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A Conversation With David Bellhouse
Summary David Richard Bellhouse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 19 July 1948. He studied actuarial mathematics and statistics at the University of Manitoba (BA, 1970; MA, 1972) and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1975. After being an Assistant Professor for 1 year at his alma mater, he joined the University of Western ...
Christian Genest
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Framtidsförväntningar och fiendebilder. Samtida muslimsk och kristen apokalyptik
The purpose of this article is to analyze and compare some of the popular, and yet marginalized apocalyptic narratives in contemporary Muslim and Christian thought.
Jakob Wirén
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Thematic and Structural Unity of Q 79 (al-Nazi'at): An Intratextual and Intertextual Analysis
This article will examine a variety of topics within QS. al-Nāzi'āt (79), such as the sura's word choices and linguistic characteristics, its structure and literary forms, its place in the Qur'an chronologically, its similarities to other suras from the ...
Hamdi Putra Ahmad
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
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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Areej Babiker,1 Mohamed Basel Almourad,2 Constantina Panourgia,3 Sameha Alshakhsi,1 Christian Montag,4 Raian Ali1 1College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar; 2College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University ...
Babiker A +5 more
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Centuries old gardens, witnesses of sometimes millennia old cultures threaten to vanish all over the world. Since the still remaining gardens gradually meet with appreciation, further research has to be executed to preserve and restore them in a ...
Corinne J. Sieger
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ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to assess the psychological outcomes of family members of patients who were resuscitated in the Emergency Department (ED) and analyse factors associated with these outcomes. Design This study utilised a cross‐sectional design Methods Data were collected using a self‐reported questionnaire sent to family members of ...
Ira Rahmawati +4 more
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Islamic Contributions to Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues [PDF]
The normative practice in the history of science in the West is to start with the Greeks and then jump to the European Renaissance, both studied as a background for the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century.
Iqbal, Muzaffar
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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A high example of battle and honor in romance (a subgenre of narrative poetry in European literature), the idea of the knight and chivalry developed gradually across history from the early Roman Empire to the middle of the Middle Ages.
Alireza Farah Bakhsh +1 more
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