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Decreasing luminance contrast on window walls as well as users’ interventions: Using LED lighting system
No full textMr Mehdi Amirkhani presented his research and case studies on improved lighting design in commercial spaces through daylight control and innovative lighting placement. This technical meeting was organised by IESANZ Queensland Chapter on April 7, 2016
Criticism of the neo-classical salafi understanding forming the discourse of religious exclusivism an evaluation on the specifics of the critiques aimed at fakhr al-din al-razi regarding the epistemological value of language
No full textAl-Razi stated that specific criteria should exist for interpreting religious texts, with one of the two in particular prioritizing the conflict of 'aql [reason] and naql [revelation]. Accordingly, he developed the theory of the hypothetical nature of linguistic evidence. According to al-Razi's theory, literary evidence have been exposed to possible errors from transferring al-nahw [lexicography, morphology, and grammar] rules to the present day; different linguistic possibilities such as figurative speech homonymy and transfer of meanings (naql al-lugha) are likely to have occurred in the process. Therefore, religious texts do not express certainty when qarinas [contextual clues] are absent. Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, leading names in the neo-classical Salafi understanding, described the view that literal evidence does not express 'ilm [definitive knowledge] but rather expresses Uann [speculative knowledge] as taghut [an idol], criticizing it to have a marginalizing and exclusionary style. The present article will examine the discourse of religious exclusivism produced within the framework of the hypotheticality of language and will show that this discourse is caused by Ibn Taymiyya's and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's words being misunderstood. This study will first explain what is meant by religious exclusion and provide the intellectual background of the theory of the hypotheticality of language. Next, it will cover Ibn Taymiyya's and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's questioning of al-Razi's religiosity, and finish with how the accusations against Razi had stemmed from a misunderstanding of his ideas
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Application of Analog Adaptive Filters for Dynamic Sensor Compensation
No full textThis paper investigates the application of analog adaptive techniques to the area of dynamic sensor compensation, of which there is little reported work in the literature. The case is illustrated by showing how the response of a load cell can be improved to speed up the process of measurement. The load cell is a sensor with an oscillatory output in which the measurand contributes to the response parameters. Thus, a compensation filter needs to track variation in measurand whereas a simple, fixed filter is only valid at one specific load value. To facilitate this investigation, computer models for the load cell and the adaptive compensation filter have been developed. To allow a practical implementation of the adaptive techniques, a novel piecewise linearization technique is proposed in order to vary a floating voltage-controlled resistor in a linear manner over a wide range. Simulation and practical results are presented, thus demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed techniques
KONSEP PEMIKIRAN MEHDI GOLSHANI : AGAMA DAN SAINS: konsep pemikiran mehdi golshani: agama dan sains
No full textReligion and science are forces capable of transforming human life. Both try to direct and provide welfare for mankind. With their advantages and limitations, these two subject figures are proven to have made a real contribution to improving the standard of human life. Mehdi Golshani is one of the philosopher who expressed his opinion on religion and science. The purpose of this study was to determine the concept of religious and scientific thought according to Mehdi Golshani. The research method used is literature / literacy. By examining the contents of the book, the substance of the discussion and the focus of the character's study and thoughts. The object is in the form of several research journal books which contain Mehdi Golshani's thoughts on religion and science. The results in the context of Mehdi Golshani's thought are used as a way to solve all natural phenomena, where the climax of all of them is to internalize self-awareness of the existence and power of God of the universe. The natural phenomenon that exists in human life is not just a coincidence, nor does it occur in the middle of nowhere. Keywords: Religion, Science, Mehdi Golshani.
Agama dan sains adalah kekuatan yang mampu mentransformasi kehidupan manusia. Keduanya berusaha mengarahkan dan memberikan kesejahteraan bagi umat manusia. Dengan kelebihan dan keterbatasannya, kedua subjek ini terbukti memberikan kontribusi nyata dalam meningkatkan taraf hidup manusia. Mehdi Golshani adalah salah satu filsuf yang mengutarakan pendapatnya tentang agama dan sains. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui konsep pemikiran religius dan ilmiah menurut Mehdi Golshani. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah studi pustaka / literasi. Dengan menelaah isi buku, substansi pembahasan serta fokus kajian dan pemikiran tokoh. Objeknya berupa beberapa buku jurnal penelitian yang memuat pemikiran Mahdi Golshani tentang agama dan sains. Hasil pemikiran dalam konteks pemikiran Mehdi Golshani digunakan sebagai cara untuk menyelesaikan semua fenomena alam, dimana puncaknya semuanya adalah menginternalisasi kesadaran diri akan keberadaan dan kekuatan Tuhan semesta alam. Fenomena alam yang ada dalam kehidupan manusia bukan hanya kebetulan, juga tidak terjadi di antah berantah
Translation of Harmonic Spinors and Interacting Weyl Fermions on Homogeneous Spaces
No full textIn honor of Professor Jean LudwigInternational audienceWe show that the image of the Poisson map, defined by Mehdi and Zierau in [MZ14b], which intertwines principal series representations with a submodule of the kernel of the cubic Dirac operator, commutes with the translation functor. As a byproduct, we obtain a systematic geometric process which produces interacting Weyl fermions with a fixed energy level on homogeneous spacetimes
RETHINKING INDUSTRIAL POLICY
No full textDespite the hold of the neoliberal orthodoxy on policy making in developing countries, industrial policy remains important for the promotion of industrial development. However, the context for the design of industrial policy has profoundly changed as a result of new rules governing international trade, the rise of global value chains and marketing networks, and other aspects of globalization. Traditionally, the case for industrial policy has been framed in terms of “market failures” but the paper argues that that is not a sufficient basis. After addressing the traditional points of criticism, an attempt is made to outline the “domains” of industrial policy in the current circumstances, especially for industrially lagging countries. As country contexts differ widely there are no satisfactory blueprints for policy making that countries can readily adopt. As in production decisions, considerable ingenuity and innovation is needed in designing policies. This is all the more necessary as the WTO rules have become increasingly stringent and the rise of international trading networks has created new barriers for young firms to enter the world market. These developments have changed the context but not the importance of policy in industrial development. The paper identifies areas where government intervention is needed and can still make a positive difference.
A new, 3D overlapping-sphere model of cell adhesion:
No full textCell adhesion refers to the ability of cells to make enduring and dynamic attachments to extracellular surfaces and to each other; rightly so it is a focal point of current biological research. I have designed a computational framework to model cell adhesion using a modified overlapping-sphere model. A core feature of the model is the three-dimensional representation of a cell surface that can interact mechanically with its environment. The generalization of a cell as a sphere gives our model the compactness to enable the simulations of thousands of cells, comparable to the number of cells typically encountered through small scale studies of early development and disease. Specifically, we use this computational framework to model adhesion between cells in a monolayer and a fibrous environment, cell shape change, as well as cell replication. We also include elements of cell orientation, or cell polarity, and touch on some aspects of mechanical feedback. We explore some general aspects of developmental biology as well as cancer in mammary ducts. Although we emphasize epithelial cells, which are cells that form monolayers, we also briefly consider migratory cells. The major results are that (1) Cells in a monolayer, like sheets and tubes, need to be both mobile and well-connected to adapt to mechanically stresses, (2) Cells that are not polarized do not produce a stable monolayer of cells, (3) Extracellular support, like a basement membrane, can minimize the stresses experienced at cell-cell junctions, (4) Mitosis triggered by tension can help maintain a monolayer of cells, (5) Cell shape needs to be incorporated into models to minimize undesirable stresses, (6) Our computational framework is useful to predict behavior of cells subjected to mechanical forces. As this is a new model, results are chiefly qualitative, and suggest future work in collaboration with experimentalists to verify and quantitate our results.M.S.Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81)by Mehdi Doum
Mehdi Golshani's Thoughts on Science in Islam
No full textIslam and Science cannot be separated, especially in modern life. The signs in the Qur'an, which is the holy book of Islam, have been real and proven not to contradict science. In fact, the Qur'an is an early clue to the absurdity that occurs in the universe. Islam and Science have been proven to be able to play a real role in developing human life together. Mehdi Golshani is one of the Islamic thinkers who studies religion and science. Where the purpose of this paper is to present his thoughts on science, especially in the view of Islam. This paper uses qualitative methods included in library research by collecting data and information from credible books and journals which results in Mehdi Golshani's thinking can be used as a way to solve all in the universe that occur not by accident but are controlled directly by God.Agama Islam dan Sains tidak bisa dipisahkan utamanya dalam kehidupan modern. Tanda-tanda yang ada dalam al-Qur’an yang menjadi kitab suci agama Islam telah nyata dan terbukti tidak bertentangan dengan sains. Bahkan, al-Qur’an menjadi sebuah petunjuk awal bagi ke absurd-an yang terjadi di alam semesta. Agama Islam dan Sains telah terbukti mampu beriringan memberikan peranan nyata dalam mengembangkan kehidupan manusia. Mehdi Golshani merupakan salahsatu pemikir Islam yang mengkaji tentang agama dan sains. Dimana tujuan dari tulisan ini adalah memaparkan pemikirannya tentang sains terutama dalam pandangan Islam. Tulisan ini menggunakan metode kualitatif yang termasuk dalam penelitian pustaka dengan mengumpulkan data dan informasi dari buku dan jurnal yang kredibel yang menghasilkan bahwa pemikiran Mehdi Golshani dapat dijadikan cara untuk menyelesaikan semua fenomena yang terjadi di alam semesta yang terjadi bukan karena ketidak sengajaan melainkan dikontrol langsung oleh Tuhan
Code-switching: a touchstone of models of bilingual language production
No full textThe goal of the present thesis was to investigate the production of code-switched utterances in bilinguals’ speech production. This study investigates the availability of grammatical-category information during bilingual language processing. The specific aim is to examine the processes involved in the production of Persian-English bilingual compound verbs (BCVs). A bilingual compound verb is formed when the nominal constituent of a compound verb is replaced by an item from the other language. In the present cases of BCVs the nominal constituents are replaced by a verb from the other language. The main question addressed is how a lexical element corresponding to a verb node can be placed in a slot that corresponds to a noun lemma. This study also investigates how the production of BCVs might be captured within a model of BCVs and how such a model may be integrated within incremental network models of speech production. In the present study, both naturalistic and experimental data were used to investigate the processes involved in the production of BCVs. In the first part of the present study, I collected 2298 minutes of a popular Iranian TV program and found 962 code-switched utterances. In 83 (8%) of the switched cases, insertions occurred within the Persian compound verb structure, hence, resulting in BCVs. As to the second part of my work, a picture-word interference experiment was conducted. This study addressed whether in the case of the production of Persian-English BCVs, English verbs compete with the corresponding Persian compound verbs as a whole, or whether English verbs compete with the nominal constituents of Persian compound verbs only. Persian-English bilinguals named pictures depicting actions in 4 conditions in Persian (L1). In condition 1, participants named pictures of action using the whole Persian compound verb in the context of its English equivalent distractor verb. In condition 2, only the nominal constituent was produced in the presence of the light verb of the target Persian compound verb and in the context of a semantically closely related English distractor verb. In condition 3, the whole Persian compound verb was produced in the context of a semantically unrelated English distractor verb. In condition 4, only the nominal constituent was produced in the presence of the light verb of the target Persian compound verb and in the context of a semantically unrelated English distractor verb. The main effect of linguistic unit was significant by participants and items. Naming latencies were longer in the nominal linguistic unit compared to the compound verb (CV) linguistic unit. That is, participants were slower to produce the nominal constituent of compound verbs in the context of a semantically closely related English distractor verb compared to producing the whole compound verbs in the context of a semantically closely related English distractor verb. The three-way interaction between version of the experiment (CV and nominal versions), linguistic unit (nominal and CV linguistic units), and relation (semantically related and unrelated distractor words) was significant by participants. In both versions, naming latencies were longer in the semantically related nominal linguistic unit compared to the response latencies in the semantically related CV linguistic unit. In both versions, naming latencies were longer in the semantically related nominal linguistic unit compared to response latencies in the semantically unrelated nominal linguistic unit. Both the analysis of the naturalistic data and the results of the experiment revealed that in the case of the production of the nominal constituent of BCVs, a verb from the other language may compete with a noun from the base language, suggesting that grammatical category does not necessarily provide a constraint on lexical access during the production of the nominal constituent of BCVs. There was a minimal context in condition 2 (the nominal linguistic unit) in which the nominal constituent was produced in the presence of its corresponding light verb. The results suggest that generating words within a context may not guarantee that the effect of grammatical class becomes available. A model is proposed in order to characterize the processes involved in the production of BCVs. Implications for models of bilingual language production are discussed
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