We derive a secular theory for Trojan-type motion in the framework of the restricted three-body problem, which is valid inside the entire regular coorbital region. We show that under certain conditions it is possible to extend the theory to include the secular perturbations from additional bodies and an oblate central mass. We are then able to predict the location of linear secular resonances w...

This essay argues that if social justice is to prevail in our world, we must understand the post-secular nature of our globalized society as a prerequisite for moving beyond “might is right” to national and international relations that heed all voices towards evidence-based interaction. The authors post-secular world and postmetaphysical world-orientation requires of us complementary learning p...

This article provides a test of the secularization hypothesis, which argues that economic growth, industrialization, increased literacy and decreasing fertility depress religiosity. It focuses on the elections of the secular politicians who voted in favor of the separation between Church and State in the French Parliament in 1905. If the secularization hypothesis is correct, these secular polit...

This article aims to understand why religion has proven difficult address in secular healthcare, although existential communication is important for patients’ health and wellbeing. Two qualitative data samples exploring healthcare were analyzed following Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, leading the development of analytical constructs ‘the secular’ non-secular’. The differentiation non...

Several semiempirical tight-binding models are parametrized and tested for aluminum clusters and nanoparticles using a data set of 808 accurate AlN (N = 2-177) energies and geometries. The effects of including overlap when solving the secular equation and of incorporating many-body (i.e., nonpairwise) terms in the repulsion and electronic matrix elements are studied. Pairwise orthogonal tight-b...

background: the secular trend in growth is a well-documented and recurrent phenomenon in many developed and developing countries. in this study, we examined the secular trends in birth length and weight among iranian neonates. methods: this cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted between 1991 and 2011. using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling, the birth weights and heights of...

throughout the history of the islamic iran the judicial system has always been based on common law and canon law (sharī‘a). upon the formalization of shī‘ism as the official school (nadhhab) in the safavid era, the shī‘a jurisprudence was set as the basis for legal judgments; and for the execution of judicial affairs the ruler appointed officers such as ṣadr, shaykh al-islām, and other judicial...

The underlying assumption when speaking about the postcolonial nonhuman is that other-than-human refers to what could be called, broadly speaking, “natural world,” as opposed “the human-as-Man,” but still usually understood in (Western) secular terms. Nevertheless, from perspective of African onto-epistemologies, can also refer spiritual world, or diverse assemblages between “natural,” human an...

We reply to the recent criticism by Garriga and Tanaka of our proposal that quantum gravitational loop corrections may lead to a secular screening of the effective cosmological constant. Their argument rests upon a renormalization scheme in which the composite operator (R √−g − 4Λ√−g )ren is defined to be the trace of the renormalized field equations. Although this is a peculiar prescription, w...

In forensic investigation, there are difficulties in stature and gender estimation of bodies dismembered in mass destruction and criminal mutilation. An individual’s hand or foot, when recovered and brought for forensic examination, can provide valuable information about a person’s identity. Stature provides insight into various features of a population, including nutrition, health and genetics...