the islamic astronomy including the persian astronomy was thoroughly introduced into india from the 14th century ad or so. firstly, the astrolabe was introduced at the time of f?r?z sh?h tughluk?, and a sanskrit work entitled yantra-r?ja (1370 ad) was composed by mahendra s?ri. at that time, some sanskrit astronomical (or astrological) works were also translated into persian. the astrolabe beca...

The success of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Century of Scientific and Clinical Research, a retrospective of milestones in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) exploration coinciding with completion of the first century of AD research, led colleagues and our publisher to encourage us to examine the progress defining AD in the coming century. We employed a novel unbiased method to identify the most promising trend...

This paper presents the results of analyses metal artefacts discovered at a multiphase site in Nowe Brzesko, Małopolskie Voivodeship, Poland. Fieldwalking prospection led to discovery steely iron objects, ploughed out on among other numerous archeological finds. A prospecting sondage yielded more corroded artefacts, identified mainly as agricultural tools (e.g. sickles, scythes). These chronolo...

Low back pain and sciatica have been considered as the common morbidities of human kind throughout the history. The explanation of the etiology has been changed during the centuries and still remains a dilemma. Reviewing ancient theories may lead to novel findings about the etiology and its better treatments. First writings about sciatica: among available iranian traditional medicine (ITM) book...