Brain aging is a poorly understood process widely understood to be a major causative factor in age-associated neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Proteins are involved in brain aging and neurodegeneration in many ways, and their functions and dysfunction…
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Problem. In Ezek 36:27, God foretells that he will put his Spirit within his people and he will "do" so that Israel will obey his laws. Ezekiel 36:27 indicates a close relationship between the Spirit of God and Israel in observing the statutes and judgments of God in the Babylon…
In the interwar period, the Soviet Union and Turkey embarked on an unprecedented partnership, characterized by high profile economic, diplomatic, and cultural exchanges. The enthusiasm of these interactions surprised contemporaneous foreign observers and contemporary scholars al…
In the later medieval period, the heart was thought to be responsible for maintaining the body's temperature, effecting emotional responses based on sensory perceptions and even receiving the Eucharist. This thesis intends to provide a literary, medical and religious history of …
Universal Self is an archetype in which there is reciprocal correspondence between individual and universe. A pragmatic research design grounded in the hermeneutic tradition of inquiry is used to explore Universal Self from the perspective of Ancient Egypt by synthesizing histor…
Ezekiel declares a message of the renewal of the heart and spirit (Ezek 11; 14; 18) that is foundational to the theology of restoration in the Book of Ezekiel. This transformation addressed the external and internal corruptions of God’s people. The restorative promises of Ezekie…
I set out to write about how to be happy, and my questions about happiness led me to a consideration of addiction because I began to notice a fundamental similarity: Like addicts, we mortals suffer a dependence on finite substances for our joy, and their passing away always brin…
Biblical scholars debate whether elect members of the old covenant were regenerate, often tying the discussion to the language of circumcision of heart. Yet an analysis of heart transformation metaphors in the prophets reveals that all are mutually-interpreting, eschatological, …
In “Carv’d out in bloody lines”: Interiority, Truth, and Violence in Early Modern Drama, I examine dramatic presentations of truths and truth-telling as they connect to interior spaces, including the heart, the theater, and the uterus. I argue that viewing the theatre as a heart…
The heart is the first organ system to form in the embryo. Over the course of development, cardiomyocytes with differing morphogenetic, molecular, and physiological characteristics are specified and differentiate and integrate with one another to assemble a coordinated electrome…
The Jesus Prayer is a form of prayer that for centuries has been preserved and practiced by the Hesychasm, the eremitic tradition that is the direct inheritor of the Desert Fathers of early Christianity. Such prayer is deeply similar to the Integral Yoga spiritual practice or sa…
Introducción: El síndrome metabólico (MetS) es un conjunto de trastornos que incluyen a la obesidad visceral o abdominal, la hipertensión arterial, la hipertrigliceridemia, el colesterol HDL bajo y la hiperglicemia. Ante la presencia de tres o más de los cinco criterios definido…
Is there a relationship between pain and alternative reality of consciousness? The problem is there conflicting approaches to pain and alternative reality of consciousness. Our society's response to pain sometimes includes a description of having a mental disorder. Our society's…
This study explored meaningful experiences of heart opening. The 13 coparticipants (8 men and 5 women) were 31 to 63 years of age (mean = 45); 8 were Caucasian, 3 ethnic American, 1 Japanese, and 1 Ukrainian. Coparticipants were interviewed and asked to bring something to the in…