.j^e, it is on]y within the last few years that ? special unity of the conception of pulmonary rtery obstruction leading to pulmonary hyperaei\si?n_ and so to right ventricular hypertrophy ncl failure has come to be recognised. The yeat^ papal physician, Cesalpino (1519-1603) gj^^ined, shortly before his death at the age of > St. Philip Neri, who had suffered from severe Pa|pitations for 50 yea...

The dependency of society and business on telecommunication services is commonly recognized, but is this conception taken into account in our effort towards smarter and more autonomous networks? The objective of the paper is to discuss some dependability issues in the context of these networks and to pinpoint some challenges. As an introduction, a brief review of dependability concepts is given...

This article analyzes Paula Gunn Allen’s 1983 novel The Woman Who Owned the Shadows deploying Jack Halberstam’s notion of queer failure, a subversive phenomenon that involves embracing negative affects, refusing success narratives, and negating selfhood. Refusing stereotypical feminine positionality in masculinist universe favor shadowy, female-centered spirit community, main character, Ephanie...

To examine whether young, middle-aged, and older adults view the concept of intelligent person as similar or different during adulthood, 140 adults of various ages rated how likely it would be for individuals of average and exceptional intelligence at 30, 50, and 70 years of age to be engaged in behaviors previously identified by adults as characterizing adult intelligence. Adults perceived mor...

Psychology as the discipline of interiority is the name of the psychology that has developed from Wolfgang Giegerich's work in the field of analytical psychology. This article offers a counterview to that of Mark Saban's claim that Giegerich's psychology is 'irrelevant' to Jungians today and is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of Jungian psychology. It will be shown that, i...

In this article the authors argue that a new category of creativity, called “mini-c” creativity, is needed to advance creativity theory and research. Mini-c creativity differs from little-c (everyday) or Big-C (eminent) creativity as it refers to the creative processes involved in the construction of personal knowledge and understanding. The authors discuss how the category of mini-c creativity...

The aim of this study is to facilitate reflection on the moral merit of practitioners in various contexts. Insight is gained from Aristotelian and Kantian accounts of moral character and an original framework for reflection is presented as an adjunct to ethical theory and principles considered when appraising others. In relation to states of character, there is an irreconcilable difference betw...

In his book Reasons and Persons, Derek Parfit suggests that people are not harmed by being conceived with a disease or disability if they could not have existed without suffering that particular condition. He nevertheless contends that entities can be harmed if the suffering they experience is sufficiently severe. By implication, there is a threshold which divides harmful from non-harmful conce...