Many central creedal statements in Christianity presuppose the existence of a substantial self, even though Christian tradition has not always explicitly used this terminology. However, contemporary philosophy, traditional view been charged with empirical inadequacy, an objection often motivated by neuroscientific considerations. In paper, I examine adequacy from phenomenological perspective an...

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY Doctor of Philosophy Putting the Pieces Together: Exons and piRNAs by Christian K. Roy Analysis of gene expression has undergone a technological revolution. What was impossible 6 years ago is now routine. High-throughput DNA sequencing machines capable of generating hundreds of millions of reads allow, indeed force, a major revision toward the study of th...

1 Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping, Institute of Integrative Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, 58313 Herdecke, Germany 2 Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany 3 Caritas Sciences and Christian Social Work, Faculty of Theology, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, 79098 Freiburg, Germany 4Research Unit of Health,...

If nature is by definition the object of the natural sciences, then the dichotomy ‘natural’ versus ‘chemical’, held by both chemists and nonchemists, suggests an idiosyncrasy of chemistry. The first part of the paper presents a selective historical analysis of the main notions of nature in chemistry, as developed in early Christian views of chemical crafts, alchemy, iatrochemistry, mechanical p...

idiopathic lobular panniculitis, sometimes called relapsing febrile nodular panniculitis or weber christian disease first desribed in 1892 by pfeifer, is the term used to describe an group of disease that present as subcutaneous inflammatory nodules and histologically display an inflammatory focus primarily within the fat lobules. weber-christian disease is the term applied to idiopatic cases o...

In this contribution, I discuss some less well-known premodern and early modern antecedents of Spinoza’s concepts claims in the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. On one hand, will argue, notion prophecy owes more to Moses Maimonides than any Christian author; through Maimonides, Spinoza may be linked discussion The Virtuous City by tenth-century Islamic philosopher al-Farabî. concern with as a po...

The research is devoted to the ethical views of Vladimir Monomakh, reflected in “Teaching” Grand Duke. author’s reflections concerning such fundamental moral categories as good and evil, virtue vice, meaning life death, free will, duty, happiness are considered analyzed. A partial continuity Duke’s relationship well with Byzantine Christian tradition, particular regard “theory three small deeds...

Social scientists use many different methods, and there are often substantial disagreements about which method is appropriate for a given research question. In response to this uncertainty about the relative merits of different methods, W. E. B. Du Bois advocated for and applied “methodological triangulation”. This is to use multiple methods simultaneously in the belief that, where one is uncer...

Colleges and universities have an obligation to teach the basis of animal husbandry and welfare and must prepare students so that they can respond effectively to challenges by proponents of the animal welfare and animal rights movements. Veterinary curricula must now contain formal instruction in professional ethics and humane stewardship of animals for accreditation by the American Veterinary ...