In this paper we address the problem of determining and efficiently computing an approximation to the eigenvalues of the negative Laplacian −" on general domain Ω ⊂ R2 subject to homogeneous Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. The basic idea is to look for eigenfunctions as the superposition of generalized eigenfunctions of the corresponding free space operator in the spirit of the classi...

Team spirit is often suggested as a counter-balancing power to free-riding. Testing for team spirit with field data is difficult, however, due to an inherent identification problem. In this paper we use experimental methods to identify team spirit against potential confounding factors. In a team work task we vary subjects’ information about relative team performance while we leave unchanged the...

Definitions that relate to each other are derived for Information and spirit. An experiment that seeks to stimulate the phonological store is described and the responses obtained analyzed, using a unique monitoring method based on variations in electrical permittivity when neurons fire. The importance of the non-sensory inputs to the sub-vocal rehearsal system in the phonological lop is mention...

N one of the historic creeds and confessions and none of today’s theologies stress adequately five critical points concerning the Spirit of God: the Spirit who was “not yet” before the Lord Jesus was glorified (John 7:39); the last Adam (the incarnate Christ) becoming a life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b); the compound Spirit typified by the anointing ointment (Exo. 30:23-25); the Spirit of life...

Received: 3 October 2005 Accepted: 3 October 2005 I met Claudio as late as the year 2000. We had known one another by name for some time and we had had the occasional exchange of e-mails and a few telephone calls but did not happen to meet in person, as we operated in slightly different fields. I deeply regret that. Claudio will surely remain an important intellectual figure in the interdiscipl...

The aim of this paper is to adduce the meaning of Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy and existential analysis—the spirit of logotherapy—in the two-fold sense of its core teachings, as well as its emphasis on the spiritual dimension of the human person. Firstly, I situate Frankl’s tri-dimensional ontology—his philosophical anthropology—within a Platonic perspective, asserting that it was Plato who firs...