Very Singular Similarity Solutions and Hermitian Spectral Theory for Semilinear Odd-Order PDEs

Very singular self-similar solutions of semilinear odd-order PDEs are studied on the basis of a Hermitian-type spectral theory for linear rescaled odd-order operators.Comment: 49 pages, 12 Figure

PHILOSOPHY AS MEDIATION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, INSIGHTS FROM JÜRGEN HABERMAS

The task of this paper is to show how philosophy can mediate in the conflict of religious traditions, using the insights of Jürgen Habermas in his acceptance speech on the occasion of the award of the Karl Jaspers Prize of the Town and University of Heidelberg on 26 September 1994, “The Conflict of Beliefs, Karl Jaspers on the Clash of Cultures.” Habermas may not have addressed the problem directly, but his insights provide meaningful hints in the conduct of inter-faith dialogues of religious communities

Ethics of Buddhism

In this lecture, Dr. Manny Dy discusses the ethics of buddhism. Speaker: Dr. Manuel B. Dy, Jr. finished his AB Philosophy and MA Philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University, his PhD Philosophy at the University of Sto. Tomas, and attended post-doctoral studies at the Catholic University of America. He has taught various philosophy subjects for the past 52 years at the Loyola Schools. He is currently a consultant of the DepEd K to 12 Edukasyon sa Pagpakatao, a member of CHED Technical Committee on Philosophy, Philippine Academy of Philosophical Research, Philosophical Association of the Philippines, Philosophy Circle, and Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao. He served for several years as Board Adviser for Asia of the Council for Research on Values and Philosophy, Washington D.C. He teaches Business Ethics at the Graduate School of Business.https://archium.ateneo.edu/magisterial-lectures/1003/thumbnail.jp

Confucian Ethics in Modern Society: Appropriating Confucianism in Contemporary Discourses

The task of this paper is to show the relevance of Confucian ethics to modern society. We now live in a global society, characterized by the development of technology, market economy, the rise of democratic forms of society, and instant communication overcoming the limitations of space and time. Yet the same globalization has brought forth a widening gap of the rich and the poor, the degradation of nature, the migration of peoples away from their families, a consumerist society, and the subjugation of the individual and the state to the world order. While we cannot avoid the globalization process, we can address specific issues arising from the process. This paper will limit itself then to issues pertaining to the family, the state, nature, and to the cosmos (cosmopolitanism)

Husserl’s Phenomenological Method

In this lecture, Dr. Manny Dy discusses Husserl\u27s Phenomenological Method. Speaker: Dr. Manuel B. Dy, Jr. finished his AB Philosophy and MA Philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University, his PhD Philosophy at the University of Sto. Tomas, and attended post-doctoral studies at the Catholic University of America. He has taught various philosophy subjects for the past 52 years at the Loyola Schools. He is currently a consultant of the DepEd K to 12 Edukasyon sa Pagpakatao, a member of CHED Technical Committee on Philosophy, Philippine Academy of Philosophical Research, Philosophical Association of the Philippines, Philosophy Circle, and Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao. He served for several years as Board Adviser for Asia of the Council for Research on Values and Philosophy, Washington D.C. He teaches Business Ethics at the Graduate School of Business.https://archium.ateneo.edu/magisterial-lectures/1000/thumbnail.jp

The Confucian Golden Rule, Origin and Prospect

The task of the paper is to trace the development of the Confucian Golden Rule from its beginnings in the Analects, The Book of Mencius, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Great Learning, to the Neo-Confucianism of Chu Hsi, Wang Yang-ming, and Tai Chen. With this development, the Confucian Golden Rule can be shown to be in dialogue with Buddhism and Hinduism in the notion of ahimsa developed by Mahatma Gandhi. The prospect of the Confucian Rule lies in its movement from a hierarchical ethics to a cosmopolitan ethics already foreshadowed in the The Great Learning and proposed by the Eco-Ethica philosophy of the lateTomonobu Imamichi

The National Health Accounts of the Philippines: Continuing Development and New Findings

For more than a decade now, the national health accounts (NHA) of the Philippines has been providing data that are important for health policymaking. At present, the NHA not only continues to be important for health policymaking. It has also become indispensable as a tool for monitoring and tracking outcomes of health sector policies. To further expand its usefulness, the Philippine NHA underwent major restructuring, specifically in the classification of health expenditures by uses of funds. The revised NHA now includes several types of breakdown by uses of funds. Analysis of preliminary 2003 estimates of the revised NHA matrices reveals new details of the manner by which health funds are utilized in the Philippines--data that are not available in the original NHA.health sector, national health accounts, health funds

The National Health Accounts of the Philippines: Continuing Development and New Findings

For more than a decade now, the national health accounts (NHA) of the Philippines has been providing data that are important for health policymaking. At present, the NHA not only continues to be important for health policymaking. It has also become indispensable as a tool for monitoring and tracking outcomes of health sector policies. To further expand its usefulness, the Philippine NHA underwent major restructuring, specifically in the classification of health expenditures by uses of funds. The revised NHA now includes several types of breakdown by uses of funds. Analysis of preliminary 2003 estimates of the revised NHA matrices reveals new details of the manner by which health funds are utilized in the Philippines--data that are not available in the original NHA.health sector, national health accounts, health funds

Spin current carried by magnons

A spin current is usually carried by electrons and generated due to the imbalance of up-spin and down-spin. Here we investigate another type of spin current, which is carried by magnons. Using nonequilibrium Green's-function technique, we have derived a Landauer-Büttiker-type formula for spin current transport. The spin current satisfies conservation condition and can be expressed in terms of the magnon Green's functions of the mesoscopic ferromagnetic isolating system. As an application of this theory, we study the magnon transport properties of a two-level magnon quantum dot in the presence of the magnon-magnon scattering. By solving the self-consistent equations, we obtain the nonlinear spin current as a function of the magnetochemical potential. The spin current generated by using a parametric quantum pumping mechanism is also discussed.published_or_final_versio