Modelling in Urban and Regional Planning has an eclectic history – drawing from economics, engineering, geography, physics, and many other fields. These various influences have been a great strength, providing cross-fertilization of ideas and helping to prevent practitioners from getting stuck in methodological or ideological ruts. However, it has also hindered the establishment of a strong sha...

the aim of this paper is to prove some common fixed point theorems for four  mappings satisfying $(psi,varphi)$-weak contractions involving rational expressions in ordered partial metric spaces. our results extend, generalize and improve some well-known results in the literature. also, we give two examples to illustrate our results.

Central vein cannulation is one of the most commonly performed procedures in intensive care. Traditionally, the jugular and subclavian vein are recommended as the first choice option. Nevertheless, these attempts are not always obtainable for critically ill patients. For this reason, the axillary vein seems to be a rational alternative approach. In this narrative review, we evaluate the usefuln...

The science of the word and theology considered as expertise in area of concern of Islam religion in which it discusses about religious principle, approach and worldview based on rational and narrative reasoning and answer to doubts that pose in this area; in Christianity and in general through all monotheism religions, it could be possible to use this method for religious reasoning, it could b...

The need for method tailoring is widely accepted in the field of information systems development methods. Today much attention has been devoted to viewing method tailoring either as (a) a highly rational process with the method engineer as the driver where the method users are passive information providers, or (b) as an unstructured process where the developer makes individual choices, a select...

The literature on social networks has explored a large number of classes of human networks e.g., citation networks, online social networks, co-authorship networks, event networks, co-location networks, genealogy networks etc. The coverage of networks in the literature is however not uniform, one such neglected area is narrative networks. These networks constitute a class of networks which are f...

reputable imami jurisprudents believe that liability for involuntary manslaughter (wergild or diyah) is incumbent upon the institution called ‘āqilah (paternal kinship group of the criminal). from the very beginning, the verdict has faced challenges, including its conflict with the principle of individual criminal responsibility, which have prompted jurisprudents to offer various justifications...

The need for method tailoring is widely accepted in the field of information systems development methods. Today much attention has been devoted to viewing method tailoring either as (a) a highly rational process with the method engineer as the driver where the method users are passive information providers, or (b) as an unstructured process where the developer makes individual choices, a select...