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The current study suggests the utilization of steel wool as an extended anode electrode in an electrochemical process to en­hance the efficiency of Remazol Brilliant Blue R (RBBR) re­moval from wastewater. The effect of the operating parameters of initial pH, applied current, supporting electrolyte, and initial dye concentration on textile dye removal efficiency was inves­tigated to determine the optimum conditions of the process. Ki­netic studies were performed in the optimum conditions. Scan­ning electron microscopy (SEM) and x-ray fluorescence (XRF) were carried out to determine the morphology and characteri­zation of the extended anode surface. Under the optimum con­ditions, the dye and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal were obtained 99.42% and 72.72%, respectively. The reaction kinetic data of the electrochemical process was followed by the pseudo-second-order kinetic rate equation (R² = 0.99). These findings might be useful in treating the various pollutants in industrial wastewater.

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Sadeq Hedayat is a deconstructionist artist-thinker who had created his own style in his writing. One can venture to say that his The Blind Owl has been criticized more than any other Iranian literary work in more than half a century ago and still critics reveal some fresh aspects of this masterpiece. Critics have analyzed surrealistic, symbolic, existentialist, nationalistic, expressionistic and metaphysical dimensions of this work. From the lens of comparative literature, a lot has been written on the influences of Schopenhauer, Sartre, Maupassant, Nerval and Kafka among others on Hedayat both structurally and thematically. In this research, the undeniable influences of Virginia Woolf’s The Waves on The Blind Owl and their undiscovered similarities are scrutinized. Furthermore, inter-textual aspects of the two mentioned masterpieces are analyzed thematically and in this respect one of the major themes of The Waves, that is, narrative exhaustion, is analyzed and its resonance in The Blind Owl is traced. Through textual comparison, it is shown that how some of The Blind Owl’s sentences have dazzling similarities with some key phrases and sentences of The Waves.

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The people and nation of Central Asia: Turkmans live in the north of Afghanistan and the east of the Caspian sea and at some parts of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.Iranian Turk-mans live in the north east of Iran in Turkman Sahra.They have a special, rich and indige-nous culture. There are many fables and beliefs on the making of Turkman carpets. Here we recall the tale of “Agh-Morad”3 . Most of the designs used in the “Pazirik”4 carpet are quite similar to those of Turkman. Turkman carpets are weaved by women in a way that differentiate them from other carpets. Up to 25 colors are being used with approximately 40 designs. Turkman carpets resemble paintings of the museums and royal castles. The raw materials used to weave Turkman carpets are wool, fluff, cotton and thread. The weaving tools are hackle, small knife, scissors and Anavich. Today there are two types of carpets in Turkman Sahra: Satligh (for business) and Tootligh (for own use). Another important aspect contributing nation’s cultural heritage is turkman music which is reminiscent of the people’s old traditions and sensational epics, which they singin bitter sweet sorrows and joyous way. This article discusses about the history of Turkman music and the position of the Bakhshies in Turkman Sahra (the desert of Turkman) and their way of living. Turkman music comprises affectionate, serenading, epic and warlike, festive and ceremony. In view of its style of performance, Turkman music is either, instrumental, vocal or instru-mental-vocal. It is also known as field or mountainside music according to its geographical location. The common musical divisions of Turkman are Mokhammas (pentagonal), Navayee, Ghe’re’ghler and Tashnid or Tajnis. With approximately 500 Maghams (tunes) In Turkman music Turkman’s musical instruments are Dotar, Ney (pipe), Kamancheh (vio-lin-like instrument resting on the ground during performance) and Zanboorak (crossbow). There are people called Porkhan who use music in their medical practices. The fables and folklore of the Turkman people also play Iran’s cultural heritage and reflect the depth of their attitudes, thoughts and ideals and even their way of living. The main part of Turkman folklore is made up of oral literature which includes: -Laleh (a lyric sung by Turkman girls) -Artaki and tales -Ataladi Souzi (proverbs) -Zekr (sonnets and the dagger dance) One of the most important Turkman fables is a tale about their ancestors in which a man named Yafes is introduced as the great ancestor of the Turk and Turkman people. According to folklore the people of Turkman originated from 24 tribes, each of them had a special symbol like eagle, falcon and so on. Among them three are in Iran: Tekkeh, Yamout and Googlang. Turkman people believe in lucky and unlucky days. There is a well-known story called “Agh Pamegh” in this regard.

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Time and perception are two major concerns of Woolf in many of her novels and short stories. Woolf as a modernist writer often tries in her fiction to find an epistemological solution to the problems of mortality and immortality, appearance and reality and diversity and unity and she succeeds, I think, by taking on a kind of perception that is intuitive and temporal. For her, true perception is time-bound, but like Bergson she divides time into mechanical and organic one. In her writing, she often associates symbolically the former with death and aridity and the latter with life and fertility, presenting them in the images, to name but a few of keyboard of a piano or alphabetical letters and tree or green shawl and dress, respectively. Evidently, in her views and the solution, she finds to the problems of time and perception Woolf is influenced by Bergson whose theory of time has also influenced so many other modernists. This paper elaborates on the relationship between time and perception in the works of Woolf, especially in her two major novels To the Lighthouse (1927) and Mrs Dalloway (1924) and her short story “An Unwritten Novel” (1921).