The volume growth of an open manifold of nonnegative sectional curvature is proven to be bounded above by the difference between the codimension of the soul and the maximal dimension of an orbit of the action of the normal holonomy group of the soul. Additionally, an example of a simplyconnected soul with a non-compact normal holonomy group is constructed.

Among the wide-spectrum contribution of the Rambam - the Maimonides - in philosophy to the word and to Judaism are his ideas on the body and on the soul and on the relations between them. His major approaches in these subjects are the following: 1) The body is the home of the soul, and the soul guides the body. That means the body and the soul are one unit. 2) The soul has five virtual parts. E...

the theories concerning the issue of the soul are so various in the history of philosophy. the nature of the soul, its originatedness or eternity and quality of its relationship with the body are the most controversial issues in philosophical and theological discussions. ibn sina, as a peripatetic philosopher, in most of his writings, has accepted the aristotle's views on the originatednes...

the author has studied theologians` corporeal concept of human soul. most theologians, except those of philosophical way of study, have viewed human soul as a corporeal thing. their corporeal concept includes those knowing it as incident, soft body, atom and specific apparent body. in the paper, the principles and consequences of theologians` corporeal concept of human soul have been critically...

Circadian rhythms are of major importance in mammalian physiology and disease. In this review, we give an overview of the present knowledge on origination of circadian rhythms. We discuss the development of both master and peripheral clocks and compare the origination of circadian rhythms in utero and in vitro.

The first-order biodiversity pattern on Earth today and at least as far back as the Paleozoic is the latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), a decrease in richness of species and higher taxa from the equator to the poles. LDGs are produced by geographic trends in origination, extinction, and dispersal over evolutionary timescales, so that analyses of static patterns will be insufficient to reveal...

priority of the soul to the body is one of the issues in the studies on the soul concept, long being the subject of debate and contest by islamic scholars. in addition, many narratives of infallible imams have been quoted on this topic. mulla sadra shirazi has been of a specific view on this issue. he has rejected the priority of the soul to the body in terms of multiplicity and disjunction and...

nature of the soul, immateriality and its survival, has always been one the most challenging issues in the philosophical and theological ideas that in this according to fakhr al-razi’s point of view paper has been discussed. fakhr razi in his numerous works speaks in a different way, and sometimes conflicting, about the soul, in a way that in some works is taken the negative position and some p...