Ottoman Conceptual History

History Matters , but How ? An Example of Ottoman

Schizophrenia: A Conceptual History

The current concept of schizophrenia is regarded as the consequence of a linear progress from different definitions concluding in the present. According to the “continuity hypothesis” schizophrenia has always existed and 19 th and 20 th centuries alienists have polished away its blemishes and impurities, culminating in the DSM-IV definition which can therefore be considered as a paragon of a re...

History and Conceptual Framework

Confusion and dismay are rampant among those concerned about human and environmental issues in the tropics, and with good reason. Forests are being degraded at apparently ever-increasing rates, and human welfare in forested areas is remaining at a constant level at best, more often deteriorating. Many people—researchers, environmentalists, and policymakers of various hues—are trying to address ...

Multifont Ottoman Character Recognition

Ottoman characters from three different fonts are used character recognition problem, broadly speaking, is transferring a page that contain symbols to the computer and matching these symbols with previously known or recognized symbols after extraction the features of these symbols via appropriate preprocessing methods. Because of silent features of the characters, implementing an Ottoman charac...

1 Melancholia : a conceptual history

Depression, most people know, used to be termed ‘‘melancholia’’. . . Melancholia would still appear to be a far more apt and evocative word for the blacker forms of the disorder, but it was usurped by a noun with a bland tonality and lacking any magisterial presence, used indiVerently to describe an economic decline or a rut in the ground, a true wimp of a word for such a major illness . . . Th...