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Talebian.Y.,PH.D
Hosseini. N
 Abstract:
 
In the several last decades, structural approaches of the study of narrative had a great affect on narration and folklore. The first research in the field is a prop's, the morphology of the folktale" generalized and completed by some rhetoricians including Todorove, which analyzes the narratives into bits and studies the relations of them in categories of theme and space order.
This study, based upon the Todorve's view, deals with the typology of narrative in Sandbadname, an Iranian narrative, so that places it in the row of mythological narratives as Hezaroyekshab (one thousand and one night), an Iranian legend and Decomeron a European one, mentioning some traits of it and comparing them with the specifies of mythological narratives.
 
 

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Background: The issue of airport noise pollution is of paramount importance to communities in the vicinity of airports.
Materials and Methods: The potential effects of aircraft noise at the Imam Khomeini International Airport (Iran) was investigated by employing remote sensing and the geographic information system (GIS) in conjunction with an optimization algorithm integrated with CadnaA software. CadnaA is a computer model used to develop noise exposure maps (NEMs) to determine how noise affects a specific area. The results of aircraft noise modeling with this software for three scenarios (in 2015, 2025 and 2035) are provided in the NEMs. A georeferenced GIS database was built in Envi software comprising topography and land use data, the results of the CadnaA model and project data. These maps were overlaid. Face-to-face interviews were carried out by canvassing door-to-door in the permitted survey sites near IKIA and by structural modeling of the questionnaire estimates using AMOS.7 software.
Results: The results showed that the CadnaA model well simulated and predicted noise changes in different scenarios. The results of the map overlay indicate the compatibility of existing land use around the IKIA airport with noise levels and provided alerts against the development of residential areas in the near future.
Conclusions: The results of the questionnaires indicate a high L_DEN correlation coefficient and irritation levels from aircraft noise. Urban development around the airport as well as an increase in the number of flights and runways at IKIA should be carefully studied.

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Sindbadnama of Zahiri Samarqandi is one of the Persian fiction texts composed of one main story and several internal stories. It is narrated in several Arabic and Persian texts, including folklore Arabic Sinbadnama, Alif  Laila and Laila (the Arabian Nights), Tutinama (Tales of a Parrot) of Nakhshabi, and Jami al-Hikayat. The research questions seek to find the differences in these texts in the narration of the main story and internal stories, and whether the examination of these differences can shed light on some of the ambiguities of this story in Zahiri’s narration. To answer these questions, we used the American school of comparative literature studies. Zahiri’s narration was the main focus and the others were compared with that version. The comparison showed that in the main story, in some narrations, more attention was paid to the details and cause and effect relationships. Accordingly, according to Zahiri’s narration, some ambiguities of the main story can be resolved. This is one of the goals of comparing and writing this article. The inner stories in these texts were not exactly the same. Some of the internal stories were common to all the texts we discussed, with slight differences. Some other stories were mentioned in Zahiri’s narration and not in other narrations. On the contrary, some stories were mentioned in other narrations and were not in Zahiri’s. Many factors have caused these differences: the place of translation or compilation and the translator and the author's imagination, creativity, or intention.
 

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To determine ancient seed species, 3250-3450 year-old charred seeds obtained from different Iranian archaeological sites were studied using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and molecular analysis. SEM analysis of ancient seeds revealed that the surface of the seeds was damaged. Therefore, we could not accurately identify their species. Molecular analysis on ancient specimens was done on different samples obtained from Masjede Kabood (Tabriz), Tepe Rahmat Abad (Pasargad) and Tepe Sagz Abad (Qazvin plain). The specific primer pairs were designed based on a part of the promoter region of the High Molecular Weight (HMW) glutenin gene and a short fragment of the vrs1 gene were verified on samples of modern wheat and barley varieties, respectively. The designated primers failed to amplify ancient DNAs (aDNAs) obtained from Masjede Kabood and Tepe Rahmat Abad, but successfully amplified the aDNA obtained from Tepe Sagz Abad. This finding was expected since the latter seeds had a better morphological preservation in comparison to the former ones. The accuracy of the amplified products was further proved by cloning and sequencing.