A complete Works Cited list begins on page 32. Mention of commercial products does not indicate endorsement. Faculty Richard L. Wynn, BSPharm, PhD, is the lead author of Lexi-Comp’s Drug Information Handbook for Dentistry, now in its 9th edition, a recognized reference source in dentistry in North America. He is the recognized authority in the use of drugs in dental practice, and his credibilit...

with regard to the evidences of the rule, what is inferred from the qur’an and the tradition (sunna) about the matter of authority over possessions, is the impermissibility of other’s invasion of human self, which is totally unrelated to the assertion of one’s authority over oneself. the realm and the quality of human’s authority over his own organs are not known to the wise, as the relevant po...

Mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is an infrastructureless mobile networks where nodes can freely move and join. MANET has attracted much attention in recent years owing to the increased focus on wireless communication. It is a highly flexible network, vulnerable to various types of security attacks by malicious nodes. Ensuring network security is a major concern in the case of MANET. Certificate r...

May-June 2012 To the Editor: In the SeptemberOctober 2011 issue, Daniel Groll addresses the question of what health care providers can know about patients’ interests (“What Health Care Providers Know”). He offers helpful refinements to my claim in Patient, Heal Thyself (Oxford, 2008) that generally health providers cannot know what serves patient interests. I am honored that a careful student o...

The authority of a leader is enhanced when her commands or recommendations for action are obeyed. The authority of a leader is also enhanced when her commands are "principled" based on good reasons and therefore the leader is seen to be acting in the interests of her followers. But for a leader interested in maintaining her authority, there is often a con ict between these strategies. For examp...