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A Comparative Study of the Sassanian Stamp Seal Designs with Drawings in Abd al-Rahman Sufi’s Sovar al-Kavakeb [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2023 Stamp seals are incredibly significant as a category of archeological finds because of their various motifs andfunctions, and inquiry into such glyptic evidence will help reconstruct different aspects of human life.
Sattar Khaledian, Hasan Arab
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MEDICAL ASTROLOGY - DIABETICS IN ASTROLOGY AND AYURVEDA
, 2022 Both Astrology and Medicine were developed as a part of religion in ancient India. Astrological guidance was sought for, virtually, all day-to-day work, including taking of medicines for the remedies of ailments. Medicines were administered only at astrologically suitable times of the day.
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Aestimatio, 2023 : This exciting collection of articles was a result of a 2015 conference by the same name, “Ptolemy’s Science of the Stars in the Middle Ages”, sponsored by the Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus (PAL).
Elizabeth Hamm
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Algunos chistes astrológicos de Lope de Vega
Criticón, 2014 This article examines how Lope de Vega used astrology satirically in two works from his early maturity: the Arcadia and the Rimas. In particular, we will focus on analyzing a complicated sonnet from the Rimas, number CXV, «A Juan Baptista Labaña», whose ...
Antonio Sánchez Jiménez
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Ahkâmü’n-nücûm (Astroloji) Eseri Bağlamında Fârâbî’nin Bilimsel Yöntem Anlayışı
Eskiyeni, 2020 Orta çağ İslâm düşüncesinde bilim çalışmalarına katkı sunan ve bir bilim felsefesi oluşturmaya çalışan önemli filozoflardan biri de Fârâbî’dir (öl. 339/950). Bilim anlayışını, mantığın ilkelerine dayandırmıştır.
Ahmet Pirinç
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What is social science if not critical?
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.Abstract This short article represents a contribution to the debate on the motion “Social science is explanation, or it is nothing.” While in the format of parliamentary debating the contribution would fall on the side of the opposition, I will not be arguing against explanation as such.
Jana Bacevic
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European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract An oft‐overlooked aspect of Sartre’s concept of selfhood is his rejection of good faith and sincerity as normative ideals. We argue that Sartre’s paradoxical treatment of good faith – claiming both that it is a manifestation of bad faith and the antithesis of it – holds a key to understanding Sartre’s account of selfhood.
Mark A. Wrathall, Wanda von Knobelsdorff
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Debate: Subgroup analyses in clinical trials: fun to look at - but don't believe them!
Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2000 Analysis of subgroup results in a clinical trial is surprisingly unreliable, even in a large trial. This is the result of a combination of reduced statistical power, increased variance and the play of chance.
Sleight Peter
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Remembering Independence, Debating the Nation: Ghana's National Days
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Ghana, Independence Day is the most important national day and has been annually observed since the attainment of independence in 1957. Additional national days that various military governments introduced to commemorate their ascension to power have been rather short‐lived. Other holidays like Republic Day or Founder's Day have been longer
Carola Lentz
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