the symbolic cultural order becomes manifest through language in the case of texts and narratives and through images in the case of art. knowledge of the elements that compose the symbolic order is an essential analytical tool, above all for comparative studies of art, literature and religion. in this way, many of the symbolic references that exist in each culture can be illuminated by examples...

In his treatises Hero of Alexandria describes a range of devices for producing spectacles and generating wonder that have frequently been treated as marginal by historians of technology and science. In this paper I shall show that these devices and Hero’s emphasis on wonder-making are of central importance to the image that Hero presents of mechanics. Hero uses the concept of wonder to add an i...

ABBREVIATION CCC: complex chronic conditions Dr Jurgens conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, and drafted the initial manuscript; Dr Spaeder conducted the initial analysis and reviewed and revised the manuscript; Dr Pavuluri refi ned the design of the study and reviewed and revised the manuscript; and Dr Waldman refi ned the design of the study, assisted with collection of data...

Results from Chandra studies of the intracluster medium around M87 and Cygnus A are summarized.

growth traits, yield and fruit quality in ‘synda’ tomato were compared with those in tomatoes grafted onto either ‘king kong’ rootstock or onto their own rootstocks, (trained as single or double stem), and at two fruit thinning levels, of: no thinning or thinned to five fruits per truss. the data related to crop growth rate (cgr), relative growth rate (rgr), net assimilation rate (nar), leaf ar...

On Christmas Eve 1402, Hungarian noblemen gathered in the Cathedral of Nagyvárad, where St. Ladislas’ tomb was located, and swore an oath on holy king’s relics. They proclaimed thus their allegiance to King Ladislas Naples conspired against ruling Sigis mund Luxemburg. By swearing relics, conspirators united minds forces around ideal figure king knight who became symbol a political cause embodi...

Heterogeneous embedded systems on chip (HESoCs) co-integrate a standard host processor with programmable manycore accelerators (PMCAs) to combine general-purpose computing with domain-specific, efficient processing capabilities. While leading companies successfully advance their HESoC products, research lags behind due to the challenges of building a prototyping platform that unites an industry...

We propose a new approach to 3D object segmentation and description. Beginning with multiview range images of a 3D object, we segment the object into parts at deep surface concavities. Motivated by physics, we detect these concavities by locating surface points where the simulated electrical charge density achieves a local minimum. The individual parts are then described by parametric geons. Th...

The introduction of the angel and later Tudor sovereign gold coins in late 1400s became part a political rhetoric aimed at mediating king’s image, power, wealth. However, it also played legitimation dynasty during stages Wars Roses, time Yorkist pretenders foreign opposition to Henry VII’s reign. As only rightful king was believed have gift healing, VII appropriated both ritua...

Resistance to cyclic flexural fatigue failure is an important feature of rotary nickel-titanium (NiTi) instruments. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cyclic flexural fatigue failure resistance of RevoS Shaper Universal rotary NiTi files and to compare it to two other rotary NiTi files with similar size and taper, the Hero Shaper and the ProFile. Fifteen each of Revo-S Shaper Universal, ...