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The Demon in a Vacuum Tube [PDF]
Entropy, 2013 In the present paper, several issues concerning the second law of thermodynamics, Maxwell’s demon and Landauer’s principle are dealt with. I argue that if the demon and the system on which it operates without dissipation of external energy are made of ...
Germano D'Abramo
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Comparison of treatment technologies for highly concentrated nitrogen compound wastewater [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The flow of biogenic elements with wastewater into water bodies leads to an increase in the content of biogenic and organic compounds, a decrease in the oxygen content, the appearance of anaerobic zones, an increase in water turbidity, discoloration ...
Reshetova Anna, Gogina Elena
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The Folklore of Icon-Painters and Art Historians: Legends about the Elder in the Iconography of the Nativity of Christ [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2020 The article focuses on the legends that surround the figure of the elder in Eastern Christian iconography of the Nativity of Christ. The records of the 17th–19th cc.
Dmitry I. Antonov
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The Survey of Transformation of the Demon Illustration in Iranian Painting with Emphasis on Shahnameh Illustrations from the Ilkhanid Period to the End of the Qajar Period [PDF]
نگره, 2022 Although the concept of demon has faced ups and downs throughout the history of Persian culture, but it has gradually become a symbol of the devil and the force of evil that stands against the front of goodness.
Hamidreza Hessami, Alireza Sheikhi
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Ce este demonologia? O altfel de viziune asupra științei demonologice [What is demnology? A different view on demonological science] [PDF]
Incursiuni în imaginar, 2021 The article proposes a phenomenological vision on the history of demonology and the demonic imaginary starting with the shamanic model. Three qualities of the shaman are important in the birth of demonology: sense perception, knowledge and self-control ...
Petru Adrian Danciu
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Adultery as sexual disorder: An exegetical study of Matthew 5:27–30
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 There is a prevailing notion amongst preachers of the gospel, especially those in the Pentecostal circle, that adultery is a demonic problem. Their understanding of Jesus’ statement in Matthew 5:27–30 about adultery in the heart is that for adultery to ...
Prince E. Peters
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Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2001 Bathroom demons, an unusual theme for modern man, but in ancient Mesopotamia a daily hazard. Although certain aspects of ancient Mesopotamia, like the law code laid down by Hammurabi, have become ingrained in modern civilisation, others such as the colourful demonology have almost completely vanished in the limbos of time.
F R, van de Goot, R L, ten Berge
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Tropical Gothic: Literary and Creative Works [PDF]
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2019 The eTropic special issue on the theme Tropical Gothic was first conceived in 2017. From the beginning there was a sense of how the theme had a certain resonance.
Anita Lundberg +3 more
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Photonic Maxwell’s Demon: Feed-forward methods for photonic thermodynamic tasks [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2022 Maxwell’s Demon is at the heart of the interrelation between quantum information processing and thermodynamics. In this thought experiment, a demon extracts work from two thermal baths at equilibrium by gaining information about them at the single ...
Jacquet Maxime +5 more
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Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2004 A vampire, as a demonized deceased human, is used as a specific metaphor to explain unknown sources of various troubles in a community. A malicious deceased one is a mythical creature and as such is to blame for the existing troubles in a community; the ...
Jovanović Bojan G.
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