Organization of living environment is possible through a clear definition of private and public arenas and determinationof a spatial hierarchy. Such defined arenas increase the sense of belonging to the environment which personalizesresidential environments. Enclosure is among the quantities that play a significant role in defining the spaces. In fact,enclosure is the factor that defines a spac...

A 31-year-old man presented with acute left hemiplegia. History revealed a tuberculous pneumonia partially treated 10 months before, and headache and left leg jerks occurring recently. Upon examination, he was drowsy, with rightward gaze and head deviation and left hemiplegia. MRI showed an infarct on the right anterior and middle cerebral artery territory, leptomeningitis, and 2 tuberculomas (...

A 57-year old man presented with sudden onset hemiplegia. On examination he had global aphasia, a dense right hemiplegia and a right extensor plantar response. He had a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and a myocardial infarction one year ago. A non contrast CT scan of the brain done on the same day did not show a cerebral infarction, but showed a loss of visualisation of the insular ...

It is known that the territory of Uzbekistan a developed region, preserving its autochthonous basis as result long-lasting historical and ethnic processes. The socio-cultural Uzbek people formed in this ancient region was created distant past has followed own path. Undoubtedly, formation nation did not take place within framework one country or small but vast space which historically - Central ...

This chapter highlights the importance of incorporating indigenous language and its daily practice in the local context of newly transformed indigenous policy in Taiwan. Currently, the official indigenous people’s language policy is relatively confined to curriculum development and certification of indigenous peoples’ language abilities with little consideration of language practices in real so...

?a seemingly forgotten figure of earliest psychoanalytical days. The picture emerges of a brilliant and talented man, caught in the web of his own disturbed psyche, who finally sought refuge and self-expression through psychoanalysis. He made some of the earliest contributions to the psychoanalytic study of the psychoses, and impressed Freud and his colleagues as a man of ideas and importance. ...

(Editor's comment: Perry Ottenberg in his keynote talk gave an overview in which he moved from his particular experiences in Philadelphia to the great complexities of social and individual life which have led to an increased incidence of violence or at the least to an increased awareness of how close violence is to the surface of many aspects of modern society. In a brief address, he covered a ...

the chechen republic (commonly referred to as chechnya) is a part of vast territory of russian federation that has been a source of contention since collapse of the soviet :union:. identity elements and tattered cultural bonds have strained ties between two nations of chechnya and russia. various aspects of crisis in chechnya have been addressed by many theoretical approaches of international r...

the geographical scope of a dynasty and the selection of a capital as the center of its power can be considered as the essential factors in the establishment of a regime and its continuity; this matter seems to be neglected in the political structure of khwarazmshahi dynasty (598-628/1202-1231). the khwarazmshahi which were supposed to change into one of the greatest medieval dynasties led the ...