Seven Votyak Charms

‘Charms’ in Childrearing

Traditional or cultural practices are time honored rituals and beliefs which are prevalent in the community and they may pertain to a wide range of activities. A charm is defined as something worn about the person to ward off evil or ensure good fortune. Commonest purpose for use of a charm is for general wellbeing, and is found to be higher among people living in rural areas in joint family wi...

“whatever Charms Is Alien”: John Ashbery’s Everything

When Three Charms but Four Alarms

How many positive claims should be used to produce the most positive impression of a product or service? This article posits that in settings where consumers know that the message source has a persuasion motive, the optimal number of positive claims is three. More claims are better until the fourth claim, at which time consumers’ persuasion knowledge causes them to see all the claims with skept...

Object-Oriented Hierarchical Mesh Refinement with CHARMS

A new approach to the construction of adaptive approximations on finite element meshes and also in more general settings, including approximations on subdivision surfaces, had been recently proposed by Krysl, Grinspun, and Schröder. This paper outlines how the general refinement algorithms may be specialized to some common finite element discretizations in two and three dimensions, discusses th...

Medical Treatment and Medicinal Charms Mentioned in the Atharvanic Literature

The ancient Vedic texts Provides us with valuable information and guide lines on various multi-faced aspects of human life. The present discussion is limited to the medical treatment and medicinal charms mentioned in the Atharvanic literature with specific consideration to Kausikasutra for better understanding of the rites and actions mentioned in Atharvanaveda.