the characteristic of denotation (imāra) is its typical speculative exposition (kāshifiyyat), for which the legislator devises validity in respect to this characteristic. in contrast to it is the practical principle that is not concerned with reality and is used simply for getting rid of confusion in practice. in the meantime, the confirming principle (aṣli muḥriz) is set forth, which both enjo...

asha, meaning order and honesty as apposed to anarchy and hypocrisy is the most significant principle of the anciant persian religion . there are some events and tales they are coloured by the asha principle . the manifestation of asha in such cases is the result of a certain religious experience known as the exegetic experience . the exegetic experience is in fact a religious interpretation an...

Integration of linearized plasmids into yeast chromosomes has been used as a model system for the study of recombination initiated by double-strand breaks. The linearized plasmid DNA recombines efficiently into sequences homologous to the ends of the DNA. This efficient recombination occurs both for the configuration in which the break is in a contiguous region of homology (herein called the en...

Three papers will be discussed in this section: Effective Compiler Support for Predicated Execution Using the Hyperblock, by Mahlke et al.; Disjoint Eager Execution: An Optimal Form of Speculative Execution, by Uht and Singdagi; and Selective Eager Execution on the Poly Path Architecture, by Klauser, Paithankar and Grunwald. These papers will close out the “processor front-end” section of the c...

About thirty years ago, I suffered from severe back pain. For some weeks I lay in a body cast, dazed by pain-killers and muscle-relaxants. When I was recovering, I decided one day that I needed exercise. Very gingerly I got on my bike and, feeling rather sorry for myself, rode slowly up Mundy Pond Road. I drew abreast of a group of boys going home from school for lunch. One of them was holding ...