Dating and Interpersonal Relationships
An introduction to interpersonal relationship – methods, advice and tips for friendship, dating and online dating, intimate relationship, love and kiss, flirting, seduction, romance, marriage and wedding. Interpersonal relationships are social associations, connections, or affiliations between two or more people. … Read More
Handbook of Mathematical Functions
With Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables by Milton Abramowitz, Irene Stegun The present Handbook has been designed to provide scientific investigators and students with a comprehensive and self-contained summary of the mathematical functions that arise in physical and engineering problems. … Read More
Chinese Fables and Folk Stories (Fables et histoires populaire chinoises)
Bilingual English/French Book (Livre bilingue anglais/français) By (par) Mary Hayes Davis, Chow-Leung. Translator (Traducteur): Nicolae Sfetcu It requires much study of the Oriental mind to catch even brief glimpses of the secret of its mysterious charm. An open mind and … Read More
Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky – Psychological and philosophical aspects
About the main psychological and philosophical aspects detached from the film Solaris directed by Andrei Tarkovski, as well as the cinema techniques used by the director to convey his messages to the spectator. In the “Introduction” I briefly present the … Read More
Arts
XII. LAST FRIEND
One day last summer, about the month of June, Claire and her mother were working in the living room, while I was perched in my usual place, on the shoulder of the girl, where I played with her coiffure and … Read More
Education
Smart writing equipment for modern students
Being one of the main means of developing a person’s personality in social terms, education should keep pace with the times, i.e. undergo changes and innovations that meet the needs of society in this era. That is why today’s various … Read More
Science
Epistemology of Quantum Gravity
Recent decades indicate “a blurring of distinction between physical science and mathematical abstraction … [reflecting] a growing tendency to accept, and in some cases ignore, serious testability problems.” [1] Oldershaw lists dozens of major non-testing issues in the pre-instrumentalist era. … Read More
Business
Summit of Leaders 2019 (Oxford UK) & official ‘Best Enterprises/Manager of the Year’ Project
Dear Nicolae Sfetcu, Re: Summit of Leaders 2019 (Oxford UK) & official ‘Best Enterprises/Manager of the Year’ Project On December 17, the traditional Summit of Leaders and the Socrates Awards Ceremony will be held at the Oxford Town Hall. The … Read More
Health
Faculty of Medicine of Lille suspends homeopathy diploma
As a result of the controversies over alternative medicine, the medical school through his dean suspended its university diploma of homeopathy for the beginning academic year in expectation of the position of the Haute Autorité de Santé (High Authority of … Read More
Society
Epistemology of Quantum Gravity
Recent decades indicate “a blurring of distinction between physical science and mathematical abstraction … [reflecting] a growing tendency to accept, and in some cases ignore, serious testability problems.” [1] Oldershaw lists dozens of major non-testing issues in the pre-instrumentalist era. … Read More
Computers
Blockchain and the causal tree of reference
In a previous article, Philosophy of Blockchain Technology – Ontologies, (Sfetcu 2019) I talked about applying Paul Ricœur’s narrative theory in developing an ontology of blockchain technology. In this section I intend to highlight the idea of an analogy between … Read More
Recreation
European Union: Promoting a new culture of data protection – EU Annual Management Plan 2019
The EDPS Strategy 2015-2019, “Leading by example” – adopted at the beginning of the current EDPS mandate in 2015 – sets out how we seek to promote a new culture of data protection in the European institutions and bodies. Our … Read More
World
Romania targets at least one important mandate of European Commissioner
Romania is interested in one of the mandates of European Commissioners for regional policy, energy, transport and the environment. “We have not finished the regional policy mandate, so we could once again ask for this very important portfolio. So, I … Read More
Digital Assembly 2019 – Bucharest, Romania, June 13-14
The Digital Assembly 2019 is a forum for stakeholders to take stock of the achievements of the Digital Single Market Strategy, draw lessons and to exchange views on the contours of a future digital policy. The event is also a … Read More
Banned media access to events organized by the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council
I applied online for accreditation, and I received confirmation as a journalist. The press facilities offered at the events organized by the Romanian Presidium of the EU Council are listed on the website: 250 work spaces with broadband, phone and … Read More
Newton’s action at a distance – Different views
Different authors have attempted to clarify the aspects of remote action and God’s involvement on the basis of textual investigations, mainly from the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, (Newton, 1999b) Newton’s correspondence with Richard Bentley (1692/93), (Bentley 1693) and Queries … Read More
A debate on Events and Particulars
This article, perhaps more than others, is rather an exercise of linguistic logics. Roderick Chisholm, in “The Logical Form of Action Sentences, criticized an earlier article of Davidson, “The Logical Form of Action Sentences,” proposing a different theory. Davidson analyzes … Read More