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Gypsies are a wandering and landless people who are commonly known around the world to represent not just nomadism but also festive dancing and singing. From what can be gathered from literary and historical sources, the Romani people first came to the land of Iran during the time of the Sasanids, and their first visit to France came about the fourteenth century. In mid-eighteenth century and during the early decades of the nineteenth century, bohemian characters were considered to be influential in French literature. In those early texts, French and Iranian writers and poets referred only to tales about the bohemian origin, past, and their arrival to these lands. But in time poets and writers began to attend to and reflect on other aspects of this community’slifeworld. Thisstudy, afterabriefsurveyofhowbohemian people emerged as a distinct community in France and Iran, will explore the representation of bohemian people in French and Iranian literatures. From among their many attributes, this study pays particular attention to salient features of their way of life, such as minstrelsy, music and song composition, and their landlessness. Finally, an attempt will be made, following an analysis of Romani people from the socio-cultural perspective, to provide an answer to the question of how French and Iranian cultures and literatures have represented and developed the image of the gypsy.
 

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  Probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts, can have a beneficial effect on the host. Lactic acid bacteria are the most common type that have been introduced as probiotics and are present in dairy products. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify the probiotics from microbial flora of cow milk and its traditional yogurt in Khoi area. To achieve this goal, the lactic acid bacteria were isolated by phenotypic methods (cellular morphology, colony pigmentation, Gram staining, catalase test, biochemical tests including growth in different temperatures 10°C, 15 °C and 45 °C, various concentrations 4 % and 6.5 % of salts and fermentation of 17 types of sugar) and their probiotic potential (resistant to stomach acid and bile salts) were evaluated. Then, to identify more accurately, the 16S rRNA gene of Lactobacilli were replicated with pairs of specific primers and then the purified PCR product was sent for gene sequencing. At the end, 14 strains of Lactobacilli were reported as the natural microbial flora with probiotic potential in Khoi area. These bacteria provide the good quality of the dairy products in those areas and can be used as the starter culture in industrial manufacture of dairy products.  

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The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship of knowledge sharing in organization on the success of talent management system with considering the social capital in petroleum industry. The main question in this article is "How can we implement TM and knowledge sharing by using their relationship"? The results showed that it happens via social capital. For this purpose, 3 questionnaires for evaluating TM, knowledge sharing and SC were distribute among 174 of human resource managers and experts in the staff divisions of Iranian National Petroleum Company and its affiliated branches located in Tehran by using randomized classification method. Finally, 62 people with sample formula were selected. Among them, 57 were returned (35% of the population). Analysis of data via structural equation model (SEM) supported the mediator role of SC on the relationship between TM and knowledge sharing variables. It means that focus on social capital and employing it in organizations can affect the success of implementing TM and knowledge sharing variables in organizations.    

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This study was conducted to investigate the response of four barley cultivars (Reyhan03, Yousef, Afzal, and Khatam) to salinity stress at 0 (control), 100, 200 and 300 mM levels as a factorial experiment, within the randomized complete block design in three replications in a greenhouse, using the Hoagland solution. The physiological and biochemical properties including dry weight and RWC, photosynthesis pigments, K⁺/Na⁺, osmotic adjustments (soluble sugars, glycine betaine, proline), hydrogen peroxide and antioxidants enzymes (catalase and peroxidase) in root and shoot of barley cultivars were evaluated in saline and non-saline conditions. To determine the relationship between growth performance and the physiological and biochemical properties, the correlation between the properties and causality analysis was examined. Results obtained from comparing the mean among the treatment combinations showed that the salinity stress reduced the dry weight, photosynthesis pigments, and K⁺/Na⁺, while it increased the soluble sugars, glycine betaine, proline, H₂O₂, catalase and peroxidase in the root and shoot of barley cultivars. Correlation analysis indicated that potassium in the shoot had the most positive and significant correlation coefficient (r= 0.86) with the dry matter of shoot. The stepwise regression analysis showed that the root dry weight, catalase of root and shoot, H₂O₂ of shoot and K⁺/Na⁺ of shoot contributed to the performance. Causality analysis revealed that the root dry weight, K⁺/Na⁺ of shoot, and catalase of shoot were highly important as they had a direct positive and significant impacts on the performance of shoot dry matter.

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Salinity stress is one of the most important environmental stresses that decrease crop growth and yield. Barley is an important crop known as the salt-tolerant plant in cereals. In this study, the salt stress-responsive root transcriptome of tolerant (Afzal) and susceptible (Yusef) cultivars was investigated. The sequencing of mRNA transcripts (termed RNA-Seq) was performed using the Illumina HiSeq platform after filtering for RNA with 3' polyadenylated tails to include only mRNA. The Tuxedo pipeline was used to identify the altered expression of transcripts. Sequencing results showed that, after initial trimming of the reads, more than 20 million reads (92%) remained for all samples, of which 88% were aligned with the barley genome. Bioinformatics analysis showed the altered genes expressions in various processes such as membrane antiporter and transporter activity, an antioxidant, wide range of kinase and phosphatase cascades, internal signal transduction, metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids, and lipids, binding processes, response to plant hormones, catalytic activity, and cell wall organization. Gene network analysis revealed that key genes, including proteins involved in systemic acquired resistance, peroxidase family proteins, cyclin-dependent protein kinase, phosphatidylinositol kinase, auxin-carrying proteins, mannose 6 phosphate isomerase, helicases and transcription factors play an important role in salt tolerance. These data can be used as a valuable source in future studies for genetic manipulation of barley and development of salinity tolerant cultivars.