Sexuality and eroticism are present in all of opera’s interwoven ‘layers’, broadly: drama, music and singing. Interaction with the resulting whole evokes an emotional response in the listener/audience that is erotic in nature. Lacanian psychoanalytic theory pertaining to the gaze and, in particular, the voice provides a useful framework to explore the sexuality and eroticism within and beyond o...

As published studies of female homosexuality are often based on the intensive psychoanalytical study of a very few highly selected and atypical cases, a broadly-based investigation was made of over 100 lesbians who were not at the time psychiatric patients. In this paper, the physical characteristics and medical histories are presented and contrasted with those obtained from a control group of ...

While theologians such as Derek Beattie have attempted to uncover the meaning of Gen 2-3, a satisfactory and definitive answer has remained elusive.' In addition to traditional historical-critical methodology (source criticism), scholars have employed many other approaches including religiohistorical, social, psychoanalytical, and feminist approaches, as well as several structuralist, semiotic,...

Orange peel oil is used extensively as an approved flavour enhancer in fruit drinks, carbonated beverages and as a scenting agent in soaps and cosmetics. Limonene, which is a monocyclic monoterpene is present in orange peel oil from 90 to 95% (w/w). Monoterpenes have been shown to be very effective chemopreventive agents against several rodent tumors and are currently in clinical trials. Howeve...

The ancestors to the Australian marsupials entered Australia around 60 (54-72) Ma from Antarctica, and radiated into the four living orders Peramelemorphia, Dasyuromorphia, Diprotodontia, and Notoryctemorphia. The relationship between the four Australian marsupial orders has been a long-standing question, because different phylogenetic studies have not been able to consistently reconstruct the ...