The aim of this chapter is to present the mythological poem by Claudianus about Proserpine’s kidnapping and marriage. still encourage scholars discussion its state preservation. I will also focus my attention intratextual as well intertextual connections joining with itself wide ancient tradition. propose two very hypothetical lines interpretation concerning De raptu Proserpinae.

OBJECTIVE To obtain national estimates of the degree to which school, police, and medical authorities are involved after children experience violence, abuse, and crime victimizations. DESIGN A cross-sectional, national telephone survey involving a target sample of 4549 children and youth conducted from January 1, 2008, through May 31, 2008. SETTING Contiguous United States. PARTICIPANTS C...

O n 29 March 2011 Professor Mohammed Alwan, dean of AlMustansiriya Medical School in Baghdad and my uncle, was assassinated. A bomb was planted in his car and exploded as he got in after leaving his medical practice. He was a distinguished academic and surgeon who was respected by his students, and he was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Within a week, another clinical acad...

Using data from the 2011 and 2016 Life in Kyrgyzstan surveys, we examine Kyrgyz women’s labour supply elasticities at extensive margin. We use Heckman’s two-step approach to predict earnings for non-participating women then these predictions estimate participation equation. find that decision is not influenced by their earnings. also show there exists a significant gap employment propensities a...

Introduction Pakistan it was that first drew the attention of the world to the madrassas – Islam’s most enduring institution for the reproduction of a class of the custodians of Islamic learned tradition – and Pakistan it is that continues to hit the international headlines implicating these madrassas in radical religiopolitical rhetoric, sectarian violence, militancy, and even outright terrori...

Emerged as salient in the recent home appliance consumer market is a new generation of home cleaning robot featuring the capability of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). SLAM allows a cleaning robot not only to selfoptimize its work paths for efficiency but also to self-recover from kidnappings for user convenience. By kidnapping, we mean that a robot is displaced, in the middle of c...