Theological Imagination in a Throwaway Society: Contending with Waste

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-169
Author(s):  
Christiane Lang Hearlson
Keyword(s):  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Cultural Historian ◽  
Dynamic Quality ◽  
Cultural Skills

This article treats the topic of consumer waste by beginning with a contemporary story that illustrates the reality and complex dynamics of throwaway culture. Noting the dynamic quality of waste, it offers a brief review of the development of throwaway society. Beginning in a preindustrial world in which the battle against “moth and rust” required habits of reuse and repair, or what cultural historian Susan Strasser refers to as bricolage, it then traces changes in “natural” and “temporal” imaginaries, as well as economic and technological factors, that rendered obsolete the cultural skills and imaginative capacities of bricolage. Having argued that forgetting and loss of imagination are key to waste-making, it offers two Christian responses that schools and faith communities might practice: “material anamnesis” and “redemptive vision.”

Influence of technological factors on the process of production and quality of bread from spelt flour

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (14) ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
Oksana Naumenko ◽  
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Tetiana Polonska ◽  
Inna Hetman ◽  
Nataliia Bela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Factors

Coleridge and Contemplation

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Historical Background ◽  
New Developments ◽  
English Departments ◽  
Original Essays ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Romantic Era ◽  
Renaissance Man ◽  
Dynamic Quality ◽  
Philosophical Writings

In his philosophical writings, Coleridge increasingly developed his thinking about imagination, a symbolizing precursor to contemplation, to a theory of contemplation itself, which for him occurs in its purest form as a manifestation of ‘Reason’. Coleridge is a particularly challenging figure because he was a thinker in process, and something of an omnimath, a Renaissance man of the Romantic era. The dynamic quality of his thinking, the ‘dark fluxion’ pursued but ultimately ‘unfixable by thought’, and his extensive range of interests make essential an approach that is philosophical yet also multi-disciplinary. This is the first collection of essays to be written mainly by philosophers and intellectual historians on a wide range of Coleridge’s philosophical writings. With a foreword by Baroness Mary Warnock, and original essays on Coleridge and Contemplation by prominent philosophers such as Sir Roger Scruton, David E. Cooper, Michael McGhee, and Andy Hamilton, this volume provides a stimulating collection of insights and explorations into what Britain’s foremost philosopher-poet had to say about the contemplation that he considered to be the highest of the human mental powers. The essays by philosophers are supported by new developments in philosophically minded criticism from Coleridge scholars in English departments, including Jim Mays, Kathleen Wheeler, and James Engell. They approach Coleridge as an energetic yet contemplative thinker concerned with the intuition of ideas and the processes of cultivation in self and society. Other essays, from intellectual historians and theologians, clarify the historical background, and ‘religious musings’, of Coleridge’s thought regarding contemplation.

scholarly journals Dynamic Quality of an Aerostatic Thrust Bearing with a Microgroove and Support Center on Elastic Suspension

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 1492
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kodnyanko ◽  
Stanislav Shatokhin ◽  
Andrey Kurzakov ◽  
Lilia Strok ◽  
Yuri Pikalov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Aerostatic Bearing ◽  
Elastic Suspension ◽  
Variable Parameters ◽  
Aerostatic Bearings ◽  
Improved Design ◽  
Dynamic Quality ◽  
Bearing Layer

The disadvantage of aerostatic bearings is their low dynamic quality. The negative impact on the dynamic characteristics of the bearing is exerted by the volume of air contained in the bearing gap, pockets, and microgrooves located at the outlet of the feeding diaphragms. Reducing the volume of air in the flow path is a resource for increasing the dynamic quality of the aerostatic bearing. This article presents an improved design of an axial aerostatic bearing with simple diaphragms, an annular microgroove, and an elastic suspension of the movable center of the supporting disk. A mathematical model is presented and a methodology for calculating the static characteristics of a bearing and dynamic quality indicators is described. The calculations were carried out using dimensionless quantities, which made it possible to reduce the number of variable parameters. A new method for solving linearized and Laplace-transformed boundary value problems for transformants of air pressure dynamic functions in the bearing layer was applied, which made it possible to obtain a numerical solution of problems sufficient for practice accuracy. The optimization of the criteria for the dynamic quality of the bearing was carried out. It is shown that the use of an elastic suspension of the support center improves its dynamic characteristics by reducing the volume of compressed air in the bearing layer and choosing the optimal volume of the microgroove.

A Process Approach to Educational Systems Design

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-204
Author(s):  
Donald W. Meals
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Education System ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Dynamic Quality ◽  
Technology Systems

An examination of the steps in systems design reveals it to be an iterative process. The complexity and dynamic quality of the educational environment require designers of educational technology systems to emphasize this process and at the same time take into account conditions within the education system and the community that provide essential data. Examples of attempts to cope with these features of the design processes are presented along with implications for changes in the approach to the design of educational technology systems.

Mandible: evaluation of its morphology, aging process and sexual dimorphism for aesthetic treatment purpose

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
Luiz Eduardo Toledo Avelar
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Bone Structure ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Mandibular Angle ◽  
Fractional Analysis ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Dynamic Quality ◽  
Base Of The Skull

The mandible is the most important bone structure of the facial makeup. Its morphology differs with respect to genetic factors, sexual dimorphism, and age. Among its particular characteristics is the ability to adapt with its counterpart, the base of the skull, conferring a dynamic quality of this bone, by the mechanism of constant remodeling. In order to understand the involvement of the mandible in the evaluation of the lower third of the face, a fractional analysis of its parts is necessary considering morphological parameters of the mandibular angle. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of the mandible as an instrument in the analysis of the lower third of the face, allowing the accomplishment of aesthetic treatment, respecting the individual characteristics.

Optimization of Rolling Modes on the Mill 1700 of JSC "ArselorMittal Temirtau" with Aim to Increase Quality of Sheet Rolled Products

2015 ◽  
Vol 1095 ◽  
pp. 786-794
Author(s):  
A.B. Naizabekov ◽  
V.A. Talmazan ◽  
S.N. Lezhnev ◽  
E.A Panin ◽  
А.S. Erzhanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Defects ◽  
Mechanical Damage ◽  
Rolling Process ◽  
Rolled Sheet ◽  
Strip Rolling ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Sheet Surface ◽  
Cold Rolled

Used the influence of technological factors of the rolling process on the intensity of the rolling out of the defect to determine the value of deformation and the coefficient of use of the plasticity resource. Introduced the notion of residual coefficient of plasticity resource in the second stage of transformation of the defect. Found that the causes of deterioration of the quality of cold-rolled sheet can be numerous defects of mechanical origin, caused by mechanical damage of the sheet surface. Conducted an analysis of profiles rolling modes, rolled on the mill 1700. With the use of existing methods calculated DUPR on workshop modes of rolling of specified profiles with and without considering the surface defects. Carried an optimization of the modes of strip rolling with surface defects.

scholarly journals Factors affecting the quality of apple juice

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 06011
Author(s):  
Svetlana Popel ◽  
Pavel Epifanov ◽  
Larisa Yushan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Waiting Time ◽  
Apple Juice ◽  
Juice Quality ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Factors Of Production

This study reflects the research of technological factors of production that affect the quality of apple juice: temperature and time of sterilization, the influence of the type of used wort: gravity or a mixture of gravity and press fraction; the waiting time of the wort before the first heat treatment; as well as the presence of preheating. Regression equations have been developed that link the studied parameters and indicators of juice quality. The quantitative values of the characteristics of apple juice in the stated ranges, depending on the studied parameters, can be calculated by substituting the corresponding values in natural units into the developed regression equations.

scholarly journals Using the profile method for evaluationthe beer quality

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Bocharova ◽  
I. Melnik ◽  
D. Hnatovskaya ◽  
S. Chub
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
The Body ◽  
Organoleptic Properties ◽  
Scoring Method ◽  
Rheological Analysis ◽  
Profile Method ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Low Alcohol

The expediency of using the profile method of analysis for assessing the influence of technological factors on the quality of beer has been established. The characteristics for the evaluation of beer quality by the profile method are chosen. The results obtained using the profile method give a more complete picture of the properties of beer than the results of the scoring method. Each of the samples was analyzed and studied. The results of analysis of such criteria as aroma, flavor, appearance and physicochemical parameters are demonstrated on profilograms. Estimation of flavor is the most difficult, since this concept includes a complex sensation of taste, aroma and consistency, determined in the oral cavity. To confirm the organoleptic properties of the «body» of the best sort of beer, rheological analysis data were presented. Such an integrated approach will allow fully studying the properties of a low-alcohol beverage and clearly demonstrating the advantages of a profile method of analysis.

scholarly journals Impact Of Corrosion Effect On The Quality And Safety Of Refractory Materials

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 760-767
Author(s):  
Marek Šolc ◽  
Martin Kotus ◽  
Eva Grambalová ◽  
Juraj Kliment ◽  
Pavol Palfy
Keyword(s):  
Refractory Material ◽  
Refractory Materials ◽  
Technological Equipment ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Qualitative Properties ◽  
Operating Life ◽  
Corrosive Media ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
High Temperature Processes

AbstractThe quality of refractory materials plays an important role especially in high temperature processes. In case of violation of qualitative properties of refractory materials, the safety of the use of the technological equipment in which these materials are used is compromised. The requirements on the quality of refractories and their properties are now high, as their operating life should be as long as possible. The aim of the article is to point out the quality of refractory material in contact with corrosive media, to analyze the technological factors that affect the quality and safety of technological equipment. An analysis of the refractory material, as well as the analysis of the melt was performed. Subsequently, an experiment was realized, which was evaluated by macroscopic analysis and chemical analysis. After the experiments, we found that the melt had penetrated the masonry and consequently created corrosion layers in the masonry. These layers have affected the life of the material and reduced the safety of the technological equipment in which they were used.

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