The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army focuses on Emperor Qin Shihuang and the grand empire he created during his rule from 221 to 210 B.C.E. The exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, originally shown in a larger version at the British Museum in 2007/2008, displays about 100 objects, primarily from the Qin dynasty (221–206 B.C.E.), and examines them within their historical and ar...

Mankind spends a third of it's lifetime sleeping. Sleep deficiency can cause several psychological and physical complications as well as death if prolonged over extended periods. Therefore, sleep is a substantial part of life and essential to the preservation of human-life. In modern society, human-beings are having more difficulty with sleep than ever before. Consequently, the need for medical...

It has been suggested that population growth dynamics may be revealed by the geographic distribution and the physical structure of ancient bridges. Yet, this relationship has not been empirically verified. In this study, we applied the archaeological records for ancient bridges to reveal the population growth dynamics in the lower Yangtze River Basin in late imperial China. We investigated 89 a...

The rise of this regime has been supported (perhaps unwittingly) by governments and central banks.

Introduction The ancient Chinese believed that after a person died, he would take a journey to the next life. He needed all the things he had in his earth life: food, clothes, money, entertainment, household items, and protection from evil spirits for his journey to the afterlife. The family would prepare a tomb for the dead person and fill it with all these things. This was how they honored th...

Born in 1368 A.D., after the fall of Yuan dynasty, Great Ming Dynasty, which ruled until 1644, was last Chinese dynasty by a member Han ethnic group. Throughout China’s population doubled, and trade, art, technology, architecture reached new heights. However, Dynasty collapsed its capital fallen to rebel army led Li Zicheng. This collapse caused several long-term causes embedded structure, had ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the invasiveness of first trimester trophoblasts according to the secretion profile of MMP-2 and -9 at different gestational stages, and to test the similarity between primary trophoblast cell-culture and the JAR choriocarcinoma cell-line. METHODS First trimester trophoblasts were divided into two groups: 6-8 weeks (early) and 9-12 w (late) of g...

In this paper, we discuss an approach to detect code copying in open source software. This approach generates a small fingerprint that includes the main features of the class files contained in a Java Archive (Jar) file. By comparing the intrinsic and extrinsic features of the class files, the approach can find the cloned code in anonymous Jar files. This approach provides a tool to detect clon...

We developed three types of covers that are easily fabricated from plastic screen locally manufactured in Thailand. The covers were designed to permit normal use of water jars for drinking, utility water uses, and water storage. Tests of the covers in the laboratory and field demonstrated that they could completely prevent successful development of Aedes aegypti (L.) in water jars. Initial expe...