Parametric modelling approach applied to cultural heritage virtual representation is a field of research explored for years since it can address many limitations of digitising tools. For example, essential historical sources for fortification virtual reconstructions like plans-reliefs have several shortcomings when they are scanned. To overcome those problems, knowledge based-modelling can be u...

213 There has been intense debate nowadays on what surgical procedures a speciality must do or must not do, particularly among dermatosurgeons, plastic surgeons, oculoplastic and maxillofacial surgeons. Now, dentists and gynaecologists have jumped the fray with each specialist treading on another's toes. Should dermatosurgeons do blepharoplasty or leave it to the oculoplastic surgeon, should pl...

The impacts of relative sea-level (RSL) variations and crust mobility on the development ancient harbours in northern Persian Gulf are poorly understood. Many unanswered questions remain with regard to main reasons for a shift location most important part coastal since 50 BC. Furthermore, some early Islamic harbours, such as Siraf, have city quarters that today below present sea level. aim this...

ALICEROBBIN ABSTRACT THISARTICLE EXAMINES SELECTED ECONOMIC and social indicators of our multiracial and multiethnic society at the end of the twentieth century to provide an information base for wise decisions about effective library services. The statistical profile describes the demography, economic well-being , and educational attainment of the principal racial and Hispanic origin groups. T...

since the beginning of human history, one of the basic dilemmas that every political institution must solve is how to exercise legitimate authority- that is, how to govern with the consent. “you can’t sit on bayonets,” goes an old political expression. this is a way of saying that although a state can exercise its power through the use of police force or coercion, in the long run the use of for...

since the beginning of human history, one of the basic dilemma that every political institution must solve is how to exercise legitimate authority—that is, how to govern with the consent.“you can’t sit on bayonets,” goes an old political expression.this is a way of saying that although a state can exercise its power through the use of police force or coercion, in the long run the use of force w...

Two experiments tested how the number of illustrations in storybooks influences 3.5-year-old children’s word learning from shared reading. In Experiment 1, children encountered stories with either two illustrations, one illustration or one large illustration (in the control group) per spread. Children learned significantly fewer words when they had to find the referent within two illustrations ...

Abstract While volcanic landforms attest to the numerous and varied processes on Venus, estimates of frequency eruptions are lacking. Constraints from resurfacing volumes can be equally satisfied by infrequent large or smaller events. Recently, Byrne Krishnamoorthy (2022), https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007040 , used 40‐year period 1980 2020 Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program (GVP) database (G...