in nowadays world, social activities and affairs are done in form of group or counsel. can group and council-working experience be performed in ejtehad and issue of religious commandments? what a necessity is there in this work? what are its positive and negative benefits and consequences? of course the first meaning of grouping ejtehad can be that individuals come together to endeavor to seek ...

Acknowledgements At this moment, I would like to thank my Honors Thesis Coordinator Dr. Stephen Fritz for his continuous support with my Honors Thesis. Throughout my undergraduate career, lectures given by Dr. Fritz have inspired me to engage in more research and to ask more questions. I would also like express gratitude to my Thesis Readers Dr. O'Brien and Dr. Achilov for taking their time to ...

My research field is Computational Geometry, and I am interested both in theoretical problems and in ‘real life’ applications. This statement includes a summary of my research work to date. The first part covers work involving L1 shortest paths, center point and obnoxious facility location (see [5], [6], [8]) most of this work was done during my Master studies [1999-2001], and is motivated by p...

Employing my research and practical experience in the field of educational psychology, with a specialty in instructional design and technology, I would like to reflect on the theoretical foundations of instructional design. My purpose is to show the growth of the field through theories associated with learning psychology and educational technology. Both human psychology and technology are the m...