Russell McGregor reflects on the centenary of the rediscovery of one of Australia's most beautiful birds—the Paradise Parrot—and its terrible loss soon ...
McGregor, Russell
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Use of Simulations to Predict Lifeboat Survivability in Extreme Waves and the Effectiveness of Coxswain Performed Actions [PDF]
Simulations were used to investigate the performance of lifeboats in high sea states using a virtual wave tank. Numerical simulations were performed in regular and irregular waves to study launch performance in extreme weather conditions.
Randy Billard +3 more
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Images of Paradise, Images of Utopia: The Search for Community
The aim of this article is not only to present specific images of paradise and utopia, which appear in various forms in the domains of European imaginaries throughout history, but also to show the connections of these images with the domain of political ...
Karol Morawski
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Plexiform Neurofibroma of the Wrist: Imaging Features and When to Suspect Malignancy
Plexiform neurofibromas are essentially pathognomonic for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), occurring when there is diffuse involvement along a nerve segment and its branches.
Maria Gosein +3 more
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Felix culpa: Salvific Sin in the Play The Satin Slipper and in the Novel The Brother Karamazov [PDF]
The article attempts to compare the soteriological ideas of the play The Satin Slipper and the novel The Brothers Karamazov, two texts in which the authors express themselves most fully as theologians.
Tatiana A. Kashina
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The Fearful Paradise of “The Life of Basil the Younger” [PDF]
Emotive vocabulary played a significant role in creating the image of paradise in the literary works that circulated in Ancient Russia. The article explores the meaning of the adjective “fearful” and its cognates.
Svetlana A. Borisova
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Rose, Tulip and Peony: The Image of Paradise and the “Localized” Islam in China
Al-Janna—Paradise—is the most important image of the afterworld in Islam. The Qur’an describes paradise as an oasis. Along with the spread of Islam, the image of paradise has gradually transformed into a garden with blooming flowers, where different ...
Chuanbin Zhou, Lanxi Guo
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Comparative Analysis of Transit through Heavens, its Mythological Foundations and Astrological Indications(in the treatises of ascension towards heavens (Me’raj Nameh), the worshippers’ path (Seir-ul-Ebad) and the Divine Comedy [PDF]
Transit through heavens is a common subject which has been repeatedly mentioned in many travel accounts and the treatises of ascension towards heavens but the circumstance of this passage, the role of heavens and their inhabitants and mythological ...
zahra parsapur
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Seyyid Muhammed Ali Rıza’nın Gencü’l-Esrâr’ındaki Cennet Tasviri
Türk İslam Edebiyatında, dinî-tasavvufî muhtevalı çok sayıda telif veya tercüme nasihatname kaleme alınmıştır. İslam kültürü ve klasik Türk edebiyatı dairesinde manzum ya da mensur formda yazılan bu eserlerde İslam inanç ve ibadet esasları hakkında ...
Duygu Kayalık Şahin
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The present paper offers a presentation and a phenomenological analysis of a rather unusual event in the sphere of interreligious dialogue: a Catholic woman, the protagonist of a mystical experience, shared some of the traits of this experience with ...
Roberto Catalano
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