History in fast-forward. Logic and argumentation are a natural combination. Though the precise origins of logic are hidden in the mists of antiquity, reflection on patterns in legal or philosophical debate may have been one of the driving forces in the genesis of the discipline. But afterwards, the main emphasis over time shifted to consequence relations in an abstract universe of propositions,...

ii This thesis is dedicated to my beloved family, to my parents for their never-ending encouragement, love and confidence in me and to my brother for his motivation and guidance. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I feel it as a unique privilege, combined with immense happiness, to acknowledge the contributions and support of all the wonderful people who have been responsible for the completion of my master'...

cine; rather, throughout his lifetime he viewed research in systems physiology as the basic science most likely to contribute to the advancement of the practice of medicine. Therefore, it seems that modern medicine’s prevailing mantra of “bench to bedside” is rooted in Pavlov’s personal philosophy. Some years after his postdoctoral stints in famous laboratories of experimental physiology in Ger...

Zooarchaeological research at Qesem Cave, Israel demonstrates that large-game hunting was a regular practice by the late Lower Paleolithic period. The 400- to 200,000-year-old fallow deer assemblages from this cave provide early examples of prime-age-focused ungulate hunting, a human predator-prey relationship that has persisted into recent times. The meat diet at Qesem centered on large game a...

National education aims to increase faith, piety, and noble character, which is an aspect of the basic needs all citizens, in process students should receive a strong educational formulation religious values. This study explore national attainment comprehensively find new models, or postulates about spiritual based on intelligence achieving main goals, namely achievement level piety character s...

Research on maternity care often focuses factors that prevent good communication and collaboration rarely includes important stakeholders – parents as co-researchers. To understand how professionals in Dutch accomplish constructive collaboration, we examined their interactions the clinic, looking for “good practice”. We used video-reflexive ethnographic method 9 midwifery practices 2 obstetric ...

Teachers in Anglophone universities have often attributed Chinese ESL students’ plagiarism to “cultural difference”, the implication being that what is considered English-speaking world may not be seen as China. We believe this assumption needs questioned on basis of systematic evidence gathered from local L1 (first language) context; a large collection writing textbooks published over time pot...

Australia provided a temporary safe haven for nearly 4,000 Kosovar refugees in response to a request for assistance from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). From May 7, 1999, eleven groups of between 50 and 450 refugees arrived in Australia at 2 to 7 day intervals. The refugees were initially received at East Hills Reception Centre in Sydney for health checks and immigratio...