A Reading of Ehud and Jael through the Lens 
of Affect Theory

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 430-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy C. Cottrill
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Affect Theory ◽  
Exposure To Violence ◽  
The Body ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Textual Interpretation ◽  
Violent Images ◽  
Insight Into

This paper uses affect theory as a tool to interpret the violent images of two stories found in Judges 3–5, those of Ehud and Eglon and that of Jael and Sisera. Affect theory affords biblical exegetes a means to examine the role of the reader’s embodiment as a tool for textual interpretation. I use the work of affect theorists to discuss the way violent images work on readers and create the emotional, physical, and sensory context in which later violent images will be received and interpreted. The sensation created by exposure to violence is embodied in readers before the readers judge the images according to their moral, ideological, and ethical value. In fact, the embodied affect of exposure to violence is the context in which that judgment occurs. In Judges, the violated body anchors an experience of vulnerability and fear in the reader. The visceral affect of anxiety and the intensity of bodily violence position the reader to feel the need for security and relief in the figure of the king. This paper focuses on Ehud and Jael as two of the significant early exposures to the violated body in the book of Judges and explores their different contributions to the theme of physical violence. The physical experiences of modern readers may give us valuable insight into how the physical experiences of readers contribute to the persuasiveness of textual arguments. Affect theory brings into focus the body in the text and the body of the reader as part of meaning-making.


The Role of Digital Libraries in Supporting Open Distance E-Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 245-257
Author(s):  
Vusi W. Tsabedze
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter aims to discuss the potential of digital libraries to offer unparalleled resources for supporting open distance e-learning (ODeL). This chapter addresses and discusses such features as what is meant by ODeL and how it can be supported by the library and the functionality of the digital library, and how ODeL resources are included and organised in the digital library environment. The chapter explores the advantages of digital libraries for ODeL and the types of learning that can be supported by digital libraries. There is surely an interest in the usage of electronic resources for teaching, learning, and research, but this appears to be matched by a lack of awareness of how best to assimilate these resources into ODeL. The chapter provides valuable insight into the role and influence of digital libraries and e-resources on ODeL.

The Cognitive Component of Elite High Jumpers’ Preperformance Routines

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Thomas Gretton ◽  
Lindsey Blom ◽  
Dorice Hankemeier ◽  
Lawrence Judge
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Psychological Skills ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Successful Performance ◽  
Cognitive Component ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis ◽  
Insight Into

Preperformance routines are microlevel performance processes utilized by athletes to facilitate the attainment of an optimal state and enhance the chance for successful performance. Despite continued examination of these routines, only a small proportion of research has been directed toward the cognitive component of these routines. This study explored the cognitive component of elite high jumpers’ preperformance routines, and specifically the consistency of the cognitive content (i.e., psychological skills and strategies). Data were acquired over an 8-week high-jump season and subjected to inductive thematic analysis. Results revealed the consistent implementation of the cognitive content (e.g., visualization) but an inconsistent design of this content (i.e., the content of the visualization). Furthermore, results underline the critical role of high-jump coaches and an athlete’s need to be adaptable and competent in utilizing various types of preperformance routine. This study offers valuable insight into the complexities and inconsistencies of the cognitive component of high jumpers’ preperformance routines.

Impact of Boron and Gallium on Defects Production in Silicon

2000 ◽  
Vol 650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurangzeb Khan ◽  
Nethaji Dharmarasu ◽  
Masafumi Yamaguchi ◽  
Kenji Araki ◽  
Tuong K. Vu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Recombination Center ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Electron Level ◽  
Boron Doped ◽  
Hole Level ◽  
Radiation Induced ◽  
Induced Defects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

ABSTRACTWe report the results of comparison of radiation-induced defects (1 MeV electrons) in n+-p-p+ Si diodes doped with gallium or boron ranging in concentration from 8 × 1014 to 5 × 1016 cm-3, together with the impact of oxygen on radiation –induced defects. Present results provide evidence for new defects states in addition to those previously reported in gallium- and boron-doped Si. The combined boron and gallium data provide enough information to gain valuable insight into the role of the dopants on radiation-induced defects in Si. The interesting new future of our results is that the gallium appears to strongly suppress the radiation induced defect, especially hole level EV+0.36 eV, which is thought to act as a recombination center. Similarly the dominant electron level at EC-0.18 eV in B-doped Si (which act as a donor) has not been observed in Ga-doped CZ-grown Si.

scholarly journals Storytelling and strategy: An examination of the role of stories in strategy communication

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
James Taylor
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Insight Into

<p>This thesis explores the use of stories in strategy communication. Based on the premise that stories are powerful communication tools, and that communication is integral to strategy, the extent to which stories are used in strategy communication, and why stories are used to communicate strategy, are examined.  This thesis fits within the body of research on both narrative and stories in strategy, and strategy communication. The potential of stories in strategy has been considered previously, while language is increasingly seen as key to strategy, playing an integral role in both strategy communication and creation. However, much remains unknown about the role of stories in strategy communication. This thesis aims to contribute further knowledge in both these fields, developing original insights into the use and role of stories in strategy communication.  This thesis takes a two-stage, iterative interpretivist methodology, firstly by analysing annual reports to assess the extent to which stories are used to communicate strategy. Strategy creators, communicators and interpreters are then interviewed, to understand why stories are used in strategy communication.  The findings of this research, as an exploratory look at stories in strategy, provide insight into how and why organisations communicate strategy, comment on the extent to which stories are evident in strategy, and discuss motivations and influences that may underlie the use of stories to communicate strategy. This research provides a basis for further work do be done in the field of stories in strategy, and encourages researchers to further consider the role of stories not only in the communication of strategy, but also its creation. This research also draws heavily on the work of Barry and Elmes, and concludes by affirming Barry and Elmes notion that strategy is a prominent, integral, and powerful story organisations tell.</p>

scholarly journals Bridging Heterodox Views on Language and Symbols: Gilbert Durand’s Imaginaire and Mark Johnson’s Image Schemata

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-230
Author(s):  
Benito García-Valero
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cognitive Value ◽  
Image Schemata ◽  
Mark Johnson

Summary This paper aims to bridge anthropological and cognitivist research undertaken by Gilbert Durand and Mark Johnson, who studied the phenomenon of meaning making in a similar way, although they had to use different terminology as their disciplines demanded. Durand established systematization for analyzing symbolism by taking into account the position of the body and the perceptions determining the underlying schemata of symbols. Two decades later, Mark Johnson described image schemata as gestalts having an internal structure derived from bodily perceptions. Owing to these similarities, a comparison between Durand and Johnson’s theories is offered first. In the second place, I reviewed the cognitive value of the anthropological regimes of imaginaire described by Durand. During the analysis, the terminology used by these theorists (like ‘image schemata’ or ‘axiomatic schemata’) was comparatively analyzed to find common ground between their positions. In conclusion, the need for recovering theories of imagination proposed by heterodox scholars like Durand is highlighted, since they anticipate the role of images and imagination not only in language, as Johnson demonstrated, but also in the formation of anthropologically relevant symbols, which are of interest for the analysis of literature and other arts.

scholarly journals The Role of Multigene Assays in Addressing Treatment Heterogeneity for Breast Cancer

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (Suppl. 1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Matti Aapro
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Treatment Recommendations ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Informed Treatment ◽  
Substantial Heterogeneity ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Substantial Uncertainty

Breast cancer has a complex biology with heterogeneous treatment approaches that have changed significantly over the last two decades. The MAGIC survey provides valuable insight into worldwide treatment recommendations for early breast cancer patients and the clinical and pathologic criteria used for these decisions. The overall findings indicate that there is substantial heterogeneity in how patients are treated and a substantial uncertainty in treatment recommendations for a large proportion of patients, highlighting an unmet need for broadly available markers, such as multigene assays, that can help to make more informed treatment decisions by predicting a patient's likelihood of benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy.

Kant’s Political Zweckmässigkeit

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-444
Author(s):  
Dilek Huseyinzadegan
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Formal Principle ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractWhile Kant’s political writings employ a teleological language, the exact benefit of such language to his politics is far from clear. Against recent interpretations of Kant’s political thought, which downplay or dismiss the role of teleology, I restore Zweckmässigkeit to its place in Kant’s politics as a theoretically and practically useful material principle, and show that a teleological perspective complements the perspective stipulated by the formal principle of Recht. By means of a systematic reconstruction of what I call ‘political Zweckmässigkeit’, we gain a fuller portrayal of and a valuable insight into Kant’s political thought.

Impact of Boron and Gallium on Defects Production in Silicon

2000 ◽  
Vol 647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurangzeb Khan ◽  
Nethaji Dharmarasu ◽  
Masafumi Yamaguchi ◽  
Kenji Araki ◽  
Tuong K. Vu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Recombination Center ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Electron Level ◽  
Boron Doped ◽  
Hole Level ◽  
Radiation Induced ◽  
Induced Defects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractWe report the results of comparison of radiation-induced defects (1 MeV electrons) in n+-p-p+ Si diodes doped with gallium or boron ranging in concentration from 8 × 1014 to 5 × 1016 cm−3, together with the impact of oxygen on radiation –induced defects. Present results provide evidence for new defects states in addition to those previously reported in gallium- and boron-doped Si. The combined boron and gallium data provide enough information to gain valuable insight into the role of the dopants on radiation-induced defects in Si. The interesting new future of our results is that the gallium appears to strongly suppress the radiation induced defect, especially hole level EV+0.36 eV, which is thought to act as a recombination center. Similarly the dominant electron level at EC-0.18 eV in B-doped Si (which act as a donor) has not been observed in Ga-doped CZ-grown Si.

scholarly journals The Molecular Interactome of the Centriole, Cell Cycle and Ciliary Proteins Modulates Cell Mass Growth and Structural Organization During Development in Metazoans

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roopasree OJ ◽  
Adivitiya . ◽  
Soura Chakraborty ◽  
Suneel Kateriya ◽  
Shobi Veleri
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Cell Division ◽  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Cell Mass ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Body Plan ◽  
The Body ◽  
Concept Review ◽  
Insight Into

Metazoans have an elaborate and functionally segmented body. It evolves from a single cell by systematic divisions. Metazoans attain structural complexity with exquisite precision, which is a molecular mystery. The indispensable role of centrioles in cell division and ciliogenesis can shed insight into this riddle. Cell division helps in growth of the body and is a highly regulated and integrated process. Its errors cause malignancies. The cell mass is organized during organogenesis. Prior to it, the centrioles are retrieved from the cell cycle to initiate ciliogenesis. The cilia-modulated developmental signaling pathways elaborate the body plan. The secluded compartment of the cilium reduces noise during signaling and is essential for a precise body plan development. The dysfunctional centrioles and cilia can distort body plan. Thus, centriole has a dual role in growth and cellular organization. This concept review analyses the comprehensive interactome and the key domain features (like C2 domain) of molecules which connect and disarm the centriole from the cell cycle and ciliogenesis by switching on or off the essential regulators of the pathways. The concentration of these signaling pathways at the centriole reinforces the hypothesis that centriole is the molecular workstation to carve out structural design and complexity in metazoans.

scholarly journals Storytelling and strategy: An examination of the role of stories in strategy communication

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
James Taylor
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Insight Into

<p>This thesis explores the use of stories in strategy communication. Based on the premise that stories are powerful communication tools, and that communication is integral to strategy, the extent to which stories are used in strategy communication, and why stories are used to communicate strategy, are examined.  This thesis fits within the body of research on both narrative and stories in strategy, and strategy communication. The potential of stories in strategy has been considered previously, while language is increasingly seen as key to strategy, playing an integral role in both strategy communication and creation. However, much remains unknown about the role of stories in strategy communication. This thesis aims to contribute further knowledge in both these fields, developing original insights into the use and role of stories in strategy communication.  This thesis takes a two-stage, iterative interpretivist methodology, firstly by analysing annual reports to assess the extent to which stories are used to communicate strategy. Strategy creators, communicators and interpreters are then interviewed, to understand why stories are used in strategy communication.  The findings of this research, as an exploratory look at stories in strategy, provide insight into how and why organisations communicate strategy, comment on the extent to which stories are evident in strategy, and discuss motivations and influences that may underlie the use of stories to communicate strategy. This research provides a basis for further work do be done in the field of stories in strategy, and encourages researchers to further consider the role of stories not only in the communication of strategy, but also its creation. This research also draws heavily on the work of Barry and Elmes, and concludes by affirming Barry and Elmes notion that strategy is a prominent, integral, and powerful story organisations tell.</p>

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