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Islamic philosophy and politics

Muslims are divided to three camps: the moderate, the fundamentalist and the liberal. Yet these three current political movements are shaped by Islamic philosophy. The Muslim philosopher Al-Ghazali articulated the moderate stance of most of the Muslims through accepting both religion, namely Islam, and reason as genuine criteria of knowledge and truth. And the Muslim philosopher Ibn Taymiyyah laid down the foundations of the dominant Islamic fundamentalism through endorsing the doctrine that Islam is the ultimate criterion of knowledge and truth.

Effect of pranayama and meditation on selected physical and physiological variables in high school student

Thirty boys in the group of 12 to 15 years were selected from Mahatma Fule Vidhalaya Talodhi. The subject divided into two groups namely Control group and Experimental group. The Experimental group was given Pranayama and meditation for a period of twelve weeks, both morning and evening on alternative days in a week. The Control group not participate in pranayama and meditation training programme. The collected data were statistically analyzed by using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).

Flash flood disaster impact and assessment in Cuddalore district, Tamilnadu, India

The Present study to assess the flood disaster in Cuddalore District during November 2005 floods, Indian Remote Sensing Digital P6 LISS-III data was used to map the flood affected areas. Nowadays, modern techniques and tools especially remote sensing help the planners to evaluate the potential of natural dangers caused by flood  Two important flood aspects were delineated and they are: a. Impact of flood in general and b.

Evaluation of the level of infestation species of Agroecosystems woody by Loranthaceae in the region Sud-Comoe (Côte d’ivoire)

Currently, obesity is a major health problem worldwide because of its rising prevalence and strong association with pathological disorders such as cardio vascular diseases, diabetes- type 2, hypertension, infertility and some forms of cancer. Nanotechnology has been developed into a multidisciplinary field of applied science and technology for target application. People prefer to take antiobesity drugs to reduce body weight rather than work outs. But these conventional drugs may cause adverse effects on heart and other organs.

Influence of the initial conduct in the prognosis of dental reimplantation

Introduction: Despite every existing resource to improve the prognosis of dental reimplantation, the helper’s chosen conduct is an essential factor to the success or failure of these cases. It is purpose of this work to discuss the influence of the helper’s initial care in the prognosis of dental reimplantation, reporting two cases of dental avulsion, under a nine-year follow-up, in which milk was used as storage medium. The good conduct must be disseminated to the population substantially improving the diagnosis of the cases.

The impact of investment performance in developing industrial zones on people’s livelihood: a study in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam

This article was undertaken to examine the impact of investment performance in developing industrial zones on people's livelihoods. 230 selected households were interviewed to collect data. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method was chosen to study the subject matter with the help of SPSS 20.0 software.

Personal social responsibility

Personal Social Responsibility is a novel socio-economic model, based on a strategic decision by an individual to undertake an obligation to society in an organized framework. Given the widening gap between the haves and haves-not in contemporary society, this model provides a systemised framework for redistribution of wealth, albeit under the tenets of fiscal conservatism. The impact and structure of this model is laid out the sectors of education, healthcare, hygiene, small-scale local businesses and environment.

Binders as functional ingredients in meat products - an overview

The article evaluates the effect of binders as functional ingredient in meat products and their physiological role in human health. Fibers are naturally occurring compounds present in variety of vegetables, fruits, cereal flours etc in abundance, and act through their solubility, viscosity, gel forming ability, water-binding capacity, oil adsorption capacity, ferment ability, and mineral and organic molecule binding capacity which affect product quality and characteristics.

Trading through technical analysis: an empirical study from Indian stock market

Technical analysis is an art or science of planting the stock information like price movements, trading volume and market scenario in the form of charts for the purpose of forecasting the future price trends. It can aid the investors to anticipate what is ‘possible’ to happen to prices over the short-run time. And also helps in understanding the intrinsic value of shares and knowing whether the scripts are undervalued or over valued by scrutinizing the turning points of the market.

Talent management: retention perspective

Talent management has gained main stream acceptance in the practitioner community as a key management activity in recent years. The success of any organization depends upon ability to develop its human capital and utilize the same for corporate excellence. Human capital occupies a very important position more than the traditional factors of production i.e. land, labour, capital and organization. The term talent has a broader connation. Talent needs to be viewed in context of the capabilities of people needed to deliver the agenda of the particular organization they work in.