... to themagicof believing. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, brought forth the hypothesis that a powerful force within us, an unilluminated part ofthe mind – separate from the ... examples ofthemagicofbelieving at work in the curing of warts and the treatment of skin trouble. Another time my medical friends and I were discussing telepathy. I remarked that some of our ... Others call it the super-ego, the inner power, the super-consciousness, the unconscious, the subconscious, and various other names. Still others have asserted that it is a part ofthe Supreme...
... return tothem in the final chapter.) It’s themagicof Aladdin’s lamp, of wizards’ spells, of the Brothers Grimm, of Hans Christian Andersen and of J. K. Rowling. It’s the fictional magicof a witch ... into the first woman, naming her ‘Embla’.Having created the bodies ofthe first man and first woman, the brother godsthen gave them the breath of life, followed by consciousness, faces and the ... maybe that not all of these people are charlatans. Some of them may sincerelybelieve they are talking to the dead. The third meaning ofmagic is the one I mean in my title: poetic magic. Weare moved...
... names ofthe Seven Heavens, according to the Magical Elements of Peter de Abano, with the names ofthe Olympic Spirits ofthe Planets according to the Arbatel of Magic, and the Infernal Sigils of ... Sign of Leo, which is the House ofthe Sun, and the name ofthe Fourth Heaven, Machen. The name of Gabriel, the Angel of Monday, appears over his Sigil, together with the Astrological Symbol of ... Luna, the Zodiacal Sign of Cancer, which is the House ofthe Moon, and the name ofthe First Heaven, Shamain. The name of Samael, the Angel of Tuesday, appears over his Sigil, together with the...
... and the Health ofthe Public: A Summaryofthe February 2009 Summithttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/12668.html20 INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH OFTHE PUBLIC In addressing the issue of involving ... publication, Integrative Medicine and the Health ofthe Public: A Summaryofthe 2009 Summit, provides an account ofthe discussion and presentations ofthe two-and-a-half day summit in Washington, ... NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of...
... togetherwithanexamination of keyuncertaintiesandlimitations;andaseries of conclusionsandinsightsgainedfrom the analysis.ItisimportanttorecallthatthisRIArestson the analysisdonein2008;nonewairqualitymodelingorotherassessmentswerecompletedexceptthoseoutlinedabove. The supplementincludesapresentation ofthe benefitsandcosts of attainingvariousalternativeozoneNationalAmbientAirQualityStandardsin the year2020.Theseestimatesonlyincludeareasassumedtomeet the currentstandardby2020.Theydonotinclude the costsorbenefits of attaining the alternatestandardsin the SanJoaquinValleyandSouthCoastairbasinsinCalifornia,becauseweexpectthatnonattainmentdesignationsunder the CleanAirActfortheseareaswouldplacethemincategoriesaffordedextratimebeyond2020toattain the ozoneNAAQS.InTableS1.1below, the individualrowestimatesreflect the differentstudiesavailabletodescribe the relationship of ozoneexposuretoprematuremortality.Thesemonetizedbenefitsincludereducedhealtheffectsfromreducedexposuretoozone,reducedhealtheffectsfromreducedexposuretoPM2.5,andimprovementsinvisibility. The rangeswithineachrowreflecttwoPMmortalitystudies(i.e.PopeandLaden).Rangesin the totalcostscolumnreflectdifferentassumptionsabout the extrapolation of costsasdiscussedinChapter5 ofthe 2008OzoneNAAQSRIA. The lowend ofthe range of netbenefitsisconstructedbysubtracting the highestcostfrom the lowestbenefit,while the highend ofthe rangeisconstructedbysubtracting the lowestcostfrom the highestbenefit. The presentation ofthe netbenefitestimatesrepresents the widestpossiblerangefromthisanalysis.TableS1.2presents the estimate of totalozoneandPM2.5‐relatedprematuremortalitiesandmorbiditiesavoidednationwidein2020asaresult of thisregulation.S2‐2rate of ozonereductionseeninpreviousairqualitymodelingexercisestoestimate the additionalemissionsreductionsneededtomeet the lowertargets. The details ofthe approachareexplainedbelow,butformostareas ofthe analysisweusedsimpleimpactratiostoproject the ozoneimprovementsasarate of NOxemissionsreduced.Use of non‐site‐specific,linearimpactratiostodetermine the non‐linear,spatially‐varying,ozoneresponsewasanecessarylimitationwhichresultsinconsiderableuncertaintyin the extrapolatedairqualitytargets. ... $47,000aEstimatesareroundedtotwosignificantfigures.Assuch,totalswillnotsumdowncolumns.S.2.4.4 Summaryof TotalCosts TableS2.9presentsa summaryofthe totalnationalcosts of attaining the 0.055ppmand the 0.060ppmalternativestandardsin2020.This summary includes the engineeringcosts of the modeledcontrolstrategy(presentedin the 2008OzoneNAAQSRIAChapter54), the additionalsupplementalcontrols,aswellas the extrapolatedcosts.ConsistentwithOMBCircularA‐4,costsarepresentedata7%discountrate.7 The midrangeestimateconsists of usinganMvalue of 0.24for the estimation ofthe averagecostperton of controlbygeographicarea.Foracompletelisting of averagecostpertonbygeographicareaseeAppendixS2a.S2‐10FigureS2.2:Map of ExtrapolatedCostCountiesfor the 0.060ppmAlternateStandardandEstimatedPercentageNOxControlsNeededtoMeetthatStandardin2020S2.3 ... The costs of identifiedcontrolmeasuresaccountsforanincreasinglysmallerquantity of the totalcosts of attainment.Thisisamajorlimitation ofthe costanalysis.Weassumeamajority ofthe costs of attaining the tighteralternativestandardswillbeincurredthroughtechnologieswedonotyetknowabout.Thereforecostingfutureattainmentbaseduponunspecifiedemissionreductionsisinherentlydifficultandspeculative. The uncertaintiesandlimitationssummarizedabovearegenerallymoreextensivethanthosefor the 0.075ppm,0.070ppm,and0.065ppmanalyses. The tablebelowcontrastsourlevel of confidenceineach ofthe keyresults.TableS2.1:Keyuncertaintiesandlimitationsin the analysisfor0.060ppmand0.055ppmAnalyticalquestion...
... either the likelihood a loan isrepaid (and thus, the cost of a loan) or the availability of credit. These results highlight the distincttradeoff between 1) limiting the collection and use of ... models explain the evolution of credit bureaus and the lending markets they support?Japelli and Pagano (1999) provide one ofthe very few attempts to test the predictions of the theoretical models ... retail experience but not the experience of other financial institutions.Tables 5 and 6 display the results ofthe retail-only simulations. As in the previous discussion of the negative-only simulation,...