This overview of Sasanian stuccoes includes sites divided chronologically – without losing sight the regional premises. The iconographic repertoire found in hitherto had been then catalogued ornamental, plant, figural, animal, and monograms. Noteworthy is paragraph on transmission architectural decorations. Although just a few motifs influenced Byzantine decorative language, several were transm...

OBJECTIVE All previous studies on monetary diet cost have examined the relationship of monetary cost of self-reported diet to self-reported, rather than biomarker-based, estimates of dietary intake. The present cross-sectional study examined the association between monetary costs of self-reported diet and biomarker-based estimates of nutrient intake. DESIGN Monetary diet cost (Japanese yen/10...

Abstract Like many other religions, Zoroastrianism frequently restructured its priestly organization during long history, largely because of the environmental changes to which it was exposed. A major shift in status – from being state religion Sasanian Empire holding only a minor position early Islamic period challenged Zoroastrian hierarchy authority. The Abbasid provided with an opportunity i...

• How strong are the effects of monetary policy? – Real vs. nominal – Systematic vs. random • Is the rise in US inflation in the 70’s and the subsequent fall explained by bad, then good, monetary policy? There is considerable disagreement still about the size and nature of the effects of monetary policy, but in this one lecture there is not time to review all the evidence on that. We focus main...

Studies in many Western countries have consistently shown that monetary diet cost is positively associated with diet quality, but this may not necessarily be the case in Japan. This cross-sectional study examined the nutritional correlates of monetary diet cost among 3963 young (all 18 years old), 3800 middle-aged (mean age 48 years) and 2211 older (mean age 74 years) Japanese women. Dietary in...