Call to restore Mesopotamian marshlands

Call to restore NIH's cap on grant funding.

FREE Full Text 5. ↵R. Weisman,, Scientists worry about plan to cap individual labs' federalfunding, Boston Globe,(2017); www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/06/07/local-scientists-worry-about-nih-proposed-cap-funding-forindividual-labs/8qv6ydg4xBT32Y4a7LkVfN/story.html. 6. ↵NAGMS Council Guidelines for Funding Decisions(2017); www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/application/Pages/NAGMS...

Adam in Ancient Mesopotamian Traditions

Since the recovery and publication of texts from the Ancient Near East is a continuing endeavor, the materials already published need to be reexamined from time to time in the light of more recent information. The case in point for reexamination here is the Mesopotamian story of Adapa, which is noted for its parallel with the early chapters in Genesis as a reference to man's squandered opportun...

Brain Diseases in Mesopotamian Societies

In ancient Mesopotamia were not practiced neither autopsies nor dissections, so the internal organs of human body were known only from occasional inspections on wounds and injuries. The brain was considered as a part of the head and was not related to mental activity. However, Babylonian and Assyrian physicians were able to identify the symptoms of many diseases that affect this organ. We will ...

Electrical stimulation to restore respiration.

Electrical stimulation has been used for over 25 years to restore breathing to patients with high quadriplegia causing respiratory paralysis and patients with central alveolar hypoventilation. Three groups have developed electrical pacing systems for long-term support of respiration in humans. These systems consist of electrodes implanted on the phrenic nerves, connected by leads to a stimulato...

Mesopotamian Metrological Lists And Tables:Forgotten Sources