One-, Two-dimensional Model of Personal Identity and Personal Being, as an Accumulator of “Zombies” Ontology (Regressive Tendency of Combining a Living Body and a Corpse Within a Semantic Field of the “Body” Concept in 19 European Languages and in All Hie

The aim of research is revealing the correlation of one-, two-dimensional models of personal identity and the ontology of a dead body without signs of consciousness (“zombies”). Research methods are hermeneutic and systemic structural. The author pays special attention to the phenomena of “philosophical, social, soulless zombies”. It is specified that such concepts as anima (Latin), fren (Greek), 灵魂 (Chinese), 精神 (Chinese), आत्मन (atman) (Sanskrit), बुद्धि (Buddhi) (Sanskrit), رُوحٌ (ruh) (Arabic), הנשמה (Hebrew); רוח (Hebrew), ψϋχ'ή (psyche) (Greek), spirit (English), esprit” (French), gemüt (German), geist (German), Körper (German),body (English),corpus (Latin), Le corps (French), chair (French) contribute most to the deformation of personal identity. Both the transcendental form of identity (spirit, soul) and material (human body) are subject to deformation. Using the example of the substitution of the “god of the morning” (Lucifer) for the “devil” (Satan) within the Latin language, the practice of influencing the collective consciousness of people of the transformational power of letters-symbols relating to the structure of the alphabetical plan of two-dimensional dimension (as understood by A. Sviridov). It is revealed that the concepts of transformation of personal identity within 19 European languages and all hieroglyphic languages are created today by critical masses of people whose consciousness is congruent with the phenomenon of "social zombie"

Subgroup growth of lattices in semisimple Lie groups

We give very precise bounds for the congruence subgroup growth of arithmetic groups. This allows us to determine the subgroup growth of irreducible lattices of semisimple Lie groups. In the most general case our results depend on the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis for number fields but we can state the following unconditional theorem: Let $G$ be a simple Lie group of real rank at least 2, different than D_4(\bbc), and let $\Gamma$ be any non-uniform lattice of $G$. Let $s_n(\Gamma)$ denote the number of subgroups of index at most $n$ in $\Gamma$. Then the limit $\lim\limits_{n\to \infty} \frac{\log s_n(\Gamma)}{(\log n)^2/ \log \log n}$ exists and equals a constant $\gamma(G)$ which depends only on the Lie type of $G$ and can be easily computed from its root system.Comment: 34 page

New methods in conformal partial wave analysis

We report on progress concerning the partial wave analysis of higher correlation functions in conformal quantum field theory.Comment: 16 page

A Politics of Space and the Historical Transformation of Individuals: A Case Study of Bulgaria

This study focuses on non-discursive practices connected to the transformation of individuals in the context of Bulgaria. It constitutes an attempt at presenting a decentred history of the present through the vantage point of the architecture of the panel block. Under totalitarianism, the panel block constitutes an institutionalization of a specific politics of space in Bulgaria through which it is shown that the ‘socialist citizen’ becomes an entity that can be constructed or made. During the last years of the regime and after the transition to democracy, the functioning of power relations within the pan-el block are significantly altered, yet not completely erased. The revolution of 1989 is a symbiosis between a certain discontinuity with the past and a contradiction of the old forms of subjectivities, and on the other, a silent continuity of the everyday lives of individuals. Today, the panel structures remain, in the peripheries of the cities, still reminiscent of a time passed, yet visually signifying a new representation, a façade of the contemporary Bulgarian reality. The panel block is a ‘microcosm’ of the Bulgarian society

Infinite dimensional Lie algebras in 4D conformal quantum field theory

The concept of global conformal invariance (GCI) opens the way of applying algebraic techniques, developed in the context of 2-dimensional chiral conformal field theory, to a higher (even) dimensional space-time. In particular, a system of GCI scalar fields of conformal dimension two gives rise to a Lie algebra of harmonic bilocal fields, V_m(x,y), where the m span a finite dimensional real matrix algebra M closed under transposition. The associative algebra M is irreducible iff its commutant M' coincides with one of the three real division rings. The Lie algebra of (the modes of) the bilocal fields is in each case an infinite dimensional Lie algebra: a central extension of sp(infty,R) corresponding to the field R of reals, of u(infty,infty) associated to the field C of complex numbers, and of so*(4 infty) related to the algebra H of quaternions. They give rise to quantum field theory models with superselection sectors governed by the (global) gauge groups O(N), U(N), and U(N,H)=Sp(2N), respectively.Comment: 16 pages, with minor improvements as to appear in J. Phys.

Survey of Ecological Characteristics of Boreal Tree Species in Fennoscandia and the USSR

The paper presents results from a literature study on autecological characteristics of North European and Asian boreal and boreo-nemoral tree species. It also provides general ecological information about the main forest types in the boreal region of the USSR and Fennoscandia. The work has been mainly done during the Young Scientist's Summer Program of 1988 and is a part of the Biosphere Dynamics Project activities. Species natural history data have been collected and assembled in such a way that they can be used in parameterization and modification of existing (or new-formulated) mixed-species forest stand simulators (e.g., gap models). The ecological survey involves 27 tree species divided into two groups. The first one, called "dominant tree species", includes 13 major forest-forming species of the present-day boreal forests of the USSR and Fennoscandia, while the second one, "important species", contains species which either dominate forests at the boreal-border areas (i.e. boreo-nemoral forests) or have restricted distribution within the boreal zone. Each species is attempted to be characterized as completely as possible by the following categories: systematics (scientific name, author and synonymies), spatial distribution (description and maps of continuous range of natural growth), habitat requirements (climate, soil types, associated species, and forest types), life history (reproduction and growth), response to environmental factors (light, soil moisture, nutrients, frost, permafrost, fire, windstorm, flooding and poludification), races and hybrids, enemies and diseases. The data from the autecological reviews are summarized as 24 input model parameters in the Appendix. The paper should be considered as a first step in building a boreal tree species natural history database to be used with simulation models. It is also the first attempt to compile autecological data about North Asian tree species for modeling purposes

Convergence and multiplicities for the Lempert function

Given a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb C$, the Lempert function is a functional on the space Hol (\D,\Omega) of analytic disks with values in $\Omega$, depending on a set of poles in $\Omega$. We generalize its definition to the case where poles have multiplicities given by local indicators (in the sense of Rashkovskii's work) to obtain a function which still dominates the corresponding Green function, behaves relatively well under limits, and is monotonic with respect to the indicators. In particular, this is an improvement over the previous generalization used by the same authors to find an example of a set of poles in the bidisk so that the (usual) Green and Lempert functions differ.Comment: 24 pages; many typos corrected thanks to the referee of Arkiv for Matemati

Флексибилната ендоскопия при заболявания на горните дихателни пътища – диагностични резултати и ползи

Целите на тази статия са да се проучат и изложат възможностите и предимствата на флексибилната ендоскопия на горните дихателни пътища в оториноларингологичната практика.Върху 191 пациенти с различни заболявания на горните дихателни пътища за периода юни 2008 до юни 2011 г., в УНГ-клиника на УМБАЛ „Св. Георги“ – Пловдив извършихме в амбулаторен порядък или при леглото на болния фиброназо-епифаринголарингоскопии. Изследването извършвахме под местна анестезия, с трансназален достъп като използвахме назални деконгестанти. Показания за ендоскопията на горния дихателен път бяха – дисфония, дисфагия и затруднено носно дишане при пациенти, на които класическата огледална епифаринго и ларингоскопия не даваха изчерпателна информация за поставянето на диагнозата, както и при пациенти с тежки придружаващи заболявания, при които извършването на директна ларингоскопия под обща анестезия беше противопоказано заради тежки придружаващи заболявания и повишен риск от животозастрашаващи инциденти по време на анестезията. Работехме с фибробронхоскоп Olympus с външен диаметър 2,2 мм и работен канал 1,2 мм снабден с фиброщипка, който използвахме за оглед на деца включително и новородени. За възрастни използувахме фибробронхоскоп Karl Storz ф5,2 мм с работен канал 3,2 мм. Фиброендоскопите адаптирахме към ендоскопска видеокамера Olympus свързана с видеомонитор и записващо DVD за фотодокументация. През последната година от нашето проучване изследванията извършвахме със XYON флексибилен назофаринголарингоскоп с видеомонитор.Резултати: На 191 пациенти , от които 151 мъже (80,29%) и 40 жени (20.8%), на средна възраст 48.4 години извършвахме фиброендоскопии на горните дихателни пътища. Най-честите заболявания, които открихме при серията от пациенти бяха следните: бенигнени абнормалитети на ларинкса 51 (26,7%), карциноми на ларинкса 24 (12.3%), карциноми на хипофаринкса 18 (9,2%), карциноми на епифаринкса 14 (7,2%), парези на гласните връзки 26 (13,4%), едем на ларинкса 8 (4,1%), назална патология 28 (14,4%) вродени аномалии 5 (2,5%), смущения в акта на гълтането след частични хоризонтални резекции на ларинкса по повод карцином 8 (4,1%), чужди тела в носа назо,хипофаринкса и хранопровода 6 (3,09%).Заключение: Флексибилната ендоскопия на горните дихателни пътища е изключително ефективно инструментално изследване при пациенти с различна патология на горните дихателни пътища. Процедурата е лесно изпълнима под локална анестезия в амбулаторни условия, както и при леглото на болния. Възможностите за взимане на биопсии под локална анестезия по време на ендоскопския оглед я прави ценен придатък както в образното изследване на горния дихателен път, така и в хистологичната верификация на патологични процеси на горният дихателен път. Технологичният напредък в областта дава възможност за създаване на ендоскопска апаратура, приложима за изследвания дори при новородени