The disintegration of the Classic Maya civilization in the Yucatán Peninsula and Central America was a complex process that occurred over an approximately 200-year interval and involved a catastrophic depopulation of the region. Although it is well established that the civilization collapse coincided with widespread episodes of drought, their nature and severity remain enigmatic. We present a q...

Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies is an interdisciplinary program whose purpose is to explore the historical experience; literary, religious and cultural expression; and political and material life of the Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern civilizations. Our program is unique in the United States because it integrates Islamic studies and Jewish studies. Whether students favor the study of ...

This document is a progress report for the project titled “Agent Based SW System to support exploration of Climate Change Adaptation”. It addresses the period 23 March 2009 until 23 June 2009. This report outlines work relevant to Deliverable 1: Framework Design and Implementation. It also highlights some exploratory work related to future stages of the project. 1 Deliverable 1: Framework We ha...

Physical health is influenced by various factors including religion. There are many questions regarding the impact of religious activities on physical health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to find the correlation between physical health and religion. Various databases including PubMed, Ovid, and Medline were investigated. Considering the inclusion criteria, 50 studies were found using th...

Article is devoted to research of the views Algerian philosopher and Muslim intellectual Mālik Bin Nabī (1905-1973) reviews his sociological, cultural, historical philosophical ideas. In works was writing about human society, paying special attention reasons for decline civilization raised issue degree necessity, ways forms perception its achievements. The author points complex approach thinker...

The practice of medicine was considered a noble profession by Muslims. Before being allowed to practice one should have acquired a wide experience in medicine and should have been well trained and disciplined. Students were asked to be in close contact with patients in order 10 apply the theory they had learned by allending hospital rounds and seminars. The evolution of medical teaching passed ...

Ecological civilization evaluation is an important part of the sustainable development strategy. However, because of subjective and objective reasons, it is becoming increasing clear that much data or information is of poor quality, which has serious effects on the research results. With the analysis on the cause and process of the low quality data, this article presents a fuzzy evaluation meth...

To explain the strategic plan to achieve a new Islamic civilization in its various fields and dimensions, a general and scientific structure must be exploited which in accordance with facts of existence from the universe and of human being. This research believes that this general structure along with its entire steps, resources and the foundations of every single one of those steps has bee...