Ajarring surprise greets the reader of 20th century psychosomatic literature who comes to it after having been immersed in 17th and 18th century materials. The mind-body dualism credited to Descartes is referred to with uncommon frequency and is usually said to have exercised an overwhelmingly negative influence on modem medicine. Roy R. Grinker, for example, bitterly blames Cartesian dualism f...

Do conflicts among naval powers hurt international trade? In theory the commercially relevant aspects of aggressive naval power can either thwart trade (through blockades, embargoes, commerce raiding, and guerre de course strategies) or facilitate trade (through control of trade routes and protection of shipping). Thus the question must be empirically addressed. Using a panel gravity model, we ...

possible a comparison with the data in the vital statistics which have been published annually since 1899 by the Japanese Government. Major sources of these data were: 1) 34,115 adult survivors registered in a) registration books of residents in ward offices in Tokyo and Osaka, b) lists of inmates at nursing homes for the aged in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyushu, and c) lists of members of local societi...

This technical study of three Mexican lacquer objects, dating from the 16th, 18th and 19th centuries, analyses different manufacturing processes their local characteristics through centuries. The analysis each object highlights material technological innovation. In addition, we describe individual stylistic production centres, Peribán Olinalá. Finally, conclude with a few observations about tas...

The study of the terminology various crafts, including beekeeping, is one current trends in modern linguistics. purpose to trace history fixation words podem ‘bort’ and umorto ‘beehive’ Udmurt language, starting from 18th century - earliest written monuments ending with dictionaries period, analyze development their semantics, also determine origin. To achieve this goal, article solves problems...

in this paper, we study the existing relations between science and religion in the views of ian barbour, peters and alister mcgrath (with a particular focus on 19th, 20th and 21st centuries). it is interesting to note that while mcgrath supports the dialogical model; peters, on the other hand, argues for the hypothetical agreement model, and finally we have barbour who favors the correlational ...