t in islam world, writing and scribing koran has been always a very important issue. professional  scribers and calligraphers of koran were in the acme point of this process. scribing diversity as  well as different styles of writing divine words does not contradict with uprightness in recording  koran words so that in addition to observing this principle, great calligraphers have tried to  scr...

The Bible in the Bowls represents a complete catalogue of Hebrew quotations found published corpus Jewish Babylonian Aramaic magic bowls. As our only direct epigraphic witnesses to from late antique Babylonia, bowls are uniquely placed contribute research on (oral) transmission biblical text antiquity; pre-Masoretic vocalisation tradition; formation liturgy and early development prayer book; so...

The capital of Angkor remained the powerbase Khmer polity for more than 600 years, indicating its resilience. Recent work at investigates evolution this massive agro-urban center, but most that research has focused on large-scale landscape developments rather occupational sequences urban localities. Our paper blends remotely-sensed ground survey, excavation, art historic, and epigraphic data in...

Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) offers decision makers a structured, rational approach with which to improve the return on resources expended. But decades after its widespread promotion to the medical community, policy makers in the United States remain reluctant to use the approach formally. Indeed, the resistance to economic evidence in the United States in an era of evidence-based medicine...

Modern clinical practice relies on evidence-based medicine (EBM) and evidence-based guidelines (EBGs). The critical evaluation of EBGs value is therefore an essential step to further improve clinical practice. In our opinion, correlating levels of evidence and grades of recommendation can be an easy tool to quickly display internal consistence of EBGs.

The epigraphic record from Palmyra brings light on the organization of temples: personnel, management feasts, economy and ritual practices towards certain deities like Allat Shai ‘al-Qaum. These texts were previously called in research literature “sacred laws”and what scholarly debate nowadays labels with term “ritual norms.”The aim this paper, divided temple behavior, is to understand through ...

The paper presents the corpus of Inscriptions Georgia, a result PhD research project at Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. database, built using EpiDoc Front-End Services (EFES) platform, combines editions hundreds inscriptions unearthed in and published print during 18th-20th centuries. outlines main issues addressed creation database encoding inscriptions. It illustrates core features c...

The seviratus Augustalis was an urban institution of semi-official nature which mainly held by wealthy freedmen. It appeared in Italy the end 1st century BC and spread fast to Latin-speaking provinces Roman Empire. had essential role growth economic commercial activities several cities till 3rd AD. This position has been studied many scholars through its abundant epigraphic evidences. scarcity ...