The first real light on modern medicine in Europe came with the translation of many writings from the Arabic at Salerno, Italy, and through a continuing trade and cultural exchange with Byzantium. By the 13th cent. there were flourishing medical schools at Montpellier, Paris, Bologna and Padua,...
Rustic Talks From the East of Qi(Qidong yeyu,齊東野語, 13th-century) (as citedhere) describes how lapidarists use iron-like diamond-points to polish and carve jade: The workers in jade polish jade by the persevering application ofGangesriver-sand, and carve it by means of a diamond-point...
A few days ago, Mayo Rape Crisis Centre marked 25 years in existence with a simple ceremony at Lough Lannagh, where the first of 25 trees were planted to mark each year of operation. While the occasion was powerful, and sang of hope and light, the ceremony was also a reminder of just ...
Archive #41 – PDFs of The Illustrated Journey to the West (Ehon Saiyuki, 繪本西遊記, 1835) July 26, 2023Leave a comment While the earliest known published edition ofJourney to the West(Xiyouji,西遊記)hails from the 13th-century, thestandard 1592 editionof the novel appears to have arrived...
Considering their own culture to be the highest achievement of humanity, the Byzantines consciously protected themselves from foreign influences; not until the 11th century did they begin to draw upon Arabic medicine and translate the landmarks of oriental literature and later they showed interest in...
In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), trust in AI systems is becoming more important. Explainable recommenders, which explain why an item is recommended, have recently been proposed in the field of learning technology to improve transparency, persu
The Ming dynasty (/mɪŋ/ MING), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo
There are 13th-century European examples of handheld convex lenses that were used to treat age-related vision loss known as presbyopia. But the technology wasn’t applied to treat nearsightedness for another 200 years. “Because of the way that lens is held, you can see through it, and the...
7/19/21 Posted new paper under Time Series (DSEM): Dynamic structural equation modeling as a combination of time series modeling, multilevel modeling, and structural equation modeling. To be published as Chapter 31 in: The Handbook of Structural Equation Modeling (2nd edition); Rick H. Hoyle ...
attended SCC successfully transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, which is ranked #15 in the United States. In 2020, SCC was ranked 13th among the best community colleges in the United States and top 5 in California, placing it in the top 1% of community colleges nationwide...