Intelligentsia talks to the Government

When the Gut Talks to Bone

Mutations in LRP5, a coreceptor for Wnt proteins, cause the disease osteoporosis pseudoglioma. A new study by Yadav et al. (2008) now challenges the view that LRP5 controls bone mass through Wnt signaling in bone and argues instead that LRP5 regulates bone mass indirectly through its effects on serotonin synthesis in the gut.

Abstracts of the Talks

S OF THE TALKS Hillel Furstenberg, Hebrew U. Qualitative Laws of Large Numbers. Abstract: If X1,X2, . . . ,Xn, . . . is an iid sequence of non-singular matrices, and we form the ”random product” Yn = X1 ∗ X2 ∗ X3 ∗ ⋯ ∗ Xn and let n → ∞ we find that the Yn tend to have a certain form. We analyze this phenomenon. If X1,X2, . . . ,Xn, . . . is an iid sequence of non-singular matrices, and we form ...

Abstracts of the talks

s of the talks April 3–7, 2016, Obergurgl, Austria

On the Decline of the Leftist Intelligentsia in Iraq

During the 1940s-1970s, the leftist intelligentsia played a prominent role in constructing a vibrant Iraqi culture, contributed greatly to the flourishing of literature and the arts, and exerted a great impact in the cultural and political spheres. This article focuses primarily on the 1960s, when, despite two Ba’thist coups, the cultural ambience was pronouncedly leftist. The second half of th...

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