Rejecting Bala is one of the traditions that usually carried out by people in Kerinci-Jambi, means eliminating all bala/illness and can also expel evil spirits a village. Tolak something highly recommended, apart from being form gratitude for blessings have been given Allah SWT. reinforcements protect oneself danger avoid disaster. Judging part, some need to carry counter-resistance program. ba...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the types and indications of amulets, bands and traditional applications among pediatric emergencies and neonatal admissions into the Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Nigeria. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted between January and July, 2008. Children admitted into the emergency and neonatal units of the institution with traditional appli...

Parsing Expression Grammar (PEG) encodes a recursivedescent parser with limited backtracking. Its properties are useful in many applications. In its appearance, PEG is almost identical to a grammar in the Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF), but may define a different language. Recent research formulated some conditions under which PEG is equivalent to its interpretation as EBNF. However, PEG has ...

People have always feared new technology. In [1] , the authors explain impact that hours and in front of a screen, such as smartphone, has on our brains, but also notices all technology was initially received with hesitation. They give several amusing examples: 16th ...

Human activities are a key driver of air pollution, so it is hardly surprising that celebrations affect air quality. The use of fireworks contributes to high particulate concentrations in many parts of the world, with the Chinese Lunar New Year (spring festival) particularly noticeable, as firecrackers are traditionally used to drive off evil spirits. Fireworks lead to short-term peaks in the c...

The tradition of ketupat war held in Air Lintang Village, Tempilang District, West Bangka Regency as a research object aims to introduce and describe one the cultural wealth Regency. Researchers also worked find meaning values that became background history war. This uses qualitative descriptive get data form oral, written from person or group observe behavior. Data collection is carried out by...

This review article is based on scientific and popular science publications as well articles from branch magazines that refer to the production of alcohol in Poland traditional grain raw materials. New trends broadly understood alcoholic beverages point a return materials methods, preferably carried out small, distillery – crafted beers, local wines or spirits. Consumers desire tradition, howev...

This paper argues for the moral significance of the notion of an evil person or character. First, I argue that accounts of evil character ought to support a robust bad/evil distinction; yet existing theories cannot plausibly do so. Consequentialist and related theories also fail to account for some crucial properties of evil persons. Second, I sketch an intuitively plausible “affective-motivati...