Abstract This paper discusses the scarce, but crucial evidence for plaster reliefs in Constantinople between ninth and thirteenth centuries. While many survived Balkan peninsula, there is room to confirm that they were also used capital. Plaster a quick substitution marble, could answer aesthetic needs architectural conventions continued from Late Antiquity Middle Byzantine architecture, even w...

A wall relief, comprising five figures carved on a bench in communal building dating to the ninth millennium BC, was found south-eastern Turkey 2021. It constitutes earliest known depiction of narrative ‘scene’, and reflects complex relationship between humans, natural world animal life that surrounded them during transition sedentary lifestyle.

OBJECTIVE To compare the long-term effects and advantages of ultrasound (US)-guided selective cervical nerve root block with fluoroscopy (FL)-guided transforaminal block. METHODS From March 2009 to November 2012, 162 patients received steroid injections for lower cervical radicular pain. A total of 114 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. All procedures were performed by using US or FL....

this paper presents a mapping procedure for risk mapping of water and wind erosion, whichhelps to identify protective measures needed in the planning and management of natural parks. the map of water erosion risk was developed by combining the original and revised universal soil loss equation methodologies (usle-rusle), and the map of wind erosion risk was developed using quirantes’ method. usi...