The Kingship of Yahweh as a Motif for the Universal Savior in the Old Testament

The aim of this dissertation is, however, to establish the peculiar function of the Kingship of Yahweh as found in His Universal Saviorship. In order to understand the Kingship of Yahweh, we shall first examine kingship in the Near East, particularly in Egypt and Mesopotamia. This study is made possible by the discovery, deciphering, and publication of Near Eastern texts. As the reader will notice, the cited data in the Second Chapter are mainly from Ancient~ Eastern Texts Relating to Old Testament, edited by James B. Pritchard

Menganalisis Trend Permohonan Pembahagian Harta Pusaka Kecil dan Mendapatkan Kaedah Peramalan Terbaik Serta Kesannya ke Atas Bebanan Kerja Pegawai Pembahagian Pusaka Semenanjung Malaysia

Administration and distribution of estate in Malaysia, especially in Peninsular Malaysia are conducted by three authority bodies; High Court, Small Estate Distribution Section and Amanah Raya Berhad. The statistic indicated that more than 70% of the distribution application were received and conducted by the Small Estate Distribution Section. This application increase from year to year and the rate of the application were 24% to 30% of the death rate. As a small organization, Small Estate Distribution Section only has 40 officers to conduct all of the application every year. This research use forecasting method to analyse scientifically small estate distribution application in order to forecast current applications, backlogged applications, applications that have to be settle and settled applications until year 2010 and its effect on workload of the small estate distribution officers in Peninsular Malaysia. Four models had been use; Moving Average Model, Weighted Moving Average, Exponential Smoothing and Linear Regression Model to analyse and test the best model for forecasting. The analysis was based on the secondary data received from the Small Estate Distribution Section, The Director General of Land and Mine Department, Kuala Lumpur. The result from the comparison research found that the best forecasting model to forecast current application, application that has to be settle and the settled application is the linear regression model and for the backlogged application the best model is the moving average model with four movements. The research found that until year 2010 current application, application that has to be settle and the settled application will increase over the time period whereas the backlogged application will remain constant and no obvious changes. The research found that the workload ratio for every officer will increase and the expected application settled for every officer will increase together with the increase of the current application

The Doctrine of Man in Genesis

It is, therefore, the fundamental teaching about man. in the Pre-Mosaic revelation that is dealt with in this thesis. This study will treat both individual man and a group of Men, viz., a society. It is plain from the previous explanation that this study is not limited by the traditional dogmatic division of Christian anthropology. It is a synthetic or systematic exegesis instead of the familiar consecutive exegesis, chapter by chapter, as presented in commentaries. This material will be collected under five cardinal themes on the doctrine of man in Genesis, with each theme displaying disparities and sim1larities or opinion in various passages of Genesis. These themes will be assessed as a whole, and related to one another

Mathematical Word Problem Solving of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Students with Typical Development

Mathematical Word Problem Solving of Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Students with Typical Development - Young Seh Bae - This study investigated mathematical word problem solving and the factors associated with the solution paths adopted by two groups of participants (N=40), students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and typically developing students in fourth and fifth grade, who were comparable on age and IQ (greater than 80). The factors examined in the study were: word problem solving accuracy; word reading/decoding; sentence comprehension; math vocabulary; arithmetic computation; everyday math knowledge; attitude toward math; identification of problem type schemas; and visual representation. Results indicated that the students with typical development significantly outperformed the students with ASDs on word problem solving and everyday math knowledge. Correlation analysis showed that word problem solving performance of the students with ASDs was significantly associated with sentence comprehension, math vocabulary, computation and everyday math knowledge, but that these relationships were strongest and most consistent in the students with ASDs. No significant associations were found between word problem solving and attitude toward math, identification of schema knowledge, or visual representation for either diagnostic group. Additional analyses suggested that everyday math knowledge may account for the differences in word problem solving performance between the two diagnostic groups. Furthermore, the students with ASDs had qualitatively and quantitatively weaker structure of everyday math knowledge compared to the typical students. The theoretical models of the linguistic approach and the schema approach offered some possible explanations for the word problem solving difficulties of the students with ASDs in light of the current findings. That is, if a student does not have an adequate level of everyday math knowledge about the situation described in the word problem, he or she may have difficulties in constructing a situation model as a basis for problem comprehension and solutions. It was suggested that the observed difficulties in math word problem solving may have been strongly associated with the quantity and quality of everyday math knowledge as well as difficulties with integrating specific math-related everyday knowledge with the global text of word problems. Implications for this study include a need to develop mathematics instructional approaches that can teach students to integrate and extend their everyday knowledge from real-life contexts into their math problem-solving process. Further research is needed to confirm the relationships found in this study, and to examine other areas that may affect the word problem solving processes of students with ASDs

Validation of an Innovative Groundwater Contaminant Flux Measurement Method

The ability to measure groundwater contaminant flux is increasingly being recognized as crucial in order to prioritize contaminated site cleanups, estimate the efficiency of remediation technologies, measure rates of natural attenuation, and apply proper source terms to model groundwater contaminant transport. An innovative mass flux measurement method using horizontal flow treatment wells (HFTWs) was developed recently to compensate for the disadvantages of other flux measurement methods that are being used. Flux measurement methods can be categorized as either point methods or integral methods. As the name suggests, point methods measure flux at a specific point or points in the subsurface. To increase confidence in the accuracy of the measurement, it is necessary to increase the number of points (and therefore, the cost) of the sampling network. Integral methods avoid this disadvantage by using pumping wells to interrogate large volumes of the subsurface. Unfortunately, integral methods are expensive because they require that large volumes of contaminated water be extracted and managed. HFTWs combine the advantages of each of the two approaches described above; that is, it is an integral technique that samples a large volume of the subsurface while not requiring extraction of contaminated water from the subsurface. In this study, the accuracy of the HFTW flux measurement method was quantified by applying the method in an artificial aquifer, where the flux being measured was known. Two HFTW approaches, the multi-dipole approach and the tracer test approach, were compared to each other, as well as being compared to the transect method of measuring flux, which is the conventionally used point method. Results found that the transect and HFTW tracer test approaches provided reasonably accurate measures of flux (within 50% and 44% respectively) in the artificial aquifer, while the multi-dipole approach was too sensitive to small hydraulic head measurement errors to be useful. A comparison of the costs of applying the different methods at a generic site showed that the HFTW method had significant cost advantages. This study also compared other advantages and disadvantages of the various flux measurement methods, concluding that depending on conditions at a site, one or the other method may be most advantageous for application

Finite Element Analysis on Reinforced Concrete Beams Subject to Impact

The study of reinforced concrete beams under impact load has been conducted by many researchers previously with different methods. It is important to understand the behaviour of reinforced concrete beams during impact so that it can be used as a reference in designing the structures. Failure under this accidental load can be catastrophic if structures are under-designed due to lack of knowledge in the response of reinforced concrete under impact load. Finite element analysis is the common method used in solving explicit dynamic problems. LS-DYNA is utilised to conduct the numerical simulation using finite element analysis. This research aims to determine the failure mode of reinforced concrete beams as well as their responses after impact. Generally, two beams are being studied by varying the transverse reinforcement ratio. It was found that reinforced concrete beams subject to impact tend to fail in shear rather than flexure. The beam with stirrups is stiffer and becomes more ductile, exhibiting a more elastic behaviour and resists the shear force through larger displacement of beam. Dynamic increase factors are introduced to the material model as high strain rate causes strength enhancement in the concrete and steel reinforcement. High impact force from the impactor causes residual displacements of the beams and residual strains in the reinforcement because the materials have exceeded the yield point and enters plastic region where some elements have permanently deformed

Evaluasi Perangkat IQRF Padad Topologi Ad-Hoc Untuk Mengetahui RSSI

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) atau jaringan sensor nirkabel merupakan salah satu teknologi inti dalam bidang ubiquitous computing. WSN terdiri atas satu atau lebih node sensor yang digunakan untuk menangkap informasi sesuai dengan karakteristiknya. Dalam WSN yang menjadi masalah adalah performa jaringan. Permasalahan tersebut salah satunya disebabkan oleh jarak penempatan node yang tidak sesuai. Penelitian ini melakukan evaluasi kuat sinyal yang diterima (RSSI) antar node pada jaringan sensor nirkabel dengan  memanfaatkan perangkat IQRF pada topologi ad-hoc. Pengukuran dilakukan dengan menempatkan node end-device pada berbagai jarak dari node coordinator. Setiap jarak diberi perlakuan dengan mengubah tinggi dari node end-device dari permukaan lantai. Pengujian dilakukan dengan dua jenis skenario, yaitu di dalam ruangan (indoor) dan di luar ruangan (outdoor). Hasil pengujian baik pada lingkungan indoor maupun outdoor menunjukkan bahwa semakin jauh jarak antara node end-device dengan node coordinator, maka kuat sinyal akan semakin menurun. Ketinggian posisi node end-device terhadap node coordinator juga mempengaruhi besarnya RSS

Evaluasi Perangkat IQRF Padad Topologi Ad-Hoc Untuk Mengetahui RSSI

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) atau jaringan sensor nirkabel merupakan salah satu teknologi inti dalam bidang ubiquitous computing. WSN terdiri atas satu atau lebih node sensor yang digunakan untuk menangkap informasi sesuai dengan karakteristiknya. Dalam WSN yang menjadi masalah adalah performa jaringan. Permasalahan tersebut salah satunya disebabkan oleh jarak penempatan node yang tidak sesuai. Penelitian ini melakukan evaluasi kuat sinyal yang diterima (RSSI) antar node pada jaringan sensor nirkabel dengan  memanfaatkan perangkat IQRF pada topologi ad-hoc. Pengukuran dilakukan dengan menempatkan node end-device pada berbagai jarak dari node coordinator. Setiap jarak diberi perlakuan dengan mengubah tinggi dari node end-device dari permukaan lantai. Pengujian dilakukan dengan dua jenis skenario, yaitu di dalam ruangan (indoor) dan di luar ruangan (outdoor). Hasil pengujian baik pada lingkungan indoor maupun outdoor menunjukkan bahwa semakin jauh jarak antara node end-device dengan node coordinator, maka kuat sinyal akan semakin menurun. Ketinggian posisi node end-device terhadap node coordinator juga mempengaruhi besarnya RSS