This dissertation seeks first of all to demonstrate the likelihood that the author of the Book of Daniel was familiar with the Histories of Herodotus. Writing in the middle of the second century B.C.E., at a time when the influence of Hellenistic culture was being increasingly f…
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Hair disorders cause significant distress. The main, but limited, treatment for hair loss is minoxidil, an ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel opener whose mechanism of stimulation is unclear. The regulatory component of KATP channels has three forms: SUR1, SUR2A and SUR2B wh…
This thesis examines the diverse and conflicting ways in which the past is invoked in a village in the coastal area of the Aude department, in the Languedoc region of Southern France. The region of Languedoc has been undergoing turbulent, and unpredictable socio-economic change …
For humans and non-human primates (NHPs) the face represents a particularly important source of social information providing a means of conspecific recognition and cues to personal details including sex, age, and emotional state. The human face may also be fundamental in the tra…
Heat stress-induced hyperthermia and exercise-induced hypohydration are associated with marked alterations in limb and systemic haemodynamics in humans. However, the mechanisms underlying these alterations their effects on muscle blood flow are not well understood. The present t…
Hair growth disorders cause significant psychological distress, but are poorly controlled. Since prostaglandin F₂α (PGF₂α) and prostamide F₂α analogue glaucoma treatments cause eyelash growth as side-effects, they may be useful for alopecia. How they function is unknown; possibi…
Aridification leading to crop failure has recently been hypothesized to explain the collapse of the Akkadian Empire in ancient Mesopotamia (∼2300 and 2200 B.C.). Phytoliths from the dental calculus of 17 human skeletons excavated from Tell Leian in northern Syria were investigat…
Intraspecific genetic diversity allows species to adapt and evolve in response to environmental disruptions and novel stressors. As the frequency and severity of environmental disturbances increases, species may be eroded of their evolutionary potential and unable to keep pace w…