Writing Global History (or Trying to)

Writing global history confronts the historian with a series of chal- lenges, some new, some (on closer inspection) quite familiar. This article examines several of the more obvious of these and attempts to explain how far the author took them into account in constructing an account of world history over the longue duree in After Tamerlane: the rise and fall of global empires 1400–2000 (2007). It also presents a necessarily brief summary of some of the criticisms that the book’s reviewers have made.Writing global history confronts the historian with a series of chal- lenges, some new, some (on closer inspection) quite familiar. This article examines several of the more obvious of these and attempts to explain how far the author took them into account in constructing an account of world history over the longue duree in After Tamerlane: the rise and fall of global empires 1400–2000 (2007). It also presents a necessarily brief summary of some of the criticisms that the book’s reviewers have made

Rules of faith and rules of method : English Bible as postmodern biblical criticism

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Evaluation and Repair of Blast Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams

Ten reinforced concrete beams were constructed using standard concrete and A 615 Grade 60 reinforcing steel. Eight of the beams were then damaged using C-4 Composite high explosives to replicate the actual damage that a structural element may receive from a small bomb or other explosive device. The damaged beams were then evaluated and four of the beams were determined to have been damaged beyond reasonable repair. Of the other four damaged beams, two were repaired using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (FRP). The two repaired beams, two unrepaired beams, and two control beams were then tested in third-point loading to determine flexural strength capacity. The load-deflection curves for the six beams were then analyzed to evaluate the effect of the FRP repairs. The two repaired beams demonstrated significant improvement in flexural strength over the unrepaired beams and equaled or exceeded the flexural strength of the undamaged control beams. The study demonstrated that fiber reinforced polymers represent a viable option for the repair of blast damaged beams. The FRP repaired beams demonstrated a significant improvement in flexural capacity in comparison to their equivalently damaged counterparts

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A SOCIOCULTURAL EXPLORATION OF THE CONCEPTS OF DEATH AND DYING AMONG FILIPINO CHILDREN

Death is a challenging topic to discuss with children. The present study explored children’s understanding of death and dying using a phenomenological inquiry design. A sample of eight Filipino children with previous experiences of a death of a relative in the past six months were interviewed to examine the processes underlying children’s understanding of death and dying. Analysis of the interview transcripts resulted in the identification of three major categories representing children’s understanding of death and dying, namely, cognitive orientation, cultural orientation, and social orientation. Findings suggest that children attribute death to old age and cessation of body functioning, Moreover, they believe that death is a matter of time and there is a spiritual component in dying. This study shed light on the importance of socio-cultural factors such as spiritual values in understanding death and dying

Third-person self-talk facilitates emotion regulation without engaging cognitive control: Converging evidence from ERP and fMRI.

Does silently talking to yourself in the third-person constitute a relatively effortless form of self control? We hypothesized that it does under the premise that third-person self-talk leads people to think about the self similar to how they think about others, which provides them with the psychological distance needed to facilitate self control. We tested this prediction by asking participants to reflect on feelings elicited by viewing aversive images (Study 1) and recalling negative autobiographical memories (Study 2) using either I or their name while measuring neural activity via ERPs (Study 1) and fMRI (Study 2). Study 1 demonstrated that third-person self-talk reduced an ERP marker of self-referential emotional reactivity (i.e., late positive potential) within the first second of viewing aversive images without enhancing an ERP marker of cognitive control (i.e., stimulus preceding negativity). Conceptually replicating these results, Study 2 demonstrated that third-person self-talk was linked with reduced levels of activation in an a priori defined fMRI marker of self-referential processing (i.e., medial prefrontal cortex) when participants reflected on negative memories without eliciting increased levels of activity in a priori defined fMRI markers of cognitive control. Together, these results suggest that third-person self-talk may constitute a relatively effortless form of self-control