The Human Animal: The Natural and the Rational in Aristotle’s Anthropology

I argue that the human being fits squarely within the natural world in Aristotle’s anthropology. Like other natural beings, we strive to fulfill our end from the potential within us to achieve that end. Logos does not make human beings unnatural but makes us responsible for our actualization. As rational, the human can never be reduced to mere living animal but is always already concerned with living well; yet, as natural, she is not separated from the animal world, a dangerous distinction which inevitably leaves some persons reduced to mere animality

Ground testing of bioconvective variables such as morphological characterizations and mechanisms which regulate macroscopic patterns

Conditions simulating low- and high-gravity, reveal changes in macroscopic pattern formation in selected microorganisms, but whether these structures are gravity dependent is not clear. Two theories have been identified in the fluid dynamics community which support macroscopic pattern formation. The first one is gravity dependent (fluid density models) where small concentrated regions of organisms sink unstably, and the second is gravity independent (wave reinforcement theory) where organisms align their movements in concert, such that either their swimming strokes beat in phase or their vortices entrain neighbors to follow parallel paths. Studies have shown that macroscopic pattern formation is consistent with the fluid density models for protozoa and algae and wave reinforcement hypothesis for caprine spermatozoa

PERANCANGAN ULANG SISTEM PENILAIAN DALAM PEMILIHAN SUPPLIER PADA TIM PENGADAAN UNIVERSITAS SURABAYA

Abstrak - Perkembangan yang terjadi di pasar global dan bidang teknologi membuat perusahaan mencari cara untuk menekan biaya produksi dan material agar mampu bersaing. Kebutuhan efisiensi organisasi tersebut diperlukan agar perusahaan mampu meningkatkan profit dan kemampuan kompetitifnya. Salah satu usaha yang dapat dilakukan dalam mencapai hal tersebut adalah dengan efisiensi supply chain. Supply chain adalah aliran barang, informasi dan uang dari konsumen hingga bahan baku awal (Chopra, 2013). Dalam supply chain management, supplier yang berkualifikasi yang dapat diperoleh melalui pemilihan supplier (supplier selection) merupakan salah satu elemen kunci bagi perusahaan untuk dapat menekan biaya. Hal ini disebabkan dengan adanya pemilihan supplier, perusahaan mampu mengambil keputusan terhadap pilihan input yang berkualitas dan harga bersaing (Sarkis J, 2013). Hasil penelitian yang dilakukan oleh AMR pada tahun 2009 menunjukan bahwa resiko terbesar dalam aplikasi supply chain adalah pada supplier failure. Kata Kunci: Supply chain, supplier failure, efisiensi organisas

ALCOHOL DOSE AND AGGRESSION: ANOTHER REASON WHY DRINKING MORE IS A BAD IDEA

A wealth of studies have examined the impact of alcohol on violence; however, only a small number have addressed differences elicited by different doses of alcohol. Such studies are seriously limited by mixed findings, small sample sizes, inconsistent alcohol doses and control conditions, a bias toward studying only male participants, and the predominant use of only one particular measure to assess aggression. The present laboratory investigation was designed to elucidate and advance this literature by improving upon these limitations. Participants were 187 (95 men and 92 women) social drinkers. Following the consumption of one of 6 alcohol doses (i.e., 0.0g/kg; 0.125g/kg; 0.25g/kg; 0.5g/kg; 0.75g/kg; and 1.0g/kg), participants were tested on a laboratory task in which electric shocks were received from, and administered to, a fictitious opponent under the guise of a competitive reaction-time task. Aggression was operationalized as the intensity of shocks administered to their opponent. Analyses revealed that higher alcohol doses clearly elicited greater aggression in both genders consistent with a linear non-threshold dose-response model. Our data help to clarify a body of literature that has been afflicted with numerous limitations and will also help in the selection of alcohol doses for researchers conducting future laboratory-based aggression studies

CLUES from The Three Hundred: A two-way approach to the influence of baryonic physics on galaxy formation

Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física Teórica. Fecha de lectura: 18-11-202