Abstract This article aims to investigate the identity of Socrates, compiler AP 14.1-64 (arithmetic problems and riddles). Leaving aside traditional, but very uncertain, identification with Socrates epigrammatist (D.L. 2.47), it is shown that chronological conjecture by Carcopino 1926 (late 1st century BC -2nd AD ) no longer holds. A wider time frame established (1st-4th centuries ), although e...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that kidney stone disease is more frequent among hypertensive men when the effect of possible confounders is allowed for. DESIGN Cross sectional study of a sample of the male working population conducted as part of the 10 year follow up of a nationwide survey of the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. SETTING The Olivetti factory in Pozzuoli, a suburb...