Judging the Goring Ox: Retribution Directed Toward Animals

Ox-Slaughter and Goring Oxen: Homicide, Animal Sacrifice, and Judicial Process

Vicarious retribution: the role of collective blame in intergroup aggression.

We provide a new framework for understanding 1 aspect of aggressive conflict between groups, which we refer to as vicarious retribution. Vicarious retribution occurs when a member of a group commits an act of aggression toward the members of an outgroup for an assault or provocation that had no personal consequences for him or her but which did harm a fellow ingroup member. Furthermore, retribu...

Involvement of the macrophage low density lipoprotein receptor-binding domains in the uptake of oxidized low density lipoprotein.

Macrophages, unlike most other cells, possess both low density lipoprotein (LDL) and scavenger receptors. The scavenger receptor has been shown to mediate the uptake of oxidized LDL (ox-LDL), which ultimately leads to cholesterol loading of the macrophages. The present study was undertaken to define epitopes on ox-LDL that are important for lipoprotein binding to macrophages and to ascertain wh...

The Role of Self-Directed Learning Readiness and Critical Thinking Disposition in Students’ Interaction in Blended Learning Environment

Introduction: Since electronic interaction of students in teaching-learning process in blended learning as well as identification of factors influencing it are essential, this study aimed to investigate the role of self-directed learning readiness and critical thinking disposition in Nursing and Midwifery students’ interaction in blended learning environment. Methods: This descriptive study was...

نقش پیوند عضو در حق قصاص

Where a victim with the use of medical treatments reattaches the cut-off organ to his/her body, supposing that we recognize his or her rights in terms of legal and legitimate rights in the mentioned-matter, this raises a critical question that is whether his/her right of retribution still remains? In response to this question, despite of the current, divergent views, it seems that by the occ...