I use the neoclassical growth model to identify the effects of technology shocks on the US business cycle. The model includes two sources of technology shocks: neutral, which affect the production of all goods homogeneously, and investment-specific. Investmentspecific shocks are the unique source of the secular trend in the real price of investment goods, while both shocks are the only factors ...

A numerical N–body integration of the asteroid (4660) Nereus over 3.5 Myr shows the presence of the Kozai resonance and two secular resonances inside a horseshoe orbit with Venus. This 1/1 mean motion resonance with Venus remains stable during the whole time span though a secular increase of the orbital inclination of the small body occurs due to the overlapping of two secular resonances, namel...

We derive a secular theory for Trojan-type motion in the framework of the restricted three-body problem, which is valid inside the entire regular coorbital region. We show that under certain conditions it is possible to extend the theory to include the secular perturbations from additional bodies and an oblate central mass. We are then able to predict the location of linear secular resonances w...

This essay argues that if social justice is to prevail in our world, we must understand the post-secular nature of our globalized society as a prerequisite for moving beyond “might is right” to national and international relations that heed all voices towards evidence-based interaction. The authors post-secular world and postmetaphysical world-orientation requires of us complementary learning p...

This article provides a test of the secularization hypothesis, which argues that economic growth, industrialization, increased literacy and decreasing fertility depress religiosity. It focuses on the elections of the secular politicians who voted in favor of the separation between Church and State in the French Parliament in 1905. If the secularization hypothesis is correct, these secular polit...

Background: As two of the most prominent cultural components, spirituality and religion give sense to our human values, conducts, and experiences. The spiritual dimension is one of the four significant aspects of holistic care. However, the diversity of views has resulted in different interpretations of the reality of spirituality and its origins and consequences. Aim: This study aimed to exami...

This article aims to understand why religion has proven difficult address in secular healthcare, although existential communication is important for patients’ health and wellbeing. Two qualitative data samples exploring healthcare were analyzed following Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, leading the development of analytical constructs ‘the secular’ non-secular’. The differentiation non...

background: the secular trend in growth is a well-documented and recurrent phenomenon in many developed and developing countries. in this study, we examined the secular trends in birth length and weight among iranian neonates. methods: this cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted between 1991 and 2011. using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling, the birth weights and heights of...

throughout the history of the islamic iran the judicial system has always been based on common law and canon law (sharī‘a). upon the formalization of shī‘ism as the official school (nadhhab) in the safavid era, the shī‘a jurisprudence was set as the basis for legal judgments; and for the execution of judicial affairs the ruler appointed officers such as ṣadr, shaykh al-islām, and other judicial...

The purpose of this paper is to comprehend the complex ethical picture Dostoevsky through his great novels Crime and Punishment, Idiot, Notes from Underground, Brothers Karamazov. Along with numerous topics that tackles in novels, which are directly related history European ethics, idea absolute humanism – thymos remains evident entire work. In sense, will try provide answers as how Dostoevsky’...