Noting the poorly known historical geography of Elamite coastal region Persian Gulf during first half millennium BCE, author proceeds to contribute new knowledge on topic by investigating toponym(s) Nagitu, an settlement that appears quite frequently in Neo-Assyrian sources with various postpositions: Nagitu-raqqi “island-in-the-marshes”, Nagitu-di’bina “coastal town-of-rocks”, or Nagitu-of-Ela...

AIMS/BACKGROUND Adhesion molecules play a key role in the selective recruitment of different leucocyte population to inflammatory sites. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the presence and distribution of adhesion molecules in the conjunctiva of patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). METHODS The presence and distribution of adhesion molecules were studied in 14 conj...

PURPOSE To investigate the mechanisms by which chronic oxidative stress may lead to a sustained stress response similar to that previously observed in the trabecular meshwork (TM) of glaucoma donors. METHODS Porcine TM cells were treated with 200 microM H2O2 twice a day for four days and were allowed to recover for three additional days. After the treatment, TM cells were analyzed for generat...

After graduating more than 12,000 doctors since its founding in 1999, Cuba's Latin American Medical School (ELAM, the Spanish acronym) is tackling one of its greatest challenges to date: how to track graduates from over 65 countries and measure their impact on health outcomes and policy in their local contexts?

This paper reports the planning processes used in one of New Zealand's premier schools of fine art. Elam has a culture of exuberant individualism, high productivity and disciplinary sectionalism. There is a belief that it is cantankerously and inevitably unbiddable, and yet, paradoxically, it is well enough organised to shape New Zealand's cultural identity, consistently producing some of its f...

The article is a full edition (photography, autography, transliteration, translation and commentary) of three previously unpublished Neo-Sumerian administrative documents, which are in one the anonymous collections Poland. tablets come from two provincial archives kingdom Third Dynasty Ur - Puzriš-Dagan Girsu-Lagaš, their content typical this group cuneiform texts.

The aim of this paper is to investigate some aspects fictive kinship in ancient Sumer that we find out through administrative, legal and literary texts. From the Neo-Sumerian period several texts different nature have survived, which constitutes a breeding ground for kind study. In anthropological studies terminology considered fundamental understand structure dynamics human societies. It seems...