A 22-year-old female presented with a 5-day history of fever, conjunctivitis, coryza, cough, nasal discharge and 1-day of dyspnea. A maculopapular rash had appeared on her face two days ago and had spread to her upper torso and shoulders. The patient had never been vaccinated against measles. On examination, the temperature was 39.1 ◦C, with a pulse rate of 103 and a respiratory rate of 23 brea...

Beginning with a literature review, this paper highlights the historical development of astrological physiognomy from the Greco-Roman period to the present day. Included in the literature review are the principal texts in the field of non-astrological physiognomy beginning with the pseudo-Aristotelian Physiognomica (3 rd Cent BCE). The paper concludes with a summary of research issues which nee...

—Leaf physiognomy (size and shape) in fossils is commonly used to reconstruct terrestrial paleoclimate. Physiognomic leaf-climate methods are underpinned mostly by the covariation between toothed margins and mean annual temperature (MAT) and between leaf size and mean annual precipitation. Digital leaf physiognomy, a multivariate method based largely on variables that are functionally linked to...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Relationships of leaf size and shape (physiognomy) with climate have been well characterized for woody non-monocotyledonous angiosperms (dicots), allowing the development of models for estimating paleoclimate from fossil leaves. More recently, petiole width of seed plants has been shown to scale closely with leaf mass. By measuring petiole width and leaf area in fossils, le...

This article focuses on the relationship and mutual influence of astrology and other so-called occult sciences within the context of seventeenth-century New Spain. By presenting some case studies of inquisitorial trials against astrologers, it explores the interrelation between astrological and physiognomical ideas and practices in order to shed some light on the moral dimension of these natura...

This document accompanies the paper “Distance estimation of an unknown person from a single portrait”. We provide further insight on some of the parameter/method choices made in the main paper and additional physiognomy interpretation of the results.