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Relying on the dramatic effects and all cultural potentials of Iranian old and poular literature, this paper aims to deal with the possibilities to contemporarize them for new media productions. Literature is one of the most prominent icons of Iranian rich culture. A notable part of Iranian literature is composed of folklores and popular narratives, which are genuinely full of novel themes and authenticated knowledge to be adapted into film and TV series. The present research will show why exactly Iranian contemporary film-makers and play writers, despite the existing large culrual legacy, have failed so far to apply the potential capabilities. Using a pathological approach to the historical discontinuities happened during the evolution of dramatic functions of Persian old narratives, this study attempts to present a qualitative assessment of these literary art works. After reconsidering the most significant elements of Iranian popular narratives, the paper goes then to propund some common ignored challenges concerning the "adaptation" techniques for media productions. Finally, we would describe a typical narrative of Iranian folklore by which a practical method for new possible adaptation for Iranian TV drama might be provided.

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In this research, the two stories “Alavieh Khanoom” and “Haji Aqa” of Hedayat and the “Rotchyld Violin” and “Lady and Cute dog” of Chekhov have been analyzed and compared from the social satire viewpoint. The content of stories is corruption that has been depicted as humor and funny. A piece of characters is representative special class. There are special moral and personality similarities between the characters of the stories, (e.g. Haji Aqa and Yakof and also Lady Anna of Chekhov’s story and Alavieh Khanoom). But what differs in the work of authors, is in their attitude. Chekhov criticizes with tone of hopefully, while despair is seen in the Hedayat’s stories to superfluity. The important notable topics in the works of these authors include: social problems, injustice, and existence corruption between the various levels of society and sympathy with the people, all of which have been represented with biting satire and make the audience to express sympathy. The purpose of the study is to find out the commonalties and compare the authors in the method the pay to social satire.

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This study aimed to identify and investigate the factors affecting women's participation in mountaineering activities on Binalood Mountain. The method of the present study was descriptive and surveyed kind. The statistical population of this study included 150 women who were members of mountaineering groups in Neishabour. The research measurement tool is a researcher-made questionnaire whose face and 12 sports management experts confirmed content validity. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was calculated to be 0.84. In this questionnaire, factors affecting women's greater participation in mountaineering activities were categorized in the form of three indicators: personal-family, social-cultural and managerial factors. Based on the findings, among the investigated indicators in the participation of women in mountaineering activities, the most important personal and family factors, then socio-cultural and managerial factors, have been obtained, as well as among the factors affecting women's participation in mountaineering activities. There is a significant difference between the mountains of Binaloud based on age and education, but there was no significant difference based on marital status and employment.

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  One of the most important characteristics of Iranian paintings is their connection and unity with Persian literature, which resulted in the formation of common language and similar subjects in these two art fields. However, since the Zands Dynasty, especially their late era, a certain divergence occurred between painting and poetry due to the weakness of literature and the fact that the painters were more influenced by the European art. While focusing on the benchmarks of the poems of the return era, and the Royal Court portrait paintings, this study strives to examine the common aesthetic connection between these two fields of art through performing historical, descriptive, analytical and comparative study, and achieve the response to this question that Which factors were effective in the formation and flourishing of the literature and painting during the reign of Fath Ali Shah Qajar and how and to what extent are their common aesthetic links? The painting and poetry of this era managed to achieve flourishing thanks to the supports granted by an art-lover king, i.e. Fath Ali Shah Qajar. Due to the policies of the Shah during his 37-year reign against the arts, a suitable basis was provided for the alignment of these two fields of art in a new and different manner (notwithstanding the occurred divergence) so that the painters act independently in choosing their subjects, and do not refer to poetry so often, while trying to take benefit from poetical descriptions and literature aesthetic criteria, and represent the same through a human-oriented vision.

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Tourism industry is one the most successful industries of the world in in perspective of gaining income. Gaining of plenteous currency incomes, extension of cultural scientific relations, creating occupations directly and indirectly and representation of country›s security and stability are considered among consequences and achievements of its extension in every country. In today competitive world, various countries, with introducing their touristic graces try to improve their economic status. One of various kinds of tourism which is recently introduced is Geotourism. This word is an intercourse term composed from two words geo with the meaning of earth and tourism. Geotourism is a particular form of tourism industry in which geological tourism is the focus of attention. Experts collectively agree on this matter that Geotourism creates a great potential for many regions which don’t have touristic prosperity. Geotourism industry was formally born in the world in 1955. About 150 to 200 years ago in England, Adam Sedvic for the first time provided geology tours for those who were interested. Lifetime of Woodvardin University museum returns to 1728, this is the first public museum dedicated to applied geology in geology organization which is outfitted with tools of geology interpretation since that date. In midst 1990s Geotourism was increasingly discussed and studied among tourism industry, politicians, advocates of environment protection, geographers, geologists and similar scientific assemblies. Leaders of Geotourism in the world were those who had intercourse studies and activities. For example, Dr. Thomas E. House well known with English name House was the first one in the world who after Adam Sedvic provided an academic definition for Geotourism in 1995 and in this definition has introduced Geotourism something above aesthetical attitude to geological phenomena. Another world leader is professor Russ Kingston Dowling who has many books in various grounds of tourism, ecotourism and finally Geotourism and this is while purely geological attitude to Geotourism in most cases is confined to geo diversity studies and takes the scholar away from contents of geological interpretations and intercourse and multicourse studies of tourism. In 2006, Russ Kingston Dowling and David Newsum in (universal) Geotourism book by extensive drafting of attention to geological tourism, provided a logical answer to Jonathan Tortolut 3 from national geography magazine of America (2012) who simply believes that visiting of all historical –cultural – natural heritages (so that helps stable development and local societies) is Geotourism. In Iran, many students and scholars have worked for introducing Geotourism. One year after Mohammadhasan Nabavi suggestion in 1378 in eighteenth seminar of geology regarding identification of beauties of country›s earth, the work of identifying beauties and geology diversity of the country began. After that in 2006, Alireza Amri Kazemi and Abbas Mehrpouya entered a list of Iran geological diversity to fifth chapter of Geotourism book written by Ross Dowling and David Newsum. Many specialized studies have been performed about surveying of mineral and thermal springs in Iran but lees work is done on touristic aspects of theses springs. Therefore, providing a method for evaluation of touristic value of thermal springs as an important Geotourism in our country is a task which is not surveyed. In this study, a method for evaluation of Geotourism value is offered based on modified Pralong method. For reaching to the score of spring tourism beauty, scientific, cultural, efficiency and economical scales have been investigated in the format of Pralong model. Since Pralong model only notes scales and subscales of tourism score, it has been modified using experts› views. This method addresses evaluation of tourism scaleand place efficiency scale. Its tourism scale can be analyzed and assessed from four aspects: outward beauty, scientific, cultural – historical and social – economical. Tourism scale of a place is obtained from average of these four scale and weight of any of aspects of tourism scale is not more or less than others. Place outward beauty scale addresses its visual and spectacular aspects. Scientific scale is assessed based on criterions like scarcity and didactic position. In evaluation of cultural scale artistic aspects and cultural conventions of the place are emphasized and finally, economic value of each place depends on its exploitable characteristics and Entrepreneurship in the ground of tourism and recreation. In Pralong method, scales and subscales have equal weight in relation to each other, while in multi scale decision making methods usually weight of scales and subscales are different. Especially in the debate of Iran Geotourism equating of these scales won›t entail correct results. Since weight determination was a difficult task, people were asked to categorize scales in precedence order and then regarding to precedence, scales and subscales were weighed. For weighing the following formula was used. In this formula, Wi is i th scale weight and Ri precedence of scale i and n is the number of scales. With several rounds of field study and attendance in the region and obtained raw data, scores of scales were calculated according to tables 4 to 9 with two methods of Pralong and modified Pralong. These numbers show the tourism scale of region as 0.379 in Pralong method and 0.441 in modified Pralong. These numbers are indicative of a favorable status in understudy region in respect of creating touristic recreational facilities for developing a geotouristic system. Of course, %16 growth of modified Pralong score shows more attention to this region regarding to Iranian reporters point of view toward Mr. Pralong view, so that even in its neighborhood another system for creating a geo park is notable (figure 6). But despite the regions potential capabilities, the level and quality of efficiency was evaluated low. Of course regarding to weights of modified Pralong method, this level with %37 growth is in high intermediate category which shows lower efficiency expectancy level of Iranian society than Mr. Pralong method. Then, still some tasks should be done for increasing efficiency quality of this spring and despite implementation of the design of country›s water therapy development and provision of universal design of Joshan hot water by Oghaf organization, effective measurements have not yet been performed for right exploitation of the region. Joshan hot water spring due to closeness to center of province, possessing therapeutic attribute, existence of novel geomorphological and geological perspectives and appropriate weather condition in case of observation of stable tourism principle, decentralization and budget assignment, development of infrastructural, sanitarian, residential and recreational facilities and exertion of service and facility standards can turn to one of the greatest hydrotherapy centers in southeast of the country. One of advantages of the method offered in this study is the calculation of development effect of each of mentioned facilities in increasing the level of tourism score of this Geotourism. Even with evaluation of this method, we can have a comparison between various places in relation with each other for other Geotourism regions of the province.

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Qajar wall painting includes different fields and works dispersed in various locations such as royal buildings, private houses, public places and holy shrines under the dynastic rubrics, epic, sensual and religious contexts. Religious murals in shrines and tombs, especially those depicting Prophet Mohammad's Mi’raj are among the ones which could be seen in such places.
Mi’raj has been described as both a physical and spiritual journey. A brief sketch of the story is in surah al-Isra of the Quran and other details come from the hadith, which are collections of the reports, teachings, deeds and sayings of Muhammad. In the Isra, Muhammad traveled on the steed Buraq to "the farthest mosque". Traditionally, later Muslims identified the mosque as a location in the physical world, the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. At the mosque, Muhammad led other prophets in prayer. He then ascended to heaven in the Mi'raj journey where Prophet Muhammad spoke to God. The remembrance of this journey is one of the most significant events in the Islamic calendar. Due to the significance of this event, it has been manifested in the realm of art from days of yore.
Although we can find different stages of this historical-religious event in the works of lithography and miniature, not many of them have been studied in the field of wall painting and popular arts. Having
examined such works of art, some questions are proposed as follows: firstly, what are the structural and aesthetic elements in these religious wall paintings? Secondly, how these elements are depicted and what similarities and differences do they share with works of lithography and miniature? The results of this research done in analytic and comparative methodology reveal that these wall paintings are more, in term of quantity, distributed in northern provinces of Iran and the scenes related to "visiting the lion" prevail as a result of Shiite beliefs. But the illustrated scenes and stages in lithography and miniature are more diverse including different events. Of other things we should note and compare in here are the execution and decoration of works besides the style of depicting the elements, their colors and sizes as well as the background of each medium and some other slight differences.
As to the differences of artworks in these three artistic media, we should mention that in works of miniature and lithography, there are more stages and episodes to be seen. Furthermore, due to the technical and expressive capacities of each medium, there are more figures and details in miniature in compare to those of lithography and on the other hand, more ones in lithography than wall painting. But as to the similarities, there some points to be noted. The central position of the Prophet and his praising of God during the journey of Mi’raj, the adaptability of the clothes and other elements with the features of the era in which paintings have been executed, and lack of perspective as well as depiction of the climax of the story with somewhat epic aspects are all among the similarities in each of the works of the three fields.

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Any discourse constitutes of several propositions and discursive formations that are created by focusing on the political, cultural and social conditions of each era. During the rule of Fath- Ali Shah Qajar (1772- 1834), the dominate literary review discourse; which is considered the very traditional discourse, was formed based o the perception system that was governing an era in which, the royal court was recognized as the producing institute of the mentioned discourse. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the literary discourse of return in images specific to Fath Ali Shah Qajar with regard to the political, social, epistemic contexts and the system of knowledge or spirit of the time.
If we admit that until then, Iranian painting and Persian literature have been more or less intertwined; it must be said that as the literary discourse of this period was formed, visual norms in FathAli Shah’s portraits also changed and new features emerged that were not unprecedented in past centuries. In the present study, the authors have attempted to examine how literary discourse led to the formation and influence of king's icons in court, based on Michel Foucault's theory of discourse as a methodological model and an interdisciplinary approach.Studies show that during this period poetry and poetic descriptions continued to be a source of inspiration for painters.Therefore the images of the King became more unrealistic and his aura of holiness grew larger. The king's body also became more intangible and metaphorical.

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In recent decades, the new technologies have been thoroughly discussed to have great impacts on growth in economics literature. This study is aiming at investigating the impact of ICT and social welfare on economic growth. For this purpose, cross-provincial estimation was used by panel data from 2002 to 2006. The variables which are used in this research are per capita GDP, age indicator ICT investment, human capital and pe capita physical investment. The results show that social welfare and ICT have a positive and significant impact on economic growth in all provinces of the country.  

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In this study, application of Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) in forecasting three perspectives (1, 2, and 4 years) ahead of Iran’s agricultural products export was compared with ARIMA as the most common econometrics linear forecasting method. For this purpose, Iran’s agricultural products export revenues related to 1959-2010, and forecast performance measures such as R², MAD, and RMSE were used. Results of the models performance evaluation showed that the forecasted test data related to ANFIS designed architects had more correspondence with the real data in comparison with that of ARIMA forecasted out of sample data. Therefore, the non-linear ANFIS model outperformed the linear ARIMA model for all of the considered perspectives. 

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In this work, torsional modeling and experimental characterization of a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) rod is investigated. Experimental tests of previous studies proved that different direction of loading is effective on torque-angle response of a rod. Accordingly, using improved Brinson’s model and converting it to a torsional model and referring a twist deformation in the clockwise direction to a positive twist and a twist deformation in the counter clockwise direction to a negative twist, the asymmetry effect on the rod is investigated. Assuming a linear strain through the cross section and then finding stresses, using the asymmetric Brinson model, and integrating the stresses through the cross section the torque-angle response of the rod is presented, by using a numerical procedure. The parameters for Brinson model, including phase transformation temperatures, are derived from experimental tests and there is more than 95% agreement between the present model and experimental test. Regarding the results, a verification for the derived parameters is presented and a parametric study on SMA rod is considered. The average error of asymmetric and symmetric models with respect to the experimental tests are 5% and 15% respectively. Moreover, hysteresis inner loops are studied and asymmetric model is compared to the experimental tests. The results show good agreement of the asymmetric model when compared to experimental tests.

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In this research, using a thermomechanical constitutive model for shape memory polymers and employing the von Kármán theory, a finite element analysis of a shape memory polymer beam is presented. The importance of introducing the von Kármán theory for shape memory polymers is that the beam can have relatively high slopes during loading. Also, for optimization and designing processes we need to solve multiple problems and due to the high processing time the use of 3D model is not suitable. To validate the presented formulations, the reported results are compared with the 3D solution which was previously reported by the same authors. Accordingly, the effect of the hard segment volume on response of a thin beam has been investigated, and the results of the von Kármán beam have been reported and compared with the 3D and Euler-Bernoulli solutions. As an example, the error of the beam response in one of the solved examples is 27% for Euler-Bernoulli beam and 1% for the von Kármán solution compared to the three-dimensional solution. In general, the lower the beam thickness or the beam is longer, the Euler-Bernoulli beam error will be higher. The proposed finite element model can provide a reliable alternative response comparing to 3D modeling that requires a lot of processing time, and can be used for geometry and material parametric study.

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Given that terrorist operations have increased in recent decades, it is therefore necessary to confront the dangers of this phenomenon. The explosions can cause severe damage to buildings and cause the progressive and complete destruction of these structures. Blast stresses are one of the most destructive loads which a structure may experience. Many of the existing structures are vulnerable to loads caused by the blast wave, so their resistance to such loads should be investigated to identify critical points of structures. In the meantime, bridges are considered as the vital available structures for terrorist operations, but with respect to their importance, solutions must be provided to reduce the vulnerability of bridges subjected to explosive loads. This paper investigates the behavior of bridge under blast loads in different weights and distances. Several experiments samples have been modeled and analyzed under blast loads for validating the results at finite element ABAQUS software, and the analyses showed that this software is able to predict the behavior of studied systems under blast loads. In this case, a bridge that has been located in Tehran, Shahid Sanie' Khani bridge, was chosen and investigated by utilizing ABAQUS. This bridge was subjected to blast loading substance, TNT, in different weights of 45.4, 100, and 150 kg and in different distances of 0.5, 1.2, 1.83, 2.54, and 3.83 meters from the center area of the bridge’s slab. Additionally, a new system U-boot named was added to the initial model for investigating its influences under blast loading.  To conclude, firstly, increasing the amount of exploding substance (in a fixed distance from the center of the slab) cause an increase in the slab displacement and subsequently the damage in the slab is being increased. Secondly, increasing the exploding substance from the center of the slab and assuming a fixed weight for it in both first and second cases showed that increase in the amount of distance could lead to decreasing the displacement in slab and subsequently the damages decreases. Finally, adding the U-boot system leads to incredible improvement in the whole model in comparison with the initial one.

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In recent decades, due to the importance of future values of macroeconomic variables, a range of predicting methods and models has been studied and evaluated. The main purpose of this paper is to compare different methods of predicting Iran's economic growth using seasonal time series data during 1990-2017. To this end, economic growth is predicted using dynamic model averaging (DMA), dynamic model selection (DMS), BMA, BVAR, TVP and AR models in three prediction horizons (one, four and eight seasons). The models used in this study are categorized into three spectra, large-scale (including 112 variables in nine factor blocks), average-scale (including 10 variables) and univariate models. The results show that the predictions of DMS and DMA are more efficient than other traditional prediction. 

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Aims: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women around the world and in Iran and 22% of all cancers in women is included.
About 30% of cases with breast cancers are due to the proliferation or excessive expression of HER-2 protein. Chitosan is an environmentally friendly combination, due to its minimal systemic toxicity of peptide or drug delivery, the application is considered. The aims of this study were to manufactur chitosan nanoparticle containing HER-2 recombinant protein, evaluation of the properties and effect of its oral and injection immunization on spleen lymphocytes.

Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, pET-28a vector containing HER-2 gene was evaluated using PCR by universal primers. Expression of protein in E.coli was induced with IPTG. The recombinant protein was purified using affinity chromatography and evaluated by Western Blotting analysis. Chitosan nanoparticles containing recombinant protein were prepared by inonic gelation method and their size were characterized by DLS. Mice were immunized with nanoparticles and antibody titers were determined by ELISA. The response of lymphocytes in exposure to nanoparticles was evaluated by MTT assay. One way ANOVA, Duncan test and SPSS 22 software were used for statistical analysis.

Findings: The protein with a molecular weight of 18 kDa was confirmed. Yield of protein was 12mgL^-1. Encapsulation efficiency of recombinant protein in nanoparticles was 70%. The average particle size was 205.2nm. Immunization of mice induced mucosal and humoral immune response.
Conclusion: Encapsulation efficiency of recombinant protein in nanoparticles is 70%. The average particle size is 205.2nm. Immunization of mice induces mucosal and humoral immune response HER-2 recombinant protein, due to the cellular and humoral immune response, is a candidate suitable for cancer diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

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As one of the most popular fried ready-to-eat foods in the world, chicken nuggets are deep fried. Due to the immersion of the product in this method, the oil content increases, thus causing obesity and related diseases. For this reason, reducing the fat of the product while maintaining the organoleptic properties has been given much attention and research. In this study, chicken nuggets with different batter formulations (wheat flour, rice flour, and quinoa flour) were fried by two methods (deep and hot air) in terms of moisture content, oil content, weight loss, batter absorption rate, and stickiness percentage, color, texture, viscosity, diameter and sensory evaluation were investigated. The oil content, moisture content and percentage of adhesion of the coating to the core were higher in deep frying than in hot air frying. Texture, deep fried chicken nuggets had less firmness and gumminess. The results also showed that the samples coated with quinoa flour had higher moisture content, batter pickup and oil content while they experienced lower cooking loss and coating adhesion to the core. In terms of color, the coating of quinoa dough showed lower L*, b*, and higher a*. The hardness of the nuggets coated with quinoa paste was lower than the other two samples. The results show that hot air frying is generally a healthy method for producing chicken nuggets and a valuable alternative for producing fried protein foods. As a gluten-free grain with high nutritional value, quinoa flour paste can be a good substitute for wheat in reducing the oil content of fried products.

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Films are generally more attractive than other forms of TV shows. Such attractiveness can be enhanced through Steerable plots where the audiences act not merely as passive spectators, but rather as active participants. The production of an interactive film requires a narrative structure based on which the plot can be written and expanded. This paper attempted to investigate and propose a new engaging narrative structural model that can be used in TV shows. Moreover, the new model can bring about cost-effectiveness for producers and filmmakers, while enabling the audience to actively create a narrative, switching from one narrative line to another. A successful medium outlet in this competitive arena tends to attract a wider range of audience, leaving a far greater impact on the audience. This is in contrast to ordinary films entailing only one theme and effect. Dubbed as interactive narrative, the newly proposed model can both influence every narrative line and the viewer, which was called a hyper-structure impact in this paper. The final section will explore the experience of producing an interactive short film based on the newly proposed model.

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One of the active areas of research in concrete structure health monitoring is the detection of cracking in structural elements. Image classification and diagnosis have attracted the attention of many researchers nowadays. Due to the advancement of artificial neural networks and their fast processing, a convolution neural network has been established to detect these cracks. In this study, crack detection in concrete structures has been studied using a convolutional neural network, which can be generalized to all concrete structures for example dams, canals, bridges, shells, road infrastructure, foundations and concrete frames. Convolution neural network training was performed by the SGDM method with the ReLU activator function. Also, 250 iterations were employed for convolution neural network training, which gradually reduced the error rate and increased the accuracy of detecting cracked and uneaten concrete. The convolutional neural network is trained and validated with these 250 iterations. First, images with 32-pixel window dimensions are converted and separated. Then, the 32-pixel window, the 16-pixel, and the 8-pixel windows filter the images. A total of 3 stages of 32, 16, and 8-pixel filter images are analyzed and interpreted. During the training process, validation is performed every 20 iterations, and a diagram related to the accuracy of convolution network estimation and data classification error is drawn and completed. In convolutional neural networks, where the output is in pairs, the cracked and uncracked images of the network architecture are almost identical, differing only in minor specifications. The database of this research includes 20,000 images of cracked concrete and 20,000 uncracked concrete with dimensions of 3×227×227 pixels, 80% of it is used for training and the remaining 20% is used for validation of the convolution neural network. The accuracy of distinguishing cracked concrete from uncracked ones is about 98.16%, which is acceptable for operation and is considered practical. To evaluate the accuracy and performance of the proposed algorithm, each classification was performed against the overall accuracy, the confusion matrix was used for the validation data. According to the clutter matrix, 3861 images, in other words, 48.3% have been predicted to be correctly cracked, and 3992 images, equivalent to 49.9%, have been predicted to be correctly uncracked, and a total of 147 incorrect images have been predicted, which is equivalent to 1.8 percent. Images that are cracked and not accidentally cracked are predicted. They had crack lines in the corner of the image or cracks with a very small width, which the proposed convolutional neural network was mistaken for due to a very small crack width or crack position. Also, the results of the present study showed that the accuracy of this research has the best accuracy in less analysis time compared to previous studies. It should be noted that this method and its associated database can be used to produce a crack detection application on a smartphone, to be able to make a good initial estimate of the structure in question, such as a bridge or building after an unusual loading event, such as an earthquake or explosion.

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Shifting from collectivism to individualism has changed pleasure types along time and created a generation gap in Iran. So, how can the post-colonial design mix positive aspects of old collective and new individualist pleasure as a cultural builder and catalyst for change? The purpose of this research is finding culture-oriented pleasure which can decrease generation gap and make a more peaceful pleasurable experience for both collectivists and individualists. We suggested a counterpoint instead of the hegemony of collectivism or individualism. For decreasing the generation gap we proposed: Applying behavioral design for promoting and reviving socio-pleasure among young and old people; balancing between psychological pleasure (with respect to the other's choice, creativity and diversity (Individualism)) and normative pleasures (with respect to unanimous ethnic and cultural norms (collectivism)). As a suggestion “Safa” can introduce a culture-oriented pleasure which may satisfy both sides. It means hedonism, pleasure, calm, change hatred to love, honesty, treatment, purity, enlightening, sublime, and also sympathy, friendship, sincerity and unification of spirits. Safa refundable in different forms of Iranian arts, artifacts, texts, proverbs and behaviors and can be defined as a positive cultural design approach.