Metaphysics and "Separatio" According to Thomas Aquinas

Some attention has also been devoted to a particular kind of judgment or a particular form of the intellect’s second operation, sometimes named separatio by Thomas. Important editions of questions 5 and 6 of Thomas’s commentary on the De Trinitate of Boethius in 1948 and 1955 and the groundbreaking study by L. B. Geiger in 1947, all have set the stage for further emphasis on this distinctive type of intellectual operation when it comes to one’s discovery of being, or better, of that notion of being that can serve as subject of a science of being as being rather than a science of being as material or as quantified. While this new development has remained largely unnoticed in certain regions of Thomistic scholarship for a number of years, it has been pursued in depth by other writers. At the same time, investigation of the same nicely dovetails with the renewed emphasis on existence and on judgment as the process required to discover being as existing to which we have referred above. For as will be seen below, at least one passage in Thomas’s commentary reinforces the contention that one must pass beyond simple apprehension to the mind’s second operation or to judgment if one is to grasp being explicitly as existing. This particular point, however, is not our primary concern here

Economic Research on the Arab World and the Middle East – A Neglected Field of Study in Germany

The article gives an overview of the development of contemporary research on Middle Eastern and North African economies in Germany. It includes the most important institutions and central research topics and approaches, underlining that in fact it is a multidisciplinary field of study. The article also points out some of its most salient structural, conceptual, and methodological problems. Referring to research on regionalization processes, the author advocates an open, transregionally and transdisciplinarily oriented approach closely based on empirical findings

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Plant and microbial features governing an endophytic lifestyle

Beneficial microorganisms colonizing internal plant tissues, the endophytes, support their host through plant growth promotion, pathogen protection, and abiotic stress alleviation. Their efficient application in agriculture requires the understanding of the molecular mechanisms and environmental conditions that facilitate in planta accommodation. Accumulating evidence reveals that commensal microorganisms employ similar colonization strategies as their pathogenic counterparts. Fine-tuning of immune response, motility, and metabolic crosstalk accounts for their differentiation. For a holistic perspective, in planta experiments with microbial collections and comprehensive genome data exploration are crucial. This review describes the most recent findings on factors involved in endophytic colonization processes, focusing on bacteria and fungi, and discusses required methodological approaches to unravel their relevance within a community context

Using Your Talents to Serve the World: A Trip to Haiti

A Purdue student describes her study abroad experience in Haiti as a member of a class chemistry team that partnered with Université Anténor Firmin (UNAF). The goal for this project was to create curriculum to teach to the students of UNAF and the citizens of Cap-Haïtien during a symposium. The student reflects on this life-changing experience and describes what she learned during her time in Haiti

Going deep into the right direction: an analysis of figurative language comprehension in right hemisphere damaged individuals

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras - Inglês e Literatura Correspondente.The purpose of this study is to analyze right hemisphere damaged individuals' performance in reading comprehension, investigating whether RHD individuals are impaired in differentiating literal from figurative language and in revising information, and also verifying their ability to attribute mental states to others

Flexible und leistungsfähige Nutzung Dienst-spezifischer Netze auf Endsystemen

Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden Lösungen für eine flexible und leistungsfähige Nutzung Dienst-spezifischer Netze auf Endsystemen entwickelt. Dabei wurde ein flexibles Zugriffsverfahren für Dienst-spezifische Netze, ein Hierarchisches Knoten-Management für die Verwaltung der auf Endsystemen für Dienst-spezifische Netze benötigten Netz-, Speicher-, und CPU-Ressourcen und ein leistungsfähiges Rahmenwerk, das Flexibilität mit dem Erreichen hoher Datenraten kombiniert, entworfen