Varanasi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world, and one of the most important Hindu pilgrimage sites. Despite this importance, very little information exits on the cities flora in general, and medicinal species found within its limit in particular. Traditional medicine plays a large role in Indian society. The presented study attempted to investigate if traditional pla...

rarity of the affection in these parts. Nazir Mirza Mahommedan male, Sliiah ; age about 55 years ; resident of Lucknow city. He has been all his life-time in Lucknow, going once only on a pilgrimage to Bagdad about a year and a half ago. History,?The patient stated that he always enjoyed perfect health until about three months ago, when lie noticed a few itching papules, "like mosquitoe bites" ...

In Argentina, a humble Image of the Pure and Clean Conception that stood on banks Luján River, has attracted crowds in its nearly four centuries history. this article we will present an outline histórica! process these pilgrimages. We begin with brief reference to pilgrimages eighteenth century. Then move truly multitudinous phenomenon began arrival railroad Luján. The stage great begins 1871, ...

Modern portfolio theory(MPT) addresses the problem of determining the optimum allocation of investment resources among a set of candidate assets. In the original mean-variance approach of Markowitz, volatility is taken as a proxy for risk, conflating uncertainty with risk. There have been many subsequent attempts to alleviate that weakness which, typically, combine utility and risk. We present ...

This paper foregrounds the Turnerian experiences of pilgrims themselves, for whom pilgrimage is perhaps first and foremost process experiencing faith with their whole body mind. At Chinese Catholic site Sheshan, located in western Shanghai, multiple meanings possibilities are written onto pilgrim as it interacts sacred materialities. In process, materially orients themselves towards transcenden...

conclusions this study showed that the developed rrt-pcr assays are rapid, reliable, reproducible, specific, sensitive, and simple tools for detection of mers-cov. finally, a kit consisting of two assay signatures and controls was assembled, which can be distributed to public health laboratories in iran to support international mers-cov surveillance and public health response. results the upe a...

| October 2012 | 988 L e t t e r t o e d it o r • If possible, prepare a cool pack to store insulin. • Prepare glucose and ketone dipsticks (to know the state of diabetes control during Ihram). • Choose shoes, sandals and flip flops with appropriate shape and size (front of shoes should be wide enough to avoid extra pressure on your feet and toes during long walking). • Pack your medications in...

Tubal sterilization is a highly effective, permanent, andsafe method of contraception. Many women who desirepostpartum sterilization do not obtain the procedure dueto barriers. We performed a retrospective cohort studyexamining patients from a single obstetrics practice whodelivered between 1/1/07 and 6/30/07 at Women and In-fants Hospital in Providence, RI. During t...

In principle, implementation of portfolio investment strategies through market orders at the NYSE open would be problematic because of execution price uncertainty. This paper measures the impact, by comparing the actual value at the end of the trading day against the value one would have obtained if it were possible to observe opening prices when submitting orders. For positively weighted portf...

We consider a group of mean-variance investors with mimicking desire such that each investor is willing to penalize deviations of his portfolio composition from compositions of other group members. Penalizing norm constraints are already applied for statistical improvement of Markowitz portfolio procedure in order to cope with estimation risk. We relate these penalties to individuals’ wish of s...