the islamic sharia as a full legal value system with sustainable resources (qur’an and the tradition) as well as benefiting from wisdom as inner messenger is the most adaptable value system with changes of the world. the logic used in qur’an and the tradition is a multi-valued and continuous logic. in this value system, religious statements have been expressed in continuous and graded linguisti...

Use of elemental mercury in certain cultural and religious practices can cause high exposures to mercury vapor. Uses include sprinkling mercury on the floor of a home or car, burning it in a candle, and mixing it with perfume. Some uses can produce indoor air mercury concentrations one or two orders of magnitude above occupational exposure limits. Exposures resulting from other uses, such as in...

This study maps the organisation, contents, and teaching staff of theological philosophical education in Capuchin Order compares it with what was common other religious orders at public universities, especially Charles–Ferdinand University Prague.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, presence as well activities of religious orders Christianity in Vietnam, predominantly Society Jesus, Mendicant Orders (Franciscan Order, Dominican etc.), Foreign Missions Paris, to establish or maintain strengthen interests some Western countries’ (Portugal, Spain, France) missionary work this country led conflicts disputes over area right manage among Chris...

The white coat, the definitive symbol of the doctor, has been under assault in recent years. For physicians, white became the new black towards the end of the 19 century, reflecting a new emphasis on cleanliness and antisepsis. Nursing uniforms followed suit as did those of religious orders tending to the sick. Twenty years ago, a medical student or junior doctor would have been chided on the w...

Vascular and neurodegenerative disease commonly cooccur in older persons. We review findings from the Rush Religious Orders Study and Memory and Aging Project. Both studies enroll subjects without diagnosed dementia, perform annual evaluations, and obtain autopsies proximate to death. We found that macroscopic infarcts are common, lower the threshold for cognitive impairment, and often coexist ...