scholarly journals Celebration of Islamic holidays in the religious practice of Bosniaks in Novi Pazar - ethno-anthropological context

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-611
Author(s):  
Nina Aksic
Keyword(s):  
Religious Practice ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
The Past ◽  
Religious Issues ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

The paper presents the celebration of religious holidays in the Bosniak community on the territory of Novi Pazar, by giving an insight into their meanings, as well as by giving a brief presentation of the celebrations primarily from the period of socialism, up to the present days. Research on the celebrations of religious holidays in the region of Novi Pazar is based on utterances of interlocutors from this area, then on archival material and literature dealing with this subject. The aim of this paper is to present the genesis of religious holidays in the Bosniak community in Novi Pazar, viewed in the context of understanding the relationship between secular laws and religious issues, and to analyze changes in the ways they are celebrated over the past decades.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Stefania Tutino
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Early Modern Catholicism ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter discusses the historiographical context in which this book is situated, and the scholarly debates to which it seeks to contribute. The chapter also presents the methodological framework of the book and examines the historical and historiographical benefits of a microhistorical analysis. The chapter shows that the story of Carlo Calà and his allegedly holy ancestor enables us to understand better important political, cultural, and theological aspects of early modern Catholicism. The chapter also puts the past in conversation with the present by suggesting that studying how the Roman Inquisition dealt with the problem of discerning the truth from the fake can provide insight into the relationship between truth, authenticity, and belief.

Treasures and wondrous objects in Gothic Toledo and Muslim Medieval culture

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-160
Author(s):  
Jaime Gómez de Caso Zuriaga
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
General Sense ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Reader ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Muslim Culture ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The aim of the present contribution is twofold. On the one hand we shall discuss the background of some Islamic legends about places and wondrous objects – holy relics of the past – that had once been in the possession of the Gothic monarchy by inheritance, but were subsequently lost or looted out of al-Andalus by the Muslim leaders. On the other hand our study is concerned with the relationship between the content of the legends in question and the “loss of Spain” in a more general sense, i.e. not only the loss of these objects by the Christian Goths subsequent to their loss of power in Spain, but also their disappearance from Muslim ownership. Besides, the legends possess a moral core, which is interesting in its own right: the way in which they are viewed in the Muslim sources, the locations and objects they describe, and their relationship to the Gothic monarchy may provide the modern reader with an insight into the striking vision of the past held by the invading Muslim culture.

scholarly journals Can Smart Pens Help Improve Diabetes Management?

2020 ◽  
pp. 193229682096560
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Sy ◽  
Medha M. Munshi ◽  
Elena Toschi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Bolus Dose ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
The Past ◽  
Continuous Glucose Monitors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Smart pen technology has evolved over the past decade with new features such as Bluetooth connectivity, bolus dose calculators, and integration with mobile apps and continuous glucose monitors. While similar in appearance to a traditional insulin pen, smart pens have the ability to record and store data of insulin injections. These devices have the potential to transform diabetes management for clinicians, and patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes on insulin therapy by improving adherence, glycemic control, and addressing barriers to diabetes management. Smart pens can also highlight the relationship between insulin, food, and physical activity, and provide insight into optimizing insulin regimens. Education of clinicians and patients, and more clinical studies showing the benefits of smart pens and cost-effectiveness, are needed.

Archaeoprimatology: The Longue Durée Interface Between Humans and Nonhuman Primates

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 379-401
Author(s):  
Bernardo Urbani
Keyword(s):  
Nonhuman Primates ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Primate Conservation ◽  
Local Fauna ◽  
Global Pattern ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human Niche Construction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Archaeoprimatology explores how humans and nonhuman primates coexisted in the past. This discipline has profound roots in texts of early scholars. Archaeoprimatological research examines the liminality between humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians deep in time before the rise of the Anthropocene. By exploring the beginning of the relationship between modern Homo sapiens and primates, which possibly dates to approximately 100,000 BCE, I survey the evidence, ranging from portable objects and 2D surfaces with primatomorphic depictions to primate remains at archaeological sites worldwide. For example, an overview of ancient frescoes and mosaics with primate representations reveals that the vast majority of them were rendered in locations where primates were not part of the local fauna. An extensive review of primates in the zooarchaeological record shows as a global pattern that traded primates were usually young individuals and frugivorous/omnivorous species. Local primates yielded at sites of regions they naturally inhabited were mostly hunted. Thus, examining past patterns of the human–nonhuman primate interface provides insight into major questions about human niche construction and primate conservation today.

The Relationship Between Global Diverisfication and Spatio-Temporal Transitions in Paleozoic Bivalvia

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 85-98
Author(s):  
Arnold I. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Space Dimension ◽  
Temporal Changes ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Global Diversity ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Global Diversification

Over the past several years, a variety of macroevolutionary studies have focused on global diversification patterns exhibited by the earth's biota as a whole, as well as among constituent groups. One motivation for this increased attention is the recognition that analyses of temporal changes in global diversity can provide substantial insight into underlying macroevolutionary processes (e.g. Sepkoski, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984; Sepkoski et al., 1981; Gould and Calloway, 1980; Carr and Kitchell, 1980; Kitchell and Carr, 1985; Miller and Sepkoski, 1988). Indeed, much about the dynamics of macroevolution has been elucidated through such investigations, but major diversity transitions in the history of life cannot be fully understood without consideration of the local, environmental/ecological contexts in which they took place. In other words, in the study of macroevolution, it is important to pay as much attention to the space dimension as has historically been paid to the time dimension. The utility of a spatio-temporal approach has been demonstrated in a series of studies conducted by Sepkoski and Sheehan (1983), Sepkoski and Miller (1985), Jablonski and Bottjer (1983), Bottjer and Jablonski (in press), Droser and Bottjer (1988), Bottjer et al. (1988), and Miller (1988, in press). Collectively, these investigations have suggested that major changes in the global diversities of several groups were accompanied by measurable paleoenvironmental shifts.

scholarly journals The CEFR perspective on genre information in French for specific purposes textbooks

Linguistica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-210
Author(s):  
Mojca Jarc
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Materials Design ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Genre Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

In the past twenty years, the results of genre-based studies have been introduced into programmes of languages for specific purposes and even genre-based approaches have been used to teach languages for specific purposes. At the same time, the CEFR has been recognised as an important tool and reference in the process of materials design. However, the relationship between these two powerful frameworks has not been fully explored. In this article, we aim to analyse this relationship in order to reveal how genre knowledge is presented through written texts and through tasks included in textbooks. Based on the results of qualitative text analysis, we argue that the integration of the CEFR and genre perspectives yields valuable information concerning the role of genres at different CEFR levels and in different domains. We offer an insight into the genre identities portrayed in French for Specific Purposes textbooks and identify the possible types of gaps that may arise when the user’s professional identities are considered through the genres included in textbooks.

scholarly journals The performance of Serbian enterprises after five waves of privatisation

2005 ◽  
pp. 185-201
Author(s):  
Jovana Zelic
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Enterprise Restructuring ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
The Past ◽  
Privatization Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

This paper deals with the impact privatization process has on the performance of Serbian enterprises. Since the most frequently quoted obstacle for good economic performance in the past is the delay in privatization process and enterprise restructuring, the present analysis might help in obtaining a better insight into the problems preventing the acceleration of growth rate in Serbia. Hence, the present work evaluates the relationship between different methods of privatization leading to different ownership structures and the performance of enterprises in Serbia.

scholarly journals Measurement, self-tracking and the history of science: An introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenneke Sysling
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Ideal

This article introduces the papers contained in this special issue and explores a new field of interest in the history of science: that of measurement and self-making. In this special issue, we aim to show that a focus on self-tracking and individualized measurement provides insight into the ways technologies of quantification, when applied to individual bodies and selves, have introduced new notions of autonomy, responsibility, citizenship, and the possibility of self-improvement and life-course decisions. This introduction is an exploratory history of measurement and self-making, and it provides a discussion of self-tracking in the past as part of the genealogy of present-day digital self-tracking technologies. It concludes that a focus on measurement and self-making highlights the relationship between measurement and morality, the making of the ideal of an autonomous self, capable of improvement, and the relationship between autonomy and surveillance.

Thomas Bateman,Crania Britannica, and Archaeological Chronology

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Harlan
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores the importance of the Derbyshire antiquarian Thomas Bateman in the context of mid-nineteenth-century debates about ethnology, craniology, and archaeological chronology. New information on the relationship between Bateman and the authors ofCrania Britannica, Joseph Barnard Davis and John Thurnam, is brought to light thanks to unpublished archival material from the Sheffield Museums and the Royal Anthropological Institute.Crania Britannicawas the first publication of British national skull types from prehistory to the Anglo-Saxon period. The publication employed the techniques of craniology—the systematic study of head types—as a chronological tool. Indeed, craniology is often seen as the mechanism by which the Three Age System was initially received in Britain and Ireland. Here, Bateman's involvement in the publication and his own theories on the development of the past with regard to cranial sequencing and archaeological chronology are explored in greater detail.

Sense of calling in the workplace: The moderating effect of supportive organizational climate in Taiwanese organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Yun-Ping Lee ◽  
I-Heng Chen ◽  
Po-Chien Chang
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Contextual Performance ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Management Implications ◽  
The Past ◽  
Level Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThe sense of calling has emerged as a burgeoning research interest for the past decade due to its close connection to the meaningfulness of work. However, the effects of a sense of calling and how it functions in the workplace remain unclear. This study aims at enhancing the concept of calling and understanding its application in organizations. Therefore, a cross-level model was proposed according to data collected from 24 organizations in Taiwan. As a result, our study demonstrated that sense of calling is positively related to individual performance, and the supportive organizational climate also plays an important role in the relationship between sense of calling and contextual performance. Consequently, by incorporating factors at both the organizational and individual levels into the mechanism of calling, a valuable insight into and application of an individual’s sense of calling in the work context has been established, and management implications were also provided.

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