Fragments of the Past

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley J. Parker ◽  
Nicola Sharratt
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Promising Solution ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Do So ◽  
Activity Areas

ABSTRACTMicroartifact analysis, the study of the density and distribution of tiny (yet visible) fragments of ceramics, bone, worked stone, and other microartifacts, offers a promising solution to the challenges of determining the location and nature of activity areas at archaeological sites. In spite of the fact that microartifact analysis has been successfully applied at sites in North America and the Middle East, archaeologists have yet to recognize the utility of this methodology in most of the rest of the world. The purpose of this article is, therefore, to test whether this methodology can be profitably applied in the southern Andes. To do so, we describe the results of microartifact sampling, processing, and analytical techniques that we applied to two phases of occupation at the site of Tumilaca la Chimba in southern Peru. The results of the research outlined in this article suggest that microartifact analysis is an effective analytical technique that can contribute greatly to archaeological praxis.

The Shari’a Approach to Contemporary Problems of Mass Surveillance

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sattam Eid Almutairi
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
The World ◽  
State Surveillance ◽  
Mass Surveillance ◽  
Do So

AbstractThe phenomenon of mass surveillance has confronted legal systems throughout the world with significant challenges to their fundamental norms and values. These dilemmas have been most extensively studied and discussed in relation to the kind of privacy cultures that exist in Europe and North America. Although mass surveillance creates the same kinds of challenges in Muslim countries, the phenomenon has rarely been discussed from the perspective of Shari’a. This article seeks to demonstrate that this neglect of mass surveillance and other similar phenomena by Shari’a scholars is unjustified. Firstly, the article will address objections that Shari’a does not contain legal norms that are relevant to the modern practice of state surveillance and that, if these exist, they are not binding on rulers and will also seek to show that, whatever terminology is employed, significant aspects of the protection of privacy and personal data that exists in other legal systems is also be found deeply-rooted in Shari’a. Secondly, it will assess the specific requirements that it makes in relation to such intrusion on private spaces and private conduct and how far it can benefit from an exception to the general prohibition on spying. Finally, it is concluded that mass surveillance is unlikely to meet these Shari’a requirements and that only targeted surveillance can generally do so.

scholarly journals Commentary on Ivancic et al.: Enzyme kinetics from circular dichroism of insulin reveals mechanistic insights into the regulation of insulin-degrading enzyme

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Grasso
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Insulin Degrading Enzyme ◽  
Degrading Enzyme ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
Biochemical Pathways ◽  
New Methods ◽  
The World ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
Enormous Number

Despite the enormous number of therapeutic advances in medicine, nowadays many diseases are still incurable, mainly due to the lack of knowledge of the pathological biochemical pathways triggering those diseases. For this reason, it is compulsory for the scientific community to investigate and unveil the biomolecular mechanisms responsible for the development of those diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes, which are widespread all over the world. In this scenario, it is of paramount importance to develop new analytical techniques and experimental procedures that are capable to make the above-mentioned investigations feasible. These new methods should allow easy performable analysis carried out in a label-free environment, in order to give reliable answers to specific biochemical questions. A recent paper published on Bioscience Reports by Ivancic et al. (https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20181416) proposes a new analytical technique capable to reveal some mechanistic insights into the regulation of insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE), a protein involved in the above-mentioned diseases. IDE is a multifaceted enzyme having different and not well-defined roles in the cell, but it is primarily a proteolytic enzyme capable to degrade several different amyloidogenic substrates involved in different diseases. Moreover, many molecules are responsible for IDE activity modulation so that understanding how IDE activity is regulated represents a very challenging analytical task. The new analytical approach proposed by Ivancic et al. reports on the possibility to study IDE activity in an unbiased and label-free manner, representing a valid alternative assay for the investigation of any proteases degradative activity.

History and Theory in Anthropology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Barnard
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
New Developments ◽  
The Past ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Post Colonialism ◽  
New Generation ◽  
History And Theory

In the past twenty years, there have been exciting new developments in the field of anthropology. This second edition of Barnard's classic textbook on the history and theory of anthropology has been revised and expanded to include up-to-date coverage on all the most important topics in the field. Its coverage ranges from traditional topics like the beginnings of the subject, evolutionism, functionalism, structuralism, and Marxism, to ideas about globalization, post-colonialism, and notions of 'race' and of being 'indigenous'. There are several new chapters, along with an extensive glossary, index, dates of birth and death, and award-winning diagrams. Although anthropology is often dominated by trends in Europe and North America, this edition makes plain the contributions of trendsetters in the rest of the world too. With its comprehensive yet clear coverage of concepts, this is essential reading for a new generation of anthropology students.

Archaeobotany: Methods

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Champion ◽  
Dorian Q. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Origins Of Agriculture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
The World ◽  
Archaeobotanical Remains ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Botanical Remains ◽  
General Scope

Archaeobotany’s goals are to investigate the interactions between human societies and the plant world in the past from the botanical remains preserved in archaeological sites, including the environment people exploited and the foods they extracted from it. Archaeobotanical research in Africa has tended to be less widely practiced than in many other parts of the world, and systematic archaeobotanical sampling is still only incorporated into a minority of archaeological field projects in Africa. Nevertheless, there is potential for archaeobotany to contribute to a holistic understanding of Africa’s past. The general scope of archaeobotany is outlined before focusing on how typical archaeobotanical remains relate to agriculture and food production. A short overview on the practical side of collecting archaeobotanical samples is provided. Archaeobotany’s two general themes are discussed: hunter-gatherer subsistence and the origins of agriculture.

On The Meaning of “Act of God”

1968 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon D. Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
The Past ◽  
Biblical History ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One ◽  
Biblical Faith ◽  
Song Of Moses ◽  
Do So

The concept, “act of God,” is central to the biblical understanding of God and his relation to the world. Repeatedly we are told of the great works performed by God in behalf of his people and in execution of his own purposes in history. From the “song of Moses,” which celebrates the “glorious deeds” (Ex. 15:11) through which Yahweh secured the release of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt, to the letters of Paul, which proclaim God's great act delivering us “from the dominion of darkness” (Col. 1:13) and reconciling us with himself, we are confronted with a “God who acts.” The “mighty acts” (Ps. 145:4), the “wondrous deeds” (Ps. 40:5), the “wonderful works” (Ps. 107:21) of God are the fundamental subject-matter of biblical history, and the object of biblical faith is clearly the One who has acted repeatedly and with power in the past and may be expected to do so in the future.

Measurement of Levels of Living in the People's Republic of the Congo since 1950

1983 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-250
Author(s):  
Margaret Sanders
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
The World ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Level Of Living ◽  
Past Half

It is obvious that the path taken by Europe and North America is not to be a universal one. If the rest of the world can never live as we have lived in the past half-century and cannot have our material level of living, what goals and direction of change can be found that will offer an acceptable future? The People's Republic of the Congo offers an interesting backgound from which to address this process of reformulation.

scholarly journals We Need New Cancer Biomarkers

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Cristiano Luigi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Resources ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Virus Species ◽  
The Past ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Time And Energy ◽  
Multiple Variants ◽  
Do So

Since the end of 2019, the global health emergency related to the spread of Sars-Cov-2 has attracted the interest of researchers, clinicians, pharmaceutical companies, and the media from all over the world. To date, interest has not diminished due to the spread of multiple variants, typical of RNA viruses. Probably this virus will accompany us from now on and it will not be possible to eradicate it as it was done in the past with smallpox and as we have not been able to do so far with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). We will have to live with it as it already happens with many other virus species widely spread around the world. Without diminishing the importance of this highly current issue, it must be said that it has distracted not a few economic resources, human resources, time, and energy in the search and early diagnosis of other diseases, much more insidious and lethal as they are chronic-degenerative especially cancer. As is well-known, cancer is a complex, insidious, multifactorial, chronic-degenerative disease and today some cancers, such as lung cancer, are still among the top ten causes of death: in sixth place in the global ranking and at third place in Europe.....

Alexander the Great Had Aristotle

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Paul Woodruff
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Alexander The Great ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Healthy Organization ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Do So

Leaders can emerge only under certain conditions; they need opportunities, experience, and education. Some famous leaders from the past have developed without formal education, but Alexander the Great studied with Aristotle. We should look at examples of leaders who changed the world without armies, however. Today, institutions of higher education can provide the necessary education, as well as opportunities and experience; they should do so intentionally in order to make good on their promise to students and parents. Opportunities arise inside and outside the classroom. Students should make the most of these opportunities in order to gain experience as leaders. Freedom is an essential component of opportunity for leadership, since leadership does not flourish in a strict hierarchical community. Education for leadership suits all students; there are many ways of being a leader, and in a healthy organization, every member is prepared to show leadership. Leaders need followers, of course, but good followers develop the same abilities as good leaders. This chapter outlines the main topics that the book will cover.

Connecting to the World's Collections: Making the Case for the Conservation and Preservation of Our Cultural Heritage

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-654
Author(s):  
Joyce Hill Stoner
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
South America ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Decorative Arts ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Sixty cultural heritage leaders from 32 countries, including representatives from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Australia, Europe, and North America, gathered in October 2009 in Salzburg, Austria, to develop a series of practical recommendations to ensure optimal collections conservation worldwide. Convened at Schloss Leopoldskron, the gathering was conducted in partnership by the Salzburg Global Seminar (SGS) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The participants were conservation specialists from libraries and museums, as well as leaders of major conservation centers and cultural heritage programs from around the world. As cochair Vinod Daniel noted, no previous meeting of conservation professionals has been “as diverse as this, with people from as many parts of the world, as cross-disciplinary as this.” The group addressed central issues in the care and preservation of the world's cultural heritage, including moveable objects (library materials, books, archives, paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographic collections, art on paper, and archaeological and ethnographic objects) and immoveable heritage (buildings and archaeological sites).

scholarly journals Evolution to Revolution

2021 ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
Chinmay Suhas Jadhav
Keyword(s):  
Future Technology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Do So

We know that now a days everything Changes in a span of every 5 to 10 years. Demand in Technology has reached its peak. Hence, we need to understand the basic values and necessity of advancement in future Technology to achieve the most from the world which is full of modern ideology. We can learn so many things from the past and apply it for the better future and to do so we should evolve and revolve around time. We should be able to cope up with the present and we should be able to see the future requirements and work with the same in the mind. Evolution is a slow and gradual process but it can transform the whole world if it is changed correctly. We just need to have that passion and desire to unleash the next into forthcoming world.

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