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Introduction
In Indonesia the Neolithic came to an end at dates that were widely different for various regions of the territory. In the Island of Enggano, for instance, an Early Neolithic Civilisation was still in existenc...
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The Dongson Culture
Knowledge of the Bronze-Iron Age of South East Asia has increased considerably through the excavations of the French at Dong So’n in the north of Annam. L. Finot and G. Goedès called the characteristic culture...
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Urn Cemeteries
The burial of the dead in earthenware vessels, with or without the addition of funeral furniture, must have been a widespread habit in prehistoric times in Indonesia and surrounding territories, such as Tonkin...
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Megalithic Cultures
The megalithic monuments of South East Asia are widely separated. Live megalithic cultures are still found in Assam, West Burma (the Khasi, Naga and Tschin tribes), on the Islands of Nias, Flores, Sumba and Mi...
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Stray Finds
A fairly large number of bronze axes must have been in use in Indonesia, but many of these have no doubt been melted down in the course of the centuries in order to make them into ornaments. This tendency no d...
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Studies on the Archaeology of the Netherlands Antilles: II
The Netherlands Antillean islands Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire are located near the north coast of western Venezuela. The two latter islands are situated 64 and 87 km from the mainland, and separated by water ab...
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A New Approach to Space Communications During Re-entry Based on the Propagation Characteristics of Electromagnetic Waves in Ionized Media
This paper analyses the propagation characteristics of electromagnetic waves in ionized media with a view towards the elimination of the communication blackout which occurs when a missile re-enters the earth’s...
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Conformational Analysis of Steroids and Related Natural Products
During the past decade, the principles of conformational analysis (31, 32, 33, 125, 223) have been widely employed as an aid in the elucidation of the stereochemistry of steroids (163), terpenoids (32, 44, 223), ...
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All-Magnetic Logic Elements Using Strained Permalloy Wire
An element for performing digital logic which employs Permalloy wire, solenoids, and resistors and utilizes a two-phase current pulse source has been studied experimentally. The reentrant hysteresis loop exhib...
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Hume’s Place in Philosophy
The place that Hume occupies in the thought of our time offers a paradox, and is not easily understood. At no previous period in the history of philosophy has there been such insistence as there is now on exact a...
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Hume’s Theory of the Passions
There is no question of importance, whose decision is not comprised in the science of man; and there is none which can be decided with any certainty; before we become acquainted with that science.
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Hume on Causation
Hume’s examination of the ideas of cause and effect in his Treatise of Human Nature is lengthy and elaborate, and justly celebrated. It is, of course, very far from complete; and one may wish that Hume had shown ...
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Hume on Religion
Hume died on 25 August 1776, and his burial took place four days later. In the words of his biographer, E. C. Mossner: ‘A large crowd had gathered in St. David Street to watch the coffin being carried out. One of...
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Hume’s Empiricism and Modern Empiricism
In the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding Hume said:
If we take in our hands any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics for instance; let us ask: Does it contain any abstract reasoning conce...
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Hume on Personal Identity
A person is sometimes said to have no strong sense of his own identity. What that usually means is that he lacks some of the things that give inner stability and continuity to a human life: for instance, he may b...
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Hume on Moral Judgement
Some philosophers talk about morality in an elevated tone; and they seem to be entirely sincere, finding virtue a sublime and noble subject, the pursuit of virtue an inspiring life’s work. So it is, for instance,...
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Hume as a Historian
David hume was the greatest of British philosophers. He was also an important figure in the development of the social sciences. We do not often think of him as a historian. Yet when he died, in 1776, he was bette...
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Uricase
Uricase (urico-oxidase, urate oxidase) is found in the tissues of most animals, except for those of the higher primates and man, and in certain microorganisms (e.g. urate-adapted yeasts). For the routine prepa...
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Profound Hypothermia and Total Circulatory Arrest in Neurosurgery: Methods, Results, and Physiologic Effects
Until recently hypothermia in neurosurgery had been limited to surface technics and temperatures of about 28° C; the potential hazard of ventricular fibrillation precluded further cooling. The development of e...
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The Pharmacology of Homologous Series
It is the common practice of organic chemists who are concerned with the discovery of new drugs to take some compound which is known, or has been unexpectantly found, to possess some interesting or clinically ...
