs public health strategies and underscores the necessity of ongoing surveillance and vaccine development efforts tailored to the evolving SARS-CoV-2 landscape.
Volume 10, Issue 3 (9-2024)
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An updated checklist of the hoverflies including distribution and seasonal occurence data of known species in Nepal is presented. The list is based on all available published literature on taxonomy, biodiversity, ecology, and biological aspects of the syrphid fauna of Nepal up to 2023. A total of 205 species from three subfamilies and 63 genera are known to occur in Nepal. Among the three subfamilies, Eristalinae shares maximum species (111 species, 54%), followed by Syrphinae (90 species, 44%), and Microdontinae (four species, 2%). is presented. Among these, 48 (23%) species are recorded in Nepal only. The distribution of known hoverfly species in the country is not uniform, with the Bagmati (82 species) and Koshi (75 species) provinces having the greatest number of species, while the Madhesh (four species) and Lumbini (one species) provinces having the lowest records. The highest number of species are recorded in May (51 species), followed by July (50 species) and June (48 species). Winter season records are relatively low, and distribution data are still incomplete for some sites. Based on the present review, comprehensive and systematic sampling across the entire country is necessary for further exploration of Nepal's hoverfly fauna.
Volume 11, Issue 1 (3-2025)
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The study investigated the spatial and seasonal variations in arthropod diversity using different trapping methods within two types of cedar forests (dead and healthy) in Belezma National Park, located in Batna. The field survey was carried out from January 2017 to December 2018, employing three sampling techniques: Barber pots, coloured traps, and suspended traps. A total of 108 species belonging to four classes, 13 orders, and 66 families were recorded. Representing 95.4% of the total species richness, insects were the predominant class, with 46 species. Within this class, Hymenoptera had the highest incidence (46.01%), followed by Diptera (23.6%). The Shannon-Weaver index exceeded 3 across stations, seasons, and sampling methods, indicating high diversity. Additionally, Equitability values surpassed 70% across all observations. PERMANOVA analysis revealed significant differences in composition between the different stations, seasons, and sampling methods. This research highlighted several key factors influencing arthropod diversity, including the condition of the habitat (dead vs. healthy cedar forests), seasonal variations, and the effectiveness of various sampling techniques.
Volume 11, Issue 2 (6-2025)
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Megaselia Rondani, 1856 is a megadiverse genus of scuttle flies, commonly found worldwide. This article reports on the recent discovery of 31 species of Megaselia newly recorded in Morocco, collected in various regions, including the Rif Mountain, the Atlantic Plain and the Atlas Mountains, covering numerous habitats, such as forests, grasslands, agricultural fields, riverbanks, springs, ponds, peat bogs, and lake with the purpose of assessing a wide variety of habitats and understanding the ecological preferences of Megaselia species. These new findings have increased the total of Moroccan phorid fauna to 45 species so far. Of these, 43 are Megaselia species.
N. Bagheri, A. Keyhani, S. Mohtasebi, A. R. ALimardani, Sh. Rafee, G. H. Mansoori,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (Number 4 - 2011)
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To increase agricultural crops’ quality and to minimize losses in the final product and
used energy during the drying process, major drying system parameters should be
continuously controlled. Precise control of such parameters is attained by using automatic
control systems. To optimize the overall dryer efficiency in a forced convective solar
dryer, a controller was designed, constructed and evaluated. The dryer fan speed was
chosen to be the controlled variable. Based upon the mathematical relations and a
monitoring of the air inlet temperature to the collector, the air outlet temperature from
the collector and the air outlet temperature from the drying chamber, the dryer efficiency
was determined. Using the dryer control program the current and the optimized dryer
efficiencies were calculated, compared and the fan speed changed accordingly to maintain
the optimized efficiency. Experiments were carried out in three replications (in three
days) with the results showing that the system was capable of controlling the fan speed to
obtain the optimum efficiency. The dryer equipped with the designed control system
worked with its highest efficiency throughout the day. Statistical analysis showed that the
control system highly improved the dryer efficiency throughout its operation at a 1%
probability level.
S. Ayoubi, F. Khormali, K. L. Sahrawat, A. C. Rodrigues de Lima,
Volume 13, Issue 5 (Number 5 - 2011)
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A study was conducted to determine suitable soil properties as soil quality indicators, using factor analysis in order to evaluate the effects of land use change on loessial hillslope soils of the Shastkola District in Golestan Province, northern Iran. To this end, forty surface soil (0-30 cm) samples were collected from four adjacent sites with the following land uses systems: (1) natural forest, (2) cultivated land, (3) land reforested with olive, and (4) land reforested with Cupressus. Fourteen soil chemical, physical, and biological properties were measured. Factor analysis (FA) revealed that mean weight diameter (MWD), water stable aggregates (WSA), soil organic matter (SOM), and total nitrogen (TN) were suitable for assessing the soil quality in the given ecosystem for monitoring the land use change effects. The results of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and mean comparison showed that there were significant (P< 0.01) differences among the four treatments with regard to SOM, MWD, and sand content. Clearing of the hardwood forest and tillage practices during 40 years led to a decrease in SOM by 71.5%. Cultivation of the deforested land decreased MWD by 52% and increased sand by 252%. The reforestation of degraded land with olive and Cupressus increased SOM by about 49% and 72%, respectively, compared to the cultivated control soil. Reforestation with olive increased MWD by 81% and reforestation with Cupressus increased MWD by 83.6%. The study showed that forest clearing followed by cultivation of the loessial hilly slopes resulted in the decline of the soil quality attributes, while reforestation improved them in the study area.
Volume 14, Issue 54 (Summer 2021)
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In the current study on premodern Iranian poetries, from the first century of the history of Persian literature to the period of literary return, it is seen that the imaginary forms used in the poetry of the poets of the third to fifth centuries AH are innovative and the product of their own poetic experience. But with the passage of time from the end of the fifth century onwards, poets, instead of incorporating images of their own personal experience and elements of nature and life into poetry, have always remained within the same images. The question that this research seeks to answer is: why from the end of the fifth century onwards (until the return period), the forms of imagination used in the poetry of Iranian poets are often imitative and repetitive, and devoid of any kind of innovation?
Extended abstract
By examining the poetry of pre-modern Iranian poets, from the first century of the history of Persian literature to the period of literary return, it can be seen that the images used in the poetry of poets of the third to fifth centuries AH are innovative and the product of their personal poetic experience. But over time, from the end of the fifth century onwards, poets, instead of incorporating images of the product of their personal experience and new elements of nature and life into poetry, have always remained within the same range of images of the poets of the past.
The question that this research seeks to answer is: why from the end of the fifth century onwards (until the period of literary return), the forms of imagination used in the poetry of Iranian poets are often repetitive and any innovation is out of the realm of the ancients? Thomas Kuhn's theory of paradigm can be used to answer this question. According to this theory, scientific transformations alternate between normative and revolutionary periods. The movement of science in normative periods takes place through a "paradigm". Scientific paradigms are accepted patterns in the scientific community for significant periods of time about a major aspect of nature. What makes these patterns valid is the metaphysics or philosophy that governs that paradigm. Therefore, what is "scientific, normative and valid" in one paradigm is "unscientific, abnormal and invalid" in the intellectual, philosophical and cultural context of the other paradigm. Sometimes scientists accidentally encounter phenomena that do not conform to the norms and assumptions governing the paradigm. In the first encounter, these cases are considered as exceptional cases or the product of experimental error, and so on. But when the number of these inconsistencies increases, such justifications no longer work, and the paradigm is in crisis. Over time, this crisis deepens until a new paradigm emerges. As the new paradigm grows, so does the previous critical paradigm. Kuhn calls such a development a "scientific revolution." In his view, the "paradigms" before and after the scientific revolutions are "incomparable."
Kuhn's theory of paradigm is true not only of the history of science, but of all phenomena, including art and literature. In general, it can be said that in each period of time, according to the metaphysics of that period, there is a ruling paradigm that has its own presuppositions, norms and rules. These presuppositions and norms are based upon a fixed pattern that the paradigm as a whole imposes. In these paradigms, only those phenomena (including scientific, artistic, literary, etc.) can emerge that are consistent with the norms and assumptions governing the paradigm, while any innovation will be disregarded.
Accordingly, the imitation of imaginary forms in pre-modern Persian poetry is a phenomenon that should be studied in the presuppositions and norms that dominate the pre-modern paradigm. By examining the premodern paradigm as an all-encompassing whole, one can arrive at assumptions and norms that act as a model for all phenomena of this paradigm. One of these presuppositions is the idea of the originality of the past. In this view, everything in the past has an intrinsic value, so they are only valid and normal when they are imitations of that valuable and sacred past. In the eyes of the pre-modern man, the past is a model of the sacred and golden age, which is always viewed with a respectful eye, and man always remembers it as a dream day. This sacred past is a lost paradise to which all efforts are directed at.
The manifestation of this presupposition can be seen in all intellectual areas of this paradigm. The originality of the past in the field of history has shown itself in the form of a distant view of time, and in the field of philosophy as a belief in the return of people to the origin of existence (first intellect). Looking at the poetry of Iranian poets from the fifth century AH onwards (until the return period), it is also possible to understand this kind of attitude in the world of literature. These poets have either explicitly mentioned their past poets as the supreme example of poetry, or, without openly praising their past, have accepted them as their role models and tried to write poetry like them. So it is natural that these poets, by following the example of the first Persian poets, instead of depicting their personal poetic experiences, repeat the same imaginary forms and images that had been previously tested by previous poets, and as a result, the imagination in their poetry is imitative and lacks innovation, and even if a poet was innovative, he has not left the realm of vision and attitude of the ancients.
B. Dhehibi, A. ALimari, N. Haddad, A. Aw-Hassan,
Volume 16, Issue 4 (7-2014)
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In this study, farm level technical efficiency (TE) and its determinants were investigated. A stochastic Cobb-Douglas (CD) production frontier was used to provide estimates of input-oriented TE for a sample of 100 rain fed farms in two Palestinian governorates. Empirical findings showed that the estimated TE of the farms in the pooled sample ranged from 35.7 to 95.6%, with a mean value of 72.2%. This suggests that, on average, farms in Jenin and Tubas can potentially increase their productivity by as much as 28% through more efficient use of inputs. Analysis of the main determinants of TE suggested a positive relationship between farmers’ level of education, experience, access to credit and extension services, and membership in a cooperative. We argue that access to credit and strengthening of capacity within the national extension system are critical areas of public policy concern in order to affect levels of agricultural production and productivity in the West Bank.