UNESCO since the 1970s has debated the best way to support and preserve cultural heritage
forms. Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity were declared …

In Western theatre we talk of actors so enraptured that for a moment or an hour they" live the
part." But, on the whole, Western acting is perceived as an elegant mode of artifice. Actors …

Use of chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain has increased substantially. The
American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine commissioned a …

IL-1β is a cytokine critical to several inflammatory diseases in which pathogenic Th17 responses
are implicated. Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by microbial and environmental …

" The soul changes its abode, the soul changes its abode, changes its garments," sings the
dalang (puppetmaster) of the wayang golek, the Sun-danese puppet theatre of West Java, …

This article examines trends in antipsychotic medication use in a treated population of publicly
funded patients with schizophrenia between 1991 and 1996. Findings from administrative …

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore family medicine graduates’ attitudes and
perspectives on modifiable and unmodifiable factors that influenced their scope of practice …

I was in the midst of a puppet manipulation lesson with my teacher, a dalang (puppet-master)
of wayang golek, the rod puppet theatre of the Sundanese area of West Java. A woman …

For over ninety years, Forbes has kept tabs on the rich, famous and infamous. From Bill Gates
to Will Smith to General Electric, Forbes routinely calculates the net worth of billionaires, …

This article discusses the relationship of Islam, female performance, wayang/topeng, and
transvestite practices in the performing arts of West Java, giving a very brief overview of three …