Biodiversity hotspots are centers of biological diversity and particularly threatened by anthropogenic activities. Their true magnitude of species diversity and endemism, however, is still largely unknown as species diversity is traditionally assessed using morphological descriptions only, thereby ignoring cryptic species. This directly limits evidence-based monitoring and management strategies...

Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh is full of stories which are rooted in myths. The characters can be analyzed from different viewpoints. Keykhosrow one the eminent In this paper, relying on desk study, document and content analysis, adoption Marcel Mauss’ anthropological approach Eliade’s theory about magic doctors we have his magical actions. findings paper show that Iranian-Turanian a potential witch. He...

Responding to an enquiry concerning the geographic population structure (GPS) approach and the origin of Ashkenazic Jews – a reply to Flegontov et al. Abstract Recently, we investigated the geographical origins of Ashkenazic Jews (AJs) and their native language Yiddish by applying a biogeographical tool, the Geographic Population Structure (GPS), to a cohort of 367 exclusively Yiddish-speaking ...

Abstract Background Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)2 overexpression on glioblastoma endothelia serves as a target for VEGFR2 primed T cells using VXM01 DNA vaccine encoding VEGFR2. is delivered in bacterial Ty21a carrier suitable oral administration. A previous phase I/II study 14 patients with progressive showed positive correlation of specific well altered intra-tumoral im...

Recently, the geographical origins of Ashkenazic Jews (AJs) and their native language Yiddish were investigated by applying the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) to a cohort of exclusively Yiddish-speaking and multilingual AJs. GPS localized most AJs along major ancient trade routes in northeastern Turkey adjacent to primeval villages with names that resemble the word "Ashkenaz." These find...

Abstract The ancient Zoroastrian hymn of worship dedicated to the frauuaṣ̌i- s (affirmative choices) righteous mortals and divinities refers an important discourse that takes place between unnamed poet-sage his mysterious rival, named Gaōtəma. figure Gaōtəma has intrigued Avestan scholars through years, but significance implications Gaōtəma's identity, presence in hymn, date not been seriously s...