The thesis is explicated, that we can finally distinguish three conceptions of the meaning of life in Jaspers' philosophy. This thesis is grounded on the distinction of two different periods of Jaspers' philosophizing: an early period of his existential philosophy, and a later period, when Jaspers rejected the terms "Existentialism" or "existential philosophy" for his philosophizing and preferr...

It was not until the late nineteenth century when reports of hindbrain herniation (Chiari malformations) began to be published. However, even earlier reports can be found in the extant literature. These include a report of hindbrain herniation in association with myelomeningocele by Tulp (1593–1674) in 1641. Cleland and Arnold would also report cases of hindbrain herniation found in patients wi...

Stroke patients with optic ataxia have an outstanding inability to perform spatially accurate movements to visual targets located in their peripheral visual field. Neuropsychological investigations of such patients contributed essentially to the two visual stream hypothesis which presumes dissociated actionand perception-related processing of visual information in the human brain. Here we revie...

The judicial production of law and the legislative production of law make a striking distinction between the two legal traditions. Despite of these differences, judges in both legal traditions in adjudicating cases have a common task, which is the application of legal rules to the facts of cases pending for judgments. The tension between the certainty and the “discretion” is universal for any l...

Brick monuments are one hallmark of emergent political complexity across much of mainland Southeast Asia during the first millennium AD. They first appeared in association with Indic statuary, large nucleated settlements, and the region's earliest states. Chronometric research in the Mekong delta on the earthen and brick wall that surrounds Angkor Borei (southern Cambodia) provides some of the ...

The Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium (BAPVC) is conceived to create a vibrant forum for interaction among Photovoltaic (PV) industry and academic experts to address the critical challenges in converting the U.S. leadership in PV R&D into leadership in PV Manufacturing. The U.S. faces substantial challenges in building such a PV manufacturing base as many of our competitors benefit from fewer ma...