William Pitt and National Revival

The Helmontian George Thomson and William Harvey: the revival and application of splenectomy to physiological research.

DURING THE last decade of Harvey's life, the medical theories of Joannes Baptista van Helmont came into prominence, following the posthumous edition of his collected works, Ortus medicinae (1648), edited by his son, Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont. This enigmatic and challenging collection of tracts revitalized opposition to Galenic medicine, reinforcing the influence of Harvey's work in physi...

052-058 Pitt

Introduction and background Aflatoxins are a hazard in foods because they are potent carcinogens, capable of causing cancer in nearly all animal species studied. Aflatoxins are also acute, chronic and genotoxic poisons (1). In addition, recent evidence suggests strongly that aflatoxins can be immunosuppressive (2). The primary sources of aflatoxins are the common fungi Aspergillus flavus and th...

turkish-israeli relations and their implication on iranian national security

this dissertation has six chapter and tree appendices. chapter 1 introduces the thesis proposal including description of problem, key questions, hypothesis, backgrounds and review of literature, research objectives, methodology and theoretical concepts (key terms) taken the literature and facilitate an understanding of national security, national interest and turkish- israeli relations concepts...

The Wiener-Pitt tauberian theorem

PITT PACC Rapid-Response Workshop

TBD Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS): Thoughts on Particle Dark Matter