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...berty to set forth any philosophical thesis, no justification would probably be necessary, yet it should be mentioned that Descartes – the founder of modern rationalism – issued the thesis of ?the right of rationality to re-examine all knowledge and to accept as truth only what appears as obvious in itself, through the angle of reason?. The Cartesian thesis has a testimoni...

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... be necessary, yet it should be mentioned that Descartes – the founder of modern rationalism – issued the thesis of ″the right of rationality to re-e... ...from the rules of the natural morals*. It is not moral, for example, that genetic engineering go as far as human cloning or that artificial intellig... ...als*. It is not moral, for example, that genetic engineering go as far as human cloning or that artificial intelligence become self-reproductive*. T... ... of turning of matter into anti-matter* should also be monitored. If the human race had the capability to accept the complementarity between science... ...y - a necessity legitimating philosophical anthropology as the science of humankind. This necessity was suggestively illustrated by Blaise Pascal in ... ...iversal gravitation, one of the most plausible, and at the same time most modern theories would be that gravitation is the consequence of a continuou... ...n be described as unitary, owing to its divine genesis, as well as to the genetic evolution, together with its 22 substantial splitting into any ... ...way, the 41 megalithic pyramids represent the rudimentary model of the modern laser; the mortuary represents the confined precincts that causes e... ...ncarnating themselves in other rational entities that emerge only now as a genetic birth (or into other that were generated some time ago but who lac...

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... What is the source of our personal suffering and the suffering of humanity? The vicious circle of human suffering has been idly turning for thousands of years as if without cause, and with no escape. Is this really so? Today we are learning that the wisdom of Kabbalah offers both the answer...

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...asting War 1. Eternal War Appendix A: From the Authentic Sources 1. The History of Kabbalah 2. Writing a Book of Kabbalah 3 of 263 Inter... ...For example: a cub matures in a matter of weeks or a few months, while a human infant needs many years to grow. Only at the end of the process do y... ...lusion – that it is the cub that will become the Lord of Creation and the human will lead a bitter life and die. Hence, we do not understand the mea... ... other creatures. He acquires, or develops everything by himself, with a human, moral effort. It is precisely that sense that differentiates man fr... ...has so far failed to find the cure for its pains throughout its tormented history. But man can help himself! He must only learn to manage his own l... ...edom of choice, but that would not make life any easier. The evolution of genetics hasn’t improved our situation either, but only strengthened the ... ...e language of the Kabbalah is a technical language, which is close to the modern day 56 of 263 Interview With The Future man. It is compri... ...d understand that Kabbalah is not about ancient mysticism; it is the most modernistic science and the one that is the closest to man. It is the sci... ...th The Future Today’s Science Question: How do you explain Kabbalah to a modern day person? Answer: First there was nothing. Then the collective...

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.... Guerard on "The Geography of France and Its Influence on the Cnlture and History of the People. ' ' Clark Hall. TUESDAY, MARCH 19 7.30p. m.—Y. M, C.... ...s THE RENSSELAER TROY, N. Y. EUROPEAN PLAN $1.00 AND UPWARD FIRE-PROOF AND MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT Fashionable Shiris, Neckwear and General Haberdashe... ...nce, Latin, Tuesday, April 2. 1907, 9,00 a m., 4 H. H.-College, English 1, History 1 a; Entrance, History. Tuesday, April 2, 1907, 2.30 p, m., 4 H. H.... ...most fortunate that just at this stage in the progress of these tsvo great modern nations two such far-sighted, energetic men hold the higliost office... ...s THE RENSSELAER TROY, N. Y. EUROPEAN PLAN $1.00 AND UPWARD FIRK-PROOF AND MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT Fashionable Shirts, Neclrwear and General Haberdash... ...g nized that the principal curse of these natives was wur and a desire for human flesh, a taste stronger than drink, so he bent his etVorts toward pre... ... be- longing decidedly to this very world of wide-awake life and se- rious human experience. I am somewhat at a loss to know whether I should class " ... ...n, is rather disappointing. Still, it must be said, the stury is genuinely human and jierauasivo. Juhiisoii is a rHal man and wu all know just how he ... ...r statements of the facts gathered by the best investigators in the psycho-genetic and histori- cal study of religion, and Dr. Pratt has followed with...

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...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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........................................................... 31 Evolution of the Human Desire for Pleasure ..................................39 CHAPTER ... .............................................................................153 HUMANITY AND THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH ...................................... ... future of the state of Israel. 17 FOREWORD It is hardly a secret that humanity is in a deep crisis. Many of us already feel it. Sensations o... ...f an individual, and throughout the generations. Examining the evolution- ary history of other species, such as primates, indicates that several tho... ...cess of desire-evolution happens not only in the whole of humanity throughout history; it happens in the private lives of each of us as well. These ... ...mission, as well as prowling and self-sacrifice are rooted in other animals’ genetic codes. 13 However, we will “borrow” these terms and use them ... ... harmony among all the cells in a body. The nucleus of each cell contains the genetic code that encompasses all the body’s information. Theo- retica... ...FE IN A NEW DEGREE Even though all the cells in our bodies contain identi- cal genetic information, each cell puts a different part of that informati... ...h explains that we are all one soul, materi- alized in many bodies. Similarly, modern science states that at the most fundamental level, we are all l...

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... but studies have not demonstrated any ethnic, social, cultural, economic, genetic, or professional predilection to it. Co-Morbidity and Differentia... ...ngages in excessive self- sacrifice. In their book "Personality Disorders in Modern Life", Theodore Millon and Roger Davis, describe the diagnosis o... ...f his confabulations is to threaten the very fabric of family and society. Human intercourse is built around such entertaining deviations from the ... ...nal Universities Press, 1979 10. Guntrip, Harry. Personality Structure and Human Interaction. New York, International Universities Press, 1961 11. ... ..., John Wiley and Sons, 1995 23. Millon, Theodore. Personality Disorders in Modern Life. New York, John Wiley and Sons, 2000 24. Riso, Don Richard. P... .... Their drive is compulsive, their vision rarely grounded in reality, their human relations a calamity. In the long run, there is no enduring benefi... ... male traits. Social thinkers like the aforementioned Lasch speculated that modern American culture – a self-centred one – increases the rate of in... ...iduals it is comprised of, the stronger the bonds of locale, language, and history – the more rigorous might an assertion of a common pathology be.... ... psyches, by penetrating their defences. Like a virus, it establishes a new genetic strain within his/her victims. It echoes through them, it talks ...

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...every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure and the perception of reality are the surface of this book. But the story of humanity, or more accurately, of the human soul, is the undercurrent that drives the reader forward in this book. It is about you, about me, about all of us. This book is about the way we were, the way we are, the way we will...

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...t only with regard to our feelings. However, because the sensory organs of non-human creatures would differ from ours, they would see the world as co... ...Kabbalah, since it is the only study that deals with the part of reality that humanity has yet to attain. But it is not enough to merely study the t... ...tor: “Who is He?” This is because the Creator is inside us, the Source of the human “self.” Hence, no matter how many times we ask ourselves, “Who a... ...ot a historic epic, though there is a correlation be- tween the text and human history. But this is only because the construc- tion of the worlds is b... ...here are almost no Kabbalists. The situation we are in today is the first in history. There is a growing need and desire from below, while at the s... ... the Creator, He reveals everything that occurred to us throughout the entire history of our souls. This includes the Creator’s treatment of us ever... ...the spiritual sense. The Creator matches souls with bodies in a way that the “genetic” Jews, as well as all those who join them, must correct themse... ...ire reality, unlike every other science that explores only our world. Q: Does modern science accept this perspective? A: A science that studies the s...

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... Personality Psychosexual Stages of Development Gender and Personality Disorders The Genetic Roots of Personality Disorders Defense Mechanisms B. To... ..., 1991) claim that the mental health profession is inherently sexist. Then again, genetics may be is at work. Men and women do differ genetically.... ...estions (FAQs) about Personality Disorders - click HERE! Back to Table of Contents Genetics and Personality Disorders First published here: "Per... ...o do one, and only one, thing. It has a single purpose and a unitary function. We, humans, are more like computers than like television sets. Tr... ...r or trait. An array of coordinated genes is required to explain even the minutest human phenomenon. "Discoveries" of a "gambling gene" here and an... ...e latter. The narcissist is no exception. The narcissist has a dichotomous view of humanity: humans are either Sources of Narcissistic Supply (and,... ...cissism as a point while Jung regards it as a continuum (from health to sickness). Modern views of narcissism tend to adopt Jung's view in this res... ...experience shows that childhood trauma and abuse are difficult to completely erase. Modern brain research tends to support this sad view and, yet, o... ...ed with stressful situations. It is a vicious circle. One of the main stressors of modern society is alienation and a pervasive sense of isolation....

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...Foreword: The essence of human nature is its perpetually evolving desire for pleasure. To realize this desire, we feel compelled to discover, invent, and improve our reality. The gradual intensification of the desire for pleasure has been the force b...

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.................................................................178 Kabbalah—the Modern Science .............................................182 Appendi... ..........................................220 9 F O R E WO R D T he essence of human nature is its perpetually evolving desire for pleasure. To reali... ... gradual intensification of the desire for pleasure has been the force behind human evolu- tion throughout our history. The desire for pleasure evolv... ...desire for pleasure has been the force behind human evolu- tion throughout our history. The desire for pleasure evolves through several stages. In th... ...wer, and fame. Development of these three stages had lead to major changes in human society—it became a diversified, multi- class society. The fourth... ...served as the foundation for research in other sci- ences, as well. The era of modern physics began in the early 1900s with Albert Einstein’s (1879-1... ...ved over thousands of years and been disseminated among Kabbalists throughout history. I would like to briefly review the key points in this process... ...existing outlook of science on the topic of freedom of choice? Dr. Satinover: Modern science as a whole—and I’m using the term “as a whole” because ... ...on supporting the old concept were discharged from universities. Thus, modern genetic engineering, T H E C R E D I B I L I T Y O F Q UA N T U M T H...

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...ou." Dr. Anthony Benis, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Author "Towards Self and Sanity – On the Genetic Origins of the Human Character" "… This... ..., Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Author "Towards Self and Sanity – On the Genetic Origins of the Human Character" "… This book has an important ... ...ons and Chemical Imbalances FAQ # 53: Myths about Narcissism FAQ # 54: The Selfish Gene (The Genetic Underpinnings of Narcissism) FAQ # 55: Narc... ...tes and accomplishments are in sufficient abundance to fuel my illusions seemingly forever. And modern society, blessed/cursed modern society, value... ...mit that. For most people, to need others is normal, an accepted part of who they are, of being human. For me, to need anythin g i s t o a c c e p t... ...perienced individuals, and pass for normal. It is simply not possible for such an aberration of human cognition and behaviour to infiltrate and inf... ...ot live. What is Personality and What is Normal? In their opus magnum "Personality Disorders in Modern Life", Theodore Millon and Roger Davis defin... ...and confute "personality" with "character" and "temperament". Our temperament is the biological-genetic template that interacts with our environmen... ...ond. 2nd ed. New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1995 24. Millon, Theodore. Personality Disorders in Modern Life. New York, John Wiley and Sons, 2000 2...

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...Excerpt: But sooner or later everyone finds out that they can no longer deny reality. Humanity continuously seeks logical justification to our existence. Man has tried to inquire and interpret nature for thousands of years. Contemporary scientists have learned that the more they progress in their scientific re...

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...allow us to find the answer to the question about the essence of life and human suffering, and what our purpose is in this world. All those methods ... ... sooner or later everyone finds out that they can no longer deny reality. Humanity continuously seeks logical justification to our existence. Man ha... ... alone. Man diminishes his desires, he feels better and suffers less. But humanity does not stand still. With each passing generation the souls of p... ...nge the consequence that stems from it, here in this world. Throughout the history of mankind, providence has compelled man to study the world around... ...alah. It can never be used in order to inflict harm, and throughout human history there is not a single testimony of such an act. The leaders of the... ...g to live a simple life, humble, he expects nothing of the wonders of the modern world and looks at the products of progress around him as something... ...h the Creator, or fear from his officers and armies. The entire religious history of mankind testifies to man’s inability to keep, or demand from oth... ...duct of this world, whereas the seed holds no more than a series of fixed genetic data. A soul that comes from the Creator is called a “screen”, or “...

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Moral deliberations and philosophical dimensions in thirteen modern films.

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... The Silver Lining Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema 3 rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. ... ...sult of a choice or the result of a tendency (conscious, unconscious, or biological-genetic). Opportunities are current states of the world, which a... ...d his enemies. He should have felt and acted with responsibility towards his fellow human beings, even towards those who wronged him greatly. But ... ...ucers exploit Truman's life shamelessly and remorselessly in the ugliest display of human vices possible. The Director indulges in his control-mania... ...zing movie, "The Matrix", a breed of AI computers takes over the world. It harvests human embryos in laboratories called "fields". It then feeds th... ... (Horney), upbringing (Klein, Winnicott), needs (Murray), or the interplay with his genetic makeup. Dan is not a thing - he is a process. Even Dan's... ...ent should be either in kind (as in more ancient justice systems) or in cash (as in modern Western civilization). The product called "Titanic" to... ...ly, not even necessary: simultaneous causation and backwards causation are part of modern physics, for instance. Time seems to be irrelevant to t... ...plausible. True, though we can obliterate numerous "individual" bacteria - others, genetically identical, will always survive our onslaught. Yet, s...

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...he appendix has additional functions. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus and produce biogenic amines and peptide hormones, bo... ...erpetrators fled the country only to return, triumphant, after the establishment of modern Turkey in 1923. The Turkish government today denies that ... ...1910. http://www.armenian-genocide.org/ http://www.cilicia.com/armo10.html Art, Modern We are all acquainted with the tales - many apocryphal,... ...ediscovered in 1915. Henri Matisse is revered as the father of Fauvism and of modern painting in general. Yet, one of his more famous tableaux... ...the "Pestilence" or the "Great Mortality". They regarded it as divine punishment of humanity's sins. http://www.ento.vt.edu/IHS/plague.html ... ...nism" first appeared in Arrago's Dictionnaire de la Conversation in 1834. http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (mus... ...a per year, including phone conversations, e-mail messages and photocopies. The genetic code consists of three billion letters, repeated twice w... ...ion Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the director (1940-65) of the Institute of Genetics, USSR Academy of Sciences. The leadership of the USSR ... ...he "capitalistic" works of Mendel and Charles Darwin and to separate evolution from genetics. Following a speech he gave at a conference in 1948 ...

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...d. She aborted at his request but nature aborted and mutilated: still-death, genetic defects, and miscarriages. Human beings were rifted apart from ea... ...ature aborted and mutilated: still-death, genetic defects, and miscarriages. Human beings were rifted apart from each other by circumstances of separa... ...No, he thought, maybe that was just his own life. The transparencies of most humans were in order--the last of which would be old age and decay but wh... ...continual suffering. Reflexively jumping into pleasure like a lifebuoy, as a human did, what could one expect? One thing was sure: he had experienced... ...y in the circuitry within the result of hornomal activity and the results of genetics. Dreams deluded him with a sense of purpose that would be mroe ... ...e this wish to hide themselves in the affectation of matrimony and love like modern men and they did not need to hide themselves in clothes. The land... ... to being alive other than living and being grateful for life. Of course, in modern societies like Ithaca, Adagio, you have no merit at all-you aren't... ... an individual-caring God inculpable of genocide, typhoons, and plagues. In modern times, those issues occurred in underdeveloped foreign countries a... .... She defers all mechanical judgments to men whom she supposes to have such genetic predispositions. "It's low," he says, "but I think you'll get bac...

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...ryday lives of local people, and how they cope under conditions of a constant flux of change, what they think about life, the future, and the fate of human beings after death....

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... Contents Foreword 9 Tracing modernization 9 * Theoretical perspectives 11 * Fieldwork and the resea... ... * Should we have more development Villages and houses Place for a human community 51 Culture of the river valleys 51 * Lampang Province an... ...st forest village 58 Village houses 62 Traditional pillar house 62 * Modern houses 63 * Return of the pillar house 64 * Building practices ... ...tensive farming and the environment 118 Future of agriculture 119 After modernization 119 * How much is enough? 121 Pictures 124-173 Reference... ...21 Pictures 124-173 References 174 II. COMMUNITY CULTURE Being human (interviews) 6 How we were married * In the fire * We meet dea... ... Hundredth day memorial rites 132 Message of death 133 Final passage of human life 133 * The deceased in kinship culture 134 * The deceased in ... ...nto the era of hydrogen power, to a superculture of digital, automation or genetic technology, development moves to the start of finalization, attainm... ...but did not yield as much as new, so-called improved varieties. Due to its genetic adaptability, it has also been easy to develop new varieties suitab... ...ne rice has now (2001) been sold to the USA, where the intention is to use genetic modification to produce and patent a variety suitable for American ...

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...ence by raising the point that even though truth is based on the scientific method, can science be true? Can it depict reality? The author focuses on modern science, which, he thinks, was born thanks to the Scientific Revolution which started with Galileo Galilei and led to the Industrial Revolution. The impacts of the latter is analyzed in light modernism, modernization, ...

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... our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization. 6: The effect of civilization upon humans. 7: Death, the existence of evil and its effect on humans. Offered as a...

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...ter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psycho-biologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-29...

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...? Preface The Basic Elements of Human Understanding are: ... ... Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Homi... ...-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psychobiolog... ...Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psychobiologic Tota... ... Human Psychobiologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter... ...onder Pg 218 Normality Pg 219 Reality Pg 220 Conclusion Chapter Four: Modern Humans Psychobiologic Totality Pg 223 The Slow Death of Hum... ...urvive successfully within one unique niche of the original ecosystem we were genetically designed to function in…. That is; in Africa, where we or... ...: theses two tactics are: Instinct and Evolution Evolution: is merely a genetic set of vicious cycles which allows the same species, the same D... ...: theses two tactics are: Instinct and Evolution Evolution: is merely a genetic set of vicious cycles which allows the same species, the same D...

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The fundamental assumptions underlying the modern study of psychopathology examined.

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...bjective experience? Some diseases are manifest and others are latent or immanent. Genetic diseases can exist - unmanifested - for generations. Thi... ...on in the operation and management of the complex ecosystem known as patient-world. Humans absorb their environment and feed it in equal measures. ... ...inside). Natural, "internal", causes - a heart defect, a biochemical imbalance, a genetic mutation, a metabolic process gone awry - cause disease.... ...is morally-neutral and embodies no "values" or "preferences". It simply exists. WE, humans, introduce our value systems, prejudices and priorities i... ...istically the norm of this particular society in this particular time)? We must re-humanize disease. By imposing upon issues of health the pretensi... ...orders (Suite101)" By: Dr. Sam Vaknin In their opus magnum "Personality Disorders in Modern Life", Theodore Millon and Roger Davis define personalit... ...ersonality" with "character" and "temperament". Our temperament is the biological-genetic template that interacts with our environment. Our temp... ... of micro-processes and of the Universe without saying much about their "essence". Modern physics strives to provide correct predictions - rather t... ...interpretation of Quantum Mechanics) they invariably run into philosophical snags. Modern science uses metaphors (e.g., particles and waves). Metap...

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...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a prec...

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...hus, all such groups are rebarbatively authoritarian, execrably violent, devoid of human empathy or emotions, suppressive, ostentatious, trenchant ... ...red in gulosity and superciliousness as they become. Inveterate violators of basic human rights, they often transform into the very demons they hel... ... social anomie, terror and banditry. From Steven Sowards' "Twenty Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History, The Balkans in an Age of Nationalism", 1... ...who flee in terror at the sight of a stranger, crying 'Turks! Turks!' These are the human wreckage of the hurricane which usurps the functions of a ... ...er on the promise to end all terrorist activities - a promise which he kept. The modern Republic of Macedonia is today ruled by a party called VM... ...red what the local populace had to say. The Austrian brought roads and railways and modern mining and forestry and industry to this hitherto Europea... ...sm. But what there is has not demonstrated any ethnic, social, cultural, economic, genetic, or professional predilection to NPD. o It is estimate... ... the disorder(s) and their temporal stability from early childhood onwards; • The genetic and biological underpinnings of personality disorder(s);... ...atments – talk therapies as well as psychopharmacology. III. The Biochemistry and Genetics of Mental Health Certain mental health afflictions are ...

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...ion to predict the behaviour to a motor-drive system 197 2.10 Application of genetic algorithm to problems in chemical industries 199 2.11 Sem... ... given by several researchers and in some cases methods of neural networks and genetic algorithm is used in solving problems. A complete set of ref... ...l it a nonlinear optimization problem with fuzzy relation constraints (NFRC). A genetic algorithm is proposed for solving MFRC. It is designed to be... ... for example, due to complex system structure [74]. FLC allows simple and more human approach to a control design due to its ability to determine o... ...athematical models. FLC follows the general strategy of control worked out by a human being. Using set of control rules and membership functions, FL... ...ct a set of control rules (control base) comes from the control protocol of the human operator. The protocol consists of a set of conditional “if-th... ...nly bonded but live in penury. B 2 – Advent of power looms and globalization (modern textile machinery) has made them still poorer. B 3 – Sala... ...wners of the bonded labourers are : O 1 – Globalization / introduction of modern textile machines. O 2 – Profit or no loss. O 3 – A... ... knowledge of other work hence live in poverty. B 2 ≥ 0.5 Power loom / other modern textile machinery had made their condition from bad to worse....

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...s research grants and Bost Fellowships. My work on synthetic biology and the human genome was supported in part by a CEER grant from the National Huma... ... asked; “you’ve seen much worse than this.” And he had. There are patents on human genes, on auctions, on algorithms. 2 The U.S. Olympic Committee has... ...ntific re- search on the gene without the patent holder’s consent? Forbidding human reproduction? Can religions secure copyrights over their scriptures... ...’s voice ended up in a mashup attacking President Bush, or the discussion of genetically engineered bacteria that take photographs and are themselves ... ...y tells us. After praising the novels of Samuel Richardson in terms that, to modern eyes, seem a little fervid (“No writings, those of Shakespeare exc... ...as and facts that he or she transmits. It is this “original expression” that modern copyright and the modern droits d’auteur actually cover. In today’... ...run news stories about those who were not so fortunate, the commoners of the genetic enclosure. Law students across America read Moore v. Regents of U... ...omparison several times. Biological viruses are tools for the replication of genetic information. They subvert their hosts’ cellular programming to ma... ...ghtable, that assessment changed. The levers and cogs of the machines of the modern economy are forged out of ones and zeros instead of steel and bras...

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...t Grid -- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America’s Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions -- 56 Winners of the Hawai‘i Business Innovation Showcase -- 60 Breakthroughs in Health and Medicine -- 68 Ha...

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...by peeling and coring 80 pineapples a minute. SOME SAY HAWAI‘I invented modern tourism promotion in 1902 when Honolulu business owners sent an ag... ...n Earth because they harvest sunlight, produce nearly half of the oxygen humans breathe, and sequester carbon dioxide. C-MORE aims to learn more a... ...le for transplant, Wuh says. The creation of an artifcial cornea made of human collagen meets an urgent demand. With Asian and Pacifc nations in m... ...an eye-surgery center where corneal blindness patients can choose either human-donor or artifcial corneas. There’s no better place to give the gif... ...at health factors can be linked to socioeconomic and demographic status, genetics, ethnicity and cultural practices, or access to healthcare, medi... ...e, they are examining risk factors such as diet and nutrition as well as genetic tendencies to react to particular exposures that can cause cancer... ...TY OF HAWAI‘I JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE The University of Hawai‘i’s modern John A. Burns School of Medicine is located in Kaka‘ako on O‘ahu. 7... ...lop expertise in: • health disparities; • assessment of linkages between genetics, culture, diet and healthcare access; • furthering collaborations... ...ssionaries. In contrast, there is hula ‘auana, hula without ceremony, or modern hula, danced to tuneful songs with lively lyrics. More modern inst...

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... in recent times, especially, one may say, since the date of Herbart. There is much in the writings of Sextus that finds a parallel in the methods of modern philosophy. There is a common starting-point in the study of the power and limitations of human thought. There is a common desire to investigate the phenomena of sense-perception, and the genetic relations of man to th...

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...aertius and other ancient works have been carefully verified. The principal modern authors consulted are the following: Ritter, Geschichte der Philo... ...—38. Zeller, Philosophie der Griechen, III. Auf., Leipzig, 1879—89. Lewes, History of Philosophy, Vol. I., London, 1866. Ueberweg, History of Philo... ...e is much in the writings of Sextus that finds a parallel in the methods of modern philosophy. There is a common starting-point in the study of the p... ...ere is a common starting-point in the study of the power and limitations of human thought. There is a common desire to investigate the phenomena of s... ...s a common desire to investigate the phenomena of sense- perception, and the genetic relations of man to the lower animals, and a common interest in t... ...lations of man to the lower animals, and a common interest in the theory of human knowledge. While, however, some of the pages of Sextus' works woul... ...ges of Sextus' works would form a possible introduction to certain lines of modern philosophical thought, we cannot carry the analogy farther, for P... ...rcus Aurelius. [5] This is accepted by Zeller in the second edition of his History of Philosophy, but not in the third for the reason that Sextus, ... ...e imposes. [1] In other words, we find here the same natural desire of the human being to rise above and beyond the limitations which pain and passi...

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...wn, incompleteness, inconsistency, redundancy, contradiction. It is a non-classical logic. Eksioglu (1999) explains some of them: “Imprecision of the human systems is due to the imperfection of knowledge that humain receives (observation) from the external world. Imperfection leads to a doubt about the value of a variable, a decision to be taken or a conclusion to be drawn...

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...obability, neutrosophic statistics. This representation is closer to the human mind reasoning. It characterizes/catches the imprecision of kn... ...n-classical logic. Eksioglu (1999) explains some of them: “Imprecision of the human systems is due to the imperfection of knowledge that humain rec... ...tion of individual structures. The major evolutionary algorithms studied are: genetic algorithm (a model of machine learning based on genetic operat... ...ing; conceived by L. J. Fogel in 1960s), evolution strategy, classifier system, genetic programming. Pei Wang devised a Non-Axiomatic Reasoning Syst... ...Raton, p. 1806, 1998. [44] Wittgenstein, L., Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Humanitas Press, New York, 1961. [45] Zadeh, Lotfi A., Fuzzy Logic a... ...and measure theory has been definitely adopted. We remind now the four axioms of modern theory of probability: A1: (Nonnegativity) (1) A2: (Unity) Any... ...appears as a paradoxe for most of human minds. This notion has been accepted in modern physics only with great difficulty and many vigourous discussion... ...would likely further benefit from automatic processing by neural networks or genetic algorithms. Future research will focus on finding a systemati... ... can be found in a forthcoming encyclopedia of Buddhism (the only one based on modern society) which I am going to put into English. The alternati...

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...oscience of consciousness, I was struck with certain facts about mental imagery that seemed to shed some light on the process of the evolution of the human mind. The origin of the human mind remains one of the greatest mysteries of all times. The last 150 years, since Charles Darwin proposed that species evolve under the influence of natural selection (Darwin C, 1859), hav...

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... Chapter 2. Neuronal synchronization 26 Chapter 3. Imagining new objects 32 Chapter 4. External manifestations of mental synthesis 39 Chapter 5. Humans versus animals 80 Chapter 6: Overall Discussion of Part 1 108 Part 2. Evolution of the Human Mind 135 Chapter 7. Introduction: a quick guide to paleoanthropology 136 Chapter 8. Cognitive evolution through the p...

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...ist 39 One of the most famous alchemists of the middle ages. PHILIPPUS A. PARACELSUS (1493-1541) Swiss Physician and Alchemist 41 Contributed to modernize chemistry and medicine. MORE ABOUT THE PSEUDOSCIENCE OF ALCHEMY 43   THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE 46 THE ADVENT OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION DURING THE AGE OF REASON 46 THE PHILOSOP...