Golden Ages and Renaissances

The golden ages of histological technique.

Summa ry The growth of our knowledge of normal and pathological histology has been accelerated by two periods of spectacular technical developments. The first, a t the end of the nineteenth century, produced most of the dye staining methods for sections that are now in use. The second, dating from the 1950's to the present time, has seen the application of electron microscopy, histochemistry an...

Renaissances and Current Trends with Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com immense number of publications appeared dealing mainly with the determination of the four “classical” metals easily accessible by inverse voltammetry on mercury electrodes, i.e., Zn, Cd, Pb and Cu. Along with such prosperity in voltammetry also potentiometry slipped into its golden age with the development of new ion selective membranes for many of ...

A second horizon scan of biogeography: Golden Ages, Midas touches, and the Red Queen

Are we entering a new ‘Golden Age’ of biogeography, with continued development of infrastructure and ideas? We highlight recent developments, and the challenges and opportunities they bring, in light of the snapshot provided by the 7 biennial meeting of the International Biogeography Society (IBS 2015). We summarize themes in and across 15 symposia using narrative analysis and word clouds, whic...

The Existence of Golden Ages and Stability in the Two-sector Model

Persia and the Golden Rule

My paper has two parts. First, I talk about the golden rule. After introducing the rule and its global importance, I explain why many scholars dismiss it as a vague proverb that leads to absurdities when we try to formulate it clearly. I defend the golden rule against such objections. Second, I talk about the golden rule in Persia and Islam; I consider Persian sources (Muslim and non-Muslim) an...