... (1993), and others question many ofthe key interpretations of previous scholars concerning theearly crisis and decline ofthe polis, emphasizing instead the vitality of civic life inthe Hellenistic ... ruler cults involved the inhabitants ofthe polis inthe worship ofthe same outside, interfering power that was already undermining their freedom and democracy On the other hand, they also embodied ... ofthe polis (Models of Decline inthe Study ofthe Polis), before outlining ways in which this notion has influenced studies of ancient religious life in this context (Models of Decline in the...
... underlay the introduction of public slaughterhouses inthe Netherlands andthe increasingly important role of veterinary meat inspection; and finally, Schwabe (1978) examines early animal medicine and ... husbandry and agriculture In this chapter, I have chosen to outline some ofthe most influential and interesting of these theories By producing such a synthesis of recent thought on the origins of ... using these animals to indulge themselves in yet another ‘sporting pleasure’ involving other creatures, namely the hunting and killing of foxes and deer Horseriding may also be used to assist the...
... commitment towards furthering the interests and wellbeing of society and making certain that businesses always maintain integrity, fairness and respect in dealing with their stakeholders and society as ... to the announcement on the announcement date and for the few days thereafter The findings again underline the paradoxical nature of dividends and although a better understanding ofthe impact of ... using their washing machines for rinsing the mud off potatoes in addition to doing laundry Haier’s engineers modified the washing machines by installing wider pipes in order to prevent clogging...
... strategy of ethno-religious mobilization and validate the notion ofthe threatening ‘Other’.30 In particular, the ineptitude ofthe Congress inthe 1970s and 80s31 andthe inability ofthe state ... analysis include the BJP’s ideology, strategy and functioning.29 Amongst these, an oft-examined topic of analysis centers on the timing oftheriseofthe BJP in Indian politics Given the close26 ... Sanskritisation or the emulation of upper-caste practices as the means of social mobility, thereby strengthening the ‘moral’ authority ofthe upper castes on the one hand, and diminishing the chances of socio-political...
... identified; andthe second stage concerned proof andthe adjudication ofthe issue In both systems, the second stage was assigned to laymen: the jury in England andthe iudex in Rome If the jury ... the essential kinship, not ofthe Roman andthe English law, but rather ofthe Roman andthe English lawyer’;60 andthe similar constitutional development of European kingdoms61 andthe common legal ... obtaining any real authority over the lords.24 In effect, the German kings alienated the towns and were indebted to the lords in a bargain honoured by none ofthe parties In opposition to the feudal...
... chemical and microbiological properties of groundwater in Saint Katherine, South Sinai, Egypt and exploring the diversity, occurrence and distribution of fungal taxa in groundwater in South Sainai, ... to the natural protectorate law andthe decision ofthe Prime Minister regulating to activities inside the protectorates in addition to the inefficiency ofthe biological treatment project of ... Azeem was one of a few Media reported the progress in increasing interest.[19],[20].to investigate the amount and seriousness of pollution caused by factories dumping their waste inthe Egyptian...
... culled No information is available on the costs of culling, diagnostic testing of samples, cleaning and disinfection, and other administrative costs (Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008) Regarding the impacts ... et al 2008; Aning, Turkson, and Asuming-Brempong 2008; Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008; Omiti and Okuthe 2008) Therefore, information regarding the role of poultry inthe livelihoods of small-scale ... detail the role of poultry (both as a source of income and as an asset) inthe entirety ofthe households’ income and asset portfolios Regarding the sources of data used in this study, for the West...
... succinate and phosphate Mitochondria were suspended inthe swelling medium andthe absorbance ofthe mitochondrial suspension as a function of time was monitored either inthe absence or inthe ... Matrix proteins release assay For the assay ofthein vitro release of matrix proteins, mitochondria (10 mg proteinÆmL)1) were suspended inthe swelling medium, above reported, and incubated at ... at 24 h after PH The increase inthe number of lysosomes, even if at a low extent, the presence of autophagosomes andthe reduction inthe number of mitochondria that we observe in hepatocytes...
... of them involve the modes starting from adenine obtained inthe first simulation and include methyltransferase and SAHH2 in addition Some others involve the modes starting from adenosine obtained ... is involved in these pathways Since adenine is a substrate of ADPRT, the elevation of ATP inthe absence of adenosine kinase shows that adenine must be released inthe process before being incorporated ... starting from S-adenosylmethionine involving the standard functionality of SAHH (here denoted as SAHH1) and another 10 pathways starting from adenosine (rather than S-adenosylmethionine) and involving...
... on therisein Europe since the mid-nineteenth century, particularly in Germany, not least due to the promise innate in myths of filling the void left by the decline of religious thinking inthe ... troops inthe Teutoburg Forest in ad 9, in Siegfried, the hero ofthe Nibelungen saga popularized as the German national epic since the beginning ofthe nineteenth century, andinthe legend ofthe ... elements of other historical narratives His myth was closely entwined with the notion of German ‘innocence’ for the outbreak of war in 1914, the saviour theme, the ‘stab -in- the- back’ legend, and the...
... and both exogenous application of betaine andthe introduction via transgenes ofthe betaine-biosynthetic pathway into plants that not naturally accumulate betaine increase the tolerance of these ... impairment in order to understand the mechanism of action of betaine inthe central nervous system In this study, we investigated the effects of betaine on LPS-induced memory impairment using the Y-maze ... levels of glial markers andthe betaine transporter Glial activation is also involved inthe pathogenesis of LPS-induced memory impairment; therefore, to understand the effects of betaine on these...
... inthe rural parts ofthe south of Great Britain than in those ofthe north ( ) In Norway and Denmark it has a subordinate place inthe statistics of sickness relating to the earliest year of ... Library in Munich, Erika Jäger ofthe TUM library in Garching, Matthias Meissner ofthe Berlin Document Center in Berlin, Thomas Mayerle ofthe BIS Marburg, and Ann Hyde ofthe British Library in ... on the market inthe pre-war years) This combination, mimicking the high vitamin A and vitamin D content of cod liver oil, seems to antagonize the immunological effects of vitamin D [20,21] The...
... samples The number of individuals sampled from each Indian population is shown (b) The number of SNPs found in HapMap non-Indian and Indian populations (c) The number of SNPs found in south Indian, ... separated into distinct clusters Next, we examined the divergence between Indian and non-Indian populations using pairwise FST estimates In comparing major continental groups, India and Europe have the ... crossed the mouth ofthe Red Sea into the Arabian Peninsula, and subsequently migrated into India, Southeast Asia, and Australia Later, populations migrated out of Africa along a ‘northern route’...
... profile inthe upper quadrants ofthe left breast and soft in consistency The mass was not fixed to the chest wall, but the overlying skin was slightly retracted No regional adenopathy inthe ... trying not to interrupt the surrounding galactiferous ducts displaced and narrowed by the lesion By remodelling the gland, the normal shape ofthe breast was restored (Figure 3) Within 10 days of ... performed the diagnostic exams and provided the radiological images presented inthe paper The other authors were involved inthe preparation of this manuscript All authors read and approved the final...
... Jointly, therisein baseline rice production andthe decline in baseline rice consumption accounts for the increase inthe baseline value ofthe rice surplus index (row 1) Removal ofthe land ... Region-specific land use modeling Within each ofthe seven agro-ecological regions of our model, we distinguish modeling ofthe demand- and supply-sides ofthe land market Beginning with the demand side, ... inthe policy simulation values for these indexes away from their baseline values To aid inthe interpretation of these deviations, we also report the levels ofthe indexes in both the baseline...
... as a random slope), the descending slope ofthe lactation curve (b2), the interaction effect of TIME_CC with the starting level of milk production (b ), the interaction effect of PAR with the starting ... starting level of milk production (b4), the interaction effect of TIME_CC with the ascending slope (b5), the interaction effect of PAR with the ascending slope (b ), the interaction effect of TIME_CC ... conception in Norwegian dairy cattle The rationale is that there is a relationship between feeding andthe shape ofthe lactation curve Adjusting the feeding strategy inthe first part of lactation...
... strategies to maintain the credibility of sham acupuncture as a control in clinical trials [31] Against the backdrop of increasing Chinese medicine research in Australia, the Australian Journal of Acupuncture ... Goods Administration andthe Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry Following the introduction ofthe Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT Statement) in 1996 [28] and its ... While the curricula and educational objectives ofthe two programs were similar, differences existed in areas such as teaching classical Chinese medicine texts and clinical training in Chinese...
... profitability is declining The internalization of information within the same institution may thus enhance intra-circuit and inter-circuit stability by reducing the incentive to overfinancing The ... searching, inspecting, testing, evaluating, interpreting and judging are parts ofthe production process of information; disseminating information to the general public through reports or advertising ... placing money with investment financial institutions inthe capital market, and hold the remaining share in noninterest bearing, short-term bank deposits (eq 7) The share of savings going to the...