After a short presentation of various scholarly views regarding the affinity between initiation and sacrifice in general, the present paper investigates various parallels on the structural, the formal and the symbolic level between the Vedic student (brahmacari) and the consecrated sacrificer (diksita) of the Vedic soma-sacrifice.Especially it is s
Skin-lightening is an aesthetic practice of global concern.By adopting a biopsycho-social approach, we consider the interplay between the biological, psychological and social factors that underpin the circulation and consumption of skin lighteners in South Africa.This paper reflects on biological aspects of skin lightening, interpersonal relationsh
The transformation Embedding Mathematics in Socio-Scientific Games: The Mathematical in Grappling with Wicked Problems of the Cerrado biome into areas with different levels of activity and anthropic pressure negatively impacts biodiversity.This study evaluated the response of the dung beetle community to changes in land use systems: forests, rubber
This research develops a monitoring system that improves the safety of people in the car.Continuous monitoring of in-cabin air quality is an important step in achieving a safer environment inside the cabin.Using oxygen, carbon dioxide, and temperature sensors to monitor those variables at all times, combining them with an Arduino to process those v
Objective: To audit the prescriptions sent by dental practitioners to the dental technicians for fixed dental prostheses.Methods: This was an audit of all written instructions for fixed dental prostheses sent to the advanced conservative dentistry laboratory of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.Data of interest were sta