Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in The Common Names of Birds

This chapter examines the development of Latino literature in the United States during the time when realism emerged as a dominant aesthetic representation. Beginning with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) and including the migrations resulting from the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Mexican Revolution (1910), Latinos in the United States began to realistically craft an identity served by a sense of displacement. Latinos living in the United States as a result of migration or exile were concerned with similar issues, including but not limited to their predominant status as working-class, loss of homeland and culture, social justice, and racial/ethnic profiling or discrimination. The literature produced during the latter part of the nineteenth century by some Latinos began to merge the influence of romantic style with a more socially conscious manner to reproduce the lives of ordinary men and women, draw out the specifics of their existence, characterize their dialects, and connect larger issues to the concerns of the common man, among other realist techniques.

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Transparency in corporate governance: Extent of directors duty to declare interest in company’s transactions

Corporate Board role duties and composition ◽

10.22495/cbv11i1c1art6 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 137-148 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Anthony O. Nwafor

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Corporate Governance ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Common Law ◽

Men And Women ◽

Legal Personality ◽

The Common ◽

The Law ◽

Important Position

The realization that the directors occupy important position in corporate governance, and as business men and women, cannot be prevented from having dealings with the company, demand a close scrutiny of corporate transactions in which they are directly or indirectly involved or have an interest to ensure that such interest is not placed above their duty to the company. One of the ways in which the law strives to achieve this balance is by imposing a duty on the director to disclose to the board any interest he has in company’s transactions. This requirement which was previously governed by the common law and the company’s articles, is presently increasingly finding a place in companies statutes in different jurisdictions. The paper examines, through a comparative analysis, the provisions on the duty of the director to disclose interest in company’s transactions in South Africa and United Kingdom with the aim of discovering the extent to which the statute in both jurisdictions upholds the common law prescriptions. The paper argues that the need for transparency in corporate governance and the preservation of the distinct legal personality of the company demand that the duty to disclose interest should be upheld even in those cases of companies run by a sole director.

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Depiction of Gender in American Headway Series

Language Teaching Research Quarterly ◽

10.32038/ltrq.2017.01.02 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 24-29

Author(s):

Mohammad Amin Mozaheb

Keyword(s):

Gender Roles ◽

Gender Identity ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Learning Process ◽

Research Articles ◽

Gender Representations ◽

Men And Women ◽

Oxford University ◽

Gender Biases ◽

The Common

A great number of researchers interested in designing and producing EFL/ESL materials believe that gender roles and representations can motivate students while learning a foreign language such as English. This comes while some scholars believe that gender representations can hinder the learning process. Ever since the day EFL/ESL experts have determined the significance of gender in EFL/ESL textbooks, a number of studies have been conducted to uncover the prejudices and biases inserted in EFL materials. Linked to previous research articles and studies, the present study aims to investigate how social gender identity is defined through adjectives and photos used in American Headway 5 published by Oxford University Press in 2016. To obtain the objective of the study, the common adjectives used in the conversation section of the American Headway 5 have been detected and counted. Then they were presented in related tables utilizing frequencies. Additionally, the photos all extracted from the book have been tested against gender biases and prejudices. The findings of the study reveal that American Headway 5attempts to demonstrate both men and women equally, albeit some instances of biases have been detected in the pictures. The findings of the current research can be used by materials developers, syllabus designers as well as EFL/ESL practitioners.

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A Mathematics Program for the Able

Mathematics Teacher ◽

10.5951/mt.44.6.0369 ◽

1951 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 369-376

Author(s):

G. Baley Price

Keyword(s):

Colleges And Universities ◽

Gifted Student ◽

Educational Policies ◽

Primary Concern ◽

Mass Education ◽

Men And Women ◽

Mathematics Program ◽

The Common ◽

Common Man

In 1946 Herbert Hoover [10, pp. 436-437] said, “It is dinned into us that this is the century of the common man…. But if we arc to have leadership in government, in science, in education, in the professions and in the home, we must find and train some uncommon men and women.” The able and the gifted— once the primary concern of our schools, colleges, and universities—are now largely a forgotten group as a result of the growth of mass education. There are encouraging signs of improvement, however. Last year the Educational Policies Commission issued a report [6] entitled Education of the Gifted which considers the gifted student and his importance to society, and which recommends ways and means of identifying and educating the gifted. The present paper may be considered an effort to examine and interpret, in the special field of mathematics, the general conclusions and recommendations of this report. The paper begins with a background of facts; recommendations follow.

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The Role of Gender in Biased Technical Change: U.S. Manufacturing, 1850–1919

The Journal of Economic History ◽

10.1017/s0022050700021744 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 58 (4) ◽

pp. 1090-1109 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Elizabeth Field-Hendrey

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Labor Markets ◽

Production Function ◽

Technical Change ◽

Differential Treatment ◽

Female Labor ◽

Men And Women ◽

Male And Female ◽

The Common

Differential treatment of men and women in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century labor markets casts doubt on the common practice of adding male and female labor to create a single “labor” variable in the production function. This article shows that men and women must be disaggregated in the production function, and investigates the effects of inappropriate aggregation on the debate over the Habakkuk-Rothbarth labor scarcity hypothesis. With disaggregation, a female-using bias and an overall labor-using bias is found for the period 1850 through 1919. Technical change was male-neutral through 1900 and male-using thereafter.

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Relevansi Penerapan ‘Iddah di Era Teknologi Modern

Ijtimaiyya: Jurnal Pengembangan Masyarakat Islam ◽

10.24042/ijpmi.v10i1.2358 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 121-142

Author(s):

Nurnazli Nurnazli

Keyword(s):

Common Good ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Men And Women ◽

The Common Good ◽

Marriage Ceremony ◽

The Common ◽

The Law ◽

Higher Purpose

The development of science and technology today is not a reason to remove the provisions about ‘iddah that has been set in the Qur'an and Sunnah. 'Illat law and the purpose of enactment of ‘iddah which has been discussed needs to be reviewed. ‘iddah not only to know the empty uterus of the fetus, self-introspection, condition and period of mourning, but there is a higher purpose, that is belief in Allah and honor the noble covenant at the marriage ceremony. The noble agreement is realized in the ijâb and qabûl between men and women guardians. Consequently, if the marriage breaks up either because of death or divorce, both sides must respect the agreement. They must be equally restricted with the ‘iddah way until the time set by Syar'i, especially for women whose existence is more glorified and also the aim of the law' ‘iddah is for the common good.

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What is the Common Good? The Case for Transcending Partisanship

Daedalus ◽

10.1162/daed_a_00205 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 142 (2) ◽

pp. 84-94

Author(s):

Mickey Edwards

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Common Good ◽

Political System ◽

General Election ◽

Policy Outcomes ◽

Men And Women ◽

The Common Good ◽

The Common ◽

Definition Of ◽

The Right

Even if most of us can agree on a definition of the “common good” (not a simple matter), there are substantial barriers to establishing public policies in accord with that agreement. The “democratic” element in our political system – the right of voters to choose the men and women who will create our laws – depends on the views of those voters being given considerable weight in determining eventual policy outcomes. Unfortunately, we have developed a political system – both in our elections and in the governing process – that gives disproportionate influence to relatively small numbers of voters (who are also the most partisan) and allows political parties through their closed procedures to limit the choices available to general election voters. Coupled with legislative rules that allow partisans to determine the makeup of legislative committees, the resulting process leaves the common good, however defined, a secondary consideration at best.

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Liturgy: Local and Contextual or Controlled from Above? A Nordic Perspective: Liturgical Renewal and Development in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in the Past Three Decades

Studia Liturgica ◽

10.1177/0039320718808942 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 111-121

Author(s):

Sini Hulmi

Keyword(s):

Creative Development ◽

Common People ◽

Men And Women ◽

Lutheran Church ◽

The Past ◽

The People ◽

The Common ◽

Evangelical Lutheran Church ◽

Evangelical Lutheran ◽

The Church

Is the liturgy local and contextual and growing from below, or is it controlled from above? Does the liturgy belong to the people and to the congregation, and are they allowed to use it in their own way? Or is the liturgy the property of the Church, which gives strict orders for its use? Is it powerful men and women, meaning those people with authority, and the institutions (for example, the Church Synod and the Bishops’ Conference) who define the methods and ways in which liturgy is enculturated? Or do the ways of inculturation involve development from below, from the common people, even the poorest and most humble believers, at the congregational level? The balance between these two aspects—top-down and bottom-up worship—has repeatedly shifted over the last three decades, and there have been tensions between them in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The goal of this essay is to clarify the reason for this confusing situation related to authority, fixed orders and the creative development of liturgical life.

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Poverty of Spirit within Party and Hookup Culture: Undergraduates' Engagement with Johann Metz

Horizons ◽

10.1017/hor.2017.59 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 108-136

Author(s):

Jennifer Beste

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Jesus Christ ◽

Common Good ◽

Men And Women ◽

The Common Good ◽

Whole Person ◽

Hookup Culture ◽

The Common ◽

Forms Of Violence ◽

Human Finitude

In his work Poverty of Spirit, Johann Metz depicts Jesus Christ as embodying three aspects of poverty of spirit required to become fully human: (1) an affirmation of interdependence on God and others, (2) self-love (accepting human finitude and one's unique calling), and (3) love of neighbor as self. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of 150 students’ reflections on poverty of spirit within the context of party and hookup culture, this article explores the challenges US undergraduates face in following Christ's path of full humanity. Undergraduates’ own insights issue an urgent call to Catholic universities to respond proactively to the dehumanization, injustices, and forms of violence present in party and hookup culture. At stake is the integrity of Catholic higher education's mission to care for the whole person and form students into men and women “for others” who are committed to justice, solidarity, and the common good.

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Vascular geometry of the extracranial carotid arteries: an analysis of length, diameter, and tortuosity

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery ◽

10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011671 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 536-540 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Farooq A Choudhry ◽

John T Grantham ◽

Ansaar T Rai ◽

Jeffery P Hogg

Keyword(s):

Carotid Artery ◽

Skull Base ◽

Aortic Arch ◽

Carotid Arteries ◽

Internal Carotid ◽

Men And Women ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Common ◽

The Mean ◽

The Right

BackgroundStable access is essential for successful intracranial interventions. Quantifying variations in extracranial carotid arteries may help in the selection and development of access catheters. This study describes the vascular dimensions from the aortic arch to the skull base.MethodsCT angiography analysis was performed on 100 patients. The lengths, diameters, and tortuosity of the common carotid artery (CCA) and internal carotid artery (ICA) were measured from the aortic arch to the skull base.ResultsThe mean±SD length of the carotid artery from the aortic arch to the skull base was 22.2±2.2 cm for the right side and 20.8±1.9 cm for the left side (p<0.0001). The length of the right CCA was 13.6±1.2 cm and the length of the left CCA was 12.4±1.4 cm (p<0.0001). The length of the right ICA was 8.6±1.4 cm compared with 8.4±1.4 cm for the left ICA (p=0.3). The ICA length in men and women was 8.9±1.3 cm and 8.2±1.3 cm, respectively (p=0.0001), and the CCA length in men and women was 13.6±1.5 cm and 12.3±1.6 cm, respectively (p<0.0001). The lengths of the CCA and ICA in patients aged ≥60 years were 13.3±1.7 cm and 8.9±1.5 cm, respectively compared with 12.8±1.7 cm and 8.2±1.1 cm, respectively, for patients aged <60 years (p=0.04 for CCA, p=0.0002 for ICA). Tortuosity of the CCA and ICA was 1.2±0.2 and 1.3±0.1, respectively, in patients aged ≥60 years compared with 1.1±0.1 for both the ICA and CCA in patients aged <60 years (p<0.0001 for both). There was a consistent ratio of CCA/ICA length of 1.6±0.3 on the right and 1.5±0.3 on the left (p<0.0001). The arterial diameters did not show any significant difference.ConclusionsThe distance from the aortic arch to the skull base is longer on the right than on the left side. Both the CCA and ICA are longer in men and in patients aged ≥60 years. The tortuosity of both segments significantly increases with age.

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