Forty two Paleocene benthic foraminiferal species of the Midway Formation in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas, USA were firstly investigated by Plummer (1927), and its paleogeographic distribution in some other countries in the Tethyan province were recorded: North America (USA, Mexico), South America (Argentina), Europe (North Sea Basin, Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Bulgaria), North Af...

Present research compares food beliefs associated with a naturally nutritious agricultural product (namely pulses) in Western and Eastern cultures (namely the US and India). Specifically, this paper focuses on the perception of healthiness and tastefulness of the food and their relationship. Two studies tested the effect of processing level, cultural differences, and branding strategies. In con...

Declining forest health has been observed during the past several decades in several areas of the eastern USA, and some of this decline is attributed to acid deposition. Decreases in soil pH and increases in soil acidity are indicators of potential impacts on tree growth due to acid inputs and Al toxicity. The Cherry River watershed, which lies within the Monongahela National Forest in West Vir...

many expressed definition on «orientalism», including the western concept is the ambiguity of the term with negative connotations, especially in relation to the colonization of europe, is verifiable. edward said's efforts for demystification of it, something of this complexity did not reduce, but anti-western discourse, became the focus of the review. emphasizing the contrast between the e...

BACKGROUND Very low birthweight, i.e. a birthweight < 1500 g, is among the strongest determinants of infant mortality and childhood morbidity. To develop primary prevention approaches to VLBW birth and its sequelae, information is needed on the causes of preterm birth, their personal and social antecedents, and on conditions associated with very low birthweight. Despite the growing body of evid...

Aim. To identify the causes of modern civilizational crisis between East and West, to determine a strategy for overcoming it. Methodology . achieve this goal, work uses wide range general scientific methods political science approaches: dialectical, axiological, structural-functional, historicism, analysis synthesis. Results. The author comes conclusion that in conditions aggravation global pro...

There is a new journal! For this first issue of Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM), it is especially appropriate to focus on an event at UCLA because of its significant association to Dr Ka-Kit Hui and others are members of our Editorial Board. Patient care, and perhaps any spill over into basic research, is of great interest. We are pleased to celebrate the tenth anni...