Robert Brodrick Boston College 
 This paper advances the claim that the perceived rift between theology and scientific cosmology is not merely due to the advances of modern science but also to particular philosophical and theological developments in the realms of epistemology and the social imaginary. In light of this perspective, the author suggests that the recent work done regarding scientif...

This article focuses on the role loyalty played in relationship between rulers and their subjects earliest Central European chronicles, written at beginning of twelfth century: Gesta principum Polonorum by Gallus Anonymous, Chronica Boemorum Cosmas Prague, twelfth-century historiographical tradition Hungarian Royal court, which survived as a part fourteenth-century century compilation called Th...

CoInDiVinE is a tool for parallel distributed model checking of interactions among components in hierarchical component-based systems. The tool extends the DiVinE framework with a new input language (component-interaction automata) and a property specification logic (CI-LTL). As the language differs from the input language of DiVinE, our tool employs a new state space generation algorithm that ...

The right to represent oneself at trial is well-established, but not absolute. Recently, in Indiana v. Edwards, the United States Supreme Court considered whether states may demand a higher standard of competence for criminal defendants seeking to represent themselves at trial than that necessary for standing trial with attorney representation. Ultimately, the Court ruled that the Constitution ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships among physician-parent communication practices, physicians' perceptions of parental expectations for antibiotic treatment, and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for viral upper respiratory tract infections. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of pediatric encounters motivated by cold symptoms between October 1, 2000, and June 30, 2001. Each encounter was vi...

This research aims at breaking down the dynamics of dynastic politics after 2020 simultaneous general election and between nomination regional heads following issuance Constitutional Court decision no. 33/PUU-XIII/2005. The found that this local phenomenon is triggered by policy on autonomy decentralization reformation in bringing about new groups with family ties levels who occupy positions go...