scholarly journals Turkels – a Turkic Family in the Byzantine Civil Service

2021 ◽  
pp. 150-159
Author(s):  
Andrey Vinogradov ◽  
Denis Kashtanov ◽  
Viktor Chkhaidze
Keyword(s):  
Civil Service ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
Correct Reading ◽  
Turkic Languages ◽  
Northern Policy ◽  
Perm Region ◽  
Made In

Introduction. The paper considers the two Byzantine lead seals of the second half of the 11th century, the owner of which was a translator (ermeneutes) with a non-Christian name Turkeles. Analysis. The correct reading of the owner’s name was possible by comparing the sigillographic texts with the inscription on a silver bucket found in Perm region (Russia). This richly ornamented vessel made in the last third of the 11th – 12th c., belonged, according to the inscription, to a Christian person called Theodore Turkeles. The most probable etymology of this very rare name is Turkic. Because both seals originate from the territory of the Old Rus, we can suppose that he was involved in the northern policy of Byzantium. Results. It can be assumed that the owner of the seal, Turkeles, became the first Rhomaios in his family, entering the service of the Emperor as a translator from Turkic languages. The owner of the bucket, Theodore was called by the second name Turkeles, either from his father or as a family name. Since no other Turkeles is attested in the Byzantine sources, the bearers of this name were not very successful in cultivating their family tree, and the patronymic could simply not have time to turn into a family nickname.

scholarly journals Professionalization and Innovations in Nigerian Public Service: How far the Dream of Success?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Salami Issa Afegbua
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
The State ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Made In

Public service accounts for a substantial share of a country’s economic activity. It is designed as an agent of fruitful change and development in the state. The transformation of any society or system depends on the effectiveness and efficiency of its civil service. The article examines the nature of professionalization and innovation in Nigerian public service. It argues that professionalization in the public service is an overarching value that determines how its activities will be carried out. The article note that various attempts have been made in Nigeria to professionalised and encourage innovation in the public service, but these have not bring about the expected changes in the public service. It therefore advocates for professionalization and innovations as panacea to the ills of public service in Nigeria. The article concludes that no public service can meet the challenges of the twenty first century without a stronger commitment to the professionalization of its workforce.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF CANADA’S PUBLIC SERVICE

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
Наталья Касаткина ◽  
Natalya Kasatkina
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Resources Planning ◽  
Made In

Improving the efficiency of public service is an important area for overcoming the crisis in relations between the state, society and a citizen. Modernization of civil service of Canada is carried out in a number of ways. Changes were made in a recruitment order for civil service by means of expansion of the powers of persons competent to solve these issues in ministries and government departments. One of the directions for improving the quality of the civil service was an increase in the level of training of public servants. Coordination of the educational process in various government departments is carried out by the Canadian School of Public Service. The system of human resources planning has been introduced. The quality of public services provided is improved with help of timely providing them in compliance with all requirements of a particular government department, and taking into account the rights of citizens by achieving a balance between the services provided and the money spent for this purpose and regular monitoring and evaluation of the dynamics of the providing process of services. One of the areas of modernization of the public service is the introduction of strict control over of public servants’ ethical standards. Actions that lead to a conflict of interest are legislatively prohibited. Strict bans in Canada are implied regarding the employment of persons who replace public office after the end of their career. As a result of the measures taken to fight corruption, including a sphere that is largely susceptible to corruption risks, Canada is among top ten countries with the least corruption. Achievement of positive results in the activities of civil servants became possible due to the state’s special attention to the issues of its modernization.

scholarly journals Turkisms in one of the early Russian translations of the 18th century

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Alexander I. Sokolov ◽  
◽  
Irina A. Malysheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
Italian Translation ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Compound Nouns ◽  
Turkic Languages ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Made In

The article considers Turkic borrowings in the Russian language at the beginning of the 18th century. The material of the study was a translation of the 17th century treatise “The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire” written by the English diplomat Paul Ricaut and translated into a number of European languages. The Russian translation was done by P.A.Tolstoy from the Italian version in 1702–1714 and published as “The Turkish Monarchy” in 1741. The study presents the methods of phonetic (orthographic) and morphological adaptation of Turkisms by comparing a typographical manuscript for typesetting with edits (made in 1725) and the printed text. The article aims at comparing the usage of borrowings with their forms in the Italian version of the treatise and in the Polish translation since the latter, apparently, was used in the process of typographical editing of the Russian text. A number ofdistorted forms of Turkisms that appeared in the Russian “Monarchy” as a result of the mechanical transfer of typos from the Italian translation were revealed. It has been established that the translation of compound nouns identified in the Turkic languages as izafet constructions was mainly a copying of their forms from the Italian translation. Most of the Turkisms in “The Turkish Monarchy” are exoticisms, but likely relevant for the Russian reader of the 18th century. Hence, the principles of including exoticisms in the “Dictionary of the Russian Language of the 18th Century” require clarification because a number of Turkisms denoting confessional concepts in modern Russian are part of active vocabulary.

Conjoined Twins — A Genealogical Study

1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
George B. Callahan ◽  
Roy C. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Conjoined Twins ◽  
The State ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
Court Records ◽  
Siamese Twins ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Made In

Beautiful and brilliant, content and capable, skillful and successful, these and multiple other adjectives may be used to describe persons on a family tree of Eng-Chang, the original Siamese twins (Fig. 1). These men chose the State of North Carolina for homes, and are considered among its most renowned citizens. They had some of the above characteristics and their descendants shared others.Data upon six generations of Eng-Chang families — some verified by their 1836 pamphlets, others as recent as 1969 court records in their county residence — are shown in the following table:Fig. 2 shows second and third generations in family groups made in the summer of 1865. Nine of Eng's 11 children are shown; 2 had died young. Likewise, 9 of Chang's 10 children are seen; one was born in 1868, as certified by Edinburgh's famous Prof. James Y. Simpson (1869). Two sets of twins, not joined, are recorded in their descendants. Though some members on this family tree are difficult to certify, the data available in these six generations are by far the most comprehensive found. Chromosome and other genetic studies are being initiated and pursued in anatomy departments of American and Thai Medical Schools.

Civil Service 2000 Revisited: Old Assumptions — New Facts and Forecasts

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristi Cameron ◽  
Joan Jorgenson ◽  
Charles Kawecki
Keyword(s):  
Civil Service ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Office Of Personnel Management ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Policy Direction ◽  
Employment Needs ◽  
Federal Workforce ◽  
Management Report ◽  
Made In

This article summarizes the U.S. Office of Personnel Management report, “Revisiting Civil Service 2000: New Policy Direction Needed”, published in September 1993. The OPM report revisits the widely circulated 1988 publication, Civil Service 2000, which predicted the future employment needs of the federal workforce. The report analyzes the assumptions made in Civil Service 2000 to determine if the directions it set are still valid guides for future federal human resources management policies. It argues that a shift in focus is now needed, moving from recruitment and retention issues as highlighted in Civil Service 2000 to a new emphasis on effective management of the existing workforce.

scholarly journals The connection between mathematics and physics from the aspect of reasoning based on proportions and errors in the conclusion

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-265
Author(s):  
Branka Radulovic ◽  
Marina Dorocki
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Reasoning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Reasoning Test ◽  
Correct Reading ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
Initial Knowledge ◽  
Longterm Memory ◽  
Mathematics And Physics ◽  
Made In

Numerous researchers emphasized the connection between mathematics and physics, as well as the pupil's lack of linking knowledge gained within these subjects. In this paper, examples of the connection between mathematics and physics will be examined by the scientific reasoning test and the initial test created for this research. In the research related to the initial knowledge and scientific research, 235 students of the first and second grade of gymnasiums in Novi Sad and Backa Palanka participated. The results of the research have shown that most of the students did not correctly answer questions related to reasoning based on proportions. The obtained result points to the pupil's misunderstanding of the notion of the smallest interval of an instrument, that is, the value of an instrumental error, which is the basis of the correct reading of the experimental results in the teaching of physics. From the point of view of physics, it is important for pupils to point out the mistakes they have made in concluding, in order to correct their claims and the exact information associated with existing ones in longterm memory.

scholarly journals Civil Service Management in Devolved Government: Reconciling Local Accountability and Career Incentives in Pakistan

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (Special Edition) ◽  
pp. 425-445
Author(s):  
Musharraf Rasool Cyan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Career Incentives ◽  
Administrative Decentralization ◽  
Made In

This paper looks at the case of Pakistan’s decentralization reform of 2001–09 and its impact on civil service management. A key point made in this paper is that the relationship between organizational change and civil service is, by no means, unidirectional. The issues are viewed in the context of decentralization, its opportunities, and outcomes for efficiency and equity. We then evaluate whether administrative decentralization has enhanced or diminished the potential for political and fiscal decentralization for service delivery in Pakistan.

scholarly journals Universal Nominations Samples in Main Languages

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Kulzhanova Bakytgul ◽  
Sagyndykuly Berikbay
Keyword(s):  
Broad Sense ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
World Languages ◽  
Turkic Languages ◽  
History Of ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

Significant discoveries are made in Turkology in recent years. As a result, there is a great opportunity to explore in-depth of the history of the word. If to be exact, the most important things, the archetypes of consonant of Turkic languages (including world languages in its broad sense) are identified. Significant results are made due to the fact of clarification of original and archaic types of sounds. The importance of the restoration of archetype of consonants and vowels in retrospective direction or, on the contrary, the replacement of their synchronic variants that were formulated over time in perspective direction is the following: if etymology of any word is analyzed, it will be easier to explore its origin.

The Diary of John Holt

1993 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
West African ◽  
Maritime Trade ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
British Imperialism ◽  
The West ◽  
Comprehensive Account ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Made In

John Holt (1841-1915) was a successful British merchant who made several voyages to West Africa during his lifetime to establish business and trade in the era of British Imperialism. His diaries are presented in two accounts; the first, from 1862-1872, documents his life as a merchant on the West African island of Fernando Po, initially working for James Lynslager and eventually purchasing the trade company and expanding it significantly. Holt’s own vessel, Maria, and his affiliation with the African Steam Ship Company, made his maritime trade activities particularly succssful. The second account records his voyage in the Maria from Liverpool to Fernando Po in 1869-1872, and documents his trade relationships across West Africa. The volume is rounded out by diary entries from the ten-day voyage of the Peep o’Day along the Krou coast, and concludes with John Holt’s family tree. This volume presents a comprehensive account of Holt’s life as a means of preserving history and adding to the field of study of mercantile livliehoods and shipping trade industries under British imperialism. It also seeks to celebrate the individual accomplishments made in John Holt’s career.

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