Tang (618-907 AD) and Song (960-1279) dynasties are two very important periods in the development of Chinese literary. The majority forms of the poetry in Tang and Song were Shi (詩) and Ci (詞), respectively. Tang Shi and Song Ci established crucial foundations of the Chinese literature, and their influences in both literary works and daily lives of the Chinese communities last until today. Reco...

Hopes to restore the independent state of Lithuania lasted throughout 19th century and promoted ideas civil resistance in Poland Lithuania. The struggle for independence erupted through uprisings 1794, 1830-31, 1863. While these attempts at armed did not lead liberation nor Poland, they demonstrated undying willingness regain freedom. role artists grew up with increasing repressions tsarist gov...

A methodology based upon recurrence quantification analysis is proposed for the study of orthographic structure of written texts. Five different orthographic data sets (20th century Italian poems, 20th century American poems, contemporary Swedish poems with their corresponding Italian translations, Italian speech samples, and American speech samples) were subjected to recurrence quantification ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and characteristics of endocrinopathies at diagnosis of POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, and skin changes) syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 1, 1960, through June 30, 2006, we identified 170 patients with POEMS syndrome in the Mayo Clinic dysproteinemia database. We abstracted information about endocrine abnormalit...