Near-Eastern archaeology has long remained oblivious to radiocarbon dating as unique historical calendars brought about a perception that 14C dating is superfluous. Circular chronological reasoning may occur as a result. There is now strong 14C evidence that the early part of Egyptian history seems older than age assessments currently in vogue among scholars. It is vital to apply systematic and...

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) are widely distributed throughout the Old World. Most studies have focused on Europe and East Asia with the genetic diversity of West Asia being less well studied. In particular, the genetic variability and genetic structure of the Iranian populations are not yet known; gaps which prevent scientists from resolving the genetic relationships of the Eurasian wild boar. This ...

coastal zone of sri lanka is a key to sustainable development of the country. the erosion of country’s coastal zone has been identified as a long standing problem. therefore, coastal sediment dynamics around the country has to be identified to develop an appropriate coastal zone management plan. remote sensing and gis techniques can be used for quantitative and qualitative analyses of coastal p...

Recent functional neuroimaging data, acquired in studies of religious experience, have been used to explain and justify religion and its origins. In this paper, we critique the move from describing brain activity associated with self-reported religious states, to explaining why there is religion at all. Toward that end, first we review recent neuroimaging findings on religious experience, and s...

by BRIAN BUCHANAN Rice Univers i ty 's g r a d u a t e religion p rogram w a s listed as " inadequate" in a recently released study prepared by the Rev. Dr. Claude Welch, dean of Berkeley's Gradua te Theological Union. In the repor t , released through the American Council of Learned Societies, Rice was listed among the oneth i rd of American g radua te religion depar tments which should be clo...

The analysis of religious and philosophical syncretism in Kabir's work is a subject great interest among researchers today. Kabir, an Indian philosopher poet, displayed his devotion (bhakti) by seeking the invisible absolute truth calling for recognition formless impersonal God, Absolute Truth. His poetic legacy emphasizes path bhakti importance approaching God with pure heart. In our research,...

Thirty-seven boll weevils, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), were captured in pheromone traps near Lubbock, TX, in the Southern High Plains/Caprock eradication zone during August-October 2006. No boll weevils had been captured in this zone or neighboring zones to the north earlier in the year, and only very low numbers had been captured in neighboring zones to the ...

The size of the 300 mbar north circumpolar vortex, and its eastern, western, date line, and Greenwich hemisphere components, is estimated for the period 1963–2000 by planimetering the area poleward of 300 mbar contours in the main belt of westerlies on the mean-monthly polar stereographic analyses of the Institute of Meteorology of the Free University of Berlin. On the basis of the superposed e...