We prove some general results on the existence of partitions of unity in Sobolev type spaces on various innnite dimensional manifolds. As special cases we obtain in particular, (continuous) partitions of unity a) in the Malliavin test functions on an abstract Wiener space; b) in the rst order Sobolev space on pinned and free loop spaces; c) in the rst order Sobolev spaces associated with revers...

This article addresses the misleading nature of the rewrite of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war as portrayed in Moroccan Mubarak Rabl''s 1976 novel Rifqat al-Silah ...wa-l-Qamar (Comrades in Arms... and the Moon). Papers partially burned by are treating Moroccan officer lure the 'enemy' into attacking a fortified position, thus leading to an Arab victory. The fantastical nature of the war narr...

Response to large-scale emergencies is a cooperative process that requires the active and coordinated participation of a variety of functionally independent agencies operating in adjacent regions. In practice, this essential cooperation is sometimes not attained or is reduced due to poor information sharing, non-fluent communication flows, and lack of coordination. We report an empirical study ...

The epistemological debate about radical skepticism has focused on whether our beliefs in apparently obvious claims, such as the claim that we have hands, amount to knowledge. Arguably, however, concept of knowledge is only one many knowledge-like concepts there are. If this correct, it follows even if satisfy knowledge, are other relevantly similar they fail satisfy. And might give us pause. A...

Abstract Illusionism about consciousness entails that phenomenal doesn’t exist. The distribution question concerns the of in animal kingdom. Skepticism is view few or no kinds animals possess consciousness. Thus, illusionism seems to imply a skeptical on question. However, I argue and skepticism are actually orthogonal each other. If true, then does not ground intrinsic value so non-existence w...

various studies on the national policy on education (npe) have concentrated on the cognitive value of pedagogy and learning of the language aspect but few have viewed its importance on the togetherness of the nation - nigeria. this paper deals with how the language policy can influence and ensure the co-existence of nigeria in achieving self-actualisation, national unity, social, cultural, econ...

One condition for the stability of democratic systems is the development of a political culture that is congruent with the implemented structure. As the presented data shows, in unified Germany this kind of congruence exists only in West Germany. In East Germany a majority of citizens is supporting democracy as well, but have a rather skeptical attitude toward the liberal democracy of Germany. ...

Since its publication more than twenty years ago, Barry Stroud’s The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism has been widely read and discussed by philosophers who are interested in skepticism about our knowledge of the external world.1 Some of his later writings on the topic (such as Stroud (1989) and (1994)) are considered essential reading too. This does not, however, mean that what Stroud ...