进城的鸡

猪在大街上逛悠,牛在公园里吃草．曾是19世纪曼哈顿的一景。如今,鸡也成了城市里的家禽新宠,这种情况遍及全美。     

吴哥奇迹的宿命

从空中俯瞰,拥有几百年历史的古寺如幻影般时隐时现,起初它只不过像柬埔寨北部绿林中的一块茶色污迹。失落的吴哥城在我们脚下铺展开来,如今仅余断壁残垣,居民多为种植稻米的农夫。     

印度的中国学研究

1.关于研究机构和研究队伍印度的中国学研究始于上个世纪30年代末。1937年,泰戈尔在游历了中国和日本之后,于圣提尼克坦建立了中国宫(Cheena Bhavana),并劝说谭云山加入,开辟印度的中国学研究。在当时的时代背景下,人们感兴趣的领域主要是佛教、语言、艺术、文学和中印之间的历史联系。后来,在阿帕多拉伊(Appadorai)教授的倡导下,印度国际研究学院于1948年建立,其中设置了一个东亚分部。1958年,在德里大学的佛教研究系也开始开展对中国的研究。     

Epilepsia Verminosa

Epilepsy is a major public health threat in the developing world, with much higher prevalence and incidence rates than those observed in developed countries. At present, one of the most common causes for epilepsy worldwide is the parasitic worm, Taenia solium, and the associated neurocysticercosis (NCC) that may often result from this infestation. Worm infestation was already recognized as a cause of epilepsy by the middle of the 18th century. Helminths and their effects on health were a daily medical concern in the 18th and 19th centuries--with prevailing views ranging from the beneficial effects of the presence of adult worms in the gut, to considering them as culprits for a wide variety of diseases. A number of cases followed longitudinally by various nineteenth-century French physicians showed that there was good reason to believe that the verminous influence on seizures was real, as the expulsion of the T. solium often coincided with a notable amelioration of symptoms. Several theories were proposed to account for how the worms could lead to Epilepsia nervosa, including notions of competition for nutritional resources between the host and the parasite, and irritation of the medulla and of peripheral nerve endings predisposing to epileptiform episodes. Recently, after almost a century of quiet, interest in the neurological effects of helminths has been rekindled, due in part to the growing number of cases in the United States with NCC-related neurological disorders. In this article, we review the history of our understanding of the relationship between seizure disorders and parasitic worms, and we relate this history to contemporary epidemiologic and public health issues in developing countries.     

非洲猎奇粗放狂野的南非工艺品

<正>从古至今,工艺品对非洲人都是非常重要的,不论是用于宗教礼仪,还是增添生活情趣,装饰品始终伴随着非洲人民。正是这个原因,造就了非洲发达的手工艺品业,这种精湛的技艺是世界上任何地方都不能与之媲美的。非洲,尤其是南非的手工艺品绝对值得驻足观看、购买收藏。     

真龙族裔

要想抓一条龙,请遵循以下步骤：先杀一头羊,把肉切好;叫上几个精壮的伙伴．扛三个3米长的钢铁捕兽笼,把羊肉装袋拎上。接着你得翻越好几公里山路,走得膝盖生疼。三十多摄氏度的高温下,你俨然成了蒸笼里的饺子——但你顾不上擦汗,开始放置第一个捕兽笼,装入大堆生肉作诱饵,还要挂几袋在树上以便肉香散播出去。     

奇幻沙漠索诺兰

沙漠可以欺骗眼睛。烈日烧灼的死亡之地,干渴欲裂的幽寂山谷,可以在瞬间变幻为充盈着声色、活水和生命的缤纷乐土。