The need for compatibility between degrees of freedom of various elements is a major problem encountered in practice during the modeling of complex structures; the problem is generally solved by an additional rotational degree of freedom [1-3]. This present paper investigates possible improvements to the performances of strain based cylindrical shell finite element [4] by introducing an additio...

one of the most important macro-economic objectives of the countries is to create the necessary conditions for promoting economic growth. among them, we can point to political stability and economic freedom. political instability leads to wasting physical and human resources and social capital, which will be considered as an economic rollback. also, the rate of economic growth is associated wit...

A precise determination of direct and indirect costs of implementing the Freedom of Information Act is not possible because agencies generally lack detailed supporting records. Costs of over $61 million were identified mainly from agencies’ 1981 annual reports. The reports vary widely in the ways costs are categorized and measured but provide an indicator of total cost. Inquiries at four agenci...

4. We will publish an analysis of responses to the consultation. Additionally, all responses may be disclosed on request, under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. The Act gives a public right of access to any information held by a public authority, in this case HEFCE. This includes information provided in response to a consultation. We have a responsibility to decide whether any respo...

By picking unpopular sets of numbers in a lottery, it is possible to increase one’s expected winnings. We have used the Maximum Entropy method to estimate the probability of each of the 14 million tickets being chosen by players in the UK National Lottery. We discuss the parallel solution of the non-linear system of equations on a variety of platforms and give results which indicate the returns...

An associate of a New York Mafia family, is alleged to have orchestrated a multimillion dollar theft of microchips from a West Coast firm. A member of a European crime syndicate is said to have created fictitious accounts on the computers of a bank, and then used the funds to purchase securities. Members of an Asian crime family are said to have used the E-mail system of a multinational financi...

Article history: Received 18 August 2007 Received in revised form 13 March 2008 Available online 1 July 2008

the present article studies the quran's view on free will and freedom. some related issues discussed here are: (1) human freedom is the basis of the creation; (2) respecting human freedom is the basis of the prophet's invitation of the people to islam; (3) political freedom is the foundation of forming political societies, and so on. with reference to the quranic verses and moslem sch...