Sufism is a part of Islamic religious teachings. Ethical one the Sufi teachings that can help shape individuals with noble character. Amidst hedonistic and materialistic lifestyle has contributed to moral decline modern society, aspect seeks balance these opposing forces. By implementing in contemporary culture, values goodness nobility be instilled, offering solution major problems plaguing so...

We investigate the relation between two quantitative measures characterizing short term memory in input driven dynamical systems, namely the short term memory capacity (MC) [2] and the Fisher memory curve (FMC) [1]. We show that under some assumptions, the two quantities can be interpreted as squared ‘Mahalanobis’ norms of images of the input vector under the system’s dynamics and that even tho...

Der folgende Artikel gibt einen Kurzüberblick über ein Promotionsvorhaben im Bereich der Quantitativen Modellierung. In der Dissertation soll die Modellierungsmethodik FMC-QE (Fundamental Modeling Concepts for Quantitative Evaluation) beschrieben werden. FMC-QE basiert auf der Modellierungssprache FMC sowie den Modellierungsund Berechnungsmethoden der Warteschlangentheorie und der Zeitbehaftete...

Teaching mathematics in a high school and in a community college in the New York City, I have noticed that students grasp mathematical concepts more quickly and understand them better when a connection between the concept and the world of business is established. Students were visibly more interested and involved when business applications were presented first, laying the groundwork for technol...

Fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) is a radical innovation for telecommunication companies because it requires them to move into unknown territories that are beyond traditional business lines and underlying technologies. In the meantime, understanding what types of telecommunication companies are better at doing business through the early adoption of FMC has become increasingly important in the con...

Although Sufi-led political parties have been active in Bangladesh for almost four decades, they received little scholarly attention. Therefore, this article discusses the historical context within which post-independence Sufi/Pir-centred emerged, their interaction with other parties, and electoral performance. It also touches upon some basic issues relating to Pir-cum leaders: once a Pir becom...

in the following, i describe the sufi path (tariqa) as a dialectical process which transforms the person through love. i examine the belief system of islamic mystics as a journey involving both creativity and passion. i do so by using a fresh approach, a perspective that has heretofore yet to be applied to the spiritual alchemy of the sufis.