Early Modern Antigones: Receptions, Refractions, Replays

Pre-Modern and Early Modern Persian Literature: Written while Travelling?

In literary histories written in both Iran and the West it has generally be assumed that early modern Persian literary works are (technically inferior) copies of Western literary works. This has been and is still a claim. Almost no academically and scientifically sound works has substantiated this claim. While there is no point in denying a European influence on early modern Persian literature,...

Channel Reduction with Multiple Receptions

Introduction In recent years, the need for high signal-to-noise ratio and fast imaging acquisitions has driven the development of MRI systems with more receive channels. However, such multichannel systems are not always available in current clinical and research MR scanners. Array compression techniques [1-5] with the use of hybrids, Butler matrix or mode-mixing hardware allow the optimal use o...

Reflections on Refractions

In computer graphics, it is often an advantage to calculate refractions directly, especially when the application is time-critical or when line graphics have to be displayed. We specify efficient formulas and parametric equations for the refraction on straight lines and planes. Furthermore, we develop a general theory of refractions, with reflections as a special case. In the plane case, all re...

Suicide in Early Modern and Modern Europe

Suicide in Early Modern and Modern Europe

an act and a subject of discourse, in the early and late modern periods. It argues that, while publications on the theme have increased considerably in the past two decades, the problematic character of the evidence for suicide has led to afocus on attitudes to suicide at the expense of empirical investigations. The latter have largely confirmed the link between social isolation and suicide, po...