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Schistosoma mansoni eggs were found in a latrine dated AD 1450-1550 in Montbéliard, France. This is the first record of intestinal schistosomiasis in archaeological material. Because the parasite has an African origin, its presence in Europe at that time may be due to African slaves. However, intestinal schistosomiasis has never been established in Europe.

We present a comprehensive Arabic tagging system: from the raw text to tagging disambiguation. For each processing step in the tagging system, we analyze the existing solutions (if any) and use one of them or propose, implement and evaluate a new one. This work began with designing a new Arabic tagset suitable for Classical Arabic (CA) and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). In addition to the classi...

The potential benefits of parallel computing for time-consuming statistical applications are well known, but have not been widely realized in practice, perhaps in part due to associated technical obstacles. This article develops a simple framework for programming statistical simulations using parallel processing, which does not require changing programming language or forgoing the use of standa...

Abstract This paper studies basic dynamics of a chaotic spiking oscillator and its master-slave type pulse-coupled system. The slaves can exhibit synchronous phenomena for the chaotic spike-trains of the masters not depending on the initial states. Using the mapping procedure, we analyze the synchronous phenomena. Constructing a simple test circuit, we verify typical phenomena in the laboratory.

While U.S. slave institutions formally guaranteed slaveowner property, the threat of fugitive slaves constrained economic development in the slave sector. We present new evidence on the economics of the slave South, focusing on the enforcement of slave property rights. We collect data on the characteristics of, and money rewards offered to slave catchers for, individual runaway slaves from 20,0...