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Jesus in the Moral Theology of Thomas Aquinas
submitted by ycgrinmymoin 26 minutes ago
That virtue is important in the ethics of Aquinas is generally acknowledged. So too is the fundamentally theological cast of Aquinas’s virtue ethics. In his reflections on the ethical life, Aquinas is especially concerned with the good willing and doing, made possible by virtue, that brings...
 


Heroic Virtue in Blessed Raymond of Capua's Life of Catherine of Siena
submitted by cafmon 26 minutes ago
Composed at a point of significant transition in the history of hagiography as a genre, due to changes in the canonization process, Raymond of Capua’s Life of Catherine of Siena (1395) endeavors to attest to her heroic virtue by using both traditional discourse and the new scholastic discou...
 
Language Goes on Holiday: English Allegorical Drama and the Virtue Tradition
submitted by caalam2 26 minutes ago
This article explores the virtue tradition in the English theatrical tradition of morality theater and its fortunes on the professional stage. It explores questions of recognition in allegorical drama by examining "mankind" and "mercy" in the morality play Mankind, the appropriation of this tradi...
 
Luther's Attack on Self-Love: The Failure of Pagan Virtue
submitted by brotik 26 minutes ago
Luther’s denials (in his on Romans) of the natural capacity to acquire moral virtues rest on three assumptions. (1) Virtue requires the pursuit of virtuous action for its own sake. In the state of sin, human aims and motives are all controlled by self-love. Insofar as aims and motives are c...
 
Virtues in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Grammar Schools
submitted by negil4682 26 minutes ago
This article examines the role and place of virtues in early modern English grammar schools (ca. 1558 – 1640). It argues that schoolboys were exposed to the questions of moral philosophy and virtues throughout their time in the grammar school. From their elementary classes in Latin grammar ...
 
Application of Second Derivative Spectroscopy for Increasing Molecular Specificity of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging of Articular Cartilage
submitted by girordamx 29 minutes ago
Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging is a promising method that enables the analysis of spatial distribution of biochemical components within histological sections. However, analysis of FT-IR spectroscopic data is complicated since absorption peaks often overlap with each othe...
 
Lymphatic vessels in osteoarthritic human knees
submitted by Noingnewnox 29 minutes ago
The distribution and function of lymphatic vessels in normal and diseased human knees are understood incompletely. This study aimed to investigate whether lymphatic density is associated with clinical, histological or radiographic parameters in OA.MethodsSections of synovium from 60 knees from pa...
 
Viscoelasticity of the articular cartilage surface in early osteoarthritis
submitted by glniwtan 29 minutes ago
Structural and biochemical changes in articular cartilage occur throughout the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). Early changes include proteoglycan loss and collagen network disorganization at or near the articular surface. These changes accompany reductions in mechanical properties of cartila...
 
Rehabilitation in the New World Order: Will Our Differences Be Our Demise
submitted by joeno 29 minutes ago
This ACRM Presidential Address contends that the field of rehabilitation may be ill prepared for impending health care changes. The article describes the basic tenets of the Affordable Care Act and its implications for rehabilitation. Finally, it makes suggestions and recommendations for how the ...
 
Longer Versus Shorter Daily Durations of Electrical Stimulation During Task-Specific Practice in Moderately Impaired Stroke
submitted by komolkamor 29 minutes ago
To examine and compare efficacy of 30-, 60-, and 120-minute repetitive task-specific practice (RTP) sessions incorporating use of an electrical stimulation neuroprosthesis (ESN) on affected upper-extremity (UE) movement.DesignProspective, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial.SettingOutpati...
 
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