Cambodia harbours a variety of aboriginal (and presumably ancient) populations that have largely been ignored in studies of genetic diversity. Here we investigate the matrilineal gene pool of 1,054 Cambodians from 14 geographic populations. Using mitochondrial whole-genome sequencing, we identify eight new mitochondrial DNA haplogroups, all of which are either newly defined basal haplogroups or...

Ancient DNA methodology was applied to analyse sequences extracted from freshly unearthed remains (teeth) of 4 individuals deeply deposited in slightly alkaline soil of the Tell Ashara (ancient Terqa) and Tell Masaikh (ancient Kar-Assurnasirpal) Syrian archaeological sites, both in the middle Euphrates valley. Dated to the period between 2.5 Kyrs BC and 0.5 Kyrs AD the studied individuals carri...

Church music pedagogy has a rich history dating back to the 9th century and is rooted in scripture ancient traditions. Changes over centuries have been gradual with incremental transitions; however, since introduction of pop rock musical stylings church settings almost sixty years ago, changes swift dramatic. The advent modern worship left Christian higher learning institutions scrambling find ...

THIS paper is concerned with a glimpse into the wealth of ancient Indian medical literature. A small sampling of the general knowledge and thoughts of these ancients will be presented along with an attempt to place their leading texts into some historical perspective. Following this, emphasis will be placed on some of the writings of what may be called 'Ancient Indian Dermatology'. Most modern ...

This paper proposes the hardware implementation of RSA encryption/decryption algorithm using the algorithms of Ancient Indian Vedic Mathematics that have been modified to improve performance. The recently proposed hierarchical overlay multiplier architecture is used in the RSA circuitry for multiplication operation. The most significant aspect of the paper is the development of a division archi...

C. Stephen Evans, Mary Healy, and Murray Rae. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. Pp. xx + 553. $34.99. “Behind” the Text, the fourth volume of the Scripture and Hermeneutics Series, is a product of the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar (SAHS). According to their website, SAHS “was set up in 1998 to see what could be done to renew interpretation of the Bible as Scripture in the Academy.” SAHS striv...

In this paper the Indian Buddhist logic of the Middle Ages is connected to methodological aspects of logic, especially to the idea that logic can serve as an organon, e. g., as a tool for discovering novelties. Research on this idea can be characterized by questions like “Is there a logic of invention?”, “What is the role, if any, of deductive logic in creative processes?”, “What is the role of...

The first Noble Truth of Buddhism asserts that all is suffering. In this context, the word “all” means all conditioned things, that is to say, all worldly things. Hence anything that perpetuates the cycle of rebirth in this world can be considered antithetical to liberation and subject to condemnation. A number of Buddhist sūtras, meditation manuals, and doctrinal texts, probably written before...