Late Antiquity viewed from below: What a village and its papyri can add to the bigger picture - G. R. Ruffini 2018. Life in an Egyptian Village Antiquity: Aphrodito before after Islamic Conquest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. x + 233. 12 figures, 1 map. ISBN 978-1-107-10560-7. Volume 34 Issue

The history of Greece extends far beyond the period described above, but for the purposes of our study in music history, we will confine our analysis of Greek musical development to the period where the most advances were being made and where music played the most significance in society. This is not to say that music did not play a large part in Greek culture before then, only that the most im...

I n t roduc t ion The w o r d stut ter ing, (also stammering or logospasm) comes f rom the gothic stautan to strike, ( l ) Stutter ing is a disturbance in the fluency and t ime patterning of speech that is inappropriate fo r the person's age. Stuttering consists ei ther of repet i t ions, prolongat ions, pauses wi th in words , observable w o r d substitut ions to avoid blocking, or audible or ...

The objective of this article is to investigate whether the concept of techne is fruitful as a framework to analyze some of the pressing challenges in modern medicine. To do this, the concept of techne is scrutinized, and it is argued that it is a concept that integrates theoretical, practical and evaluative aspects, and that this makes it particularly suitable to analyze the complex activity o...

The phylogenetic positions of sulfate-reducing organisms, as revealed from comparisons of small-subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA), are spread over both the Archaeal and Bacterial domains, though when they evolved is uncertain. The lowbranching positions of some of these groups on the Tree of Life have inspired the hypothesis that the metabolic innovation of microbial sulfate reduction is of grea...

Cyclops are among the best-known monsters of Greek mythology, also mentioned in art and literature. According to the most recent scientific knowledge, the malformations caused by defective development of the anterior brain and midline mesodermal structures include cyclopia (synophthalmos), ethmocephaly, cebocephaly and arrhinencephaly. These severe forebrain lesions often are accompanied by sev...

Uterine prolapse is a condition that has likely affected women for all of time as it is documented in the oldest medical literature. By looking at the watershed moments in its recorded history we are able to appreciate the evolution of urogynecology and to gain perspective on the challenges faced by today's female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgeons in their attempts to treat uterine an...