Chapter Humors, Passions, and Consciousness in Descartes’s Physiology: The …

By pushing Descartes to more clearly explain the union of body and soul beyond the functioning of a ‘strong’ passion, namely sadness, Elisabeth wants Descartes to review his idea of the passions, and his understanding of the ‘theory of the four humors’. This chapter aims at showing that Descartes turns away from Galen’s theory of the humors, which he globally adopts in the 1633 Treati…

Chapter Human-space relationships as narrative processes for inclusivity

Transport: general interest

Book Review. Elisha McIntyre, Religious Humor in Evangelical Christian and Mo…

At first sight one might think that religion and humor contradict each other or at least are not a fruitful pair. The study Religious Humor in Evangelical Christian and Mormon Culture by Elisha McIntyre, an Australian scholar in the study of religion, shows that this isn't true at all, although differences in the effectiveness of humor persist depending on its purpose and the involved agents.

Book Review. Assaf Gamzou / Ken Koltun-Fromm (eds.), Comics and Sacred Texts.…

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Brewing and Craft Beer

Beer is a beverage with more than 8000 years of history, and the process of brewing has not changed much over the centuries. However, important technical advances have allowed us to produce beer in a more sophisticated and efficient way. The proliferation of specialty hop varieties has been behind the popularity of craft beers seen in the past few years around the world. Craft brewers interpret…

Breeding, Genetics and Safety Production of Dairy Cattle

The integration of various omics information-such as DNA, RNA, protein, and epigenetic regulation-brings new opportunities for the mining of important economic traits of animals and the analysis of molecular genetic mechanisms. Over the last three decades, world milk production has increased by more than 59%, from 530 million tonnes to 843 million tonnes. However, the genetic mechanisms behind …

Breeding, Genetics and Genomics of Ornamental Plants

Ornamental crops account for more than US {dollar}42 billion globally. With the exception of few floral species, limited genetic, genomic, and breeding information is publicly available, owing to the fact that the majority of breeding work is performed by the private sector. Public research programs are increasingly participating in ornamental cultivar development and genetic studies. With lowe…

Chapter Switching Noise in 3D Power Distribution Networks: An Overview

Physiology

Chapter Swedish Trade and Shipping in the Mediterranean in the 18th Century

This paper analyses the rise of Swedish trade and shipping in the Mediterranean in the eighteenth century. It focuses on three factors that shaped Sweden’s role in the area: foreign policy interest, foreign trade policy (mercantilism), and commodity demand and supply. The foreign policy interest is represented by attempts to build an alliance with the Ottoman Empire against Russia. An outcome…

Chapter SW Annotation Techniques and RTOS Modelling for Native Simulation of …

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