There is a widely accepted myth in New Zealand that the Elam School of Fine Arts in the University of Auckland is an organised anarchy, internally divided and cantankerously unbiddable, and further, that this is largely inevitable given the nature of artists and designers. Its unique culture, however, is shown in this paper to have been generated and reinforced over decades by the exigencies of...

Granule membrane protein (GMP-140). also known as platelet activation-dependent granule-external membrane (PADGEM) is an integral membrane glycoprotein that is expressed on the platelet surface following degranulation. GMP-140, also expressed by endothelial cells, is part of a new family of cell adhesion molecules (selectins) related to the endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule (ELAM-1) and t...

The carbohydrate antigen, sialyl Le x, is known to be a ligand for the cell adhesion molecule called ELAM-1 (E-selectin, endothelial cell leukocyte adhesion molecule-l), which is present on cytokine-activated human endothelial cells. Recently, we reported that another carbohydrate antigen, sialyl Le a, can also serve as a ligand for ELAM-1 (A. Takada, K. Ohmori, N. Takahashi, K. Tsuyuoka, K. Ya...

This paper presents the problem within Hittite and Ancient Near Eastern studies of fragmented and damaged cuneiform texts, and proposes to use well-known text classification metrics, in combination with some facts about the structure of Hittite-language cuneiform texts, to help classify a number of fragments of clay cuneiform-script tablets into more complete texts. In particular, I propose usi...

Thirty thousand years ago, humans kept track of numerical quantities by carving slashes on fragments of bone. It took approximately 25,000 y for the first iconic written numerals to emerge among human cultures (e.g., Sumerian cuneiform). Now, children acquire the meanings of verbal counting words, Arabic numerals, written number words, and the procedures of basic arithmetic operations, such as ...

This article entails a study of the methods for developing humans’ capabilities to increase success rates during military conflicts. Hence, this scientific work encompasses retrospective from antiquity by Sumerian, Viking, Greek, and Roman fighters, as well contemporary prospective view augmenting soldiers into “supersoldiers”. Whether we refer first stage initial attempts at soldier through mu...

The donkey is a mammal animal which has been mentioned in the Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform writings. ancient Iraqi people used donkeys for riding carrying heavy loads, as well agriculture plowing. positive characteristics of made it domesticated widely by most families who to possess at least one or more donkeys.The was probably long before horse descended from wild ass called onager. appear...