Parker Robert, Polytheism and Society at Athens

Society, Culture and Spatial Organization: An Athens Community

THE PERSIANS. LOST CIVILIZATIONS Geoffrey Parker and Brenda Parker, Reaktion Book, 2017, 208 pages

Peter Parker: Missionary and Diplomat *

In the centenary celebration for Peter Parker the date chosen is that of the opening of his hospital in Canton. This is as it should be. It was as a physician that Doctor Parker made his best known and most distinctive contribution. It is appropriate that his memory should be kept green in connection with the work of physical healing and with the rise of the modern medical profession in China. ...

Robert Glynn (1719-1800), physician at Cambridge.

ROBERT GLYNN practised as a physician at Cambridge throughout the whole of the second half of the eighteenth century. The reputation of the university was then lower than at any time in its history and there were few students. Glynn was one of a small group of men who made an attempt to maintain the continuity of medical teaching at Cambridge. In his day he enjoyed an excellent reputation as a ...

Investigation of parameters affecting the travel time at tramway systems: the case of Athens, Greece

Within the framework of this paper, various parameters that might affect the efficiency and the reliability of a tramway system are examined. Two linear regression models are built in order to investigate the way these parameters are affecting the commercial speed and the travel time deviation, respectively. The case study is the tramway of Athens which operates since the 2004 Olympic Games. Al...