This paper provides ethno-botanical information on 70 plant species under 36 families and these species were in common use among the Bwam, the Marma, the Murang and the Tanchangya communities of Bandarban hill district. Ethno-medicinal uses along with their scientific…

Accelerated by the new internet technologies, the past two decades have been characterised by a globalisation of trade and communications, along with major shifts in the balance between manufacturing and knowledge driven economies. New organisational cultures have grown out of…

Ceramics are the most common archaeological material used by the historians to draw chronological and cultural characterizations. Among these, porcelains and celadons are recognized as good historical relics. Moreover, the different facets of science, technology and culture are also imprinted…

Success in any type of activity depends on thorough preparation. Processing of new teaching facilities, or the acquisition of new knowledge in the whole course of the educational process is one of the most important prerequisites for success in the…

Networking on the community level, pooling resources, avoiding the duplication of services, education, and cooperation with community leaders are crucial for a broadly based disability network to emerge. This essay presents two models that might serve as inspiration for the…

In Dioscorus' encomia, the use of Phaëthon as an expression of praise, rather than as an example of hubris, can be explained by Dioscorus' knowledge of Nonnus, Neoplatonism, and late zodiacal lore.

Homer's several statements about the polar constellations prompted ancient critics both to emend the received text, in order to attribute to Homer advanced astronomical knowledge, and to defend it, by means of reinterpretation.

The coastal old-growth forests of North America’s Pacific Coast are renowned both for their commercial and ecological value. This study adds to growing evidence that selective harvesting of the largest trees may have a disproportionate ecological impact. Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus…

Cet article décrit concrètement l’apport des TIC pour la modernisation de l’enseignement des langues et cultures nationales afin de promouvoir la diversité culturelle et la diffusion des connaissances scientifiques dans les langues locales et de renforcer les capacités de la…

This paper presents comparison study of two different deblurring methods: Wiener filter and TSVD decomposition. Wiener filter is a method giving the best results when variance of the noise incorporated in blurring process is known a priori. In TSVD decomposition…