most of the theologians and muslim philosophers, at least in accordance with tradition and narrative, believe in bodily resurrection as a necessary faith; but they have different conceptualizations of the “body of resurrection” such as: elemental body, heavenly body, intermediary body and imaginary body. the presentation of these conceptualizations will help us to find guidelines for more accur...

Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) represents a source of ongoing clinical and nosological controversy and confusion. While no univocal consensus on its definition and specific correlation with major mood disorders has been reached to date, a progressively greater number of evidences tend to suggest a revision of current clinical nosology. Since a better assessment of TRD should be considered...

The current paper critically reviews the conceptualization and relationship between Occupational Stress, Performance and Emotional Intelligence as supported by empirical evidences through a non-systematic narrative review of the existing literature. It was found that the three concepts have been historically developed through different stages. Moreover the empirical evidence shows that complex ...

This paper propounds a contract-theoretic model where dowry acts as a screening device to differentiate grooms of varying qualities. In 'arranged' marriage settings that are characterized by incomplete information in the sense that the true quality of the groom remains unobservable to the bride, and in the presence of observable traits like education that are easier for the better quality groom...

BACKGROUND The emergence of multiple insulin products has provided new opportunities to achieve diabetes control. However, the number of options has raised concerns about the optimal choices of products. PURPOSE To briefly review the pharmacologic characteristics of currently available insulin products and to suggest an initial insulin regimen based on common blood glucose profiles among pati...

This paper describes recent developments in the use of the "absent but implicit" in narrative therapy. Michael White used the term "absent but implicit" to convey the understanding that in the expression of any experience of life, there is a discernment we make between the expressed experience and other experiences that have already been given meaning and provide a contrasting backdrop, which "...

Cigarette smoke contains more than 4500 chemicals which have toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic effects. Strong evidences have shown that current smokers take a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer than nonsmokers. However, less attention has been paid to the smoking induced abnormalities in the individuals defined as ...

This essay invokes Toni Morrison's notion of "discredited knowledges" to ruminate on Black religions among the enslaved in nineteenth century, a period replete with revolution and "emancipation." It considers slave narrative as site both material immaterial reality order evidence significance biography for taking seriously revering knowledges discredited by master class, particular attention de...

When modelling human discrete choice the standard approach is to adopt the rational model. This has been shown, however, to fail systematically under some conditions, which makes evident the need for a better approach. The choice model is however only part of the problem because it does not say how to deal with uncertainty, where learning is necessary. In this regard, some evidences support the...