ascension, as a recurring theme in narrative and visual arts of non-theistic and theistic communities (monotheistic or polytheistic) from east to west of the ancient world, reveals concern and urge of man to communicate with the supra sensible world. the connotation of ascension, however, broadly varies from the flight of shaman’s spirit, a hero transformation to god, and a trip to heaven and h...

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) that nest on Ascension Island, in the south-central Atlantic, utilize feeding grounds along the coast of Brazil, more than 2000 km away. To account for the origins of this remarkable migratory behavior, Carr and Coleman [Carr, A. & Coleman, P. J. (1974) Nature (London) 249, 128-130] proposed a vicariant biogeographic scenario involving plate tectonics and natal ho...

BOEK: De publicatie van de Franse vertaling roman opgang (De Bezige Bij, 2020, vertaald als Une Ascencion) bij Uitgeverij Gallimard in januari 2022 laat ons toe om dieper te gaan op het speurwerk dat Stefan Hermans verrichtte meerdere zijn naar Frans vertaalde werken. Belgische, Nederlandstalige auteur verwierf al bekendheid met vertalingen Oorlog en terpentijn 2015 2013, Guerre et térébenthine...

THE physician of today is aware of the numerous adverse effects and potential hazards of modern drug therapy, and it is both refreshing and instructive to look back to the days when the physician's 'armentarium' of therapeutic agents was of 'narrow spectrum', and when many of the 'drugs' available were basically only of 'nutritive' value. Such retrospective views, even though they are often bri...

Since Cline's report (5) of a very slow equilibration in the leaves of tritiated water absorbed by the roots of bean plants, no resolution has been made between his expressed alternative views that this was due A, to failure of tissue water to exchange with the incoming tritium-labeled water, or B, to a large isotope effect. During the preparation of the present manuscript Vartapetyan and Kursa...

183. Evaluating Multidrug Resistance Prevalence and Antimicrobial Stewardship Preparedness in the Largest Not-For-Profit Healthcare System in the United States: Taking the First Step to Optimize Antimicrobial Use Roy Guharoy, PharmD, MBAS; Mohamad G. Fakih, MD, MPH; Gail Fraine, RN; Michelle Heavens, BSN, MHA; Ann Hendrich, RN, PhD; Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worceste...

the thought of leaving this world for the heavens, paradise and hell inspired by the holy prophet’s ascension appeared in the form of fictional stories in the arabic literature in the fifth century (solar calendar), i.e. in the late abbasid period, although the history of such journeys goes back to the time before islam. as it goes in pahlavi texts, the first one to have gone on oneiric journey...