Recent studies indicate that British appeasement towards Hitler followed a buying-time logic, i.e., it tried to postpone confrontation until Great Britain improved its military position through rearmament. However, this chapter shows that Germany actually extended its military edge over the appeasement years. Drawing on the literature on judgment and decision-making, the chapter theorizes that …
Mineralogy & gems
The nature of the administration of sacred time in Hittite Anatolia represents a complex problem, which has received little attention until recent years. This paper provides an overview of the topic, reconsidering the Hittite religious calendar as a whole and analysing some of the main issues connected with the Hittite calendrical system, such as the problem of the beginning of the year, the lu…
Buku membahas perbedaan kelenturan arteri karotis antara laki-laki dan perempuan, baik dalam keadaan sehat maupun berpenyakit. Selain itu buku ini mengumpulkan studi eksperimental dan klinis terbaru tentang pengaruh gender dalam kepatuhan arteri karotis dalam keadaan kesehatan dan patologis, membahas juga kegunaan dan kesesuaian terapi medis khusus dan pribadi. Selain itu, ini memberikan gambar…
Sweden was a major exporter of iron during the early-modern period, but there was also an important domestic steelmaking. We analyse the Swedish iron and steel trade in a long perspective in a European context. Our approach departs from recent discussions on industrial and scientific developments, in which the spheres of “Hand” and “Mind” are brought together, and where artisanal skills…
Buku ini membahas karotenoid dalam konteks pangan (segar maupun pasca-pengolahan), dengan rentang dari pembentukan alami hingga perubahan saat diproses. Karotenoid adalah pigmen poliena fungsional unik yang ada di mana-mana di alam; selain bertanggung jawab atas warna berbagai macam sayuran, minat telah difokuskan pada karotenoid makanan karena kemungkinan manfaatnya bagi kesehatan. Edisi Khusu…
Judul buku ini membahas hubungan karotenoid dengan kesehatan manusia, bukan sekadar struktur kimianya. Karotenoid adalah sekelompok sekitar 600 senyawa yang disintesis oleh organisme fotosintetik. Pigmen ini berlimpah dalam buah-buahan dan sayuran, serta dalam produk hewani tertentu seperti telur dan salmon, yang bertanggung jawab atas penampilannya yang berwarna-warni. Sifat bioaktif karotenoi…
The Athenaion Politeia chapter 41.2 lists eleven changes (metabolai) to the Athenian political system from the heroic age to the democratic restoration of Thrasybulus in 403 BCE; the city allegedly remained unchanged until as late as the writing of the text, probably around the 330s BCE. This text examines some patterns in the metabolai, involving the innovations ascribed to the first three (or…
Carolinian adalah anggota subkelompok Trukic dari kelompok bahasa Oseanik Mikronesia. Ini adalah kamus bahasa Inggris pertama dari tiga dialek Carolinian yang dituturkan oleh keturunan penjelajah yang bermigrasi dari atol di Kepulauan Caroline Tengah ke Saipan di Kepulauan Mariana Utara. Kamus ini memberikan definisi bahasa Inggris untuk hampir 7.000 entri Carolinian dan daftar pencari bahasa I…
Food is not only the source of nutrition for humans but also plays various roles in our daily lives, beliefs, and relationship. In China, one of the fundamental cultural elements is the sharing of food. Typically, the courses are served in the center of the table from which guests serve themselves on their plates or serve guests using their chopsticks. With the COVID-19 outbreak, people were ad…