Libraries are a permanent feature in the cultural history of the world. The earliest, being collections of clay tablets, date back to 2600 BC (1 ). Library buildings were features in early town planning, in towns such as the Hellenistic Pergamum in Anatolia (today’s Turkey) and Alexandria in Egypt (third to first centuries BC), both collections being widely famous in the ancient world. It is sa...

In this book, William Barr details the life and career of Harry Stallworthy, former RCMP officer and noted High Arctic traveller. While the book covers all periods of Stallworthy’s life, its title and text emphasize his tenure in the High Arctic. That is entirely fitting, as it was in the Arctic that Stallworthy and a few other Mounties reinforced Canada’s presence in its most remote region, wh...

Sometimes you just have to clench your teeth and go for the differential matrix algebra. And the central limit theorems. Together with the maximum likelihood techniques. And the static mean variance portfolio theory. Not forgetting the dynamic asset pricing models. And these are just the tools you need before you can start making empirical inferences in financial economics.” So wrote Ruben Lee,...

This paper comprises an essay review of Eckstein's classic work aQd a research report on investigations of payment disputes which the authc> rs conducted in England, Sweden, and the United States, 1965-68. The firs t section discusses difficulties in Eckstein's research, particularly methodological problems that arise from the failure to use comparative data to test his hypotheses about the inf...

BACKGROUND A Korean herbal medicine, KOTMIN13, composed of Inula japonica Thunberg, Trichosanthes kirilowii Maximowicz var. japonica kitamura, Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn, and Allium macrostemon Bge, has been used for anti-allergic and anti-asthmatic treatment in oriental clinics, but its activity has not been investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS To evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of ...

As well known, we have recently published the following paper in Iranian Journal of Parasitology: "Phenolic acid composition and anti-parasitic effects of Peucedanum species on Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites, 10(3), 420-431". In this paper, we reported the antiparasitic effects and phenolic acid compositions of the relevant plant species. At the beginning of the submission process, we inadv...