Sufi Qurʾān Commentaries, Genealogy and Originality

Notes on the Literature of Sufi Prayer Commentaries (MSR XVII, 2013)

The interpretation of religious texts has a long and strange history. Although the practice itself is ancient, systematic reflection on its method and procedure has only become more complex over time. Parts of the Hebrew Bible recount narratives from earlier parts of the same book— an exegetical connection that ties both narratives nicely into a single scripture. Later, the Christian revelation...

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Digital Originality

This Article examines the doctrine of originality in U.S. copyright law and proposes a reconfigured, three-part test that can better analyze issues of first impression involving works created with new digital technologies. The proposed test, encapsulated by the concept of digital originality, provides much needed guidance to courts to address the increasing complexities of digital creations in ...

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Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes can be applied to many different types of communication systems such as video broadcasting and satellite communications. However, the performance of the codes in practice may deviate a lot from the theoretical limits, achievable only by codes with infinite length. In this thesis, we will conduct a detailed investigation on the performance of short-length LD...

The genealogy of genealogy of neurons

Two scenarios of neuronal evolution (monophyly and polyphyly) are discussed in the historical timeline starting from the 19th century. The recent genomic studies on Ctenophores re-initiated a broad interest in the hypotheses of independent origins of neurons. However, even earlier work on ctenophores suggested that their nervous systems are unique in many aspects of their organization and a pos...