Sir, Idiopathic localized involutional lipoatrophy (ILIL) is a rare and nosologically imprecise condition characterized by a focal loss of subcutaneous tissue on one or several sites, occurring without any significant triggering factor or auto-immune background, and regressing spontaneously within a few months (1, 2). We report here on a new observation of ILIL that emphasizes its deceitful cli...

The deceitful nature of irony has not been lost on artists and writers, who have manipulated it for various purposes, most notably, the insertion of novel, dissident ideas (Giora, submitted; Walker 1991). Irony's indirectness acts as a shield which masks a genuine intent deemed risky by the speaker. Consider the following poem by the Israeli poet, Yona Wallach (1997), which has been taken liter...

Deliberate deceptiveness intended to gain an advantage is commonplace in human and animal societies. In a social dilemma, an individual may only pretend to be a cooperator to elicit cooperation from others, while in reality he is a defector. With this as motivation, we study a simple variant of the evolutionary prisonerʼs dilemma game entailing deceitful defectors and conditional cooperators th...

In Old Georgiam manuscripts word “წინასწარმეტყველი” havs some forms: წინაჲსწარმეტყუელ-ი,წინასწარმეტყუელ-ი,წინაჲწარმეტყუელ-ი, წინაწარმეტყუელ-ი. Its structure  can be understood as a combination of an adverb  (წინაჲსწარ) and recipient  (მეტყუელ-ი)  the question diachronic relationship indicated forms naturally arises. This form is attested in earliest period forerunner. For ex...

background and objectives: mental health is one of the most important components of healthy life. culture, particularly religious orientation, is one of the factors whose role in promoting mental health is increasingly being emphasized. the aim of this study was to investigate correlation between religious orientation and mental health among the staff of pars special economic energy zone (pseez...