Was Trafficking in Persons Really Criminalised?

Category E: Trafficking in Persons

Was Meduna's theory really wrong?

To the Editors Few treatments in psychiatry were discovered and developed based on a previously developed theory. The therapeutic effects of the first antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs, for example, were serendipitously observed before a theory on how they work was described. By contrast, convulsive therapy was developed in Budapest by Dr. Lazlo Meduna based on facts that led him to forese...

2006 gy : was it really extra - ordinary ?

We present the photometric and spectroscopic study of the very luminous Type IIn SN 2006gy for a time period spanning more than one year. The evolution of multiband light curves, the pseudo-bolometric (BVRI) light curve and an extended spectral sequence are used to derive constraints on the origin and evolution of the SN. A broad, bright (MR ∼ −21.7) peak characterizes all monochromatic light c...

SN2006gy: was it really extra-ordinary?

We present the photometric and spectroscopic study of the very luminous Type IIn SN 2006gy for a time period spanning more than one year. The evolution of multiband light curves, the pseudo-bolometric (BVRI) light curve and an extended spectral sequence are used to derive constraints on the origin and evolution of the SN. A broad, bright (MR ∼ −21.7) peak characterizes all monochromatic light c...

Acupuncture in ancient China: how important was it really?

Although acupuncture theory is a fundamental part of the Huangdi Neijing, the clinical application of the needle therapy in ancient China was always a limited one. From early times there have been warnings that acupuncture might do harm. In books like Zhang Zhongjing's Shanghanlun it plays only a marginal role. Among the 400 emperors in Chinese history, acupuncture was hardly ever applied. Afte...