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Downsizing – Precepts, Practices and Stratgies

This article addresses the concept, practices strategies, impact, and implications of downsizing in a commen way, followed by Indian context of downsizing in India. In the light of the above statement, it presents some cases on downsizing with a view to providing a multidimensional picture of this paramount phenomenon. The study express that there is a general tendency with firms to resort to d...

Using Precepts to Augment Training Set Learning1

The goal of learning systems is to generalize. Generalization is commonly based on the set of critical features the system has available. Training set learners typically extract critical features from a random set of examples. While this approach is attractive, it suffers from the exponential growth of the number of features to be searched. We propose to extend it by endowing the system with so...

Theuth Versus Thamus: The Esoteric Plato Revisited

The distinction between esoteric and exoteric readings of Plato will be revisited in this article with respect to two esoteric approaches: the German Tübingen School and the American Straussians (i.e., those interpreters who have been inspired by the work of Leo Strauss). There appears to be a joint motivation for these two approaches, namely, the critique of writing in the dialogue Phaedrus an...

Esoteric healing traditions: a conceptual overview.

This paper presents, for the first time, a comprehensive scholarly examination of the history and principles of major traditions of esoteric healing. After a brief conceptual overview of esoteric religion and healing, summaries are provided of eight major esoteric traditions, including descriptions of beliefs and practices related to health, healing, and medicine. These include what are termed ...