The main theme of the thesis is to interpret Naxi (Na-khi) religious texts from a historical and a comparative perspective in the social and cultural context in the region of south-west China. There are two parts: Part I. Social Anthropology and the study of the Tibeto-Burman-speaking peoples; Part II. Naxi writing and the interpretation of Naxi religious texts. Part I (Chapters 1 to 5) focuses...

It remains the most commonly performed gynaecological procedure in the United Kingdom and is still normally carried out under general anaesthetic. There appears to be little reason why the majority can't be performed under local anaesthetic-the subject of this book. The three authors are well known and published in the field of hysteroscopic surgery. The book however has a highly practical side...

It remains the most commonly performed gynaecological procedure in the United Kingdom and is still normally carried out under general anaesthetic. There appears to be little reason why the majority can't be performed under local anaesthetic-the subject of this book. The three authors are well known and published in the field of hysteroscopic surgery. The book however has a highly practical side...

Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroomconsists of nineteenchapters. The chapters of the book have been arranged into two parts: Part I, current issues and suggestions for new approaches (Chapters 1-6) and Part II, empirical and case studies (Chapters 7-19). The book takes multiple approaches to examine how literary texts can be incorporated into teaching practices inan EFLclassro...

Previous three chapters described the Core, the Foundation and the Conventional treatments of cancer. In this chapter we will review some alternative methods for cancer treatment practiced by some holistic doctors in various centers around the world. The aim of this chapter is to acquaint the reader with what is happening in the different parts of the world in this matter. In writing this chapt...

This lavishly illustrated volume of 224 pages contains eleven chapters divided into four parts: Part I: Out of the Mist; Part II: The Warrior and his World; Part III: The Eagle and the Raven; and Part IV: Twilight. With a combination of color pictures and maps adorning nearly every page this is perhaps one of the most handsome recent publications on the Celtic World, albeit with more focused at...

In this research, a well-known Shafi’i jurist is shed light on, namely, Judge Abu Ali Al-Farqi, who died in the year 528 AH. I found them many, so my study was limited to what he mentioned chapters on marriage only, and methodology writing comparative approach, where opinions of jurists from different Islamic schools, open opinion judge Al-Fariqi, with evidence for each saying, discussion evide...

cluding the approaches used to characterize the respective genomes. The last section is particularly interesting in that it brings to the forefront many discoveries challenging some of the principles of genome evolution. Using a precise writing style, the authors successfully have provided an easy-tounderstand text for the complex and important field of protist evolutionary biology. Furthermore...

The medical writings of early medieval western Europe c. 700 – c. 1000 have often been derided for their disorganised appearance, poor Latin, nebulous conceptual framework, admixtures of magic and folklore, and general lack of those positive features that historians attribute to ancient or later medieval medicine. This paper attempts to rescue the period from its negative image. It examines a n...