241 research outputs found
Evaluation of Narrational Justification of Bodily Resurrection Quality According to Hakim Aqa Ali Modarres.
No full textHakim Aqa-Ali Modarres has a salient innovativeness among transcendental wises. He inspires his innovative approach in challenging theory of physical resurrection from an anecdote which influenced his whole attitude and he uses transcendent rational rules to explain this anecdote for further use in proving physical resurrection. Uniting rational-philosophical fundamentals and anecdotal context is prevalent in transcendent wisdom. Sadr-al-Motaa’llihin first used this approach and manifested his expertise in elaborating and interpreting anecdotal context in both short or long philosophical works as well as interpretational works. Hakim Aqa-Ali Modarres by enjoying this legacy put a remarkable focus on a specific anecdote in order to explain modality of physical resurrection. His efforts in elaborating revelations are much valuable and also enlightening for researchers in this difficult field, whether his approaches match explicit intent of anecdote or not. Analyzing his understandings by rational criteria and critical analysis can lead to better way to comprehend religious texts
Boyle Heights: A Brief Demographic and Health Profile
No full textIn this report, Professor Ali Modarres, a nationally recognized geographer and demographer, examines the demographic landscape and health care utilization of the community of Boyle Heights. Focusing on the years between 2000 and 2010, Dr. Modarres found an increase in the median age of the community, a decline in the number of younger population, and a reduction in the number of households with their own children under the age of 18. Pointing to these findings, he suggests that Boyle Heights is following the observed aging pattern in the metropolitan area, a demographic phenomenon requiring policy attention. In focusing on health and healthcare issue, this report illustrates that: (1) Latinos in Boyle Heights and throughout Los Angeles County utilize medical facilities in the same proportion as their population; (2) younger Boyle Heights residents are much less likely to use these facilities than their population share; (3) Medi-Cal is the predominant form of payment, although as the population ages, the Medicare population is likely to rise; and (4) local facilities, particularly White Memorial Hospital and County-USC are the main sources of care for Boyle Heights residents. As these institutions go, so goes health care for Boyle Heights
City and Environment
No full textFor the first time in history, more than half the world\u27s people live in cities, an extraordinary change in circumstances for human beings and the natural environment. Coming to terms with an urban world requires an understanding of the complex relationships between cities and natural ecosystems. City and the Environment are not mutually exclusive terms. Facing urban conditions in the 21st century requires an understanding of the interaction between social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental factors. Christopher Boone and Ali Modarres explore the city, its environment, and the role humans play in shaping the meaning and condition of both. In doing so, they engage the reader in an exploratory discourse on the urban environment.https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/urban_books/1002/thumbnail.jp
Soul-body Relationship According to Hakīm `Āqā `Ali Modarres
No full textThe quality of bodily resurrection has been a complicated problem throughout the history of religious, theological and philosophical thoughts. Theorists have been trying to strengthen the grounds to overcome the problem. Transcendent Philosophy explains these grounds and principles to solve the problem. One of the most important of these tenets is the knowledge of the soul and its principles. Through the theory of ‘bodily origination and spiritual survival of the soul’, Transcendent sages have been paved the way. But in this theory the relation between material body and immaterial soul in bodily resurrection seems problematic also. Hakīm Modasses, with his special method, tried to explain this relation and stated his principle in bodily resurrection problem. His theory is based upon ‘dynamic body toward static soul’. In spite of depending on the principles of transcendent philosophy, it leads to logically different conclusion. This variation is innovative but it would be finally evaluated as a turning to theological conclusions which is could not be regarded as a little difference. In the realm of soul-body relationship as the most prominent principle to the bodily resurrection, the explanation of Hakīm `Āqa `Ali Modarres clarifies some essential difficulties and pave the way to more precise consideration on this basic religious belief. This prevents the superficialist attitudes toward religious belief and though
It’s not Just the Author: The Reader and the Editor Are Dead, Too
No full textThe world of academic publishing has changed significantly. In this short essay, I attempt to offer a few observations as the editor of an international journal, suggesting that we may need to have a more in-depth theoretical engagement with current publishing practices. This includes the diminishing role of editors, the nature of authorship and the related review process, and the ways in which the publishing industry responds to, and shapes, our academic publishing practices
Survey of the Key Methods of Improving Public Trust to Government
No full textSurveyoftheKeyMethodsofImprovingPublicTrusttoGovernment Hasan Danaee Fard* - Ali Reza Hasanzadeh** - Somayeh Nasroallahi*** (Received: 2014/April/17 – Accept: 2014/Octobr/27) Abstract Public Trust is considered as a strategic capital of any political system. Accordingly, one of the main challenges facing governments is “public Trust management”. The governments should use mechanisms to achieve this objective. The final goal of this research is to suggest mechanisms for public Trust promoting to the Iranian government. It is provided in mix method. In the first stage, the mechanisms are provided through reviewing and a scale is developed along taken mechanisms and in the second stage, such scale is justified by public. Finally, 38 determined mechanisms are classified in 5 categories. The main ones are: social equity in using public service, making political and economic peace, and existence of efficient judicial institution. It is also analyzed the gap between the current and desired situation using the mechanisms in which there is significant difference between them in all identified mechanisms. *Associate Professor of Public Administration, Tarbiat Modarres University [email protected] **Associate Professor of Information Technology Management, Tarbiat Modarres University [email protected] ***Master of Public Administration, Tarbiat Modarres University [email protected] (corresponding author
Leveraging Remittances for Economic Development in Developing Countries
Get PDFBachelor of science (BS)Migrant remittances are seen with mixed views in terms of negative and positive impacts on developing countries. The purpose of this thesis is to critically analyze literature about such impacts and present policy recommendations for leveraging the positive impacts to spur economic development. This study recommends that policies and individual initiatives driven by an economic development framework will help improve the use of remittances. Adopting an economic development framework would reduce negative impacts of consumption, dependency, and devaluation of a country's economy. However, a shared responsibility is required to implement this framework. Governments of origin and destination countries, policy makers, migrants, recipients, and private financial service providers all play a role in leveraging remittances. Key words: remittances, developing countries, economic development framewor
Living with Robots: Automation and Income Inequality in the 21st Century
Get PDFThe increasingly automated nature of manufacturing and service industries poses difficulties a majority of the world's employed population. This creates an automative industrial revolution driven by advanced computing systems and increasingly independent robotic technologies. Losing employment in industrial revolutions such as this one poses threats to the established population. The replacement of obsolete work with new, more valuable work has not been observed in this case, presenting the problem of extreme unemployment to the nations of the world that was not a problem in past industrial revolutions. In order to counter the effects of mass unemployment, several groups have proposed the use of Universal Basic Income plans instituted on national or statewide levels. These plans have traditionally been supported due to their cost efficiency and fairness of their systems for all members of a society. This thesis analyzes the Universal Basic Income tests and plans implemented throughout the world and proposed in the literature in order to determine the effectiveness of these programs. While the benefits are widespread and effective at reducing poverty more effectively than traditional welfare programs in a multitude of situations, significant research is still required in both increased size and scale to analyze the social, economic, and poverty-reducing effects of these plans
Dual inoculations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria boost drought resistance and essential oil yield of common myrtle
No full textArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are increasingly being used to enhance crop abiotic stress resistance. Common myrtle is an economically important essential oilproducing plant but knowledge about its drought resistance mechanisms and the drought mitigation potential of AMF and PGPR is scant. Here, we investigated the effects of single and dual AMF (Funneliformis mosseae, Rhizophagus irregularis) and PGPR (Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. putida) inoculation on seedling survival, growth, physiology, and biochemical traits under soil water deficit (100%, 60%, and 30% of field capacity). Under severe drought, all inoculations increased survival compared to non-inoculated seedlings. Drought-related growth impairment was more strongly compensated belowground than aboveground, especially in dual-inoculated plants, indicating prioritized resource allocation to roots probably linked to AMF- and PGPR-induced phytohormone changes. Particularly dual inoculation significantly improved leaf physiology, reduced electrolyte leakage, malondialdehyde, and proline concentrations and mitigated oxidative pigment losses under drought through upregulation of the antioxidant defense as evidenced by (non-)enzymatic antioxidant accumulation, including essential oils. Our findings indicate similarly significant AMF- and PGPR-mediated boosts in myrtle drought resistance through enhanced water and nutrient supply and stimulation of the antioxidant defense. Dual inoculations proved most effective and provide a low-cost approach to optimizing myrtle cultivation and restoration programs.</p
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