Review of The Foreign Relations of the “Hyksos.” A Neutron Activation Study of Middle Bronze Age Pottery from the Eastern Mediterranean

Patrick E. McGovern, The Foreign Relations of the “Hyksos.” A Neutron Activation Study of Middle Bronze Age Pottery from the Eastern Mediterranean. With Updated Preface 2020. Oxford: BAR International Series 888, 2020. ISBN 9781841710884. Pp. Xxii + 242, 17 black and white plates and 29 black and white figures. £57 Online Addendum to the above publication, entitled “Origins of the Enigmatic Hyksos?: New Data, Working Hypo- thesis, and Methodological Considerations.” Pp. 243, 86 black and white figures. Addendum available at: https:// www.researchgate.net/publication/343290808_APPENDIX_4_AFTERWORD_PETROGRAPHIC_ ADDENDUM_AND_POTTERY_FIGURES_by_Patrick_E_McGovern_and_Christopher_Wnuk_to_be_ appended_to_The_Foreign_Relations_of_the_Hyksos_A_Neutron_Activation_Study_of_Middle_Bro

Dialog tekstów naukowych w perspektywie socjologii

This article is devoted to sociological reflection on the dialogue of scientific texts. It takes place by referring to some phenomena and theories widely discussed on the ground of sociology, which show the social character of intertextual references. The article provides arguments for the hypo- thesis that intertextual dialogue is a common activity that usually turns into a sequence of social activities. A sociological view of the issue of dialogue between authors of scientific texts leads to the conclusion that in the interaction that is being established there is a process of exchange connected with creating the image of the author in the academic environment. An equally important issue addressed in this publication is the normative regulation of interaction in intertextual dialogue.

Do we need revision of the key geopolitical paradigms?

The foundation of and justification for the revision of an very important conceptual paradigm that, for decades past, have had a reputation for being the basic premise in the history of geopolitics as a (sub)discipline of (political) geographyare explored in the paper. It is classical Mackinder-Spykman?s dichotomy of the Eurasian mainland into the heartland and the rimland. Since humankind is a witness to undisputed climatic changes and global warming, which also manifests very intensively through the process of the melting of Arctic ice, the author of the paper explores whether the current retreating of ice from the Arctic annuls or at least relativizes the foundation of Halford John Mackinder?s concept of the heartland as a Eurasian ?strategic fortress? of its own kind, which inter alia owes the status it has to the existence of the white barrier (eternal ice) in the extreme north of the planet Earth. This dilemma gives rise to the next that is related to the familiar thesis of the American geopolitician Nicholas John Spykman of the crucial importance of the Eurasian rimland in the global competition of the great powers. If the Arctic Ocean stays without ice for the largest part of the yearone day, should in that case the northern mainland of the Russian Federation also be perceived as the rimland in the meaning as devised by Spykman? The author explores what the scope, content and meaning of the notions of heartland and rimland could be at all if the global warming trends present so far continued. So, the paper questions and critically perceives the two maybe most important (hypo)theses in the history of geopolitics, whose authors were Mackinder and Spykman, in the context of far-reaching climatic changes. Apart from this, the author of the paper proves/refutes the justification for the (hypo)thesis of the division of geopolitics into the so-called classical (i.e. ice) and post-ice (i.e. that which becomes relevant after a partial or maybe even full retreat of ice from the Arctic). At the very end of the paper, again in the context of the mentioned changes, the author points to the ever-increasing significance that is being assigned to the ?population? factor in geopolitics. Namely, even if climatic changes and the warming process were developing according to the scenario which is the best for man, we may yet pose a question of the possibility of the exploitation of all the potentials of the Arctic Basin in a situation when, with some rare exceptions, the northern hemisphere?s population does not increase, i.e. when it stagnates or even falls in numbers.

The typology of backstory inter-character conflicts as a core action in the plot

Using material from classic fairy tales, the author defines three fundamental types of conflict between literary characters in the text model of the fairy-tale world: overt, covert and potential. Their attributes are evidenced and demonstrated via specific texts and their universal (transcultural) analogues are shown in the archnarratives, which go beyond the classic fairy tale genre. At the end of the interpretation, the author proposes a (hypo)thesis that the presented typology could be a starting point for creating a backstory of conflicts as an action-formative factor also in other art genres, and that it can be used as a source for a much broader and modern (and current in contemporary art) diapason of “dramatic” storylines.

The Business Ethics and its Role in Achieving the Performance Efficiency "Analytical Study of the Views of a Sample to the Staff in the Presidency of University of Zakho "

The research aims to identify the business ethics and their role in achieving the performance efficiency. Research descriptive and analytical approach were used. To identify the variables a tool has designed For data collection, consisting of (30) paragraph and its representing the paragraphs of business ethics and the performance efficiency. The outcomes of Questionnaire were analyzed and distributed to the administration staff at the presidency of Zakho University which it were (44) statistical forms and displayed by (SPSS) using statistical forms average, standard deviations, and the relationship between the Line and influence. Descriptive analysis of the variables business ethics shown that the degree of overall variable agreement reached (62.28%). also the degree of overall variable agreement of performance efficiency reached (46.67%). Based on the research test and its hypo thesis research found there were a significant correlation between business ethics and efficient performance at all level. The existence of moral effect were found in business ethics in the performance efficiency at all level. Based on the conclusion a subjections has set, the most important subject to everyone wither they are academics or employs in the education institution. Research sample shad work to gather to determine the works ethics and to give more attention in how to continue to apply the moral control and its elements, also to focus on compliance with regulation as model for the application of work ethic because of its role in enhancing the performance of the institution operations. All the powers would assist them must be given to wards a achieving the goals also in order to address the problem of the low level of performance. And develop their abilities and improve their performance also participating in scientific conferences, seminars and training programs specialized in quality of performance.

Prediction of financial distress in foreign exchange banking firms using risk analysis, good corporate governance, earnings, and capital

The main role of a bank is to collect funds from those who have surplus funds and distribute them to those who have a shortage of funds with the purpose to make benefit from such activity. However, this activity would bring problem when the bank is underfunded or experiencing financial distress due to the customers inability to repay the funds. This study aims to test whether the ratio of non-performing loans (NPL), Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR), Good Corporate Governance (GCG), and Return on Assets (ROA), Net Interest Margin (NIM) and the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) can be used to predict financial distress in Foreign Exchange Banking Firms in the period 2009-2012. The initial samples in this study are 35 Foreign Exchange Banks, but there are only 16 Foreign Exchange Banks that meet the criteria. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling method and the data used in this study is a secondary data by looking at the financial statements and the related statements of GCG of the Banks. The test equipment used to test the hypo-thesis is logistic regression. These results indicate that the ratio of ROA and NIM can be used to predict financial distress in Foreign Exchange Banks because ROA and NIM have significance value below 0.05 (5%). While the ratio of NPL, LDR, GCG and CAR cannot be used to predict financial distress in Foreign Exchange Banks because NPL, LDR, GCG, and CAR have significance value above 0.05 (5%).

Sincere Hand and Faithful Eye. Cognitive Practices in Ensembles of Text and Drawing

With this paper I endeavour to adapt Lorraine Daston’s term of cognitive practices in order to deal with material traces of writing and reading in natural philosophy of the seventeenth and the eighteenth century. In this paper I put particular emphasis on text-depiction-pairs. I hypothesize that basic cognitive faculties such as writing and reading serve as ‘triggers’ for cognitive practices of the scientific self: arts of memory, economies of attention, and the solidification and erosion of belief. For instance, the cognitive practices which are activated by ‘reading’ text-depiction-pairs are equivalent to the ones of the experimenter, who shifts his attention from observation to data to hypo - thesis and back. Building on Daston’s well-known theory I focus on experimental cognition in specific epistemic situations.

Wh-Inquiries into Modern Greek and Their Theoretical Import(ance)

Within the framework of Generative Grammar, a standard (hypo)thesis has been that a (broad) wh-parameter may distinguish between two types of languages: those that front wh-elements (e.g., English) and those that realize them in situ (e.g., Chinese). Wh-fronting languages may also attest in situ arrangements, and a tacit (hypo)thesis, tied to the one above, is that in situ configurations translate to echo questions, while fronting configurations are genuine (information-seeking) questions. Neat as this taxonomy might look like, more recently it has been shown that, in Modern Greek, which is a typically wh-fronting language, each wh-configuration may map to either meaning. On the assumption that syntax mediates between form and meaning, mapping the former to the latter, the question that the Modern Greek evidence raises is to what extent syntax regulates the form-meaning associations under consideration. In other words, the question is “how much” of the relevant semantics is registered in the corresponding syntactic structures. Capitalizing on already documented evidence from distribution, interpretation, and intonation, the present paper argues that syntax encodes certain aspects of the relevant semantics, and pans out a formal system that attributes other aspects of this semantics to a direct interaction between PF and LF, thereby recognizing the existence of this interface area. The theoretical import(ance) of this analysis (part of which is prefigured elsewhere) is that it revisits the standard organization of the Grammar, as viewed from a Minimalist perspective.

Transcription profiling in human platelets reveals LRRFIP1 as a novel protein regulating platelet function

Within the healthy population, there is substantial, heritable, and interindividual variability in the platelet response. We explored whether a proportion of this variability could be accounted for by interindividual variation in gene expression. Through a correlative analysis of genome-wide platelet RNA expression data from 37 subjects representing the normal range of platelet responsiveness within a cohort of 500 subjects, we identified 63 genes in which transcript levels correlated with variation in the platelet response to adenosine diphosphate and/or the collagen-mimetic peptide, cross-linked collagen-related peptide. Many of these encode proteins with no reported function in platelets. An association study of 6 of the 63 genes in 4235 cases and 6379 controls showed a putative association with myocardial infarction for COMMD7 (COMM domain-containing protein 7) and a major deviation from the null hypo thesis for LRRFIP1 [leucine-rich repeat (in FLII) interacting protein 1]. Morpholino-based silencing in Danio rerio identified a modest role for commd7 and a significant effect for lrrfip1 as positive regulators of thrombus formation. Proteomic analysis of human platelet LRRFIP1-interacting proteins indicated that LRRFIP1 functions as a component of the platelet cytoskeleton, where it interacts with the actin-remodeling proteins Flightless-1 and Drebrin. Taken together, these data reveal novel proteins regulating the platelet response.

Traditional Phytochemistry: Identification of Drug by ‘Taste’

Ayurveda, the system of traditional medicine from India, holds that ‘Rasa’, a concept roughly corresponding to taste, is a basis for identifying pharmacological properties of plants and other materia medica used in Dravyaguna—its system of phytomedicine. This idea has recently found support in studies of ibuprofen, the pharmacological properties of which are similar to those of oleocanthal, because the two substances have very similar tastes. This paper discusses a possible scientific approach to understanding the Ayurvedic (hypo)thesis in terms of the stereochemical basis of both pharamaco-activity and taste, and the numbers of possible pharmaco-active compounds that ‘Rasa’ may be able to distinguish. We conclude that molecules binding to a specific enzyme active site should have their own ‘Rasa’, and that the number of different subjectively experienced ‘tastes’ is more than enough to distinguish between molecular shapes binding to all enzyme active sites in the body.