Abstract How was Persian literature disciplinized in the twentieth century? This article addresses this question by focusing on twentieth-century Afghanistan and outlining sociohistorical processes that helped to transform scholarly literary production into a social enterprise. A major outcome of these underexamined making Dāʾerat ol-maʿāref-e Āryānā (1949–79) Kabul, first modern encyclopedia p...

The study aimed at evaluating the effects of calcitriol and of its analogues on the proliferation of TT and rMTC cells (human and rat line tumour cells originating from thyroid medullary carcinoma) and at examining the effects of the substances on the secretion of the principal hormones of the cells, calcitonin (CT) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Cells of thyroid medullary carcinom...

Among the numerous tribes of Indians living in Oklahoma the Seminoles offer some interesting phenomena for study which may contribute information on the subject of race mixture and its relationship to environment and health. The early history of the tribe in its original habitat of the Florida Everglades is not without romantic color, embodying as it does the Spanish occupation of the Southeast...

Resumen Se analiza de forma inédita la recepción en España algunos métodos alternativos notación musical tradicional, reflejo los nuevos caminos iniciados el ámbito educación que durante segunda mitad del siglo XIX y comienzos XX se desarrollaron paralelamente Europa América. Felipe Pedrell (1841-1922), como una las figuras más relevantes panorama musicológico pedagógico hispano su tiempo, hace...

Many nature reserves are located in landscapes with extreme biophysical conditions. We examined the effects of interactions between biophysical factors and land use on bird population viability inside and outside of Yellowstone National Park. Our hypotheses were as follows: (1) biophysical factors constrain bird species richness and bird reproduction at higher elevations; (2) nature reserves ar...

The authors review the most important Spanish contributions to hypnosis during the 19th and 20th centuries, with emphasis on the work of Santiago Ramon y Cajal, winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in medicine. It is widely accepted that he provided a basic foundation for modern neurosciences with his work on neuronal staining and synaptic transmission. What is missing in most accounts of his work is...

Omayed Biosphere Reserve is the only on northwestern coast of Egypt, representing Mediterranean ecosystem type. It has characteristic Fauna and Flora as it comprises 12% 17% Egypt's flora bryoflora, respectively, besides numbers endemic endangered animals. In past decade, OBR was subjected to extensive human activities –the building coastal touristic villages, irrigation canals, plantation, som...

*Prof of Medicine, Pravara Rural Medical College, Loni 413736, Maharashtra; **Prof of Endocrinology, Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi; ***CDC, Atlanta, USA C Golgi and Ramon Y Cajal shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1906 for their studies on the structure of nervous system. Strangely they met only at Stockholm. Golgi gave his Nobel lecture first in which he described his reticu...