We examined experiencing divine love as an indicator of affective spiritual growth in a prospective cohort of 200 patients surviving cardiac surgery. These patients previously completed two-wave preoperative interviews when standardized cardiac surgery data were also collected. The information included left ventricular ejection fraction, New York Heart Association Classification, baseline healt...

The article presents a comparative analysis of the anthropological constructions Marseille abbot John Cassian and British monk Pelagius. study focuses on need for thorough revision doctrinal assessments established in Western theological science, according to which is representative so-called “semi-Pelagian” theology. author believes that wrong view Cassian’s theology formed as result consideri...

The handiwork and the glory of God displayed by the heavens and the firmament have been called General Divine Revelation. In this category one may also include the constitution of human personality, for man himself is a creation of God and in some sense bears the marks of his Creator. This “light of nature and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and pow...

The aims of the “Visualization in Parallel” (Vipar) project is to produce a comprehensive environment for the development of parallel visualization modules in systems such as the Application Visualization System (AVS), Iris Explorer, IBM Data Explorer (DX) and Khoros. This paper presents an overview of the project and describes the libraries developed to support the first phase of the work whic...

BACKGROUND Fibrinolytic therapy is the main reperfusion therapy for most STEMI patients in several countries. Current practice guidelines recommended routine early pharmacoinvasive (within 3-24 h after successful fibrinolysis, however it cannot be performed in timely fashion due to limitation of PCI-capable hospitals. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic utility of the GRACE score in pat...

The association of twins with health-giving powers is widespread in mythology, folklore, and religion. The Ashvins of the Rig-Veda, the classical Dioscuri, and the early Christian saints Cosmos and Damian are among the many examples of twins divinely empowered in the area of health and fertility. A characteristic set of attributes of twins recurs in different mythologies of wide distribution. I...