İstanbul’daki Fener Rum Patrikhanesi, Hristiyanlığın en önemli kiliselerinden biridir. Patrikhanenin başındaki yüksek dini lider, İstanbul Kilisesi Başpiskoposu ve Patriği olarak bilinir. Patrik seçimleri, Bizans döneminde oluşturulan kilise geleneğine göre gerçekleşmiştir. Kilise, patrik seçimlerinin Tanrı’nın inayeti kutsal ruhun rehberliği sayesinde ilahi bir lütufla gerçekleştiğine inanmakt...

GENTLEMEN, Walmer, Deal, 10th May, 1817, If you shall deem the following Report on Refrigeration with Rum, in the ardent fever of tropical climates, worthy of insertion in your Journal, I beg distinctly to disclaim the most distant intention of detracting from the merits of Dr. Cuming, whose death has been a public loss, and from whose pen, had he lived, the medical world would have received mu...

Swiss metropolitan areas are comprised of a system of communities with considerable fiscal autonomy. This study investigates how the income tax differentials across communities in an urban area affect the households` location decisions. Data from the urban agglomeration of Basel for the year 1997 is used. This unique data set contains tax information from all households that moved either within...

O acoplamento do extrator por “purge and trap” com a cromatografia gasosa foi utilizado para quantificar o dimetilssulfeto em bebidas alcoólicas. Muito boa performance foi obtida usando-se uma coluna HP-FFAP e um detector seletivo de massas operando em modo SIM (m/z 62): limite de detecção de 8 x 10 mol L; boa repetibilidade e tempo total de análise de 25 minutos. O método foi aplicado em 60 am...

This study explores the plausibility of regret minimization as behavioral paradigm underlying the choice of crash avoidance maneuvers. Alternatively to previous studies that considered utility maximization, this study applies the random regret minimization (RRM) model while assuming that drivers seek to minimize their anticipated regret from their corrective actions. The model accounts for driv...

Bovine neosporosis control programs are currently based on herd management and serodiagnosis because effective treatments and vaccines are unavailable. Although a wide variety of serological tools have been developed, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) are the most commonly commercialized tests. Partial comparative studies have been performed in the past, and the panel of available ELI...