9 research outputs found
Thermal Stability of Polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene/propylene) Diblock Copolymer Micelles in Paraffinic Solvents
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An Arabic version of Qusṭā b. Lūqā’s De Physicis Ligaturis?
No full textAfter the short version (52a), published in 2011, the critical edition of two other versions (52b and 52c) of the Epistle of Magic ascribed to the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’ is to come out soon as part of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity series at Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. Although it occupies the last position in the corpus and has sometimes been presented as the conclusion of the work as a whole, there are various reasons to assume that this epistle on magic was not part of the original plan of the Brethren and that therefore none of these three mutually exclusive versions should be regarded as integral to the Ikhwānian encyclopaedia. This paper will be concerned with one particular section of the 52b version – a version whose heterogeneity of content and intricate manuscript tradition are particularly notable. In this section, found in many authoritative manuscripts but lacking in others and not part of the Beirut edition, the author discusses the power of imagination (wahm) and the use that physicians from Greece and from India made of it to help curing some illnesses, generally by means of spells attached to parts of the body. We shall argue that this section is, if not the Arabic original itself, an early testimony in the tradition of the De Physicis Ligaturis, a work written by the Christian physician Qusṭā b. Lūqā (d. 912) and which was thus far only known through its Latin translation, presumably by Constantine the African (d. 1087)
An Arabic Version of Qusṭā B. Lūqā’s De Physicis Ligaturis?
No full textAfter the short version (52a), published in 2011, the critical edition of two other versions (52b and 52c) of the Epistle of Magic ascribed to the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’ is to come out soon as part of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity series at Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. Although it occupies the last position in the corpus and has sometimes been presented as the conclusion of the work as a whole, there are various reasons to assume that this epistle on magic was not part of the original plan of the Brethren and that therefore none of these three mutually exclusive versions should be regarded as integral to the Ikhwānian encyclopaedia. This paper will be concerned with one particular section of the 52b version – a version whose heterogeneity of content and intricate manuscript tradition are particularly notable. In this section, found in many authoritative manuscripts but lacking in others and not part of the Beirut edition, the author discusses the power of imagination (wahm) and the use that physicians from Greece and from India made of it to help curing some illnesses, generally by means of spells attached to parts of the body. We shall argue that this section is, if not the Arabic original itself, an early testimony in the tradition of the De Physicis Ligaturis, a work written by the Christian physician Qusṭā b. Lūqā (d. 912) and which was thus far only known through its Latin translation, presumably by Constantine the African (d. 1087)
An Arabic version of Qusṭā b. Lūqā’s De Physicis Ligaturis?
No full textAfter the short version (52a), published in 2011, the critical edition of two other versions (52b and 52c) of the Epistle of Magic ascribed to the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’ is to come out soon as part of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity series at Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. Although it occupies the last position in the corpus and has sometimes been presented as the conclusion of the work as a whole, there are various reasons to assume that this epistle on magic was not part of the original plan of the Brethren and that therefore none of these three mutually exclusive versions should be regarded as integral to the Ikhwānian encyclopaedia. This paper will be concerned with one particular section of the 52b version – a version whose heterogeneity of content and intricate manuscript tradition are particularly notable. In this section, found in many authoritative manuscripts but lacking in others and not part of the Beirut edition, the author discusses the power of imagination (wahm) and the use that physicians from Greece and from India made of it to help curing some illnesses, generally by means of spells attached to parts of the body. We shall argue that this section is, if not the Arabic original itself, an early testimony in the tradition of the De Physicis Ligaturis, a work written by the Christian physician Qusṭā b. Lūqā (d. 912) and which was thus far only known through its Latin translation, presumably by Constantine the African (d. 1087)
Structure of liquid Li-Ga alloys
No full textThe authors have carried out neutron diffraction measurements for two Li-Ga samples: Li0.50Ga0.50 at 750 degrees C and Li0.77Ga0.23 at 475 degrees C. The Li-Ga system is an example of a system forming ionic alloys. The temperatures were chosen to be slightly above the respective melting points. The composition of the latter sample is not only close to that at which a maximum in the resistivity is observed, it corresponds also to the 'zero-alloy' composition. For both samples evidence for chemical short-range order is found while for the equiatomic composition evidence is obtained that the arrangement of atoms in the first coordination shell as observed in the solid state is preserved upon melting. A simple model using the mean spherical approximation yields structure factors that are in satisfactory agreement with the measured ones
Land and land conflict in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process:1990-1999
No full textThis thesis examines the importance of the debates and struggle over land in the Oslo Accord and immediately post-Oslo. It does this by first situating the conflict
over land in the historical context of the spread of Zionism from the 1880s, culminating in the establishment of the State of Israel in Palestine in 1948. It then reviews and contrasts the policies on land and settlement of the Israeli Labour and Likud parties. The focus of the thesis is an assessment of Israeli settlement policy on the West Bank and Gaza-Strip after the Oslo Agreement of 1993. It examines the sequences of Israeli-Palestinian agreements that have divided Palestinian land into different categories and argues that these categories and the problems they have created have ignored the historical importance of land in the conflict between Israel
and Palestine.
The thesis argues that the classification of land is intended to further subjugate Palestine to the political and economic dominance of Israel, and that the
formulation for discussing land issues undermines the possibility for the establishment of a strong and economically independent Palestinian state. The thesis submits that the persistence of Israeli settlement policy and the manner of Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank has not encouraged the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to conduct a comprehensive land survey and registration
procedure. Moreover. Israeli strategy in the post-Oslo period has been to promote the cantonisation of Palestine to ensure that any future Palestinian state will remain
economically weak and politically disjointed
