Starting from the methodological assumption that ideas have a driving power and distinction between negative positive notions of freedom (Berlin), this paper deals with role idea individual freedom, as central part Protestant pattern Christian life, played in origin spread reformation movement XVI century. In his criticism corruptive practices Roman Catholic Church reliance on Bible only author...

Moving pebbles jointly in formations called snakes has been integrated into the Parberry’s algorithm for solving the (N-1)-puzzle sub-optimally in the on-line mode. Using snakes consisting of 2 pebbles that are relocated jointly towards their goal positions after their opportunistic formation yields a measurable reduction of the total number of pebble movements at low extra computational cost. ...

We propose a signalling model in which the central bank and firms receive information on cost-push shocks independently of each other. If the firms are rather unlikely to receive information directly, the central bank should remain silent about its own private information. If, however, firms are sufficiently likely to be informed,. it is socially desirable for the central bank to reveal its own...

Motivated by the recent interest in smart grid technology and by the push towards distributed and renewable energy, we study the parallel operation of DC/AC inverters in a lossless microgrid. We show that the parallel interconnection of DC/AC inverters equipped with conventional droop controllers is precisely described by the Kuramoto model of coupled phase oscillators. This novel description, ...

This article compares religious responses to artificial insemination in Belgium and Britain from circa 1940 1980. was predominantly Catholic, whereas religiously diverse, combining Anglicanism, Protestantism, Catholicism as the main Christian denominations. Despite these differences, actors both countries became more permissive towards period under study. reveals that were adapting their morals...