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| 1. |
Archæological Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Īrān
CONTEXT: ...By October 1931, Sir Aurel's arrangements for the first of his journeys in southern Iran were complete, excepting for the official permit to travel in Persia. Pending its... Nature 140, 523-524 |
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The Mandæans of Iraq and Iran:
G. R. DRIVER CONTEXT: ...a small community of some 5,000 souls dispersed over a few places in Iraq and Iran--has been confined to the writings of Lidzbarski and Brandt, which rested on such scanty... Nature 141, 765-766 |
| 3. |
Earthquake in Iran
CONTEXT: ...5, a great earthquake shook large areas in the province of Khurasan in north-eastern Iran, together with parts of Russian Turkestan. The large area of destruction appears to... Nature 162, 647-648 |
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Predicting the risk of acute kidney injury in earthquake victims
Jun Ito, Masafumi Fukagawa SUMMARY: Acute kidney injury (AKI), mainly as a result of crush syndrome, is the second most common cause of death in large earthquakes. It is CONTEXT: ...region. The RDRTF reportedly functioned well at earthquakes in Turkey in 1999, Iran in 2003, and Kashmir in 2005. The incidence of AKI might have decreased following... Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 5, 64-65 |
| 5. |
Painted Fabrics from India and Iran
Nature 132, 790-790 |
| 6. |
Old Routes of Western Īrān
SIDNEY SMITH Nature 146, 537-538 |
| 7. |
Kidney donation and rewarded gifting: an Iranian model
Nasser Simforoosh SUMMARY: In the second of two Viewpoint articles discussing the ethical and practical implications of commercial kidney donation, the author explains how the Iranian model of CONTEXT: ...on dialysis, but many die before undergoing this life-saving surgery. At present, Iran is the only country in the world to have eliminated the need for a waiting list for... Nature Clinical Practice Urology 4, 292-293 |
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Pneumonia associated with a single intratracheal dose of bleomycin in mice
Leila Safaeian, Noushin Afshar Moghaddam, Abbas Jafarian CONTEXT: ...we obtained 30 female NMRI mice (25–30 g) from the Pasteur Institute (Tehran, Iran). Animals were housed in standard rodent cages in a mouse room on a 12-hr light/dark... Lab Animal 35, 19-19 |
| 9. |
Science without frontiers
SUMMARY: An interview with Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Laureate and Secretary General of the Human Frontier Science Program CONTEXT: ...to country. For example, there is very good basic education in Iran; they have some very good scientists. ER: Iran now has the highest increase in scientific output... EMBO reports 5, 747-750 |
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Keeping up with the nuclear neighbours
George Perkovich SUMMARY: Since acquiring atomic weapons, India, Pakistan and North Korea have not engaged in major warfare. But nuclear deterrence alone does not buy peace — diplomacy CONTEXT: ...covering the United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia, and, more broadly, the Association of... Nature 458, 574-575 |
| 11. |
Egypt boosts its academic entrepreneurs : Article : Bioentrepreneur
CONTEXT: ...Pakistan, Iran and Turkey are, along with Egypt, attempting to play "catch-up" in biotech. In Egypt, construction has already started on the $96 million public-private... Bioentrepreneur |
| 12. |
Editorial
Simon Anholt CONTEXT: ...When Iran was included as a ‘guest nation’ in the 4th Quarter of the 2006 Nation Brands Index, for example, some of the extent of this collateral damage was revealed. Iran's... Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 4, 97-101 |
| 13. |
The Natural History of Cultivated Plants
CONTEXT: ...cultivated plants present familiar difficulties. Chinese records of introductions from Iran began two thousand years ago. The emperor Wu (140-87 B.C.) instructed General... Nature 107, 430-432 |
| 14. |
Bioentrepreneur - Bioe News - Egypt boosts its academic entrepreneurs
CONTEXT: ..."Pakistan, Iran and Turkey are, along with Egypt, attempting to play "catch-up" in biotech." In Egypt, construction has already started on the $96 million... Bioentrepreneur |
| 15. |
Molluscs of mass destruction
Henry Gee SUMMARY: It is a crime against humanity when professional communicators manage to get language so horribly muddled, says Henry Gee. CONTEXT: ...persistent mispronunciation of the word 'nuclear' as 'nucula', as in 'the prospect of Iran acquiring nucula weapons'. As every schoolboy knows, or would do, were it a... News@Nature |
| 16. |
It's Over, Over There: The Coming Crack-up in Transatlantic Relations
Christopher Layne SUMMARY: Euro-American ties — and NATO — have been ruptured, and never again will be the same. Of course, as the historian Lawrence S. Kaplan correctly observed, ‘The idea of NATO CONTEXT: ...Estimate that concluded that Tehran suspended its nuclear weapons program in 2003, Iran remains a potential flashpoint in transatlantic relations. Washington and Tehran are... International Politics 45, 325-347 |
| 17. |
A New US Approach to Europe? The Transatlantic Relationship after Bush
Roger E Kanet SUMMARY: Although the NATO alliance has suffered from policy disagreements throughout its history, current divisions derive mainly from a shift in US grand strategy associated with the Bush Doctrine, whi CONTEXT: ...where none were before; a Shi’ite sectarian regime to which Washington is now hostage; Iran's rise as a regional, potential nuclear power with more influence over the... International Politics 45, 348-363 |
| 18. |
Thesis: Proliferating madness
Lawrence M. Krauss CONTEXT: ...the above. While railing against the possible development of nuclear capabilities in Iran, and refusing to negotiate with North Korea, Washington officials apparently kept... Nature Physics 2, 575-575 |
| 19. |
Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control?
François Chappuis, Shyam Sundar, Asrat Hailu, Hashim Ghalib, Suman Rijal, Rosanna W. Peeling, Jorge Alvar, Marleen Boelaert SUMMARY: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a systemic protozoan disease that is transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. Poor and neglected populations in East Africa and the Indian sub-continent are particula CONTEXT: ...cases varies, being 1:2.6 to 11:1 in Sudan, 4:1 in Kenya, 5.6:1 in Ethiopia, 13:1 in Iran, 8:1 to 18:1 in Brazil and 50:1 in Spain. It is of utmost importance for vaccine... Nature Reviews Microbiology , S7-S16 |
| 20. |
Oil Transport in the Middle East
CONTEXT: ...situated in Iran and Iraq. In Iraq the principal producing field is in the neighbourhood of Kirkup to the east of the Tigris and 145 miles north of Bagdad. In Iran, oil is... Nature 140, 312-312 |
| 21. |
Cell Signaling News - Signaling Update - Signaling Gateway
CONTEXT: ...retract papers co-authored by Iran's science and education minister Kamran Daneshjou, a professor in the school of mechanical engineering at the Iran University of Science &... Signaling Gateway |
| 22. |
Cell Signaling News - February - Signaling Update - Signaling Gateway
CONTEXT: ...of the Treasury has ruled that editing or publishing scientific manuscripts from Iran, Libya, Sudan and Cuba violates the trade embargo on these countries. And US publishers... Signaling Gateway |
| 23. |
Cell Signaling News - Signaling Update - Signaling Gateway
CONTEXT: ...freedom under threat in Iran The jailing of three US Iranian academics raises concerns about a growing threat to the freedom of research in Iran. Nature (21 June 2007) |... Signaling Gateway |
| 24. |
One problem at a time
Alexandra Moreno-Borchart SUMMARY: Building research capacities in developing countries is necessary for economic success in the long term. But the numerous problems in doing so have to be CONTEXT: ...and the resolve of governments are crucial in building capacities, as the example of Iran illustrates. The country has experienced a tremendous increase in the number of... EMBO reports 5, 127-130 |
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The case for a regulated system of living kidney sales
Abdallah S Daar SUMMARY: The Iranian model of kidney transplantation, whereby donors are paid by a government-sponsored agency, has eliminated the waiting list completely. Elsewhere, black markets for kidneys CONTEXT: ...Paid transplants are currently available only to those who can afford them—except in Iran. The Iranian model of state-sponsored, transparent, noncommercial, middleman-free... Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 2, 600-601 |
| 26. |
The case against a regulated system of living kidney sales
Vivekanand Jha, Kirpal S Chugh SUMMARY: Could the shortage of transplantable kidneys in the developed world be reduced by allowing willing individuals to sell their organs? To answer this question, the CONTEXT: ...a remarkable paucity of outcome data from such transplantations. Some reports from Iran have claimed success rates equivalent to living related donor transplantations;... Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 2, 466-467 |
| 27. |
Passive plus active HBV immunization gives better protection than vaccine alone
CONTEXT: ...of perinatal administration of combined active and passive HBV immunoprophylaxis in Iran, where the prevalence of HBV is <3% (intermediate). The study cohort included 823... Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology 4, 124-125 |
| 28. |
Research Items
CONTEXT: ...to Merv, either by Samarkand or Balkh. From Merv it runs west and south across north Iran to Seleucia-Ctesiphon, just below the modern Bagdad, crosses the Euphrates at... Nature 139, 554-555 |
| 29. |
A New Method in Biogeography
B. P. UVAROV CONTEXT: ...This fauna populates southern Europe, North Africa and south-western Asia up to Iran and Afghanistan. Only a few Mediterranean elements penetrate farther east to the... Nature 139, 492-494 |
| 30. |
Research Items
CONTEXT: Bronzes from Iran and Elsewhere AMONG a number of bronzes from Iran, Iraq and Asia Minor selected because they represent types not hitherto in the British Museum (Bloomsbury),... Nature 139, 846-848 |
| 31. |
Forthcoming Books of Science
CONTEXT: ...and Co., Ltd. Archaeological Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Iran —Sir Aurel Stein. The Irish Countryman —Dr. C. M. Arensberg. The Rengma Nagas —J.... Nature 139, 464-466 |
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Reports and other Publications
CONTEXT: ...No. 32: Hemiptera from Iraq, Iran and Arabia. By W. E. China. Pp. 427-438. 15 cents. Zoological Series, Vol. 20, No. 33: Orthoptera from Iraq and Iran. ByB.P. Uvarov. Pp.... Nature 142, 628-628 |
| 33. |
Indian Science Congress Association
CONTEXT: ...the North-West Frontier Province, the Salt Range, Kashmir, Tibet, Burma, and western Iran. In the Samana Range (North-West Frontier Province) the Hangu Shale, with its rich... Nature 145, 469-471 |
| 34. |
Geophysical Methods in Geology
CONTEXT: ...in Iran, and Dr. A. F. Hallimond, who described the magnetic work of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. In using the seismic refraction method in Iran, the recording... Nature 149, 690-691 |
| 35. |
Control of Typhus
G. LAPAGE CONTEXT: ...years, and that the 1941 figures were exceeded in the early months of 1942. Typhus in Iran was the subject of an address by Col. Faruqi, I.M.S., to the recently formed... Nature 153, 536-538 |
| 36. |
The Ancient as an Historic Culture Aggregate
K. RISHBETH CONTEXT: ...from Greece and Iran, and it gave its adherents the oppor tunity to throw off the Helenic, Sassanian and Christian yokes. The impetus carried Islam from Iran and Irak... Nature 158, 387-387 |
| 37. |
The North Afghan Border Tribes
A. H. KEANE CONTEXT: ...region. From before the dawn of history constituting a natural parting line between Iran and Turan, it has, nevertheless, been so repeatedly crossed and re-crossed by the... Nature 31, 220-223 |
| 38. |
Das Antlitz der Erde La Face de la Terre
J. J. H. T. CONTEXT: ...the festoon-like arrangement of the adjacent islands, on the Ganges, the Indus and in Iran. The bows may be strongly or weakly bent, crowded together or separated from each... Nature 65, 145-148 |
| 39. |
The Sea of Aral
H. N. D. CONTEXT: ...Aral Expedition," 1902; and "Historical Geography of Iran," 1903: Berthold, by the way, is of opinion that the climate of Iran and Turan, so far as can be gathered from... Nature 82, 13-14 |
| 40. |
Free trials: librarian gateway@npg
CONTEXT: ...Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (North) Korea (South) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia... Librarian Gateway |
| 41. |
NPG communications e-mail alert: librarian gateway@npg
CONTEXT: ...Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (North) Korea (South) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia... Librarian Gateway |
| 42. |
Cell Signaling News - May - Signaling Update - Signaling Gateway
CONTEXT: ...research group. Yet that's what Alison Abbott found on a recent trip to Iran. Nature (19 May 2005) | Full Text | Stem-cell niches: It's the ecology, stupid! Stem cells... Signaling Gateway |
| 43. |
Cell Signaling News - February - Signaling Update - Signaling Gateway
CONTEXT: ...Cell biologist Mina Bissell left Iran at age eighteen and embarked on a career in American science. Her fearless approach and unconventional thinking have helped shape ideas... Signaling Gateway |
| 44. |
Cell Signaling News - Signaling Update - Signaling Gateway
CONTEXT: ...A review paper by Massoumeh Ebtekar, the former vice-president of Iran and an immunologist at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, is to be retracted from an Iranian... Signaling Gateway |
| 45. |
Toxins for terrorists
Holger Breithaupt SUMMARY: Do scientists act illegally when sending out potentially dangerous material? CONTEXT: ...or means of delivery [...]'. Since then, nearly all countries, including Iraq, Iran and Libya, have signed and ratified the convention. Interestingly, North Korea is one of... EMBO Reports 1, 298-301 |
| 46. |
A Hippocratic Oath for life scientists: A Hippocratic-style oath in the life sciences could help to educate researchers about the dangers of dual-use research
James Revill, Malcolm R Dando CONTEXT: ...biological weapons issues" (United Nations, 2005a). Several nations, including the UK, Iran, the USA and Japan, referred to the need to raise awareness, which is... EMBO reports 7, S55-S60 |
| 47. |
Stem-cell research: the state of the art
Sven Pompe, Michael Bader, Christof Tannert SUMMARY: Future regulations of embryonic-stem-cell research will be influenced more by economic interests and cultural history than by ethical concerns CONTEXT: ...Similarly, Knowles (2004) has highlighted other countries in the Middle East, such as Iran; the Royan Institute for reproductive biomedicine research in Tehran created a... EMBO reports 6, 297-300 |
| 48. |
Mastering science in the South
Maurizio Iaccarino SUMMARY: To develop much-needed research capacity, developing countries cannot rely on the industrialized world, but have to find their own specific solutions CONTEXT: ...and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The founding member countries are Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Pakistan and Turkey. Kuwait and Libya are, for the... EMBO reports 5, 437-441 |
| 49. |
Recruiting the younger generation to science
Péter Csermely SUMMARY: A Network of Youth Excellence and communication strategies for high-school student researchers CONTEXT: ...In 2002, similar movements from Belarus, Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,... EMBO reports 4, 825-828 |
| 50. |
Notes on Contributors
CONTEXT: ...the University of Central Florida. His most recent books are US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and Controversies in American... International Politics 45, 228-229 |
| 51. |
The Worst Allies, Except for All the Others: US-European relations in the age of George W. Bush
Mary Elise Sarotte SUMMARY: Any nuanced assessment of current transatlantic tensions requires an awareness of their historical context. An understanding of the legacy of the Cold War in particular helps to answer the follo CONTEXT: ...states. With the burden of restructuring in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the worry about Iran, doing so will obviously be difficult. However, there is no way to avoid the fact... International Politics 45, 310-324 |
| 52. |
America in Britain's Place: A Polemic on not Being Anglo-Saxon
A J R Groom SUMMARY: Although many analysts on the European continent use the term Anglo-Saxon to refer to a presumed close political association between Britain and the United States, the fact is that for more than CONTEXT: ...pressure to bring about British withdrawal from Palestine and Egypt, as well as from Iran. Matters came to a head in the folly of the Suez crisis in which Britain and France... International Politics 45, 254-265 |
| 53. |
Seduce Me: Kagan, Power, the US and Europe
Christopher Jones SUMMARY: As man and woman ‘are supposed to be different’, one being from Mars and the other from Venus as Gray put it, so it is important to recognize that Europe and the United States ar CONTEXT: ...of US power to modify the actions and policies of Saddam Hussein; and the situation in Iran is one more case of a denial of US power. In each of these cases bar the last... International Politics 45, 266-275 |
| 54. |
Bringing Policy-Making Structure Back In: Why are the US and the EU Pursuing Different Foreign Policies?
Sergio Fabbrini, Daniela Sicurelli SUMMARY: While the major feature defining United States’ (US) foreign policy since the Cold War has been the use of coercive means such as military power and economic sanctions, the European Unio CONTEXT: ...the countries where the US has recently imposed sanctions are its main foes, such as Iran, Iraq, North Korea and Syria. The EU has proved less oriented than the US towards... International Politics 45, 292-309 |
| 55. |
Notes on Contributors
CONTEXT: ...and religion and politics, with a focus on the United States, Europe, Turkey and Iran. Recent publications include Negotiating Europe: The politics of religion and the... International Politics 44, 753-754 |
| 56. |
Corrigendum
CONTEXT: ...Center (DDRC), Dr Shariati Hospital, University of Tehran/Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abstract T3:PS.42 The version printed on page S141 of the abstract book was... International Journal of Obesity 32, 1452-1453 |
| 57. |
CommentaryGenocide: can we predict, prevent, and protect?
Elihu D Richter CONTEXT: ...the basis of proposals for indicting the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for his calls to wipe Israel off the map (6). He uses many of the... Journal of Public Health Policy 29, 265-274 |
| 58. |
In the Name of Global Health: Trends in Academic Institutions
Sarah B Macfarlane, Marian Jacobs, Ephata E Kaaya SUMMARY: This paper describes accelerating development of programs in global health, particularly in North American academic institutions, and sets this phenomenon in the context of earlier programs in t CONTEXT: ...Netherlands, and UK; Canada and US; Australia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Philippines, Sudan, Taiwan, and Thailand.... Journal of Public Health Policy 29, 383-401 |
| 59. |
Book Review
Sergut Wolde-Johannes, Phyllis Freeman CONTEXT: ...to eliminate polio from India introduces readers to Naysan Sahba (a Canadian born in Iran and raised in India), who works with UNICEF's Sudeep Gadok Singh from India's... Journal of Public Health Policy 27, 105-111 |
| 60. |
Laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy: a call to action
Soroush Rais-Bahrami, Louis R Kavoussi SUMMARY: Despite advances in immunosuppressive regimens, expansion of donor acceptability criteria and introduction of paired kidney donation programs, the disparity between the number of patients awaiting CONTEXT: ...A somewhat controversial tactic that has been adopted in some countries, such as Iran, is rewarded gifting. This is a process by which donors are given a 'reward'—usually... Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 4, 176-177 |
| 61. |
Whither agbiotechnology?
L Val Giddings SUMMARY: What will the agbiotech landscape look like in 2016? And what form will the 'doubly green' revolution take? CONTEXT: ...different as the technology diffuses overseas. The success of biotech rice in Iran, and its imminent success in China, signal a looming transformation in the global... Nature Biotechnology 24, 274-276 |
| 62. |
References
CONTEXT: ...machines dedication in reducing Hepatitis C transmission in the dialysis setting in Iran: a multicenter prospective interventional study. BMC Nephrol 2004; 5:... Kidney International 73, S91-S99 |
| 63. |
We all fall down
Tanith Lee SUMMARY: A trail of scarlet. CONTEXT: ...Reports of sewers blocked. Also in Paris, France, Manhattan and Bristol, UK ... Iran (International web-exchange) Desert blooms as roses break through dunes ... Pictures... Nature Physics 4, 976-976 |
| 64. |
Nurturing science in developing countries
SUMMARY: High standards in scientific education and research should not be the privilege of those who can afford to attend prestigious universities. Physicists in Trieste are CONTEXT: ...to the problems of that region. I worry about a big fault line that runs from Iran all the way to Vietnam. If an earthquake happened near a main city along this fault it... Nature Materials 5, 843-845 |
| 65. |
The Turks of Central Asia in History and at the Present Day: An Ethnological Inquiry into the Pan-Turanian Problem, and Bibliographical Material relating to the Early Turks and the Present Turks of Central Asia
HENRY H. HOWORTH CONTEXT: ...of the settled people, were respectively known to the Persian writers as Turan and Iran. This Western section is generally known 35 the Western Turks, and-was perhaps the... Nature 104, 273-274 |
| 66. |
Official Publications Received
CONTEXT: ...och Fysik utgivet av K. Svenska Veteiiskapsakademien. Band 19A, No. 16, Meddelande Iran Lunds Astronomiska Observatorium, No. 109: On Star Streams. By C. V. L. Charlier. Pp.... Nature 118, 791-791 |
| 67. |
The Geographical Position of the British Empire
VAUGHAN CORNISH CONTEXT: ...great rivers and plain, is in such striking contrast to the mountains and plateau of Iran that we are apt to lose sight of the fact that, climatically, it more resembles the... Nature 112, 593-596 |
| 68. |
Official Publications Received
CONTEXT: ...jatnte anstaltens arsberattelse. Pp. 97. 2.50 kr. (Stockholm.) Meddelanden Iran Statens Meteorologisk-Hydrografiska Anstalt. Band a, No. 6: Om stormar vid Svealanda och... Nature 117, 776-776 |
| 69. |
Orientalists at Oxford
CONTEXT: ...the Far East, Prof. W. E. Soothill; (6) (a): 1. Ancient India, 2. Modern India; (b) Iran, Armenia, and the Caucasus, Prof. F. W. Thomas; (7) Hebrew and Aramaic, Prof. G. A.... Nature 122, 383-384 |
| 70. |
Ancient Persia and Iranian Civilisation
CONTEXT: ...book on ancient Persia contains a very good account of the cultural history of old Iran. A vivid picture of the country, and an account of the scripts in which Persian texts... Nature 120, 115-115 |
| 71. |
[News and Views]
CONTEXT: ...cognate subjects, Egypt and Africa, Central and Northern Asia, the Far East, India and Iran, including the Indo-European languages of Asia, the Old Testament, the language,... Nature 120, 196-201 |
| 72. |
Dairy of Societies
CONTEXT: ...cognate subjects, Egypt and Africa, Central and Northern Asia, the Far East, India and Iran, including the Indo-European Languages of Asia, the Old Testament, the Language,... Nature 120, 248-248 |
| 73. |
Diary of Societies
CONTEXT: ...cognate subjects, Egypt and Africa, Central and Northern Asia, the Far East, India and Iran, including the Indo-Euiopeaii Languages of Asia, the Old Testament, the Language,... Nature 120, 284-284 |
| 74. |
Diary of Societies
CONTEXT: ...subjects, Egypt and Africa, Central and Northern Asia, the o/ Far East, India and Iran, including the Indo-European Languages S of Asia, the Old Testament, the Language,... Nature 120, 320-320 |
| 75. |
Research Items.
CONTEXT: ...within the range of distribution from the Baltic to the Persian Gulf, probably Iran. Pedigrees of Retinitis Pigmentosa.-Two pedigrees of retinitis pigmentosa have been... Nature 126, 701-703 |
| 76. |
Weltgeschichte der Steinzeit
M. C. BURKITT CONTEXT: ...core-culture is the Campigmian which it is suggested may have been cradled in Iran. Prof. Menghin will not tolerate the idea that essentially it is a northern culture. The... Nature 127, 843-845 |
| 77. |
Research Items.
CONTEXT: ...Sungas, Andhras and Greeks from Bactria, and at a later stage Sakas and Pahlavas from Iran, and secondly the rise and decline of the Kushan empire. Southern India is... Nature 125, 543-545 |
| 78. |
Racial Distributions and Archæology
CONTEXT: ...power of the acquisition of the horse.Hence their movements were turned towards Iran and India, in directions in which con ditions were suitable, rather than to the... Nature 133, 503-504 |
| 79. |
Art and Mythology in Asia
CONTEXT: ...as Vedic times. The deva, the resplendent ones, of Sanskrit, are the div or demons of Iran, and to deities of India such as Indra, Sarva, Nasatya are specifically attributed... Nature 132, 158-160 |
| 80. |
Presentation to Sir Denison Ross
CONTEXT: ...He was the guest of the Iranian Government on the occasion of the festivities held in Iran, in honour of the millenary of Firdausi, the national poet of Persia. The gold... Nature 135, 835-835 |
| 81. |
Announcements
CONTEXT: ...and 7. The subject of Prof. Herzfeld's lectures will be "The Archaeological History of Iran". PROF. W. L. BRAGG, Langworthy professor of physics in the University of... Nature 134, 846-846 |
| 82. |
Faraday's Eyesight and the Blind Spot
CONTEXT: ...Laboratory, c/o Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., Masjid-i-Sulieman, via Ahwaz, South Iran, suggests that the quotation in NATURE indicates that "Faraday had discovered his... Nature 136, 542-542 |
| 83. |
Botanical Acquisitions at the British Museum
CONTEXT: ...has received 430 plants collected by Miss Nancy Lindsay and Mrs. A. Fullerton in Iran, principally from the Elburz Mountains, an area which has been little worked. The... Nature 137, 394-394 |
| 84. |
Iranian Studies
CONTEXT: ...ground at least, students and others will welcome the announcement that friends of Iran have founded a society for the study of Iranian art on the lines of the Socie'te' des... Nature 137, 811-811 |
| 85. |
Official Publications Received
CONTEXT: ...Indica, New Series, Vol. 22, Memoir No. 2: Fossil Mollusca from Southern Persia (Iran) and Bahrein Island. By L. R. Cox. Pp. v+69+8 plates. (Calcutta: Geological Survey of... Nature 138, 696-696 |
| 86. |
Official Publications Received
CONTEXT: ...Vol. 22, Memoir No. 3: On Bajocian Ammonites and Belemnites from Eastern Persia (Iran). By Dr. L. F. Spath. Pp. vi+21 + 1 plate. (Calcutta: Geological Survey of India.) 1.2... Nature 138, 734-734 |
| 87. |
Archæological Expeditions to the East
CONTEXT: ...for the East of two archaeological expeditions is announced, one proceeding to Iran and Afghanistan, and the other to Aden. Of these the former, conducted by Mr. Arthur... Nature 143, 552-553 |
| 88. |
Royal Geographical Society: Awards
CONTEXT: ...J. V. Harrison, for many years' exploration in Central and South America and Southern Iran. Nature 143, 555-555 |
| 89. |
Petroleum and World Politics
J. D. FALCONER CONTEXT: ...Peru Trinidad . Argentine 46,700 30,700 20,200 17,700 15,600 15,300tr.s.s.E. Venezuela Iran Dutch Indies Rumania They quote General Serrigny's recent estimate in round... Nature 143, 692-692 |
| 90. |
Notes
CONTEXT: ...texts. These languages he styled Susi-Medic, which, he said, were spoken in Iran and Khusistan centuries before the Persians bore rule in these countries. A series of... Nature 14, 442-444 |
| 91. |
Egyptian University Scientific Expedition to South-West Arabia
S. A. Huzayyin CONTEXT: ...areas in Asia and Africa. Already interesting links are being worked out with Iran and the west Deccan. Local differences have also been worked out within both Yaman and... Nature 140, 513-514 |
| 92. |
Official Publications Received
CONTEXT: ...Museum of Natural History. Botanical Series, Vol. 9, No. 3: Useful Plants and Drugs of Iran and Iraq. By David Hooper, with Notes by Henry Field. (Publication 387.) Pp.... Nature 140, 378-378 |
| 93. |
British Museum (Bloomsbury): Recent Acquisitions
CONTEXT: ...the Persian Government from the finds of his journeys of archaeological exploration in Iran should be sent to the British Museum, and the pottery and sherds from his third... Nature 140, 801-802 |
| 94. |
Forthcoming Events
CONTEXT: ...Society).Sir Aurel Stein: "A Journey of Archaeological Exploration in South West Iran (1935-36)". Friday, November 12 ROYAL INSTITUTION, at 9.Sir Daniel Hall, K.C.B.,... Nature 140, 822-822 |
| 95. |
Official Publications Received
CONTEXT: ...Palseontologia Indica, New Series, Vol. 22, Memoir No. 5: Cambrian Trilobites from Iran (Persia). By W. B. R. King. Pp. iv+22 + 2 plates. (Calcutta: Geological Survey of... Nature 140, 864-864 |
| 96. |
Tendencies of World Power Development
E. F. Armstrong CONTEXT: ...share of the United States has declined, though the production of Venezuela, Rumania, Iran and Iraq has assumed greater importance. There is always a change in the... Nature 140, 706-707 |
| 97. |
Sir Aurel Stein in Southern Persia
CONTEXT: ...and the Royal Central Asian Society on November 11. In recording his farewell to Iran, Sir Aurel mentioned that in five years he had covered close on five thousand miles on... Nature 140, 885-885 |
| 98. |
Forthcoming Books of Science
CONTEXT: ...D. A. E. Garrod (vol. 1) and Miss D. M. A. Bate (vol. 2). The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran E. S. Drower. The Lachish Letters (vol. 1) Prof. H. Torczyner, Lankester Harding,... Nature 140, 638-640 |
| 99. |
Prof. A. O. Rankine, O.B.E., F.R.S.
CONTEXT: ...geophysical surveying in the country formerly known as Persia and now to be called Iran. In the development of geophysical science, Prof. Rankine has played a notable part,... Nature 139, 830-830 |
| 100. |
Official Publications Received
CONTEXT: ...New Series, Vol. 22, Memoir No. 6: A Permo-Carboniferous Fauna from South-West Persia (Iran). By Dr. J. A. Douglas. Pp. v + 59+5 plates. (Calcutta: Geological Survey of... Nature 139, 940-940 |
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