The Satisfactory Partition problem consists in deciding if a given graph has a partition of its vertex set into two nonempty parts such that each vertex has at least as many neighbors in its part as in the other part. This problem was introduced by Gerber and Kobler [GK98, GK00] and further studied by other authors but its complexity remained open until now. We prove in this paper that Satisfac...

john gardner’s grendel is a celebrated example of the ontological postmodernist fiction. along with a discovery of self with which grendel the narrator of the novel is concerned, grand narratives such as philosophy are questioned. grendel denies the external objective reality and generously allows the legitimacy of fantastic and non-realistic methods by using “life-affirming fabulous art” as it...

WHAT IS THIS PROJECT ABOUT? Previous research suggests that cultural barriers can discourage ethnic minority patients from using services based on a palliative care philosophy. Palliative care philosophy promotes the idea of a “good death”: a patient-centred approach to relieving symptoms and meeting the goals of terminally-ill people for their end of life care (Quality End-of-Life Care Coaliti...

for many religious people there is a problem of doubting various creedal statements contained in their religions. often propositional beliefs are looked upon as a necessary, though not sufficient, condition, for salvation. this causes great anxiety in doubters and raises the question of the importance of belief in religion and in life in general. it is a question that has been neglected in phil...