The IGPL community and the Editorial Board deeply regrets the untimely death of Professor Jon Barwise on Sunday March 5th of this year. His departure is a great loss, not only to his family and friends and the international logic community, but also to the historical evolutionary development of logic itself. Professor Barwise’s contribution in the areas of pure and applied logic, his active par...

The diaphragm was recognized as a distinct anatomical structure in the earliest Greek writings. However, the precise description of wounds suffered by warriors during the Trojan war by Homer was not tied to any particular function. The diaphragm was assimilated to the region that harbours thought. The first physiologic explanations of respiration by Empedocles in the 5th century BC and the conc...

Golsar is located in north-west of Rasht the capital city of Guilan province. This region, according to standards 2800, is identified among the regions with relatively high risk of earthquake. A set of historical and instrumental seismicity data used in radius of 200 km which covers the period twelveth century until now. Kijko method has been applied for estimating for parameters considering of...

This paper presents the results of archaeological excavations conducted next to Fort Sokol in Konavle 2012 and 2013, as well anthropological analysis radiocarbon (14C) dating. The site has a long occupation continuity starting from prehistory until Early Modern Period. excavation area adjoining fort was divided into four big probes, one its southern side being most complex. Multiphase cemetery ...

The Characterization of the Protagonist in Romance-Chivalry Poems From 5th century to end 10th A.H.

Introduction Breast cancer is an ancient disease and was described by the Egyptians 3000 years before Christ. Subsequently various articles about breast cancer and its treatment were written by Greek and Roman physicians. Surgery is the oldest method of treating breast cancer with diVerent operations described which sometimes reXected beliefs held about its causes and natural history. However, ...

The cultural evolution of introspective thought has been recognized to undergo a drastic change during the middle of the first millennium BC. This period, known as the "Axial Age," saw the birth of religions and philosophies still alive in modern culture, as well as the transition from orality to literacy-which led to the hypothesis of a link between introspection and literacy. Here we set out ...

The recent announcement of the discovery of a first or second century AD Roman example of a dental implant appears to fall into a category of spurious claims regarding ancient dentistry. Several earlier claims of the discovery of impressive examples of ancient dentistry are reviewed, followed by a discussion of the recent discovery from France. This survey of all of these claims regarding finds...