Showing 11 results for Signs
Volume 1, Issue 2 (12-2019)
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Aims: Urban spatial planning may be defined as the spatial planning in the geographical location of the city, based on the approach of providing the needs of inhabitants within the geographic spaces, following the recreation of the roles and functions of urban elements. By planning identity signs in urban spaces, it is meant to make the safety and security of the city sustainable. By identifying the emotional, psychological, and educational needs of citizens, visual discipline is created; by planning the identity signs of city’s index and planning the signs, vitality is created for citizens; and in completion, with city architecture, facade and urban landscape will be managed in such a way that the citizens' mental and objective needs are met. Given the role of signs in the city, the question of this study is in what situations, will signs meet the need for security and self-awareness of the inhabitants? In what situations, are vitality and beauty transmitted to the citizens and affect the city's atmosphere? Applying a descriptive-analytical method and using library studies as well as available documents, this study examined the planning of urban signs to achieve the main function of the sign.
Conclusion: Signs in urban spaces with appropriate planning can have positive effects and meet citizens' needs for self-awareness, security, education, etc. In this regard, convergence should be created among decision makers, urban managers, and culture, community, economics, politics, and geography of the urban space of citizens.
Volume 4, Issue 16 (9-2007)
Abstract
Parsanasab (Gholam). M.,PH.D
Abstract:
Examining the constituents of a literary work and disovering its governing rules helps us understand the text’s internal structures and identify its constituent parts. In this paper, I set to analyze the component parts of the
Masnavi’s satires through a structural approach and show which one of these elements is more effective in building the satires. Furthermore, I will try to identify the main element or elements of the
Masnavi satires’ grace so that we can determine which of the four dimensions of language, content, structure, and eloquence has been most influenced by Molavi’s satiric taste.
Sanaz Mojarrad,
Volume 7, Issue 28 (12-2014)
Abstract
There is a tradition in Persian poems which poet at the beginning of his poem express his beliefs and answer to his opponents. Some poets represent these beliefs as tales. These parts mostly are out of the main body of the poem. Among Attars Neishaboury poems there are ten tales at the beginning of Mosibat-nameh. The content of these tales are defending of truth of his religious beliefs , answering to his opponents, explaining the value of poem and poesy. the structure of these tales are the form (tension, trying, conclusion) and two subsidiaries of this form and eliminate or changing these parts highlight the narratives opinion. Signs have more important role in making the structures. The signs which are used in these tales are: choosing the character, choosing the time and place, starting the tales with conjunction, the speed of act and react. Designing value equaition, Use the pronoun and quoting the speech of saints.
Volume 11, Issue 4 (10-2023)
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Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of a combination of music therapy and breathing exercises on anxiety and physiological parameters in patients using mechanical ventilation.
Materials & Methods: The sample of this randomized controlled trial included 70 patients assigned to a treatment group of 35 patients and a control group of 35 patients. The proposed intervention was a combination of music therapy and deep breathing exercises carried out for 30 minutes twice a day for five days at 09:00 AM and 4:00 PM. In patients receiving mechanical ventilation, the following settings were used: synchronized intermittent mechanical ventilation, adaptive support ventilation, pressure support ventilation, continuous positive airway pressure, and duo positive airway pressure. Measurement of anxiety levels was done by the State-Trait Concern Inventory (Form Y) and assessing physiological parameters, such as blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, and oxygen saturation. Data analysis was done using the paired t-test, Wilcoxon test, Mann-Whitney U test, and MANOVA at p<0.05.
Findings: Differences were observed between the two groups in anxiety levels (p=0.001), heart rate (p=0.001), and respiration rate (p=0.001). There were no differences between the two groups in systolic blood pressure (p=0.549), diastolic blood pressure (p=0.891), mean arterial pressure (p=0.571), and oxygen saturation (p=0.827).
Conclusion: The combination of music therapy with deep breathing exercises affects patient anxiety and physiological parameters with minimal risks.
Volume 12, Issue 2 (5-2021)
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One element of the creation of meaning in fiction is the place element. In order for the author to be able to use the element of place as an important tool to construct and reinforce the intended meaning, he reduces the reference and objective meaning of place. Abstract places can be important in some literary genres due to their imaginative and transcendental nature. This article seeks to examine the types of places depicted in the Malakout novel by Bahram Sadeghi in a descriptive-analytical way and with a semiotic-semantic approach. Then, while classifying these places, we will try to answer this question that how much the place element has served to induce the author's intended meanings. The results of this research show that Bahram Sadeghi in his novel has recreated the myth of creation in a creative way and implicitly represents the desperate atmosphere of society in the post-coup period of 28 August 1332 in the mentioned myth. To achieve this goal, he paid special attention to the element of place and Therefore, by using scary and imaginary spaces and by using all kinds of narrative, phenomenal, spiral and transcendental places, it has portrayed the failure, despair and hopelessness of the society.
Volume 13, Issue 5 (12-2022)
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This study offers a re-reading of Ken Kesey’s oeuvre, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, employing Deleuze and Guattari’s semiotics of Face and their concept of regime of signs; it tries to map the workings of Face as an impersonal despotic system that emerges from the mixture of two regimes of signs that facilitates surveillance, discrimination and control. It also pinpoints the potentiality and activities of escape from this system, and the emergence of signs of disruptive faciality. Analyzing the facial activities of three characters in the novel, namely, Nurse Ratched, Chief Bromden and Randel McMurphy, the study elaborates on the following facial aspects: the State’s policies of facialization in Nurse Ratched; the schizoid experience of faciality in Chief Bromden and the suspense of the face system in McMurphy. Besides the produced mappings, the reader also meets a set of newly conceptualized functionalities of faces, contributed by the particular signs this context provides, namely, the catatonic face, the synaptic face and the carnivalesque faces.
Volume 13, Issue 6 (3-2022)
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Javaheri, as one of the famous contemporary Arab poets, has spoken using the Quranic signs of novel productions in the world. Analyzing the poems of this poet based on the tension system and the elements of disconnection and disconnection can reveal the context of discovering the way of saying and the act of persuading the audience by this poet. In a system of tension, layers of pressure and scope create a pattern in communication and interaction with each other and form the structure of discourse. The present study, with a descriptive-analytical approach and the application of a stress model, tries to analyze the process of narration in poems adapted from Quranic symbols of the jewel. Based on this, four topics of Quranic concepts used in the poems were selected and while explaining the relationship between the poems and the verses of the narration process based on patterns of tension, connection and disconnection of discourse were examined. The results show that in some jewelry subjects, by using the elements of discourse connection from the said domain to the center of energy density, the movement and the process of producing meaning is directed from the range to the pressure to create an emotional flow for the audience. Some of the topics in this trend are completely reversed.
In this research, the semantic sign analysis of Javaheri's narration process in poems adapted from Quranic signs has been discussed and investigated based on the tension approach. This research aims to analyze the process of using two emotional and cognitive aspects in the direction of narration by Javaheri in poems adapted from Quranic concepts by applying the theory of semiotics in the discourse system (tension scheme).
Accordingly, the most important questions of this research are:
1. Why do Javaheri's poems and his speech create tension in the poems adapted from Quranic concepts and have a fluid aspect in the studied work?
2. What is the role of the two elements of discursive connection and disconnection in semantic expansion and contraction and tension scheme in Javaheri's poems?
This research is based on the hypothesis that Javaheri does not follow a description of the world, the creation of man, the death and the narration of Moses in his poems, but in the lower layers of words, he has produced poetry and speech by recreating Quranic concepts.
This essay, with a descriptive and analytical approach, seeks to analyze the process of narration in the poems adapted from the Quranic symbols in describing the world, human creation, death and the narration of Moses by using the tension model, while explaining the relationship between the poems and the verses of the process to examine discourse based on tension scheme, discourse connection and disconnection.
The novelty of the research is that in relation to the analysis of some Quranic concepts in Javaheri's poems based on the tension system and elements of discursive connection and disconnection in order to discover the reproduction of Quranic concepts, no research has been done yet, and this research tries to do it.
The results obtained after analyzing the sign-semantic process of the verses showed that in the verses adapted from Quranic concepts, Quranic signs together with other signs have formed a process that is directly responsible for the production of meaning.
These signs have caused the formation and production of large semantic collections in Javaheri's verses and have created fluid and dynamic types. In Javaheri's verses, where the Quranic signs are mentioned in re-creating concepts such as: human creation and death, the tension diagram is in a descending state. In this model, the emotional stress has been reduced and the cognitive range has been increased. The reason for this is that Javaheri is trying to convey to the audience that these matters are not merely emotional matters, but small matters and are located in the external world of language; But the same poet in the verses that refer to the story of Prophet Moses and seeks to express the concept of changing the status quo by using emotional pressure and increasing energy, follows an upward trend in the tension pattern in order to arouse the emotions of the audience to change the current condition. Therefore, it can be said that in the tension atmosphere of Javaheri's verses, both ascending and descending patterns have been used.
Also, in Javaheri's verses, the point was made that some of the cases were formed by overcoming the discursive connection of the disjunctive space and moving from the center of the speaker to the spoken environment to expand the discourse to new spaces, times and actors and moving the tension pattern from pressure to the extension. This state can be seen in verses with the topics of human creation and death. Instead, in topics such as the description of the world, the movement is formed from the speaker to the speaker and approaches the center of energy and increasing emotional pressure and the constriction of discourse.
By creating a tension atmosphere and creating a relationship between cognitive scope and emotional pressure in the verses adapted from Quranic concepts, Javaheri has been able to shape the act of speech for the purpose of persuasion and pursue the re-creation of meaning effectively.
Volume 14, Issue 2 (7-2010)
Abstract
Integrated circuits are the core components of any digital equipment, in the information technology era. Due to heavy money and time investment needed to establish the integrated circuit industry, the ease of copying the layout-designs on a fraction of original expenses, and the disability of existing copyright and industrial property regimes to protect the right holders, the industrial countries adopted a sui generis form of intellectual property right. This article is directed to discuss the conditions that layout-designs of integrated circuits should fulfill to be entitled for the intellectual property protection. Furthermore, the creator duties, which are required by Washington Treaty 1989 and TRIPs Agreement 1994, and some selected national jurisdictions to be eligible to exercise his rights will be studied in details.
Volume 14, Issue 4 (10-2023)
Abstract
The theme of animal farm story by George Orwell is political- social in which, the collaboration among main characters in the path of formation a same and unique aim (independent animal society), is clear completely. This type collaboration, in the following, leads to appear a revolution and create an independent animal society in the bounds of some obligatory paradigms. But, in the following of narration, each of the characters indicates a special marked actions towards the independent animal society which challenges the expectation for integrity in life styles and also how it is approached in this story.
The aim of this research which is an analytic- comparative research, is analyzing and considering the life style in Animal Farm story, based on the Eric Landowski’s life style pattern (French social Semioticion), while determining the integrity or differences in life style discourse in this story, also explaining how it is approached, that includes some items: stationary, dynamic, repetirion oriented and processing or non-processing.
The results of this research show that according to author’s prediction, life style discourse in this story, is shown in a different form. In between, the life style of cameleon and central group and life style of ours have the most and the least frequency, respectively ands also in the most cases, the approach of life style in this story is stationary and non- processing .
1. Introduction
Animal Farm story by George Orwell has a political- social theme in which there are relatively abundant characters. This story narrates the history of those animals in the form “fable”, which get together for a same goal and create a revolution in a farm to form a civil society with specific and obligatory principles. But each of animals , gradually indicates meaningful actions towards this created society and because of repetition of these actions, can be considered as a life style. That’s why this research aims to recognizes and analyzes how life style is shown in this story according to Landowski’s pattern which presents the pattern of four life styles.
Research Question(s)
With regard to mentioned items, this research aims to answer the following questions:
- according to the grouping the life styles in Landowski’s pattern, what is the approach of subjet’s life style in terms of being unique or different, in Animal Farm story?
- Is the process of formation of life style in Animal Farm story dynamic or a kind of repetition oriented or stationary and non- processual?
- Is subjects’ life style different in this story and which life style do subjects select among Landowski’s life style pattern?
2. Literature Review
This research has been carried out based on Eric Landowski’s four life styles pattern that defines four life styles: Dandy, Snob, Cameleon, bear , in relatin to a central group. With regard to searching different scientific websites, no similar research has been done in this case.
3. Methodology
The methodology of this research is analytic- comparative, based on Eric Landowski’s life style pattern. This research aims to study main 14 characters in Animal Farm story in terms of their life style.
4. Results
The results of this research show that according to author’s prediction, life style discourse in this story, is shown in a different form.Among them, the life style of cameleon and central group and life style of bear have the most and the least frequency, respectively and also in the most cases, the approach of life style in this story is stationary and non- processual .
Table 1
Frequency of lifestyle(s) of subjects in their narrative and lifestyle approach
subject |
Arrangement of life styles of subjects in narrative |
The approach of life styles of subjects |
Snowball |
Central group |
Non-processual- stationary |
Napoleon |
Cameleon- Dandy |
Processual- dunamic |
Ship |
Snob |
Non-processual- stationary |
Boxer |
Central group |
Non-processual- stationary |
Molli |
bear- Cameleon- bear |
Processual- repetition oriented |
Squealer |
Cameleon- Dandy |
Processual- dynamic |
Benjamin |
Cameleon |
Non-processual- stationary |
Major |
Central group |
Non-processual- stationary |
Clover |
Central group |
Non-processual- stationary |
Farm cat |
Cameleon |
Non-processual- stationary |
Moses |
Cameleon- Dandy- Cameleon |
Processual- repetition oriented |
Dogs |
Snob |
Non-processual- stationary |
Moriel |
Central group |
Non-processual- stationary |
Other animals |
Central group |
Non-processual- stationary |
Volume 15, Issue 4 (12-2011)
Abstract
Considering the widespread and rapid developments in the field of Internet services, the paper registration of industrial property seems time consuming, expensive and exotic.
National, regional and international intellectual property offices, in line with the regulations, with understanding of these realities have paved the way for electronic registration of industrial property subjects such as patents, trademarks and industrial designs.
In the executive regulations of the Law of Patents, industrial designs and trademarks of Iran, the electronic registration has been provided, but the Industrial Property Office has not yet done any actions in this regard.
The present article, through explaining the concept, scope, status and benefits of electronic registration as well as the national and international experiences, seeks to acquaint our legal community and Industrial Property Office with electronic registration. It also suggests that advances in information technology should be used to develop electronic services, and that by using the technical services, assistance and advice of international organizations, especially world intellectual property organization, fundamental and serious steps can be taken in the field of electronic registration.
Volume 18, Issue 7 (12-2016)
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Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is a new trend in educational sciences. This study investigates how knowledge sharing and transferring can be facilitated by using CSCL in a problem-solving setting. Intervention of research is education regarding Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWRM) by Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). The purpose of this research was to determine whether change of knowledge was accomplished after utilization of CSCL in agricultural MSc. and PhD. students of Science and Research Branch University, Ahwaz, Iran. Education by CSCL was accomplished in a two-week period. As a part of the experimental design, 173 university students were randomly assigned and divided to four groups. The first group with 43 students was labeled pretest-posttest treatment group (E). The second group, with 44 students, labeled pretest-posttest control group (C1), only received face to face education, which was known as the control group. Thus, we compared the effect of the treatment between the first and second group. The third group as the posttest-only treatment group (C2) received the CSCL, with 44 students, and the fourth group as posttest-only control group (C3) with 42 students did not receive the treatment. The results showed that there was significant difference between posttests knowledge score of C2 and C3, and E and C1. Also, there was a significant difference between pretest and posttest in the experimental group. This result indicated the impact of treatment (CSCL) on the knowledge level of students. In addition, F-test analysis showed there were significant differences among posttests in all groups.