comparison of mula sadra’s epistemology theory and virtual epistemology theories of zagzebski and platinga infers that the former’s theory can be categorized as a virtual epistemology. platinga believes in virtue of forming faculties and zagzebski believes in function of intellectual power in forming episteme. in fact, both of them believe is some aspects of the elements effective in formation ...

Some theists maintain that they need not answer the threat posed to theistic belief by natural evil; they have reason enough to believe that God exists and it renders impotent any threat that natural evil poses to theism. Explicating how God and natural evil co-exist is not necessary since they already know both exist. I will argue that, even granting theists the knowledge they claim, this does...

Upon its release in February 2015, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Fifty Shades of Grey met with vehement critical derision, finding itself reproached on both artistic and ideological grounds. While the precise focus of this indignation varied between reviews, complaints broadly fell into three categories: (1) it isn’t titillating enough (2) it is misogynistic, and (3) the love story and characters are cl...

Plantinga, Andrew J.; Alig, Ralph J.; Eichman, Henry; Lewis, David J. 2007. Linking land-use projections and forest fragmentation analysis. Res. Pap. PNWRP-570. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Station. 41 p. An econometric model of private land-use decisions is used to project land use to 2030 for each county in the continental United States. On a...

Given the size of the global carbon pool in forest vegetation, the potential climatic effects of natural and anthropogenic changes in forests are enormous. Therefore, forest carbon management must be an important element of any international agreement on climate change. In this regard, the Kyoto Protocol has proven ineffective, in part, due to its emphasis on project-based evaluation and the ab...

Epithelial cell-derived thyroid carcinoma (TC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. Increasing evidence suggests that autophagy, a complex process of autodigestion in conditions of cellular stress, plays an important role in the pathophysiology of the TC malignant process. One of the main mammalian autophagy proteins is autophagy related 16-like 1 (ATG16L1), which is essential for autophago...

Let f be a univariate polynomial with real coefficients, f ∈ R[X]. Subdivision algorithms based on algebraic techniques (e.g., Sturm or Descartes methods) are widely used for isolating the roots of f in a given interval. In this paper, we consider subdivision algorithms based on purely numerical primitives such as function evaluation. Such methods have adaptive complexity, are local, and are al...

Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporters are relatively common prokaryotic secondary transporters which comprise an extracytoplasmic solute receptor (ESR) protein and two dissimilar membrane proteins or domains, yet the substrates and physiological functions of only a few of these systems are so far known. In this study, a biophysical approach was used to identify the ligands ...

Pain and suffering are prima facie bad things. They are widespread. So the traditional argument against theism (the argument from evil) starts with them. Defendants of God’s goodness either have to explain why there is evil (i.e. offer a theodicy) or have at least to show that the argument from evil has no force against theism. Alvin Pantinga (1985) distinguishes between offering a (positive) t...

Upon its release in February 2015, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Fifty Shades of Grey met with vehement critical derision, inding itself reproached on both artistic and ideological grounds. While the precise focus of this indignation varied between reviews, complaints broadly fell into three categories: (1) it isn’t titillating enough (2) it is misogynistic, and (3) the love story and characters are cli...