scholarly journals Darwin and Dokuchaev. Interaction of ideas

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
I. V. Ivanov ◽  
E. A. Rusakova
Keyword(s):  
Transition Period ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Spiritual Maturity ◽  
Theological Seminary ◽  
Problem Of Time ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
The World ◽  
Universal Law ◽  
Source Of Information

Soil scientists have long believed that the first printed work of V.V. Dokuchaev was his diploma thesis in 1871 “On alluvial sediments along the Kasna River of the Sychevsky district of the Smolensk province”, which he defended after graduating from St. Petersburg University, under the guidance of Professor P.A. Puzyrevsky. However, there is a little-known article written under the pseudonym of V. D-chaev, “Darwin's theory before the court of Holy Scripture as the oldest historical botanical and zoological monument”, published in 1869 in the spiritual journal “Strannik” (“Wanderer”), which was written by V.V. Dokuchaev shortly after graduating from the theological seminary. The first work of V. Dokuchaev is of interest due to the fact that it appeared in the transition period from Dokuchaev-theologian to Dokuchaev-naturalist. Analyzing the article, written on 52 pages, one can understand how seriously the young man approached this publication. According to the former seminarian, the Holy Scriptures are the main and most reliable source of information about the past. In formulating his attitude to Darwin's theory, he relies on the work of M.A. Sibirtsev and spiritual father Matveevsky, finding in them arguments in support of his point. In addition, Dokuchaev mentions and cites the publications of more than two dozen geologists, mostly foreign ones. However, it should be noted that most of the works he refers to were popular sources. Objections to Darwin on the basic aspects of evolutionary theory show the spiritual maturity of the future scientist. The manuscript is still a student's article, but it contains the analysis of the problem of time, which later became the basis of Dokuchaev's teaching about time as a factor of soil formation. Dokuchaev came to understand the law of love as a universal law of the commonwealth that rules the world, which in fact is the basis of the ecological perception of the world. 

Prawne regulacje pobierania i transplantacji narządów oraz tkanek w ujęciu europejskiej konwencji bioetycznej

2016 ◽  
pp. 52-65
Author(s):  
Patryk Kołodyński ◽  
Paulina Drab
Keyword(s):  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
European Convention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Additional Protocol ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
International Legal Order ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Source Of Information

Over the past several years, transplantology has become one of the fastest developing areas of medicine. The reason is, first and foremost, a significant improvement of the results of successful transplants. However, much controversy arouse among the public, on both medical and ethical grounds. The article presents the most important concepts and regulations relating to the collection and transplantation of organs and tissues in the context of the European Convention on Bioethics. It analyses the convention and its additional protocol. The article provides the definition of transplantation and distinguishes its types, taking into account the medical criteria for organ transplants. Moreover, authors explained the issue of organ donation ex vivo and ex mortuo. The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine clearly regulates the legal aspects concerning the transplantation and related basic concepts, and therefore provides a reliable source of information about organ transplantation and tissue. This act is a part of the international legal order, which includes the established codification of bioethical standards.

scholarly journals ‘Dragging Seventy Little Plaits of Her Across the Land of the Altai’: Haircare, Hairstyles, and Hair Ornaments of the Southern Altaians from Historical and Cultural Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Tereza Hejzlarová ◽  
Martin Rychlík
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human Universals ◽  
The World ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Over Time

This study deals with haircare, hair ornaments, hairstyles, and hairrelated rituals of the Southern Altaians (Altai Kizhi, Telengits) and their development over time. Haircare has played an important role in Altaian society for centuries. It has been a ritual symbol, an indicator of gender, age, marital or social status. In context, hair has played a significant cultural and social role across societies and historical periods around the world. For this reason, haircare has also been sometimes included among the so-called cultural or human universals, i.e. phenomena that are common to all known human cultures in time and space. The source of information for this study was the authors’ own field research, relevant literature and visual sources documenting the broader context of haircare. The issue is viewed from historical and cultural perspectives, with the main focus on the current haircare of the Altaian people in connection with changes compared to the past. The study focuses on selected phenomena that proved to be the most important in the field research in terms of their existence and the role they currently play in Altaian society. It does not therefore aim to cover the full breadth of the topic, but leaves room for further research on sub-topics.

scholarly journals The Religious Cults of the Albanian Faith during the Early 20th Century

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Benita Stavre ◽  
Erinda Papa
Keyword(s):  
Religious Faith ◽  
American People ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
Life Context ◽  
The One ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
The Way

During the early twentieth century, Albania was visited by various British and American people who were eager to know about the curious features of this little country’s particular life. They had heard of it in their homeland and chose to trace a reality that was much different from the one they were used to. The materials they wrote and published, constitute a reliable source of information, whose analysis from the modern perception draws a picture of the life almost a century ago. This paper aims to describe the particular context of the relation that Albanian people had created with God and the way the religious life was shaped through the traditional rituals of the country. A few of the arguments that will be analyzed are: the way the religious faith was integrated in the daily activities, the religious tolerance in the state policies and the way it was reflected in the life context, religious attitudes due to the historical development of the past centuries, the influence of the new entries of the ‘30s, the restricted intercourse of the northern Albanians due to their geographical isolation and the pagan rituals and symbols of the traditional ceremonies. The Albanian way of worshiping seems to have been shaped by life pragmatism, social equilibrium and personal honesty. Nothing can describe it better than the people who lived with it for some time and were able to define it from a different mental perception. The description may supply modern insight of the particular attitude that this country reflected in early in the past century.

The Problem of Time

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Callender
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
Problem Of Time ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Core Features

In early childhood we come to model the world as having a special present that carves the world up into a past, present, and future. We regard the past as fixed and the future open, and we feel that this structure updates itself, or flows. The core features of this conception of time—manifest time—appear to be virtually universal, and they pervade our language, thought, and behavior. Yet manifest time seems to conflict with time as understood by physics. This conflict worried Albert Einstein, but the philosopher Rudolph Carnap pointed toward a way forward.

scholarly journals Tsetse Fly and Big Game in Southern Rhodesia

1914 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupert W. Jack
Keyword(s):  
European Population ◽  
Tsetse Fly ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Southern Rhodesia ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Better Than

In Southern Rhodesia conditions are better than in most other parts of Africa for gathering information concerning the distribution of tsetse in the past, and perhaps even in the present. This is due to a combination of two factors, namely, that only one species of tsetse, Glossina morsitans, is found within our borders, and that the territory, in comparison with the Central African States, contains and has contained a relatively large European population. The first factor eliminates the possibility of confusion of species in connexion with the evidence forthcoming, at least in the case of those able to distinguish tsetse from other species of bloodsucking flies, whilst the second provides a more reliable source of information than the native.

THE WEB: FRIEND OR FOE OF THE HAND SURGEON?

Hand Surgery ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 181-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Sproule ◽  
C. Tansey ◽  
B. Burns ◽  
G. Fenelon
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Hand Surgery ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Hand Surgeon ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
The World ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
The Web

Healthcare information contained on the World Wide Web is not screened or regulated and claims may be unsubstantiated and misleading. The objective of this study was to evaluate the nature and quality of information on the Web in relation to hand surgery. Three search engines were assessed for information on three hand operations: carpal tunnel decompression, Dupuytren's release and trigger finger release. Websites were classified and evaluated for completeness, accuracy, accountability and reference to a reliable source of information. A total of 172 websites were examined. Although 85% contained accurate information, in 65% this information was incomplete. Eighty-seven per cent of websites were accountable for the information presented, but only 24% made references to reliable sources. Until an organised approach to website control is established, it is important for hand surgeons to emphasise to their patients that not everything they read is complete or accurate. Publicising sites known to be of high quality will promote safe browsing of the Web.

Style Paradigms of Western European Music in the Works of Sydir Vorobkevych

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Yuliya Kapliyenko-Iliuk
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
World View ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Western European ◽  
Classical Traditions ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Source Of Information

"The study of the works of composers of different national schools, their creative connections, peculiarities of stylistic contaminations – an important aspect of forming a general “world view” in the field of music. Individual personalities, their works have become a source of information about steady models of musical art, which have become a model for most European cultures. Stylistic paradigms of Western European music were differently manifested in the works of representatives of different peoples and times. The work of a Bukovynian composer of the end of the XIX century – Sydir Vorobkevych – is an example of a combination of national, folklore and classical traditions. The formation of his creative thinking took place in a multinational environment, studying at the Vienna Conservatory, attending concerts, and getting acquainted with the creative and performing activities of his contemporaries. S. Vorobkevych's variety of genres was influenced by stylistic models of classical, romantic, and separate national schools – German, Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian, Czech etc. Thus, the study of stylistic basics of creative work of composers of different national schools, revealing intercultural correlations of the past will contribute to the expansion of the ideas about principles of forming stylistic paradigms of the world musical art. Keywords: music of Bukovyna, creative ties, stylistic contaminations, Western European traditions, musical romanticism."

Presentation of Russian history through the prism of memes

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2(15)) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Arseny Romanovich Sandetsky ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Digital Representation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Time Of Troubles ◽  
Source Of Information

Technologically mediated communications are becoming an important source of information about the world around them, making up semantic landmarks not only of the present, but also of the past. The article analyzes the digital representation of Russian history in social networks in a creolized form. There are the most popular themes of historical memes: the peacetime of the USSR (18%), the Great Patriotic War (13%), the events of 1917 (11%), the Time of Troubles (9%). Most of the memes show generally accepted and well-known information in an ironic vein, but in 41% of memes the information is ambiguous or little-known. Based on the analysis of memes dedicated to the history of Russia, the most intense topics were identified, causing discussion in the comments (63%).

A basic introduction to image processing using NIH-Image as a model

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 392-393
Author(s):  
John Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Digital Instrument ◽  
Novice User ◽  
Nih Image ◽  
The Past ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The World ◽  
Instrument Control

Advances in camera technology and digital instrument control have meant that in modern microscopy, the image that was, in the past, typically recorded on a piece of film is now recorded directly into a computer. The transfer of the analog image seen in the microscope to the digitized picture in the computer does not mean, however, that the problems associated with recording images, analyzing them, and preparing them for publication, have all miraculously been solved. The steps involved in the recording an image to film remain largely intact in the digital world. The image is recorded, prepared for measurement in some way, analyzed, and then prepared for presentation.Digital image acquisition schemes are largely the realm of the microscope manufacturers, however, there are also a multitude of “homemade” acquisition systems in microscope laboratories around the world. It is not the mission of this tutorial to deal with the various acquisition systems, but rather to introduce the novice user to rudimentary image processing and measurement.

On the Symbolism of Rain in A Farewell to Arms

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Tool ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Farewell To Arms

This paper critically analyzes the symbolic use of rain in A Farewell to Arms (1929). The researcher has applied the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis as a research tool for the analysis of the text. This hypothesis argues that the languages spoken by a person determine how one observes this world and that the peculiarities encoded in each language are all different from one another. It affirms that speakers of different languages reflect the world in pretty different ways. Hemingway’s symbolic use of rain in A Farewell to Arms (1929) is denotative, connotative, and ironical. The narrator and protagonist, Frederick Henry symbolically embodies his own perceptions about the world around him. He time and again talks about rain when something embarrassing is about to ensue like disease, injury, arrest, retreat, defeat, escape, and even death. Secondly, Hemingway has connotatively used rain as a cleansing agent for washing the past memories out of his mind. Finally, the author has ironically used rain as a symbol when Henry insists on his love with Catherine Barkley while the latter being afraid of the rain finds herself dead in it.

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