Conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, which involves a US-led policy to impose sanctions on Iran, is perceived by each side as a preeminent challenge to its own national security and global peace. Yet, there is little scientific study or understanding of how material incentives and disincentives, such as economic sanctions, psychologically affect the targeted population and potentially influenc...

This paper explores the meanings of ‘Body’ and ‘Spirit’ in relation to one of the most important personages in Hohodene cosmology, the spirit “Keeper of Sickness and Sorcery”, named Kuwai. [“Yurupary” in lingua geral] This Great Spirit is an extraordinarily complex synthesis of the Hohodene (and other Baniwa, northern Arawak-speaking peoples) worldview. His ‘Body’ was full of holes from which t...

Ethnobotanical studies carried out in the four sacred groves of Manipur revealed therapeutic applications of 120 plant species representing 106 genera and 57 families. Tree species contributed the maximum having 42% while herbs recorded 33% of the total medicinal plants. These plants are used for a wide range of common ailments like skin disorders, ulcer, rheumatism, bronchitis, etc. Majority o...

Objective: To provide a description and analysis of built, surviving, lost Ottoman religious monuments in Croatia within the historical sociopolitical context. Methods: Based on relevant published sources, maps, online as well site analysis, we architectural, religious, cultural heritage contemporary Croatian regions Dalmatian hinterland Slavonia. This includes art interpretation remains three ...