Objectives. To apply modern text-mining methods to identify candidate herbs and formulae for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. Methods. The method we developed includes three steps: (1) identification of candidate ancient terms; (2) systemic search and assessment of medical records written in classical Chinese; (3) preliminary evaluation of the effect and safety of candidates. Results. Anc...

Remnants of cities and farmlands in China's hyperarid Tarim Basin indicate that environmental conditions were significantly wetter two millennia ago in a region which is barren desert today. Historical documents and age data of organic remains show that the Loulan Kingdom flourished during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) but was abandoned between its end and 645 CE. Previous archaeological, ge...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2017.01.012 The first record of hand pollination was in a relief from an Assyrian dynasty, 800 BC, now preserved in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In the relief, shown in Figure 1A, two winged deities gingerly fertilize a date palm tree by using a male flower. Nearly 3,000 years later, pollination has been automated. In this issue of Chem, Chechetka et al. de...

This study is focused on examination of ancient Egyptian mummy with congenital limb deformity from noble Egyptian mummy back to new kingdom-18th dynasty date from 1550-1295 BCE owned by Egyptian museum in El-Tharir – Egypt. Unilateral deformities were observed with ankle torsion and the neck of the talus was higher than normal. The CT images suggested abnormalities in shape of the tarsal bones ...


 This article studies Qa?sim Beg H?aya?ti? Tabri?zi?’s unpublished account of S?afavid history, which has long been considered lost. H?aya?ti?’s account—dedicated, in 961/1554, to Shah T?ahma?sp’s sister, Princess Mihi?n Begum (d. 969/1562)—spans the period between formative years S?afaviyya Sufi order under S?afi? al-Di?n Ish?a?q Ardabi?li? 735/1334) and early reign Isma??i?l (907–30/150...

The article refers to the decree letter sent by imperator of Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, Khanqoja Sultan, who owned Eastern region Kazakhstan at end 18th century. This is one most important historical sources for a detailed study diplomacy Kazakh Khanate, especially with its eastern neighbor Dynasty. After destruction Dzungars, Khanate and Dynasty established official diplomatic relations, trade be...

Charles Darwin, who was married to his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, was one of the first experimentalists to demonstrate the adverse effects of inbreeding and to question the consequences of consanguineous mating. He documented the phenomenon of inbreeding depression for numerous plant species, and this caused him to worry about the health of his own children, who were often ill. To determine w...