This chapter proposal describes some artificial neural network (ANN) neuromodeling techniques used in association with powerful optimization tools, such as natural optimization algorithms and wavelet transforms, which can be used in a variety of applications in Engineering, for example, Electromagnetism (Cruz, 2009), Signal Processing (Peixoto et al., 2009b) and Pattern Recognition and Classifi...

methodology of islamic principles (‘ilm al-uṣūl) is a dignified science serving to understand religious texts; on the other hand, however, this science is indebted to holy qur’ān for its credibility and authority. the qur’ānic verses play a special role in validating and authorizing this science. this role is to be viewed in terms of foundation-laying, as āyāt al-uṣūl (verses of principles) are...

for the first time in the history of logic, abd al razzaq al-jili (d. 570/1174), in the treatise al-lame fi al-shakl al-rabe, dealt with the modal syllogisms of the fourth figure. previous to him, dinha, the priest, and ibn salah al-hamadani had discussed the non-modal moods of the fourth figure. jili’s treatise deals only with simple modalities and ignores the complex ones. his pupil, fakhr al...

the present paper aims at clarifying the role of the concept “walåyah” in the philosophy of the unity of being in islamic philosophy (waedat al-wujid). the concept “walåyah” is deeply built into the philosophic system of the islamic theory of being, and moreover the dynamic aspect of this concept has always activated islamic philosophy of existence and stimulated the thought of islamic philosop...

the place and character are important factors of a novel. in fact place is a framework in which the events happen and is divided into two types: open & close. the character is a dynamic element in novel progression; while plays an important role in formation, evolution and presentation of the place related events. the character itself divides into different types which the present paper focuses...

Correspondence address: Carlos Alberto Cordeiro Abreu Filho. Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44. 2°andar. Cerqueira César. São Paulo, SP. CEP: 05403-001. Tel: (11) 3069-5014. E-mail: [email protected] Carlos Alberto Cordeiro de ABREU FILHO1, Luiz Augusto Ferreira LISBOA1, Luís Alberto Oliveira DALLAN1, Sérgio Almeida de OLIVEIRA1 Braz J Cardiovasc Surg 2005; 20(2): 167-173 REVIEW ARTICLE

considering the role of witness in the different sciences of language and literature and the importance of the muallaqat in arabic literature and the importance of explanations of these poems, in the present study, it is intended to study the method of commentators n applying the the different evidence of the quran, hadith, poetry, proverb, descriptive - analytical method was employed. the resu...