In classical optimization it is assumed that full information about the problem to be solved is given. This, in particular, includes that all data are at hand. The real world may not be so “nice” to optimizers. Some problem constraints may not be known, the data may be corrupted, or some data may not be available at the moments when decisions have to be made. The last issue is the subject of on...

The thesis of this paper is that Platonic Forms are angels. I make identification by claiming have the characteristics angels, in particular, alive. offer four arguments for claim. First, it seems engaging self-directed action a sufficient condition being are, as teleological activities, actions. Second, bodies receive their from Forms, and some essentially Third, Good, all types goodness, incl...

Many educational approaches to the ecological crisis posit fundamental causes that we can conceptually isolate and address. For instance, it is often claimed a certain kind of manipulative or mechanistic way thinking responsible for destruction underway. However, say ‘mechanistic’ caused itself risks mechanistically about relationship between thought, action world, whereas trying manipulate sys...

This study investigates the tensions between Adam and Iblis in Quran by using imagology as main approach. The focus of approach reveals interrelationship text, intertext, context altogether, focusing on contextualizing them story. does not intend to judge truth representations but analyze their values important build community weltanschauung (view life) that leads a social change, changing mean...

This article explores the history of Vodou from outlawed African dance to revolutionary magic depoliticized national Haitian religion and popular dance, its present reduction Diaspora interpersonal healing, a possible future. My first section, on Kate Ramsey’s The Spirits Law: Power in Haiti, reveals as sociopolitical construction racist legal oppression Africana dances rituals, artistic-politi...

Founders of new ventures in the medical technology (Medtech) industry require capital to establish, sustain, and grow their companies. Most founders must seek some form of external capital to meet these demands; in Medtech, the most well-known and prestigious of these is venture capital (VC). However, another type, angel investors, may be as important as VCs. Angels are accredited investors tha...