Godsends

2021 ◽  
pp. 237-257
Author(s):  
William Desmond
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Flannery O'connor ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Modern Sense

This is a reflection on the nature of revelation by means of the idea of the ‘godsend’. While seeming to be ordinary, this word carries communication of what is beyond the ordinary. A godsend suggests something like a chink or crack through which something is revealed—a kind of gap, or permeability, a porosity to a light that comes from a source beyond. In that gifted porosity is there an opening to revelation? Does the godsend say something about the surprise of revelation? In response I follow three steps: from word, to idea, to story. I begin by looking at the word and its etymology and consider what this implies. Then I look at the idea of revelation in connection with the claims of philosophical reason. Here my concern is to illuminate some theoretical considerations concerning reason and revelation, from the more reflective conceptual point of view, especially in relation to the modern sense of reason. Thirdly, I turn to story as true to the godsend, and I pay particular attention to a story that witnesses to a kind of fidelity to singularity, the story of Flannery O’Connor entitled ‘Revelation’.

scholarly journals Enzyme catalysis as a chain reaction

1991 ◽  
Vol 279 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
S E Szedlacsek ◽  
R G Duggleby ◽  
M O Vlad
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Kinetic Mechanism ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Simple Type ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
New Type ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Classical Mechanism

A new type of enzyme kinetic mechanism is suggested by which catalysis may be viewed as a chain reaction. A simple type of one-substrate/one-product reaction mechanism has been analysed from this point of view, and the kinetics, in both the transient and the steady-state phases, has been reconsidered. This analysis, as well as literature data and theoretical considerations, shows that the proposed model is a generalization of the classical ones. As a consequence of the suggested mechanism, the expressions, and in some cases even the significance of classical constants (Km and Vmax.), are altered. Moreover, this mechanism suggests that, between two successive enzyme-binding steps, more than one catalytic act could be accomplished. The reaction catalysed by alcohol dehydrogenase was analysed, and it was shown that this chain-reaction mechanism has a real contribution to the catalytic process, which could become exclusive under particular conditions. Similarly, the mechanism of glycogen phosphorylase is considered, and two partly modified versions of the classical mechanism are proposed. They account for both the existing experimental facts and suggest the possibility of chain-reaction pathways for any polymerase.

Embodiment in Composition: 4E Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence from a Case Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 102986492096144
Author(s):  
Ulla Pohjannoro
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Extended Cognition ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Musical Composition ◽  
Compositional Process ◽  
Musical Notation ◽  
Musical Structures ◽  
Sonic Environment ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

The purpose of this study was to theorise on a composer’s corporeality from the point of view of the embodied, enacted, embedded, and extended cognition paradigm, in the light of empirical data that cover the compositional process of creating one particular piece of music. The data include related manuscripts and the composer’s verbal account of those manuscripts. Composition is seen as an interactive coping behaviour and an adaptive process of knowledge acquisition and production in a sonic environment. In this epistemic process, the composer begins working with various kinds of ideas: sounds, timbres, musical structures, experiences, philosophical thoughts. They explicate these intuitive or reflective embodied representations through different kinds of externalisations, such as musical gestures, narratives, visualisation, and finally, musical notation. This study substantiates the way in which embodied, extrabodily, embedded, and enactive processes constitute the cognitive acts of a composer, usually considered as almost purely mental. It shows how musical composition may not only be grounded but also depend on embodied knowledge that the score only partly conveys. In addition to helping composers and performers communicate in real life, the findings may be useful for identifying the different cognitive premises and circumstances that can result in discrepancies between the ways in which they interpret musical notation.

INVERSE DISPERSION RELATION OF BZ-WAVES IN NONSTATIONARY GELS

1999 ◽  
Vol 09 (10) ◽  
pp. 2099-2104 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. HANKE
Keyword(s):  
Dispersion Relation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Excitable Media ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Bz Reaction ◽  
Inverse Dispersion ◽  
Sustained Activity ◽  
System A ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

The behavior of wave propagation, as well that of isolated waves as that of self-sustained activity, in excitable media is characterized by the dispersion relation of the system. For the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ)-reaction as by far the best described system, a number of theoretical considerations and experimental investigations do exist. From the theoretical point of view the dispersion relation of the BZ-reaction has two branches, an upper "fast" or stable branch typified by singular solutions and a lower "slow" branch whose solutions are regular, with a connection between the two branches, defining the smallest possible period and the absolute refractory period of the system. Experimental data are usually located on the upper branch giving higher propagation velocity at increasing period. Only one set of results was published in the early 1970s with velocity being an increasing function of frequency. This set of data was stated to be "difficult to believe" in later papers. We now present here a more detailed study of a BZ-system with a dispersion relation with an increasing velocity at decreasing period, verifying the existence of an "inverse" dispersion relation at least in the nonstationary gels we have used.

Gedanken zum Verhältnis zwischen christlichen Apokryphen und hagiographischer Literatur: Das Beispiel der Veronica-Traditionen

2008 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-63
Author(s):  
Tobias Nicklas
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Text Interpretation ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Apocryphal Texts

The article deals with the relationship between Christian apocryphal texts and hagiographic texts. It starts with theoretical considerations about the meaning of text interpretation. Their result is that it should not be asked whether a text is ‘apocryphal’ or ‘hagiographic’, but whether it can be interpreted ‘reasonably’ as apocryphal or hagiographic literature. Thus, one and the same text can be understood reasonably from one point of view as apocryphal, and from another point of view as hagiographic. Those theoretical thoughts are illustrated with the analysis of the figure of ‘Veronica’ in the Acts of Pilate, the so called Mors Pilati, as well as in the Sixth Station of the Cross.

scholarly journals THE BEHAVIOR UNDER LOAD OF THE PORTAL GANTRY CRANES, REFERING TO STRENGTH, STIFFNESS AND STABILITY PART I – THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
GHEORGHE N. RADU ◽  
IOANA COMĂNESCU ◽  
MARIAN POPESCU
Keyword(s):  
Finite Elements ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Similarity Criteria ◽  
Post Processing ◽  
Elastic Structures ◽  
Basic Study ◽  
Von Mises ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Gantry Cranes ◽  
Abaqus Software

The paper’s subject is highly topical, is very interesting from scientific point of view but also very complex. The authors propose to study the elastic structures of the cranes on basis of the similarity criteria, for this purpose the two basis criteria are shortly presented: Hooke and Cauchy. One underlines that the gantry and the half gantry cranes work outside, being subjected to actions as time changing loads; under these circumstances one needs a special check of the crane’s stability. The basic study is that one based on the analysis with finite elements, using ABAQUS software – an advanced software with highly efficient possibilities of modeling. By graphical post processing are presented the equivalent fields of stresses von Mises and of deformations.

scholarly journals PROBLEMS OF COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC AND LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY

2018 ◽  
pp. 38-57
Author(s):  
V. Litiaga
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Tenth Century ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Conceptual Aspect ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

The article analyzes basic scientific approaches to the interpretation of the terms of «linguoculturology», «linguistic conceptology» and «linguistic concept». We consider the relationship of language and culture, and the role of the term «concept» in this regard. In the article we structured the term «concept» from a linguocultural point of view. These theoretical considerations are the basis for the study of ways and mean of forming a conceptual image of Kyiv Rus in the French medieval linguistic cultural picture of the world. The aim of this article is to examine the influence of the country’s image on shaping the bilateral relations between Ukraine and France in a linguocultural conceptual aspect. The article reveals the main semantic and linguoconceptual aspects of medieval French culture. It shows the links between historical and actual aspects of the conceptual sphere in the formation of public opinion in contemporary international relations. Despite the increasing interest of the scholars in the influence that the image of country may have on bilateral relations, this topic has been under‐researched. This article presents the author’s insights based on theoretical and empirical studies that could shed some new light on this important topic. By looking at the «linguocultural» aspect of the relationship between Kyiv Rus and France in the Medieval times the article gives a basic analysis of the process of country image formation since the tenth century and its impact on present times. The article also provides a basis for further linguistic research of this topic.

scholarly journals The descriptive properties of prescriptive theories: an application of systems thinking in data warehousing

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roelien Goede
Keyword(s):  
Data Warehouse ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Data Warehousing ◽  
Critical Systems Thinking ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Descriptive Theory ◽  
Warehousing Systems ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Interpretative Research

Information systems and in particular data warehouses are very expensive systems to develop. It is therefore not advisable to experiment with ideas too different from current practices. This makes it difficult to apply prescriptive theories in an existing field. From theoretical considerations one might want to develop a data warehouse according to another method such as critical systems thinking methodology. It is however very difficult to persuade data warehouse practitioners to attempt such an experiment. This might be because they would rather adhere to known practices or that they are not sufficiently knowledgeable on critical systems thinking (or any other prescriptive theory) to apply it to such an expensive project. This paper describes a method in which prescriptive theories may be used descriptively to analyse their applicability in a specific field of application. The proposed method is used to understand the practices of the data warehouse discipline from the perspectives of the systems thinking discipline. It is also indicated how this method could be used in other studies where the behaviour of participants is viewed from a point of view of which the detail are unknown to the participants.Keywords: Data warehousing, Systems thinking, Prescriptive theory, Descriptive theory, Interpretative research. Disciplines: Information technology, systems theory, data warehousing, hermeneutics

scholarly journals Disposable income and consumption expenses in pensioners’ households in Poland in the years 2010-2019 – the analysis of changes in view of demographic transformations

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Anna Gardocka-Jałowiec ◽  
◽  
Agata Niemczyk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Disposable Income ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
Pension Benefits ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

Purpose – The aim of the article is to study the changes of disposable income and consumption expenses in pensioners’ households in the years 2010-2019 and the attempt to draw conclusions corresponding to the deepening process of society ageing.Research method – Categories of disposable income and consumption expenses as well as selected issues from the field of demographic transformations were presented in the theoretical considerations, using the descriptive analysis method. The basis of empirical considerations were secondary data from the Central Statistical Office. Conclusions – The average amount of pension benefits in the common occupational system is generally lower than the average work income and it can be claimed that it gets lower systematically. Disposable incomes in pensioners’ households in 2019 were about 50% higher than in 2010. This tendency was reflected in the increase (of about 3% a year on average) of real expenses on con-sumption produce and services per capita in households. The increase was comparable to the general increase of consumption expenses of households in Poland. In the years 2010-2019 expenses related to food, house maintenance and energy carriers were increasing more slowly than the rise of income.Originality / value / implications / recommendations – Conducted considerations constitute a point of view in the evaluation of the changes in the income situation of pensioners’ households in view of the deepening process of ageing of the Polish society. In times of extensive demographic changes related to the ongoing process of society ageing, the elderly constitute a numerous and important consumer group on the market.

scholarly journals Regional Development in Poland in Taxonomic Terms

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafał Klóska ◽  
Elżbieta Ociepa-Kicińska ◽  
Rafał Czyżycki ◽  
Piotr Szklarz
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Linear Ordering ◽  
Statistical Point ◽  
Provinces Of Poland ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Over Time

Regional development is a complex economic category and a commonly used term today, yet it is vaguely defined and, therefore, interpreted implicitly and understood intuitively. From a statistical point of view, this concept, on account of its imprecision and ambiguity, is a kind of multidimensional characteristic which may be measured, though not conclusively. Due to the lack of a universal set of diagnostic variables adopted in taxonomic analyses, the quantitative approach to the examined research area, which is in most cases presented descriptively, poses the main problem. The objectives of the article are to rank the provinces of Poland in terms of regional development in the years 2006–2018 and to assess the similarity of results over time. The research study is based on linear ordering methods within the scope of multidimensional statistical analysis. The results of the conducted analyses allowed us to rank the provinces of Poland in terms of regional development in the years 2006–2018 and to assess the similarity of the results over time. The results of the analysis indicate a clear stabilization of high ranked positions during the examined period, last places are generally taken by the same regions. This situation may indicate an increase or at least strengthening of the disproportions between the most and least developed regions in Poland. Theoretical considerations presented in the article as well as the empirical results of our own research may provoke more detailed discussion on the subject.

scholarly journals VII. An investigation of the air-flow pattern in the wake of an aërofoil of finite span

1926 ◽  
Vol 225 (626-635) ◽  
pp. 303-330 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Flow Pattern ◽  
Direct Measurement ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Finite Span ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Circulatory Motion

1. The earliest physical conception of the flow in the wake of an advancing aërofoil of finite span was suggested by Lanchester, who showed, from theoretical considerations, that it should comprise a layer of vorticity immediately behind the trailing edge and two general circulatory motions of opposite direction of rotation, one at each aērofoil tip. Since that time, photographs of this circulatory motion of air at the aërofoil tips have been taken by Caldwell and Fales, and other experimenters have located, by direct measurement, regions of vorticity in the wake, principally behind the aërofoil tips. The purpose of the present investigation is to obtain, by precise measurements of the wind speed and direction, a more complete picture than has hitherto been available of the disturbance behind an aërofoil of finite span, and to map out the changes which occur in the extent and distribution of the vorticity in the wake as it passes down-stream. The measured vorticity is considered in relation to the circulation around the aërofoil, and from this point of view the work herein described may be regarded as a continuation of that undertaken by L. W. Bryant and D. H. Williams,|| who confirmed experimentally the Kutta-Joukowsky relation connecting circulation and lift.

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