In Exodus 2, Moses has two mothers; his Hebrew mother, who nurses him and the daughter of Pharaoh, financially supports adopts him, names him. Pharaoh’s appears in scholarly discussions, yet little attention is given to her role as mother Moses. Indeed, this motherhood downplayed biblical texts, also scholarship, wherein Pharaoh absent from many discussions mothers at times relegated beneath bi...

Abstract Cuttlefish are an important global fisheries resource, and their demand is placing increasing pressure on populations in many areas, necessitating conservation measures. We reviewed evidence from case studies spanning Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia encompassing diverse intervention methods (fisheries closures, protected habitat restoration, fishing-gear modifications, promoting egg su...

repetition figure of speech is one of the aesthetic and technical aspects of the holy quran. there are stories of quran which are repeated in other surahs. the story of moses & pharaoh is one of the most frequent ones. this repetition occurs weather through bringing examples from the story which are in accordance with the situation or by quoting some parts of it. this repetition adds to the tec...

In this paper it is introduced a biobjective ant algorithm for constructing low cost routing networks. The new algorithm is called the Distributed Pharaoh System (DPS). DPS is based on AntNet algorithm. The algorithm is using Pharaoh Ant System (PAS) with an extra-exploration phase and a 'no-entry' condition in order to improve the solutions for the Low Cost Network Routing problem. Additionall...

Rapid adaptive camouflage is the primary defense of soft-bodied cuttlefish. Previous studies have shown that cuttlefish body patterns are strongly influenced by visual edges in the substrate. The aim of the present study was to examine how cuttlefish body patterning is differentially controlled by various aspects of edges, including contrast polarity, contrast strength, and the presence or abse...

While octopuses are mostly benthic animals, and squid prefer the open waters, cuttlefish present a special intermediate stage. Although their body structure resembles that of a squid, in many cases their behavior is mostly benthic. To test cuttlefish's preference in the use of space, we trained juvenile Sepia gibba and Sepia officinalis cuttlefish to reach a shelter at the opposite side of a ta...

February 2012, Vol. 102, No. 2 SAMJ Akhenaten, a unique pharaoh To the Editor: Retief and Cilliers1 suggest an interesting new theory about Akhenaten’s physical appearance, but omitted to refer to previously suggested differential diagnoses: for example, schistosomiasis,2 myotonic dystrophy,3 elephantiasis4 and AntleyBixler syndrome have also been suggested.5 More recently, we proposed homocyst...

The existence of polarization sensitivity (PS), most likely resulting from the orthogonal arrangement of microvilli in photoreceptors, has been proposed in cephalopods for some time, although it has rarely been examined behaviourally. Here, we tested the mourning cuttlefish, Sepia plangon, and the reaper cuttlefish, Sepia mestus, for polarization sensitivity using a large-field optomotor stimul...