A. Bertelsen, P. Aljabar, H. Xue, L. Srinivasan, T. Hayat, J. Allsop, D. Rueckert, M. R. Rutherford, and J. V. Hajnal Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of computing, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, MR Research and Development, Siemens Medical Solut...

Social network analysis is a rapidly expanding field for interpreting the interplay of relationships in the past. Scholars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East have experimented with technologies of network analysis in attempts to approach numerous historical and archaeological questions from a new perspective. However, due to the fragmentary nature of our data, the complexities of past s...

In the Tang era, official sacrifices to mountain and water spirits became more methodical than those of preceding dynasties. What deserves attention is that imperial court bestowed noble titles, which were normally awarded aristocrats powerful officials, on twenty-eight spirits, including Five Sacred Peaks, Four Strongholds, Seas Waterways. These practices reflected two-sided attitude rulers sp...

Virtual Colonialism (Ameli, 2011) is reflecting a new trend of colonialismin the virtual space parallel to the physical space. According to Ameli(2007), withthe “Dual Spacization” of life,the imperial powers like the United States of Americatake the advantage of the synchronization and translocality of the virtual space toexpand their realm of imperial power through the “attraction” and “persua...

Investment treaty arbitration has become politically “toxic” even in states that pioneered the development of investment treaties. There is consensus on need for reform. But there a dearth historical research what went wrong with treaties, when it happened, or how to find way forward light past. As result, reform efforts have stumbling quality. One can see this multilateral fora, such as United...