In applying Bayes’s theorem to the history of science, Bayesians sometimes assume – often without argument – that they can safely ignore very implausible theories. This assumption is false, both in that it can seriously distort the history of science as well as the mathematics and the applicability of Bayes’s theorem. There are intuitively very plausible counter-examples. In fact, one can ignor...

amir abu mohammad ‘imadi ghazvini was one of the most prominent poets of the 6th century a.h who was very famous in his lifetime, but we don’t know much about his life and have not yet obtained his divan. the author, in present study, has tried to eradicate on the life of this great poet of the seljuk era introducing several sources, sometimes new, depending on ‘imadi’s published or unpublished...

m. darvish, the contemporary poet of resistance in palestinian, has written poems, similar to persian poets, in “sepid” and “azad” poems, with freedom from the rhythm and rhyme of the traditional poems. vindication of the oppressed people and hostility to jewish regime of zionist, has shadowed on his odes, he has gifted his poems epic soul and warding off. in this article, stylistics of darvish...

Multiple myeloma is a clonal hematopoietic neoplasm characterized by the proliferation of malignant plasma cells and associated end-organ damage, most notably lytic lesions in the bones. Osteosclerotic myeloma is an unusual variant of the disease in which the skeletal involvement is characterized by sclerotic lesions instead of classical lytic lesions. The disease can be associated with paraneo...

Castleman’s disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown cause. In even rarer circumstances, it can be associated with POEMS (peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy and sk in changes) syndrome. We report a case of multicentric plasma cell CD with POEMS syndrome, who presented with inguinal masses and lower extremity weakness for years. Compu...

The hierarchy of classical Chinese poetry has been broadly acknowledged by a number of studies in Chinese literature. However, quantitative investigations about the evolution of classical Chinese poetry are limited. The primary goal of this study is to provide quantitative evidence of the evolutionary linkages, with emphasis on word usage, among different period genres for classical Chinese poe...