Among extant books of Sufis prose, the prose of Maqalat-e Shams-e Tabrizi has high and particular qualities. Its special language and the sensitivity that Shams shows in every point of his Maqalat regarding language makes us observe the dialectic between structure and meaning of language which is the results of forming a progressive prose compared to the prose of his contemporaries. Among ...

1. Introduction. In another paper, Leitgeb (2005a) convincingly argues that the " companionship " and " imperfect community " problems Goodman (1977) raised for the method of quasianalysis outlined in the Aufbau are unavoidable if the Aufbau's system basis is restricted to a relation of fixed finite adicity (e.g. 'recollection of similarity,' R s) between elementary experiences (erlebs).

We asked 27 Euro American teens ages 16 to 17 with developmental disabilities in Los Angeles to describe friendships. Eleven characteristics of friendship reported in the research literature (similarity, proximity, transcending context, companionship, reciprocity, mutuality, intimacy, support, trust/loyalty, conflict management, and stability) were mentioned by at least some teens. However, mos...

Mental health problems among the elderly have attracted increasing attention. The most serious mental may result in suicide, and lack of family companionship is often speculated to be a major cause. In this paper, we use high-frequency suicide rate data utilize novel temporal variation lunisolar calendar provide evidence on protective effects Chinese Lunar New Year (when people receive unusuall...

How do you encourage or facilitate on-line participation? What constitutes effective participation? The paper firstly examines selected theories about encouraging effective on-line participation and secondly, reviews a range of qualitative and quantitative methods for assessing the effectiveness of students' on-line participation. The author aims to make informed recommendations on strategies t...

What does it take to turn a learner into a discoverer? Or to turn a teacher into a co-adventurer? A handful of experiences—from teaching a middle-school math class to doing research with undergraduates—have changed the way that I would answer these questions. Some of the lessons I’ve learned have surprised me. The title of this article may seem a little puzzling. After all, the words teaching a...