Moritz Hiller, Tsampikos Kottos, and Theo Geisel Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany Department of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Bunsenstraße 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany and Department of Physics, University of Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-370...

Joseph Mali, a historian of ideas, might not have heard of folklore as an academic discipline. He does not index the term, nor does he indicate in any other way his awareness of the existence of folklore as scholarship. In this entire volume, he mentions "folklore" only three or four times: twice in connection with the traditions of nonliterate societies (pp. 102, 139), and once (p. 197) in ref...

BACKGROUND The increasing numbers of people who use plant-based remedies as alternative or complementary medicine call for the validation of less known herbal formulations used to treat their ailments. Since Puerto Rico has the highest rate of Type 2 diabetes within all the states and territories of the United States, and Puerto Ricans commonly use plants as diabetes adjuvants, it is important ...