OLD TESTAMENT NAMES IN THE TEXT OF THE LADDER OF JOHN CLIMACUS

Old Testament Names in the Text of the Ladder of John Climacus

The paper explores twenty-one Old Testament names found in the text of the translated monument of early Slavic writing, the Ladder of John Climacus.These personal names are a special kind of biblical quotations referring to the events of the Holy History.The study builds on a comparative analysis of the Greek text of the Ladder according to the pub

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Regional and Global-Scale LULC Mapping by Synergetic Integration of NDVI From Optical Data and Degree of Polarization From SAR Data

This study presents a novel classification model, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), degree of polarization (DOP), texture classification model (NDTCM), for both regional and global scales, utilizing a synergistic approach that combines the NDVI from optical data with the DOP and its associated texture from synthetic aperture radar

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Adaptation in the auditory system: an overview

The early stages of the auditory gumball bere system need to preserve the timing information of sounds in order to extract the basic features of acoustic stimuli.At the same time, different processes of neuronal adaptation occur at several levels to further process the auditory information.For instance, auditory nerve fiber responses already experi

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Simple and Noninvasive Breath Test Using 13C-Acetic Acid to Evaluate Gastric Emptying in Conscious Rats and Its Validation by Metoclopramide

The 13C-breath test has been used to clinically evaluate gastric emptying.However, this method has not been sufficiently validated in experimental animals.The present study aimed to establish a simple and noninvasive 13C-breath-test system in Sprague-Dawley male rats.After fasting, rats were orally administered Racol containing 13C-acetic acid and

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