THIS book is a lavishly illustrated introduction to operative neurosurgical technique. It opens with precise instructions on the preparation of the operative field; then, in following chapters, the surgery of the scalp, skull, and brain are successively described, and finally there is a chapter on the surgical treatment of injuries of the head. The book was apparently compiled at the request of...

As consummate collectors of French eighteenth-century art, the Goncourts’ contribution to its nineteenth-century history is well-known. This article explores a less well-documented aspect of their L’Art du dix-huitième siècle (1858-1875): that is, its articulation of an art of latent decadence prior to the term’s fin-de-siècle association with explicitly transgressive cultures of modernity. Ind...

Graffiti, as a social phenomenon, has been with us since people first began painting on cave walls. Our responses to graffiti range from recognition of artistry, to interpreting it as a sign of urban decay and disorder. Major cities respond to tax-payers with this latter response by providing graffiti abatement programs, often at substantial cost; thus, understanding and mitigating the causes o...

In this article, Caroline Brown, a literature professor who focuses on American and African Diasporic writing, and Alexia Pollack, a biology professor with expertise in neuropharmacology, recount their experiences teaching across the disciplines in one another's respective classrooms, finding points of intersection and divergence, and creating classroom dialogues from the resultant encounters. ...

The growing number of recent publications on pedagogical stylistics indicates that this area is still of much interest to those who invest in the integration of language and literature. However, evidencebased assessments of pedagogical stylistics are still few and depend mostly on teachers’ intuitions. The present study contributes towards filling this gap by examining 28 reflective accounts pr...

This article considers a short text that was widely circulated in the mid- Roman Empire, both four-line and six-line version, usually on gemstones. The is poem of sorts, but quite distinctive type. Part it can be scanned according to rules classical (quantitative) metre, more striking consistent rhythmic (stressed) pattern. Stressed poetry not otherwise attested so early; this may point substra...

This article antitled “The existence of Suyarto As a Sinden Lanang:a Biography” is based on the research by Endah Ayu Prasetyo, primarily examines as sinden lanang who existed in between 1995-2006. There are two important issues subject to discussion which 1) how was process oftransforming and developing artistry until he became famous? 2) why 1995 2006 Suyarto’s name known lanang?. Suyarto, ca...

Abstract This article aims to explore the experiences of eight dancers, who have Parkinson’s disease (PD), with dance as a performative form arts. The data this qualitative research consists semi-structured online questionnaire and focus group discussion. was analyzed using inductive thematic content analysis approached in an abductive manner context social identity theory. Two main themes emer...

The Internet and Copyright Law are particularly ill-suited to each other. One is designed to give as much information as possible to everyone who wants it; the other allows authors, artists and publishers to earn money by restricting the distribution of information. The beneficiaries of copyright law are lobbying for the re-design of computers and the Internet to enforce “content control” and “...

(NRO) builds, launches, and operates systems which collect information from space. It responds to requirements from the Joint Staff, CINCs, DOD agencies, Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Council, operational and service intelligence elements, Department of State, and other members of the intelligence community. In this maelstrom of requirements, systems developers such as NRO ...