Scientists present talks all the time. The talk is one of the main tools of our trade. Some people give so many you wonder how they fit in experiments at all. Lab heads give seminars and conference speeches to sell their work to the world, and to attract the best people to work for them. Aspiring lab heads give job talks to sell themselves to potential employers. Nearly everyone gives talks so ...

Despite the creation of a myriad of Federal Reserve (Fed) special discount window facilities, unlimited swap lending to central banks worldwide, and the creation of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), there appears to be no improvement in financial market conditions. In particular, it is widely lamented that, even with massive capital injections, the banking system is not lending to suppo...

human dignity, based on the sadraee thought and according to his basis and philosophy, is a factual and existential but not reliable and conventional thing and because this is graded so dignity is a gradation thing. accordingly, inherently human contains dignity it means that dignity in the developmental system is a constant and unchanging thing and associated with human nature, due to the char...

The eco-structural composition technique uses natural and organic sound source materials at the beginning of a composition project with the intention of imbuing composed music with a natural or organic structure. This paper will describe a case study exploration of an ecostructural musical work and the process of composing it, from the source material to the finished work. The paper concludes b...