Evaluation of ECMWF ERA-40 temperature and wind in the lower tropical stratosphere since 1988 from past long-duration balloon measurements T. Christensen, B. M. Knudsen, J.-P. Pommereau, G. Letrenne, A. Hertzog, F. Vial, J. Ovarlez, and M. Piot Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark Service d’Aéronomie, IPSL/CNRS, Verrières-Le-Buisson, France Centre National d’Études Spatiales, To...

This paper investigates some of the ways that Chinese medicine has been transferred to the Western world and to Islamic territories. During the Golden Age of Islam (8th to 13th century CE), the herbal drug trade promoted significant commercial and scientific exchange between China and the Muslim world. Chinese herbal drugs have been described by medieval Muslim medical scholars such as Tabari (...

Quantification in Child Language Jeffrey Lidz University of Maryland "Who did you pass on the road?" the King went on, holding out his hand to the Messenger for some more hay. "Nobody" said the Messenger. "Quite right," said the King:"this young lady saw him too. So of course Nobody walks slower than you." "I do my best," the Messenger said in a sullen tone. "I'm sure that nobody walks much fas...

throughout the history of the islamic iran the judicial system has always been based on common law and canon law (sharī‘a). upon the formalization of shī‘ism as the official school (nadhhab) in the safavid era, the shī‘a jurisprudence was set as the basis for legal judgments; and for the execution of judicial affairs the ruler appointed officers such as ṣadr, shaykh al-islām, and other judicial...

the present article aims to explicate the difference between perceptions of conceptual relations governing the public in different eras. therefore, this can be achieved through considering ancient greece as the birthplace of western traditions and deciphering the mythological meaning of governance in that era. to this end, it takes advantage of a hermeneutical-historical point of view to review...

Based on Myanmar Buddhist context, the meaning of Pali word Sasana refers to set teachings Buddha which has been considered intact in its purest form since it originated from Himself. As time went by, said precepts might have faced some modifications according taste and liking those who embraced it. a result, is not assured that context still original form. history had depicted 19th century as ...

Abstract Montecore. En unik tiger (2006) stages its own making through the joint authorship of Kadir, a friend Abbas’, and Jonas, young writer Abbas’ son. Their collaboration aims at novel about Abbas, who migrated from Tunisia to Sweden, now missing person. The interpretation his life proves be conflicting ground for co-authors because their generational differences. This article proposes an a...