A Concluding Remark

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
Robert Pippin
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Fictional World ◽  
Basic Notion ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Better Than

The three fictions offer to the reader an experiential absorption in a fictional world that stands as a rival to what has come to be known as philosophy, the inheritor of classical rationalism, something now pretty much exclusively what is written by academic, professional philosophers. The basic notion of a rival implies some competition on the same playing field, and so the term suggests an implicit claim that the fictions purport to do better, with respect to some things we would like to understand better, than a traditional analytical approach, where “do better” also means in a way that is more significant, more valuable. That is not the same as saying the fictions are just doing something else.

scholarly journals Violence and Democracy in Colombia The Conviviality of Citizenship Defects in Colombia’s Nation-State

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Boesten
Keyword(s):  
State Building ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Normative Claim ◽  
The Real ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Violence ◽  
Normative Content ◽  
Better Than

This essay aims to utilize the concept of conviviality for connecting the coexistence of seemingly contradictory phenomena in Colombia. It argues that while conviviality implies a normative content – a society in which members do not slaughter each other is better than one in which members resort to violence – the meekness of that normative claim suggests that it is better used as an analytical tool that seeks to connect the contradictions that coexist in the real lifeworld. Colombia’s history of violence and democracy is such a contradictory case. Comparativists have situated Colombia’s deficits on the “extra-institutional playing field”, lamenting that it is a “besieged” or “threatened democracy”. Conviviality helps us to specify these “extra-institutional” defects by suggesting impediments exogenous and endogenous to the state-building logic of the Colombian nation-state.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Rajendra Chitnis
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Distinct Group ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Literary Traditions ◽  
International Circulation ◽  
Precise Understanding ◽  
Better Than

The introduction presents the volume as the first detailed comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of the strategies, motivations, opportunities and obstacles underlying the international circulation of smaller European literatures, defined as those written in internationally less widely spoken languages or from less familiar literary traditions, which depend on translation to reach a wider audience. It contextualizes the historical and theoretical perception of these literatures as a distinct group, and suggests that the volume offers a much more precise understanding of what unites them and distinguishes them from ‘big’ and post-colonial literatures, both of which they at times appear to imitate, while also demonstrating how perceived peripheries negotiate the inequalities of increasing globalization. The introduction argues that the volume’s comparative analytical approach, combining literary, historiographical and translation methodologies and detailed knowledge of different national contexts, serves our understanding of the international circulation of these literatures better than either traditional nation-centred or prevailing world literary approaches.

scholarly journals Available - But not Accessible? Investigating Publisher e-lending Licensing Practices

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Giblin ◽  
Jenny Kennedy ◽  
Kimberlee Weatherall ◽  
Daniel Ian Gilbert ◽  
Julian Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Better Than

Introduction: We report our mixed-methods investigation of publishers’ licensing practices, which affect the books public libraries can offer for e-lending.Method: We created unique datasets recording pricing, availability and licence terms for sampled titles offered by e-book aggregators to public libraries across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and United Kingdom. A third dataset records dates of availability for recent bestsellers. We conducted follow-up interviews with representatives of 5 e-book aggregators.Analysis: We quantitatively analysed availability, licence terms and price across all aggregators in Australia, snapshotting the competitive playing field in a single jurisdiction. We also compared availability and terms for the same titles from one aggregator across five jurisdictions, and measured how long it took for a sample of recent bestsellers to become available for e-lending. We used data from the aggregator interviews to explain the quantitative findings.Results: Contrary to aggregator expectations, we found considerable intra-jurisdictional price and licence differences. We also found numerous differences across jurisdictions.Conclusions: While availability was better than anticipated, licensing practices make it infeasible for libraries to purchase certain kinds of e-book (particularly older titles). Confidentiality requirements make it difficult for libraries to shop (and aggregators to compete) on price and terms.

scholarly journals The Impact of Husband`s Early Retirement on Marital Adjustment – Empirical Study on Retired People in Saudi Airlines in Jeddah During 1441 AH –: أثر التقاعد المبكر للزوج على التوافق الزواجي -  دراسة ميدانية على المتقاعدين في الخطوط السعودية بجدة خلال عام 1441هـ-

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanaa Mohammed Makki
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Better Than

This Study Aimed to Investigate the Impact of Husband Early Retirement On Marital Adjustment, And The Study Has Been Applied On a Group of Early Retired Saudi Airlines Employees Aged Between 45 – 57 Years Old in Jeddah Governorate, The Sample Consisted of 100 Individuals of Both Males and Females (Early Retired Husbands and Their Wives). And It Has Been Used Descriptive Analytical Approach on A Selected Purposive Sample, And The Study Has Been Conducted During the Second Term of the Scholastic Islamic Calendar Year, 1441. It Has Been Used Questionnaire as A Study Tool. The Study Reached Many Results Including That the Nature of Relationship Among More Than One-Third of the Sample of Both Males and Females Has Changed Somehow to Be Better Than Before After Early Retirement, And The Early of Husband Retirement Positively Impacts the Marital Adjustment for Both Husbands and Wives. In Light of the Results of the Study, Some Recommendations Were Presented, Including That the Study Should Be Applied on Substantial Sample of Society’s Members of Early Retirement Whether They Are Military or Civil.

scholarly journals [Practical Miracles in The Sunnah of Fitrah] al-I’jaz al-Alami fi Sunan al-Fitrah

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 150-164
Author(s):  
Islam Hasan Mohammad Yaseen ◽  
Rohaizan Baru
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Preventive Medicine ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Prophetic Tradition ◽  
Ways Of Life ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Good Deeds

This study examines science miracles in the light of al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah (Prophetic Tradition) according to the rules of Sunan al-Fitrah (Ways of Life). This is to show that Islam has already established rules on prevention are better than cure. As we nowadays consider it less important and applicable. This study explains the significant role of Islam in improving people’s health through Sunan al-Fitrah (Ways of Life). The study employed analytical approach, in which qualitative data were collected from Hadith books, analyzed, discussed and examined. The study also explained the meaning of Sunan al-fitrah and its importance in the life of people, as well as its significant role of preventing people from being infected with diseases. The study revealed that if Muslims adhere to these sunan (ways of life), they will achieve good deeds in this world and hereafter. It serves as both prevention and means of earning reward, and it is a form of worship which brings people closer to the Al-mighty Allah.   Keywords: Science miracles, preventive medicine, sunan al-fitrah   يتحدث هذا البحث عن الإعجاز العلمي في السنة النبوية من خلال تشريع سنن الفطرة نموذجا، وذلك للدلالة على سبق الإسلام في تقرير مبدأ الوقاية خير من العلاج، ونحن نلمس في أيامنا هذه تقصيرا من طائفة كبيرة من المسلمين الاهتمام بها والإلتزام بتطبيقها، فهي تبين الدور الكبير الذي قام به الإسلام للمحافظة على صحة الإنسان من خلال تشريعاته المعجزة. ومن خلال المنهج التحليلي، والذي يقوم على: جمع المعلومات المتعلقة بالموضوع، ثم التفسير، ثم النقد، ثم الإستنباط، يبين هذا البحث معنى سنن الفطرة، ثم بين أهمية هذه السنن في حياة الإنسان، ودورها الكبير في حمايته من التعرض للأمراض التي قد تلم به إن ترك الإلتزام بها. وبين هذا البحث أن المسلم من خلال التزامه بهذه السنن، فإنه يحصل على خيري الدنيا والآخرة، فهي من ناحية وقاية له من الأمراض، ومن ناحية أخرى هي عبادة وقربة يتقرب بها المسلم لله عز وجل.   الكلمات المفتاحية: الإعجاز العلمي، سنن الفطرة ، الطب الوقائي في الإسلام.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

Localization of immunolabels by electron microscopy and image averaging

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 282-283
Author(s):  
J. Frank ◽  
P.-Y. Sizaret ◽  
A. Verschoor ◽  
J. Lamy
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Single Particle ◽  
Attachment Site ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Limulus Polyphemus ◽  
Resolution Limit ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Image Averaging ◽  
Top View ◽  
Better Than

The accuracy with which the attachment site of immunolabels bound to macromolecules may be localized in electron microscopic images can be considerably improved by using single particle averaging. The example studied in this work showed that the accuracy may be better than the resolution limit imposed by negative staining (∽2nm).The structure used for this demonstration was a halfmolecule of Limulus polyphemus (LP) hemocyanin, consisting of 24 subunits grouped into four hexamers. The top view of this structure was previously studied by image averaging and correspondence analysis. It was found to vary according to the flip or flop position of the molecule, and to the stain imbalance between diagonally opposed hexamers (“rocking effect”). These findings have recently been incorporated into a model of the full 8 × 6 molecule.LP hemocyanin contains eight different polypeptides, and antibodies specific for one, LP II, were used. Uranyl acetate was used as stain. A total of 58 molecule images (29 unlabelled, 29 labelled with antl-LPII Fab) showing the top view were digitized in the microdensitometer with a sampling distance of 50μ corresponding to 6.25nm.

Closing the GAP—A 5Å Scanning Microscope

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Normal Form ◽  
The Other ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Scanning Microscope ◽  
Conventional Microscope ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Closing The Gap ◽  
Thermal Sources ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Transmission Microscope

We have become accustomed to differentiating between the scanning microscope and the conventional transmission microscope according to the resolving power which the two instruments offer. The conventional microscope is capable of a point resolution of a few angstroms and line resolutions of periodic objects of about 1Å. On the other hand, the scanning microscope, in its normal form, is not ordinarily capable of a point resolution better than 100Å. Upon examining reasons for the 100Å limitation, it becomes clear that this is based more on tradition than reason, and in particular, it is a condition imposed upon the microscope by adherence to thermal sources of electrons.

Electron Microscopic Observation of the Longitudinal Organization of Poly (p-Phenylene Terephthalamide) Fibers

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 680-681
Author(s):  
Li Li-Sheng ◽  
L.F. Allard ◽  
W.C. Bigelow
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Microscopic Observation ◽  
Electron Microscopic Observation ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Aromatic Polyamides ◽  
Radial Arrangement ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Better Than

The aromatic polyamides form a class of fibers having mechanical properties which are much better than those of aliphatic polyamides. Currently, the accepted morphology of these fibers as proposed by M.G. Dobb, et al. is a radial arrangement of pleated sheets, with the plane of the pleats parallel to the axis of the fiber. We have recently obtained evidence which supports a different morphology of this type of fiber, using ultramicrotomy and ion-thinning techniques to prepare specimens for transmission and scanning electron microscopy.

A High Angle, Double Tilting Cold Stage for the AEI EM7

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 450-451
Author(s):  
P.R. Swann ◽  
A.E. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Habit Plane ◽  
Temperature Control ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Thermal Drift ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Cold Stage ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Better Than

Figure 1 shows the design of a specimen stage used for the in situ observation of phase transformations in the temperature range between ambient and −160°C. The design has the following features a high degree of specimen stability during tilting linear tilt actuation about two orthogonal axes for accurate control of tilt angle read-out high angle tilt range for stereo work and habit plane determination simple, robust construction temperature control of better than ±0.5°C minimum thermal drift and transmission of vibration from the cooling system.

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