Wood carving in various purposes and uniformly as an expression of art prevailed in every human society since the beginning of the Indus valley civilization or back to the centuries. It is closely attached to the different aspects of human life. A number of references can be traced in the civilization of Harappa that they used timbers to construct roofs of their abodes which were flat and made ...

A paleoparasitological study was carried out on 2 lead coffins recovered from the Roman site of Jaunay-Clan (near Poitiers, France). For the first time, this particular type of burial gave positive parasitological results, and eggs of the whipworm Trichuris trichiura were identified in 1 individual. In the present case, thanatomorphose associated with funerary practices may explain the scarcity...

Too many doctors, scientists, and politicians have something to hide. When the truth is revealed, it can come hard at you, although rarely as spectacularly claims about government incompetence made by Dominic Cummings.1 You might be hiding a payment from drug or device manufacturer, an offer of shares future employment, less tangible, such desire for political power revenge, religious superiori...

This analysis of the fabricated worlds in tombs and cave temples China’s Hexi Corridor shows that animals are integral to concepts earthly heavenly realms. Changes animal imagery from third through sixth centuries connect region’s social, cultural, demographic transformations, including an embrace pastoralism followed by increasing cosmopolitanism with spread Buddhism. A profusion domestic Wei-...

During apoptosis, cells undergo characteristic morphological changes in which the cytoskeleton plays an active role. The cytoskeleton rearrangements have been mainly attributed to actinomyosin ring contraction, while microtubule and intermediate filaments are depolymerized at early stages of apoptosis. However, recent results have shown that microtubules are reorganized during the execution pha...

Abstract Security forces are one of the main targets political violence. This paper examines effect their casualties on electoral outcomes. Between two general elections in 2015, Turkey experienced a series attacks that killed 153 members its security forces. Based as-if random assignment funerals across country, I estimate government vote share increases funeral places force terror victims. Ho...