A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CRIMES LEADING TO THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE QURAN, ZOROASTRIAN LEGAL SOURCES, AND THE PENAL CODE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

A Comparative Study of the Crimes Leading to the Death Penalty in the Quran, Zoroastrian Legal Sources, and the Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran

This paper aims to examine the death penalty in Zoroastrianism, the Quran, and the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran.By studying antient Zoroastrian texts, we face a variety of crimes and punishments such as murder, robbery, adultery, magic, rape, and assault that were always considered to be the worst offenses.Zoroastrian religious scholars wro

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Prevailing clinical practices regarding screening for retinopathy of prematurity among pediatricians in India: A pilot survey

Aims: To evaluate the prevailing practices for proper screening and referral scheme among Indian pediatricians for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).Materials and Methods: Pediatricians registered with Indian Academy of Pediatrics from six states of Body Armor / Protection India were selected randomly and were telephonically interviewed in accordanc

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The Construction of Spin Foam Vertex Amplitudes

Spin foam vertex amplitudes are the key ingredient of spin foam models for quantum gravity.These fall into the realm of discretized path integral, and can be seen as generalized lattice gauge theories.They can be seen as an attempt at a 4-dimensional generalization of the Ponzano-Regge model for 3d quantum gravity.We motivate and review the constru

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