The war in Southwest AsUz (SWA) was the Army's first opportunity since Vietnam to provide mental health services to a large deployed combat force. Despite the low number of combat stress casualties, information from corps and division levels suggests deficiencies in the Army's ability to provide wartime mental health support. Based on observations, interviews and written data, and from direct e...

A. " The First Internationalism " or the " First Dark Age " ? Half a century ago, Chicago Egyptologist Helene Kantor (1952) assembled some surprising observations on items traded into Egypt just as the first pharaohs were uniting the Nile Valley and the Delta into a single state at the end of the fourth millennium BC. Not only were some items, such as the cylinder seals being used by government...

In contrast to developments in other world regions, efforts to institutionalize regional economic cooperation in East Asia have been weak. Though Southeast Asian economies have taken action toward trade liberalization (ASEAN Free Trade Area), the major economies of the region such as China, Japan and Korea have not been part of any formal trade groupings until recently. Ongoing economic coopera...

Sphagnum jensenii, S. fallax var. isoviitae, and pylaesii were found as new to Turkey Southwest Asia following a bryological field trip the Giresun province of Turkey. isoviitae was also Asia. Descriptions, illustrations, world distribution, ecology, comparisons with related species are presented.

Since the 19th century, opium has been produced and consumed in the areas of Asia, currently referred to as the Golden Crescent and the Golden Triangle (1). The Golden Crescent lies in South and Southwest Asia, including districts in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan, the adjacent Badakhshan area of Afghanistan and the Baluchistan area of Iran. The area has been the scene of tradition...