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The science of talismans today
Abstract The science of talismans was cultivated in Arabic, Greek, and Latin in the first millennium AD and entered European vernaculars in the seventeenth century. Its primary concern is the ability of images to produce effects in the world, even at a distance.
Benjamin Anderson
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Analysis of the Relationship between Music and the Human Soul with Emphasis on Avicennism-Psychology [PDF]
Undoubtedly, the history of music should be compared with the history of human life; because for a long time, various types of music derived from the text of nature have been associated with human societies.
Muhammad Javad Pashaei
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Aim. The objective of this article is to describe our innovative competency‐based approach to teaching nursing students about the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Background. Nurse educators require resources about pedagogical approaches related to ANS instruction. Design and Methods.
Anne M. Fink +12 more
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A Comparative Study of Conjecture from the Point of View of Ibn Sina and Mulla Sadra [PDF]
Ibn Sina is one of the first Muslim philosophers who discussed conjecture and what it is in a systematic way in his works. In this article, by using analytical-comparative method, the basic question is answered, what is the difference between Mulla Sadra'
Mahmud Saidiy, Hossein Zamaniha
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Diabetes Mellitus across the Arabo‐Islamic World: A Revolution
Background. Mankind continues to suffer from the ever‐growing diabetes epidemic and the rapid rise of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This metabolic disease has been studied since ancient civilizations. The Arabo‐Islamic civilization excelled in establishing some of the most notable discoveries and teachings that remained the blueprint for years to ...
Mohamad Fleifel +3 more
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The Structure and Content Analysis of ‘Al-Qanon al-Saghir’: A Descriptive Analysis [PDF]
Among the historical traditional medical texts, there are several hand-written manuscripts with the same structure and format on one topic. Two versions of these hand written manuscripts are under the titles of Al-Kafi Fi Al-Teb and Al-Kefaye Fi Elm Al ...
Hanieh Ghasemi +3 more
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Abstract The question of whether SARS‐CoV‐2 is mainly transmitted by droplets or aerosols has been highly controversial. We sought to explain this controversy through a historical analysis of transmission research in other diseases. For most of human history, the dominant paradigm was that many diseases were carried by the air, often over long ...
Jose L. Jimenez +22 more
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Bringing Things Back from Nothingness: The Restoration of the Non-Existent before and after Avicenna [PDF]
This paper presents the evolution of the Islamic debates on i‘ādat al-ma‘dūm [restoration of the non-existent], examining the notion itself, the motives behind its adoption and rejection, and the arguments for and against its possibility.
Francesco Omar Zamboni
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Beyond rules and norms: Heterogeneity, ubiquity, and visibility of groundwaters
Modern socionatural relations with groundwaters emerged only recently in the context of science and capitalism, and our cultural relations with them involve more than rules, norms and institutions for their governance. Recognition of the culturally constructed heterogeneity, ubiquity and visibility of groundwater may help to diagnose and address the ...
Casey Walsh
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Keeping Fit in Later Medieval England: Exercise for Man and Beast
Abstract This article begins by exploring ideas about physical exercise as outlined in the advice literature that circulated widely in late medieval and early sixteenth‐century England. Whereas other aspects of these popular guides to health have attracted considerable interest on the part of medical and cultural historians, recommendations about ...
Carole Rawcliffe
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