Early Modern

a principal força social nas vidas da maioria dos índios. Loyalty to family is a deeply held ideal for almost everyone. Lealdade à família é um ideal profundamente realizada para quase todos. Large families tend to be flexible and well-suited to modern Indian life, especially for the 67 percent of Indians who are farmers or agricultural workers or work in related activities (see Size and Composition of the Workforce, ch. 6). Grandes famílias tendem a ser flexível e bem adaptada à vida…

with an innate biological “device” for understanding the principles and organization common to all languages. According to this theory, the brain’s “language module” gets programmed to follow the specific grammar of the language a child is exposed to early in life. Yet the language rules and grammar children use in their speech often exceed the input to which they are exposed. What accounts for this discrepancy? That is where the theory of universal grammar comes in. This theory posits…

of the Islamic conquests, from 624 to 656. Recent work by one of us (Chevedden), however, shows that trebuchets reached the eastern Mediterranean by the late 500s, were known in Arabia and were used with great eÝect by Islamic armies. The MODERN RECONSTRUCTION of a medieval siege engine hurls a piano across the English countryside. This trebuchet, patterned after ones used in Europe and the Middle East, has lofted objects weighing as much as 500 kilograms. Its largest forebears…

having lucid memories. Due to these alterations, the victims are sometimes only able to communicate these scars as ‘flashes’ or fleeting images. Downloaded from http://gaq.sagepub.com by Ana Jorge on October 2, 2009 Cantarella: Sexual Abuse in Modern Families 283 Sometimes, memory is inaccessible even to the conscience, buried in dissociated parts of the self. These patients can verbally communicate their wounds only towards the end of the treatment. Alterations of Conscience in…

seres humanos. Inserir Shakespeare numa escola literária não é tarefa fácil. Alguns autores catalogam a sua literatura como pertencendo a um movimento ou período artístico denominado Renascimento inglês, enquanto outros preferem falar em período Early modern (a tradução literal seria primeiro modernismo, expressão que, contudo, em português, tem outro significado). Em qualquer caso, Shakespeare é sempre considerado um dos fenómenos marcantes do Período isabelino. Especulações quanto à…

A. (1997). The delayed entry into adulthood: Is it good or bad for society? Actas do Congresso Internacional growing up between center and periphery. Lisbon: Instituto de Ciências Sociais. Chisholm, L., & Hurrelmann, K. (1995). Adolescence in modern Europe: Pluralized transition patterns and their implications for personal and social risks. Journal of Adolescence, 18, 129-158. Cordon, J. (1997). Youth residential independence and autonomy: A comparative study. Journal of Family …

However, war was not being avoided as hoped. An eventual depression could not be avoided as a result of all the wars. This depression was present everywhere in the German territory, but the military force was convinced of their success, based on the early conflicts when Germany was able to defeat powerful rivals such as France. The start of a war on Soviet Union soil surprised many people on both sides of the conflict. Neither Stalin nor the Germans were expecting such an act made by…

design it’s always been such a passion it rarely feels like work.” David Carson on motivation and me. ery few people can claim to have had the kind of impact on their chosen field that David Carson has had on graphic design. From Surfer magazine in the early 90s, through 33 seminal issues of Ray Gun and on to ad campaigns for monsters such as Nike, Microsoft and Fox TV, David’s work has consistently refreshed and invigorated graphic design, earning him a reputation as a maverick genius.…

Domenichino." Domenichino in charm at least the mature Raphael turies. "If there were some that had been of painting for two and a half cen out of the world's possessions, the best the fountainhead time to be aweeding works of the early Florentines [i.e., of the fifteenth century] will certainly be counted among we should be narrowed down the flowers," he writes in Italian Hours (1909). "Heaven forbid or to a cruel choice; but if it came to a question of…

mecanismo de ação; mecanismos celulares; plasticidade; adaptação induzida por drogas Abstract: Since the beginning of the history of modern psychopharmacology on the 40’s, many advances were obtained on the understanding of the mechanism of action of psychotropic drugs. This article gives an overview of such advances, since the introduction of the early techniques, such as the measurement of amines by fluorescence and the receptor-binding studies up to the incorporation of…