We discuss current efforts behind the curation of observing proposals, archive bibliographies, and data links in the NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The primary data in the ADS is the bibliographic content from scholarly articles in Astronomy and Physics, which ADS aggregates from publishers, arXiv and conference proceeding sites. This core bibliographic information is then further enriche...

L2 production of tones has been widely discussed; however, the role of orthography in the learning process has received little attention. Previous studies suggested that the opaque orthography of Chinese characters plays an important role in both L2 production and perception. The present study further investigates the role of different orthographies (Pinyin vs. Chinese characters) in L2 product...

one of the most controversial issues about mowlavi’sdivan-e-kabir is the existence of turkish and greek poems in it. itsgreek poems will be studied in this paper.theresearcheshave been conductedonturkishpoems of this collection havebroaderscopes.codicology of these sonnets is one of the best ways to evaluate them. considering the background of the research, we try to study the frequency of gree...

This paper describes a work-flow designed to populate a digital library of ancient Greek critical editions with highly accurate OCR scanned text. While the most recently available OCR engines are now able after suitable training to deal with the polytonic Greek fonts used in 19th and 20th century editions, further improvements can also be achieved with postprocessing. In particular, the progres...

V enous thrombosis is a fairly common disorder that manifests mainly as deep vein thrombosis of the leg or pulmonary embolism. It affects 1 in 1000 individuals annually and has a substantial mortality rate. 1 Its causes are both genetic (prothrombotic abnormalities sometimes referred to as a group as thrombophilia) and acquired. 2 Among the latter are cancer, female hormone use, and all forms o...

That the Western scientific and medical tradition is built on Greek foundations is well known: what is far less obvious is how and why Greek science arose and developed, and what distinguished it from its Egyptian and Babylonian contemporaries. In this'elegant book, Dr. Lloyd addresses himself to these difficult questions and points towards their solution. He examines again the role of magic an...

That the Western scientific and medical tradition is built on Greek foundations is well known: what is far less obvious is how and why Greek science arose and developed, and what distinguished it from its Egyptian and Babylonian contemporaries. In this'elegant book, Dr. Lloyd addresses himself to these difficult questions and points towards their solution. He examines again the role of magic an...