66 research outputs found
Economic utopia of the Torah. Economic concepts of the Hebrew Bible interpreted according to the Rabbinical Literature
No full textHebrew Bible offers alternative Economic utopia for building Theocratic society. In this paper, various economic concepts and themes are presented, as found in the Hebrew Bible. These economic concepts include taxation, property rights, labor market, social policy, banking, years of Sabbath and Jubilee, and business cycles. Most economic issues of the Bible are found in the texts of Torah, also known as five Books of Moses. These texts are analyzed by using classical Rabbinical commentaries for better insight. Contrary to the modern Economic theory which is based on the assumptions of scarcity of resources and unlimited needs of consumers, Economics of the Torah is based on God’s resources which are enough for all true needs of His people.Hebrew Bible, History of Economics, History of Economic Thought, Ancient Israel, Judaism
Rashi\u27s Daughters, Book I: Joheved: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France
No full textSun, Apr. 18, 2010, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Rashi\u27s Daughters: Book One- Joheved by Maggie Anton
Author, Maggie Anton spoke about her research that went into writing her wonderful triology, Rashi\u27s Daughters . Ms. Anton also sold and signed her books.
In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world—writing the first Talmud commentary, and teaching it to his daughters. Joheved, her mind and spirit awakened, knows the risk and keeps her learning hidden. When she weds, must she choose between marital happiness and her love of Talmud?https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/jewishbookgroup/1055/thumbnail.jp
A Study on the Indian Real Estate Market for Investment: A Qualitative Approach
No full textThis dissertation aims to evaluate the investment opportunities present in the Indian real estate market. The surveys and responses of the representatives of the real estate market have been analysed and the results of the study clearly establishes growth of the sector in the forthcoming years. Different aspects of the market have been examined such as the importance of India as an investment destination, hindrances in the market, sources of capital available, scope of the industry etc to get a deeper insight of the market. These factors have also helped to determine the factors to be considered before investment. New techniques of investment such as REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) have come to light inducing investors to plough their funds into the market to produce lucrative yet stable returns
A Study on the Indian Real Estate Market for Investment: A Qualitative Approach
No full textThis dissertation aims to evaluate the investment opportunities present in the Indian real estate market. The surveys and responses of the representatives of the real estate market have been analysed and the results of the study clearly establishes growth of the sector in the forthcoming years. Different aspects of the market have been examined such as the importance of India as an investment destination, hindrances in the market, sources of capital available, scope of the industry etc to get a deeper insight of the market. These factors have also helped to determine the factors to be considered before investment. New techniques of investment such as REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) have come to light inducing investors to plough their funds into the market to produce lucrative yet stable returns
Comentario bíblico
No full textSumario: 31 fols., vitela; 47 lin. 2 col. 278 x 210 mm.Sumario: Madrid. Biblioteca de la Fundación Lázaro Galdiano. Inventario 15646.Sumario: CANTERA BURGOS, F.: "Nueva serie de manuscritos hebreos en Madrid". Tirada aparte de Sefarad, XVIII-XIX, 1959.Sumario: Los Judíos españoles según las fuentes hebreas. Museu de Belles Arts de València. Valencia: Generalitat Valenciana, 2002.Sumario: VALLE, Carlos del: "El libro hebreo", en Historia ilustrada del libro españolo: los manuscritos. 2.ª edición. Madrid: Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, 1996, pp. 147-163
Die Kanaan-Karten des R. Salomo Ben Isaak (Raschi) – Bedeutung und Gebrauch mittelalterlicher hebräischer Karten-Diagramme
No full textAbstractR. Shlomo Yitṣḥaki (Hebrew: שלמה יצחקי), generally known by the acronym Rashi, was a medieval French rabbi who lived between 1040 and 1105 in Troyes (Champagne). Rashi was the author of two comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and on the Tanakh. His commentary on the Talmud, which covers nearly all of the Babylonian Talmud (a total of 30 tractates), has been included in every edition of the Talmud since its first printing by Daniel Bomberg in the 1520 s. His commentary on the most books of the Tanakh – especially on the Chumash – is still an indispensable exegetical tool to almost all students of the Hebrew Bible. This perush al ha-Torah supplemented almost all printed Hebrew Bibles or Chumash Editions and initiated more than 300 super-commentaries, which analyze and elucidate Rashi’s choices of exegesis, grammar, variant readings, Masora and midrash citations. The manuscript editions of his commentary were augmented with various map diagrams of Erets Israel, which disappeared in the printed editions of the Rashi commentary. Abraham Berliner mentioned this loss and recent scholarship is rediscovering these Rashi diagrams and maps. This paper elucidates the so-called Numeri 34 map-diagrams in the oldest extant manuscripts of the Rashi commentary, and their refinement and recycling within the Masora (figurata) of Ashkenazi bible manuscripts.</jats:p
What Is Wrong with the Language of Medicine?
No full textConcerned that the current tendency to speak of medical care in terms
of efficiency and cost control will have a deleterious impact on the practice
of medicine, the author calls for restructuring the health care system and
urges physicians to be more vigorous advocates of equity, care, and human
values. (KIE abstract
Hydrophilic Polymer Embolism: Implications for Manufacturing, Regulation, and Postmarket Surveillance of Coated Intravascular Medical Devices
No full textHydrophilic polymers are ubiquitously applied as surface coatings on catheters and intravascular medical technologies. Recent clinical literature has heightened awareness on the complication of hydrophilic polymer embolism (HPE), the phenomenon wherein polymer coating layers separate from catheter and device surfaces, and may be affiliated with a range of unanticipated adverse reactions. Significant system barriers have limited and delayed reporting on this iatrogenic complication, the full effects of which remain under-recognized by healthcare providers and manufacturers of various branded devices. In 2015, the United States Food and Drug Administration acknowledged rising clinical concerns and stated that the agency would work with stakeholders to further evaluate gaps that exist in current national and international device standards for coated intravascular medical technologies. The present article reviews current knowledge on this complication as well as factors that played a role in delaying detection and dissemination of information and new knowledge once hazards and clinical risks were identified. Furthermore, organ-specific effects and adverse reaction patterns are summarized, along with implications for device manufacturing, safety testing, and regulation. Particulate analyses and general enhanced processes for device surveillance are needed to optimize vascular technologies and to ensure patient safety
Giant Arachnoid Granulations: A Systematic Literature Review
No full textGiant arachnoid granulations (GAGs) are minimally investigated. Here, we systematically review the available data in published reports to better understand their etiologies, nomenclature, and clinical significance. In the literature, 195 GAGs have been documented in 169 persons of varied ages (range, 0.33 to 91 years; mean, 43 ± 20 years; 54% female). Prior reports depict intrasinus (i.e., dural venous sinus, DVS) (84%), extrasinus (i.e., diploic or calvarial) (15%), and mixed (1%) GAG types that exhibit pedunculated, sessile, or vermiform morphologies. GAG size ranged from 0.4 to 6 cm in maximum dimension (mean, 1.9 ± 1.1 cm) and encompassed symptomatic or non-symptomatic enlarged arachnoid granulations (≥1 cm) as well as symptomatic subcentimeter arachnoid granulations. A significant difference was identified in mean GAG size between sex (females, 1.78 cm; males, 3.39 cm; p < 0.05). The signs and symptoms associated with GAGs varied and include headache (19%), sensory change(s) (11%), and intracranial hypertension (2%), among diverse and potentially serious sequelae. Notably, brain herniation was present within 38 GAGs (22%). Among treated individuals, subsets were managed medically (19 persons, 11%), surgically (15 persons, 9%), and/or by endovascular DVS stenting (7 persons, 4%). Histologic workup of 53 (27%) GAG cases depicted internal inflammation (3%), cystic change consistent with fluid accumulation (2%), venous thrombosis (1%), hemorrhage (1%), meningothelial hyperplasia (1%), lymphatic vascular proliferation (1%), and lymphatic vessel obliteration (1%). This review emphasizes heterogeneity in GAG subtypes, morphology, composite, location, symptomatology, and imaging presentations. Additional systematic investigations are needed to better elucidate the pathobiology, clinical effects, and optimal diagnostic and management strategies for enlarged and symptomatic arachnoid granulation subtypes, as different strategies and size thresholds are likely applicable for medical, interventional, and/or surgical treatment of these structures in distinct brain locations
The Vascular-Immune Hypothesis of Alzheimer’s Disease
No full textAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder with unknown etiology. While its cause is unclear, a number of theories have been proposed to explain the pathogenesis of AD. In large part, these have centered around potential causes for intracerebral accumulation of beta-amyloid (βA) and tau aggregates. Yet, persons with AD dementia often exhibit autopsy evidence of mixed brain pathologies including a myriad of vascular changes, vascular brain injuries, complex brain inflammation, and mixed protein inclusions in addition to hallmark neuropathologic lesions of AD, namely insoluble βA plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). Epidemiological data demonstrate that overlapping lesions diminish the βA plaque and NFT threshold necessary to precipitate clinical dementia. Moreover, a subset of persons who exhibit AD pathology remain resilient to disease while other persons with clinically-defined AD dementia do not exhibit AD-defining neuropathologic lesions. It is increasingly recognized that AD is a pathologically heterogeneous and biologically multifactorial disease with uncharacterized biologic phenomena involved in its genesis and progression. Here, we review the literature with regard to neuropathologic criteria and incipient AD changes, and discuss converging concepts regarding vascular and immune factors in AD
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