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IN BUILDING A NEW HOUSE, THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE SEPARATELY CONSIDERED, VIZ:THE POSITION OF THE HOUSE IN RELATION TO THE POINTS OF THE COMPAS;THE CHARACTER OF THE SOIL;THE WATER SUPPLY ; THE DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE;THE PLUMBING,…

Japanese cinema is deceptively familiar to most of us. We know some of the
outstanding directors and actors, at least those who have become popular in
the West. Many of us have marveled at the technical prowess of one or more
anime. We, as…

Last summer, when we reached California for a year's sojourn, we had the good fortune to secure a house with
a splendid garden. A few weeks ago, after the early warm days of a California February had opened up the
first blossoms of the season, our…

Practicing a religion for its own sake can make a person self-reliant and thus increase
one’s happiness and resilience. Conversely, following a religion for ends other than
the religion itself can lead to strong beliefs in fate and destiny,…

During the past years the “mystery” of emotions has increasingly attracted
interest in research on human–computer interaction. In this work we investigate
the problem of how to incorporate the user’s emotional state into a spoken…

Much of contemporary public finance can be described as being either
Wicksellian or Edgeworthian in character. In the former, fiscal phenomena
arise
through
complex
processes
of
exchange;
in the
latter,
they
arise
through acts of choice…

Psychology at the beginning of the twenty-first century has become a highly diverse field of scientific study and applied technology. Psychologists commonly regard their discipline as the science of behavior, and the American Psychological…

From a situation nearly 30 years ago when it was virtually unknown, Islamic banking has
expanded to become a distinctive and fast growing segment of the international banking
and capital markets. There are well over 200 Islamic banks operating in…

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