Noting the poorly known historical geography of Elamite coastal region Persian Gulf during first half millennium BCE, author proceeds to contribute new knowledge on topic by investigating toponym(s) Nagitu, an settlement that appears quite frequently in Neo-Assyrian sources with various postpositions: Nagitu-raqqi “island-in-the-marshes”, Nagitu-di’bina “coastal town-of-rocks”, or Nagitu-of-Ela...

AAA ATPases (those associated with various cellular activities) 1 play important roles in numerous cellular activities including proteolysis, protein folding, membrane trafficking, cytoskeletal regulation, organelle biogenesis, DNA replication, and intracellular motility. Recent structural and enzymatic studies are providing clues into the properties of the conserved AAA domain that defines thi...

willing to take the ‘Labour Whip’ in the House of Lords? I was not sure that I liked the sound of a ‘Labour Whip’ and although, of course, flattered to be considered, I was confused about what it would entail. I had little idea then about what, if anything, the Lords really did. As a complete outsider it is certainly a confusing place to enter and only now after some six years have I begun to u...

“Bastard feudalism” is a system of patronage-client relations that existed in England the late Middle Ages, opposed to vassal-seigneurial classical feudalism. This concept has been used historiography since 19th century, but still debatable. The relevance study due question degree “bastard distribution society. Based on sources, prosopographic database active participants Wars Roses (1455–1487)...

We happened to observe that text that was reflected about either the horizontal or vertical axis was more difficult to read than text that was reflected about first one and then the other, which amounts to a 180-degree rotation. In this article, we review a number of studies that examine the nature of recognizing reflected and inverted letters, and the frequency of mirror reversal errors (e.g.,...

Social networking sites such as Facebook are becoming increasingly popular and important but it remains unclear which aspects of profiles convey information used to form impressions. This study expands on research investigating the role of popularity online and its impact on perceptions of targets’ personality and appearance. Facebook profile owners’ popularity was manipulated via number of fri...

By studying the archives of feudal Lords Southern Italian between 14th-16th centuries you can understand real nature their power and how it was expressed. The volume, which takes into account most recent historiography, relies on study inventory important documentary collections held in Archivio di Stato Naples, such as Sommaria (Relevi with files for succession; Dipendenze, I, Conti erariali d...

Young veterinary graduates met at the House of Lords last month to discuss the causes of disillusionment being reported by those in the early years of their careers, and to propose solutions. The meeting captured the views of veterinarians working in both clinical and non-clinical roles, including graduates working outside the veterinary sector. Anthony Ridge, parliamentary intern to Lord Trees...