Language, Religion and Ethno-National Identity: The Role of Knowledge, Culture and Communication

The influence of religion and language on ethno-national identity is well-established. This article explores these concepts as mutually reinforcing aspects of cultural identity and examines their relationship to the formation of world views and causal interpretations shaping often incompatible ethno-national identities and hence conflicts. Especially we focus on the role of oral cultures as primary communication forms as against print-based ones, and how they differ in recording the past and interpreting the present and future. In orality we find a relatively strong influence of traditional religion, mysticism and past references as key informers of identity, whilst print correlates with the declining role of traditional religion and the rise of science as fundamental dimensions of ethno-national identity. We argue that this distinction helps to explain different experiences of ontological security and insecurity linked to ethno-nationalism and religion

The Peripheral Plural Endings of Nouns in Petrine Sermons

In der Reihe Slavistische Beiträge werden vor allem slavistische Dissertationen des deutschsprachigen Raums sowie vereinzelt auch amerikanische, englische und russische publiziert. Darüber hinaus stellt die Reihe ein Forum für Sammelbände und Monographien etablierter Wissenschafter/innen dar

Direct detection of electron backscatter diffraction patterns.

We report the first use of direct detection for recording electron backscatter diffraction patterns. We demonstrate the following advantages of direct detection: the resolution in the patterns is such that higher order features are visible; patterns can be recorded at beam energies below those at which conventional detectors usefully operate; high precision in cross-correlation based pattern shift measurements needed for high resolution electron backscatter diffraction strain mapping can be obtained. We also show that the physics underlying direct detection is sufficiently well understood at low primary electron energies such that simulated patterns can be generated to verify our experimental data

The Texas public health nursing work environment and outcomes of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intent to stay

This study was conducted to explore the relationships between the work environment, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intent to stay from the perspective of public health nurses (PHNs) in Texas. Survey instruments were adapted for use in the population-based public health setting. A cross-sectional prospective survey design was used to conduct this research. The following work environment characteristics were rated favorably by PHNs: manager support, autonomy, teamwork, and an organizational focus on service excellence. However, unfavorable perceptions were reported with regard to new employee orientation and training, opportunities for career growth, staffing adequacy, and a practice model that involved PHNs’ input into organizational matters. Most PHNs were committed to their public health agencies and satisfied with their jobs. However, work stresses were experienced. The work environment, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment predicted PHNs’ intent to stay. Furthermore satisfaction-to-commitment serial mediation was found in the causal relationship between the work environment and intent to stay. This study fills an important research gap regarding the PHN work environment and outcomes in Texas. Findings will be presented to public health agency leaders and policy makers. The ultimate goal is to provide information and tools that can be used to improve work environment quality and assist public health agencies in the future recruitment and retention of PHNs.Nursin

A composite framework for the strategic alignment of information systems development

Information systems are corporate resources, therefore information systems development must be aligned with corporate strategy. This thesis proposes that effective strategic alignment of information systems requires information systems development, information systems planning and strategic management to be united. Literature in these areas is examined, breaching the academic boundaries which separate these areas, to contribute a synthesised approach to the strategic alignment of information systems development. Previous work in information systems planning has extended information systems development techniques, such as data modelling, into strategic planning activities, neglecting techniques of strategic management. Examination of strategic management in this thesis, identifies parallel trends in strategic management and information systems development; the premises of the learning school of strategic management are similar to those of soft systems approaches to information systems development. It is therefore proposed that strategic management can be supported by a soft systems approach. Strategic management tools and techniques frame individual views of a strategic situation; soft systems approaches can integrate these diverse views to explore the internal and external environments of an organisation. The information derived from strategic analysis justifies the need for an information system and provides a starting point for information systems development. This is demonstrated by a composite framework which enables each information system to be justified according to its direct contribution to corporate strategy. The proposed framework was developed through action research conducted in a number of organisations of varying types. This suggests that the framework can be widely used to support the strategic alignment of information systems development, thereby contributing to organisational success

Liaisons and data management : data sets for librarians, and engaging our faculty

Presented to UMKC Libraries Liaisons Group May 22, 2014Title from PDF, viewed on March 13, 2015When we think about research papers, we often think about original data generated by the researcher through experiment, survey, etc. However, in an increasingly popular research method, researchers use “raw” data sets from other original research sources

Speech of Hon. Nelson Dingley Jr. of Maine in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, April 29, 1884

A speech of Nelson Dingley Jr. of Maine in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, April 29, 1884. At head of title: Protection to American industries

Use of Electron Back Scatter Diffraction Patterns for Determination of Crystal Symmetry Elements

The application of electron back scatter diffraction in the scanning electron microscope has been extended to the determination of crystal symmetry elements, point group and space group. The wide angular range of the patterns makes this a relatively simple task compared with equivalent analysis using electron channelling patterns, convergent beam patterns or standard x-ray methods, though the complexity of the analysis does not permit an unthinking approach. To establish the best procedure specimens from the seven crystal systems were investigated and results from the examination of the metal tin (tetragonal), and minerals zircon (ZrSiO4, tetragonal) and calcite (CaCO3 rhombohedral) are presented. The procedure entails determination of the crystal system from detection of rotation axes, determination of point group from the observed combinations of mirror planes and rotation axes, determination of Bravais lattice, and finally, determination of space group from the absences of lines due to screw axes and glide planes. Considerable computational aids were required in the latter stages of analysis and for this a computer program was written to simulate the diffraction patterns from any crystal system and Bravais lattice with line delete procedures to remove lines forbidden because of space group requirements