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The present article examines and critiques the concept of "generic unity" (al-waḥdat al-sinkhiyya) in Islamic philosophical thought, particularly in relation to the primacy of existence (iṣālat al-wujūd). Initially, the concept is precisely explained, and it is clarified that proponents of this type of unity do not accept any external realization of unity, considering it only as a mental construct that does not have true correspondence with external reality. In contrast, proponents of permeating unity (al-waḥdat al-sarayāniyya) affirm an external realization of unity, accepting all multiplicities within that singular, real, permeating unity. According to the findings of this study, this understanding of unity cannot be accepted due to its logically flawed consequences. There is a profound inconsistency between this notion of unity and key concepts in Mullā Ṣadrā’s philosophy, such as the criterion of gradation (tashkīk) in existence—the primacy of existence. The results of this research suggest that generic unity, particularly within the framework of the primacy of existence, faces serious contradictions that appear unacceptable in metaphysical explanations.

The present research is aimed at studying the impact of economic development on political development and expanding democratic values in People’s Republic of China. The article examines the role of political development and the emergence of the private sector in political development in the People's Republic of China between 1989 and 2023. According to the research hypothesis, despite the government’s efforts to increase the participation of the private sector, the middle class, and the civil society in managing different sectors of the country, there is no sign of the tenants of western model of political development – such as multi-party system, separation of power, and free elections – in China; furthermore, the private sector has increased the level of political stability in China. The findings of the present research indicate that the growth of private sector, the middle class, and the civil society has not led to serious opposition against the Communist Party of China and the expansion of democratic movements; in other words, the Communist Party of China has been able to preserve its legitimacy and prevent serious opposition through establishing close relations with non-governmental sectors and imposing strict supervision on them. Moreover, this kind of relation between the Communist Party of China and the non-governmental sectors has led to the maintenance of political stability during the last four decades. Therefore, the political and social development model in China is fundamentally different from what has been considered as political and social development in western countries. This research was done on the basis of library sources and the research method is explanatory-constitutive.

The purpose of the present study was to design a model of food security management in Iran, emphasizing the experiences of successful countries in this field.This research was exploratory in terms of purpose, in terms of method, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first stage, qualitative method and categorical content analysis (Inductive) was used and written and electronic sources in the field of food security were used purposefully to collect information. Findings of content analysis based on the opinion of the Center of Experts (consisting of five professors of public administration) in a system Induction presented the initial model of food security management (consisting of 211 concepts, 61 categories and 12 dimensions) and then through Delphi technique and questionnaire, the obtained model was exposed to the judgment of Delphi members. At this stage of the research, 12 scientific and practical experts (faculty members and officials of the Ministry of Health) were selected as a statistical sample using purposive sampling method for Delphi Center. In the next stage, the model derived from Delphi center was tested in a larger community. The statistical population at this stage included 2600 food industry experts based in Isfahan food industry towns. Using Morgan table, 335 samples were calculated and 310 questionnaires were collected by available sampling method. The model was evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis as well as reliability and validity calculations. Finally, the food security management model in Iran with emphasis on The experiences of successful countries in this field have been obtained with 170 concepts, 58 categories and 12 dimensions.

This study is an attempt to reflect on and analyze the cow feast (İnek Bayramı) in Mulkiye taking approaches in anthropology of science and under the concept of authoritarian modernization in the context of Turkey. The cow feast is an academic ritual that was held annually in May at the Faculty of Political Science (Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi) of Ankara University in Turkey before the Covid-19 epidemic and the emergence of some security, political and health issues and considerations. In this article, we seek to theoretically formulate the role and function of such a ceremony in the establishment and stability of a new epistemological system based on the collected data about this feast, and interviews with key informants, and of course referring to historical and contextual sources. Our reflection reveals that the cow feast is a compensatory ritual in the face of the epistemological crisis of the late Ottoman and early Turkish Republics, and can be understood and analysed with integration of components of Sharon Traweek, Emily Martin, Tony Bechter, Peter Trowler, Bruno Latour and Victor Turner’s ideas largely from anthropology of science.

The natural atheism is based on two items: “the concept of God” and “the explanatory realm of science and religion”. The concept of God in new atheism is different from that in Abrahamic religions, especially Islam. Besides, the science and religion are two different spheres and are, as far as explanation is concerned, essentially different. Since past, various methods have been used to prove the existence of the Necessary Being, one of which is founded on the very “concept of existence” itself; that is, the philosophical explanation of God’s existence a priori. Richard Dawkins maintains that the “ontological argument” is nothing except a word game, and Kant has rejected that argument. Descartes, however, presented a new exposition which was totally ignored by Dawkins. This article seeks to explain and review Dawkins’ statement in The God Delusion to show that Dawkins’ critique of Anselm’s ontological argument is by no means right and is a cheap reading of that argument.

The development of technology along with the development of facilities for modern and comfortable life brings some disadvantages as well as environmental problems, it consists of five categories of air pollution, water, soil, heat and noise pollution. In the meantime, the issue of noise pollution in cities is a global problem in most countries, In most developing countries, they are also striving for rapid industrial development to improve the countrychr('39')s economic and social conditions. Of course, In the absence of proper control, this growth along with improving the quality of life in these countries will lead to environmental pollution, including the most important of which is noise pollution, in the absence of proper control. Noise pollution is of particular importance due to the potential for physiological and psychological effects on humans. There has been significant growth in noise pollution from man-made sources over the past 100 years, which now doubles every 10 years. Therefore, evaluation of problem and functional planning to control noise pollution and its harmful effects is an essential issue for the community. Noise pollution that is different from other types of pollution due to its source and emission characteristics. Sources of noise pollution in urban areas can be divided into two groups: Fixed sources and moving sources. Fixed sources include: industrial, construction and demolition, commercial, local and recreational. Moving resources include ground and air transportation. In urban areas, the engine and exhaust system of cars, light trucks, buses and motorcycles is an important source of noise pollution, that have major environmental impacts. Traffic noise pollution is the most important source of environmental noise pollution in cities. The main objective of the paper is to find the relationships between noise and traffic characteristics, and also to examine the impact of each one separately, so that we can find out the importance of each variable in noise pollution we will find suitable solutions to reduce the noise pollution. In this study, which was carried out at one of the important intersections of Qazvin, data including equivalent sound level, the volume of vehicles by type, traffic light timing at picked up time, distance from picked up point to intersection center, number of beeps at the time of picked up which is heard, that data was estimated at 94 points, Points were located at 10 m distance on the edge of the street and If there was an open space, points were expanded, and there were two picked up for each point .The results of modeling showed that the most important variables affecting the sound equivalent level includes the volume of vehicles, especially heavy and semi-heavy vehicles (with the impacts of 0.025, 0.125, 0.526, 0.489 for cars, motors, semi-heavy vehicles and trucks, respectively,) the green time of the approach 1 and the number horns honked in this period (with the impact of 0.05 dB per second, and .08 dB per honk, respectively), are the variables that influence the equivalent sound level at this intersection.

Power switches are among the equipment that can help improve the distribution system condition and reduce the cost of failure at times of error. Finding the optimal location and number of these switches in the distribution system can be modeled with a variety of objective functions as a nonlinear optimization problem to improve reliability, reduce energy not supplied and other system costs. In this paper, a Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization with Sinusoidal and Cosine Acceleration Coefficients (H-PSO-SCAC) is used to solve the problem of optimal placement of switches with the goal of reducing the cost of switches installation and outage simultaneously in a software format for the use of Malayer Distribution Company operators and other sections. The simulation results have been tested using the corresponding algorithm on the Malayer 108-bus distribution feeder and IEEE 118-bus sampling network and compared with the results of other methods. The results show that the algorithm (H-PSO-SCAC) is better than other algorithms in terms of response quality and computational efficiency, also its implementation in a user friendly software has made it easy for operators and Users to use.