The use of developable surfaces in ship design is of engineering importance because they can be easily manufactured without stretching or tearing, or without the use of heat treatment. In some cases, a ship hull can be entirely designed with the use of developable surfaces. In this paper, a method to create a quasi-developable B-spline surface between two limit curves is presented. The centreli...

philosophers view the advantage of human soul over animal soul in theoretical and practical intellect. however, there is disagreement among them in stating the quiddity of these two intellects. with a deliberation on their words, at least four interpretations can be implied from these two intellects. after reporting the statements and expressing the functions of practical intellect, the article...

This article outlines a history of rulings and beliefs about addiction in Judaism, covering alcohol and substance use and addiction, in the context of a brief account of the development of the status of addiction. It examines the prevalence of alcohol and substance use and abuse among Jews, including a discussion of some of the difficulties in estimating prevalence and of factors involved in ch...

Recent technological advancements such as cloud based digital video recording services and advertisement-skipping services are threatening copyright holders’ business models more than ever. This paper introduces an economic model to analyze court rulings on the personal fair use of video recording technologies. Although personal video recorders might have been beneficial for copyright holders i...