Search for Gems and Precious Stones

Chalcedony and Childbirth: Precious and Semi-Precious Stones as Obstetrical Amulets **

It is also profitable to wear about them gemmes and precious stones, as the The custom of wearing or holding an amulet during pregnancy and childbirth is probably as ancient as the need for comfort and reassurance. For reasons not entirely clear, precious and semi-precious stones throughout recorded time have been considered to possess protective virtues."'8 The medical benefits ascribed to eac...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

Implementation of Rail Loading and Gold Bullion, Silver Ounces and Supplies for the Mining of Precious Materials and Gems

The following article describes the logistics analysis on one of the commonly detected problems in trains, associated with BINPACKING, as it is, the wagon’s load, by transporting precious materials extracted from the mines in the state of Chihuahua, as they are: gold ingots, silver ounces and precious gemstones, it has also analyzed the supplies transportation for subterranean mining in the sta...

The search for monogenic causes of kidney stones.

Combinatorial Gems

Although this lecture does not contain many offical Olympiad problems, the arguments which are used are all common elements of Olympiad problem solving. Some of these perhaps could have made nice Olympiad problems, if not for the fact that they were already well-known due to their importance in higher mathematics. Most of this is sourced from the excellent combinatorics course developed by Benn...