Correspondence to: Stella Pui-Yan Wong Abstract: Acupuncture is one of the most commonly used complementary/alternative medicines among the Chinese population. Knowing relevant evidence of acupuncture in the treatment of rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders is becoming more and more important as frequently doctors are being asked about its efficacy. This review covers the most recent evidenc...

A non-abelian finite group is called sequenceable if for some positive integer , is -generated ( ) and there exist integers such that every element of is a term of the -step generalized Fibonacci sequence , , , . A remarkable application of this definition may be find on the study of random covers in the cryptography. The 2-step generalized sequences for the dihedral groups studi...

Systems for the archival of musical documents digitally and development of digital music libraries are currently being researched and developed extensively. However, adapting these systems for the archival and retrieval of Malaysian music materials might not be as straightforward due to the distinct differences in musical structure and modes of non-Western music. This paper covers the motivatio...

This paper proposes a new algorithm that simultaneously identifies the coding system and language of a code string fetched from the Internet, especially World-Wide Web. The algorithm uses statistic language models to select the correctly decoded string as well as to determine the language. The proposed algorithm covers 9 languages and 11 coding systems used in Eastern Asia and Western Europe. E...

The story of the Obor Foundation is important for several reasons. Firstly, it covers contribution an up-till-now largely overlooked Western philanthropic enterprise to promote a cohesive national cultural identity Indonesia in wake fall Sukarno. Secondly, was attempt move beyond previous Cold War efforts spread liberal ideas globally, most notably by Congress Cultural Freedom. To overcome crit...

to find the identity, position and status of women in the early centuries of islamic government, it is necessary to rely on reasonable documents. the pictorial resources and designs remained from artistic works of these times are among the available documents which can be studied by focussing on the position of women in this period. the designs of figures remained from the early centuries of is...