In the 16 th century first Spanish penitential brotherhoods were born, normally those of Vera Cruz (True Cross) and later Nazarene. Their main external expression was evening procession on Maundy Thursday or during night to Good Friday, where from very early stage depictions remembrances Passion Christ would appear, particularly way Calvary, along with several secondary characters, such as Jews...

Quantitative-genetic approaches are often assumed to be restricted to phenotypic characters such as body weight, height, or some measure of shape. However, they apply equally well to molecular characters, such as mRNA and protein abundance. With the recent advent of functional genomics tools (such as microarrays) the power of quantitative genetics is now being widely applied to genomics. Genomi...

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The Holy Quran is the biggest Miracle of Muslims everywhere and at every time; therefore, it is valid for every time and place. Actually, researches and studies into the Holy Quran that aim to uncover new miracles within are considered as a kind of worship for Muslims researchers since it facilitates the Islamic mission and clarifies the vague picture of Islam throughout the world. From this pe...

The longevity and excellent health status of the population of Crete has been attributed to its lifestyle and dietary habits. The impact of Greek Orthodox Christian Church fasting on these dietary habits has never been studied. One hundred and twenty Greek Orthodox Christians living in Crete participated in a 1-year prospective study. One half of the subjects, who fasted regularly (fasters), an...

We know of some 650 holy springs in Denmark. Their abundance seems to be the reason why a decade ago one of Denmark's leading authorities on late-medieval archaeology wrote that the popular worship of saints in that country appeared to be more closely connected to the cult of holy springs than anywhere else in Europe.' This statement was apparently based largely on post-Reformation sources. A v...

broadly speaking, the holy quran as the most sublime heavenly message is a book of human life. since, the life creator, the sender of this holy book, is the creator of human body and mind. human mental activity starts from about 16 weeks of fetal life with the blow of divine spirit into the fetus. at this point, we observe the beginning of mental and psychological activities and the emergence o...