SURVIVING STRATEGIES OF RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN SOUTH SUMATRA FARMING SYSTEM, INDONESIA


Eloquent Alogia: Animal Narrators in Ancient Greek Literature

Classical Greek literature presents a variety of speaking animals.These are not, of course, the actual voices of animals but human projections.In a culture that aligns verbal mastery with social standing, verbal animals present a conundrum that speaks to an anxiety about human communication.I argue that the earliest examples of speaking animals, in

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An alternative application of Rasch analysis to assess data from ophthalmic patient-reported outcome instruments.

PurposeTo highlight the potential shortcomings associated with the current use Rasch analysis for validation of ophthalmic questionnaires, and to present an alternative application of Rasch analysis to derive insights specific to the cohort of patients under investigation.MethodsAn alternative application of Rasch analysis was used to investigate t

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Necessary qualities and values in the contemporary surgeon

Required qualities in surgeons Watch Battery have historically been an exceptional subject in the medical literature.Some highlight skills and resolving power, others their qualities as artists, craftsmen, technocrats and scientists.However, this is not enough to be a good surgeon.To that, it must be added responsibility, kind treatment, humanism,

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