Locating Australian Corporate Memory

1999 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Ville ◽  
Grant Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Large Study ◽  
Business History ◽  
Corporate Leadership ◽  
Corporate Memory ◽  
National University ◽  
Sound Foundation ◽  
The University ◽  
Archival Work ◽  
Selection Of

This research note reports on the quantity of business records available in Australia as indicated by a recent survey of the top one hundred firms operating during the twentieth century. The archival work was undertaken as part of a large study investigating aspects of corporate leadership in Australia, conducted Jointly at the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne. We found that the surviving records of Australian businesses cover a wide selection of firm types, and that the comprehensiveness of many archives places business history on a sound foundation for the future.

scholarly journals Graphitization of Small Carbonate Samples for Paleoceanographic Research at the Godwin Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Cambridge

Radiocarbon ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Freeman ◽  
L C Skinner ◽  
R Reimer ◽  
A Scrivner ◽  
S Fallon
Keyword(s):  
Iron Powder ◽  
Hydrogen Reduction ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
National University ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractA new radiocarbon preparation facility was set up in 2010 at the Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, at the University of Cambridge. Samples are graphitized via hydrogen reduction on an iron powder catalyst before being sent to the Chrono Centre, Belfast, or the Australian National University for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) analysis. The experimental setup and procedure have recently been developed to investigate the potential for running small samples of foraminiferal carbonate. By analyzing background values of samples ranging from 0.04 to 0.6 mg C along with similar sized secondary standards, the setup and experimental procedures were optimized for small samples. “Background” modern 14C contamination has been minimized through careful selection of iron powder, and graphitization has been optimized through the use of “small volume” reactors, allowing samples containing as little as 0.08 mg C to be graphitized and accurately dated. Graphitization efficiency/fractionation is found not to be the main limitation on the analysis of samples smaller than 0.07 mg C, which rather depends primarily on AMS ion beam optics, suggesting further improvements in small sample analysis might yet be achieved with our methodology.

scholarly journals Introduction: Popular Islam in twentieth-century Africa

Africa ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Great Tradition ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

The term ‘popular Islam’ at once suggests denial or fragmentation within the Great Tradition or ‘orthodoxy’ in Islam as well as a degree of hostility on the part of those Islamicists and Muslims whose understanding of the oneness of God extends to the indivisibility of His Community. Social scientists may be expected to embrace the notion with more enthusiasm, being accustomed to observing Islam ‘from below’, but legitimate disquiet follows after plumbing the analytical shallows implicit in simple attributions of ‘popular-ness’ to matters of causation, motivation or ideology. Yet, with that said, few students of Islam in Africa cannot cite examples of belief or practice that represent ‘popular Islam’, and most would agree that this frequently bears some relation to the dramatic expansion of Islam during this century in Africa. These were some of the considerations that lay behind the selection of the theme ‘Popular Islam in Twentieth- Century Africa’ for a two-day symposium held at the University of Illinois in April 1984. Five of the papers presented at that meeting – by Louis Brenner and Murray Last, Mbye Cham, Lidwien Kapteijns, Paul Lubeck and Gabriel Warburg – are published with an essay by Abdullahi Osman El-Tom in this issue.

scholarly journals Repressed scientists of the philological faculty of Kharkiv University of the first half of the ХХ century

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
Central Scientific

The article is written on the basis of the materials collected in the preparation of the publication "The Biobibliographic Dictionary of the Scientists of Kharkov University. T. 3. Phylologists XX – the early of the 21st century. Part 1. Faculty of Philology. Department of Ukrainian Studies of Philosophy Faculty", which is prepared by the Central Scientific Library of the V. N. Karazin Kharkov National University. In the article, based on the biographies of scientists of the first half of the twentieth century, summarized information about repression at the philological faculty of the Kharkov University (and high school formed from it), mainly in the 1920s-1930s and the late 1940s. The names of the repressed scientists are given in the chronology of events and on the departments. The destiny of each scientist (shooting up, exile, dismissal from work) is discribed. The general statistics of repressed philologists is given. Most scholars were repressed in 1933–1934, 1937–1939, after the war persecution was in 1946–1949. Losses at the Faculty of Philology of this time: 20 people were perished (among them 15 shot, 5 died at the expiration), among the other 11 slaves 8 returned alive, in 3 further fate is unknown; 9 were dismissed from work (some of them later recovered); of the 4 people, who worked at the university in the aforementioned years, the further fate is unknown. Let's list the names of the most famous scientists, who were repressed: Ya. A. Denisov (shot), M. M. Durnovo (shot), G. A. Il'inskij (shot), M. G. Johansen (shot), N. A. Kaganovich (shot), V. D. Koryak (shot), G. O. Kostyuk (exiled), O. M. Leites (dismissed from work), L. Ya. Livshits (exiled), M. F. Nakonechniy (dismissed from work), K. T. Nimchinov (shot), A. S. Paniv (shot), M. Yu. Panchenko (shot), M. A. Plevako (killed in exile), V. L. Polischuk (shot), P. G. Ritter (died in the prison hospital), O. N. Sinyavsky (shot) et al.

The Third Biennial International Conference on Twentieth-Century Music, University of Nottingham, 26–29 June 2003

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-151
Author(s):  
Claire Taylor-Jay
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
International Conference ◽  
The Third ◽  
Twentieth Century Music ◽  
Musical Practices ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

The great stylistic diversity of the music written during the twentieth century (and beyond) would seem to make the organization of any conference devoted to it a formidable task: can one really hope to cover a representative selection? While a decade ago such an event might well have covered only art music (a disparate enough field in itself), nowadays one would expect to see some attention given to jazz, popular music, and film. The organizers of the Third Biennial International Conference on Twentieth-Century Music at the University of Nottingham made a conscious attempt at inclusivity, selecting papers that might have been better put together under the title of ‘Twentieth-Century Musics’. The diversity of music represented by the papers was reflected in the plurality of approaches and methodologies. Indeed, one central feature of the conference was its concern not only with musical works, or with twentieth-century composers, but with musical practices. Alongside the statutory selection of more or less canonical art composers and their music, there were several sessions on popular music, jazz, and perspectives from ethnomusicology.

scholarly journals Iconografia Selecta da Flora Portuguesa – A ilustração científica no dealbar do séc. XX e o seu contributo na divulgação da botânica

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 497-511
Author(s):  
Eva Malainho ◽  
Fernando Jorge Simões Correia ◽  
Cristiana Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Scientific Illustration ◽  
History Of Botany ◽  
Botanical Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Made In

Resumo A obra “Iconografia Selecta da Flora Portuguesa”, de Gonçalo Sampaio (botânico) e Sara Cabral Ferreira (ilustradora), foi editada pela primeira vez em 1949. Contendo cento e cinquenta estampas de espécies da flora portuguesa, este livro destacou-se na literatura botânica nacional, embora fosse uma edição póstuma e incompleta. Os seus desenhos originais, realizados em técnica monotonal (tinta-da-china), integram atualmente a coleção de ilustração científica do Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP). Uma vez que nenhum texto, além do prefácio e dos nomes científicos das plantas, acompanha as imagens no livro, as razões que sustentaram a seleção das espécies a ilustrar, assim como a sua relevância botânica, permaneceram desconhecidas. Neste artigo, tentamos reconstruir a história desta iconografia, com base na análise de documentos epistolares e manuscritos. Focamo-nos também na importância da ilustração científica e no seu uso como ferramenta para a representação visual de espécies botânicas e para a comunicação de ciência. Assim, analisamos a metodologia empregue, quer na tipologia do arquétipo, quer na técnica de execução, bem como as eventuais restrições que conduziram a essas opções. Ao analisar estas ilustrações botânicas da primeira metade do séc. XX, procurou-se ainda explorar a pertinência destas iconografias em estudos botânicos anteriores e contemporâneos, bem como o seu potencial enquanto instrumentos de difusão de ciência. Palavras-chave: Ilustração Científica; Flora Portuguesa; História da Botânica. Abstract The book “Iconografia Selecta da Flora Portuguesa”, by Gonçalo Sampaio (botanist) and Sara Cabral Ferreira (illustrator), was first published in 1949. Containing one hundred and fifty prints of Portuguese flora species, this book stood out in the national botanical literature, although it was a posthumous and incomplete edition. The original book drawings, made in a monotonic technique, are part of the scientific illustration collection of the Museum of Natural History and Science of the University of Porto (MHNC- UP). Since no text, besides preface and the scientific names of the plants, accompanies the images in the book, the reasons which supported the selection of the species to be illustrated, as well as their botanical relevance, remained unknown. In this article, we attempted to reconstruct the history of this iconography, based on the analysis of epistolary documents and manuscripts. We also focus on the importance of scientific illustration and on its usage as a tool for the visual representation of botanical species and for science communication. Therefore, we analyzed the methodology used both in the typology of the archetype as in the execution techniques, as well as the restrictions that led to those options. By analyzing these botanical drawings of the first half of the twentieth century, it was also sought to explore the relevance of these iconographies in earlier and modern botanical studies, as well as their potential as instruments of diffusion of science. Keywords: Scientific Illustration; Portuguese Flora; History of Botany.

Penglibatan Ahli Akademik Terhadap Pengajaran Hadith di Institusi Pengajian

2018 ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Amran Abdul Halim ◽  
Abdulloh Salaeh
Keyword(s):  
Public Universities ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
National University ◽  
Islamic Science ◽  
The University

This study is to identify the involvement of academicians on the teaching of the hadith. The contribution of the academicians to the teaching of the hadith is also very much needed so that Muslims can acknowledge al-Sunnah closely. The academicians were selected from Academic of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya Islamic Studies Academy, the National University of Malaysia, the Islamic Science University of Malaysia and the International Islamic University which they are all from various fields of Islamic Studies. The methodology used in this study is a questionnaire which is group sampling. The researcher distributes the questionnaire to the academic staff at the university involved. Based on this descriptive analysis of the questionnaire, it can be concluded that academic practitioners either in the field of hadith or other fields are involved and contribute to the teaching of hadith such as in public universities and other institutions. This shows that most academicians have good knowledge related to the field of hadith. Therefore, they are among the most suitable as references to the community in solving Sunnah and bidaah issues, especially the academicians who are experts in the field of hadith. Abstrak Kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti penglibatan ahli akademik terhadap pengajaran hadith. Sumbangan ahli akademik terhadap pengajaran hadith juga amat diperlukan agar umat Islam dapat mengenali al-Sunnahsecara  lebih  dekat.  Ahli-ahli  akademik  yang  dipilih  adalah  dari  Akademi  Pengajian  Islam  Universiti Malaya,   Universiti   Kebangsaan   Malaysia,   Universiti   Sains   Islam   Malaysia   dan   Universiti   Islam Antarabangsa  yang  mana  kesemuanya  dalam  pelbagai  bidang  Pengajian  Islam.  Kaedah yang  digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah soal selidik iaitu persampelan berkelompok. Penyelidikmengedarkan borang soal selidik tersebut kepada ahli akademik di universiti tersebut. Berdasarkan, analisis deskriptif soal selidik ini, dapat dirumuskan bahawa ahli akademik sama ada dalam bidang hadith atau lain-lain bidang adalah terlibat dan turut memberi sumbangan dalam pengajaran hadith seperti di universiti-universiti awam dan lain-lain institusi  pengajian.  Ini  menunjukkan  bahawa  kebanyakan  ahli  akademik  mempunyai  pengetahuan  yang baik  berkaitan  dengan  bidang  hadith.  Oleh  itu,  mereka  adalah  antara  golongan  sangat  sesuai  dijadikan sebagai rujukan masyarakat dalam menyelesaikan permasalahan Sunnah dan bidaah, terutama sekali ahli akademik yang pakar dalam bidang hadith.

Factors Influencing Academic Stress on Students of University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nham Phong Tuan ◽  
Nguyen Ngoc Quy ◽  
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen ◽  
Hong Tra My ◽  
Tran Nhu Phu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Stress ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
National University ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of seven factors causing academic stress on students of University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University: Lack of leisure time, Academic performance, Fear of failure, Academic overload, Finances, Competition between students, Relationships with university faculty. Based on the results of a practical survey of 185 students who are attending any courses at the University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University, the study assesses the impact of stress factors on students. The thesis focuses on clarifying the concept of "stress" and the stress level of students, while pointing out its negative effects on students. This study includes two cross-sectional questionnaire surveys. The first survey uses a set of 16 questions to assess students’ perceptions and attitudes based on an instrument to measure academic stress - Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents (ESSA). The second survey aims to test internal consistency, the robustness of the previously established 7-factor structure. Henceforth, the model was brought back and used qualitatively, combined with Cronbach’s Alpha measurement test and EFA discovery factor analysis. This study was conducted from October 2019 to December 2019. From these practical analyzes, several proposals were made for the society, the school and the students themselves.

Century of Ukraine's diplomatic service

2017 ◽  
pp. 77-94
Author(s):  
Yuriy Makar
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
State Committee ◽  
The West ◽  
Sovereign State ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
National University ◽  
Central Council ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Twentieth

On December 22, 2017 the Ukrainian Diplomatic Service marked the 100thanniversary of its establishment and development. In dedication to such a momentous event, the Department of International Relations of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University has published a book of IR Dept’s ardent activity since its establishment. It includes information both in Ukrainian and English on the backbone of the collective and their versatile activities, achievements and prospects for the future. The author delves into retracing the course of the history of Ukrainian Diplomacy formation and development. The author highlights the roots of its formation, reconsidering a long way of its development that coincided with the formation of basic elements of Ukrainian statehood that came into existence as a result of the war of national liberation – the Ukrainian Central Rada (the Central Council of Ukraine). Later, the Ukrainian or so-called State the Hetmanate was under study. The Directorat (Directory) of Ukraine, being a provisional collegiate revolutionary state committee of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, was given a thorough study. Of particular interest for the research are diplomatic activities of the West Ukrainian People`s Republic. Noteworthy, the author emphasizes on the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic’s foreign policy, forced by the Bolshevist Russia. A further important implication is both the challenges of the Ukrainian statehood establishing and Ukraine’s functioning as a state, first and foremost, stemmed from the immaturity and conscience-unawareness of the Ukrainian society, that, ultimately, has led to the fact, that throughout the twentieth century Ukraine as a statehood, being incorporated into the Soviet Union, could hardly be recognized as a sovereign state. Our research suggests that since the beginning of the Ukrainian Diplomacy establishment and its further evolution, it used to be unprecedentedly fabricated and forged. On a wider level, the research is devoted to centennial fight of Ukraine against Russian violence and aggression since the WWI, when in 1917 the Russian Bolsheviks, headed by Lenin, started real Russian war against Ukraine. Apropos, in the about-a-year-negotiation run, Ukraine, eventually, failed to become sovereign. Remarkably, Ukraine finally gained its independence just in late twentieth century. Nowadays, Russia still regards Ukraine as a part of its own strategic orbit,waging out a carrot-and-stick battle. Keywords: The Ukrainian People’s Republic, the State of Ukraine, the Hetmanate, the Direcorat (Directory) of Ukraine, the West Ukrainian People`s Republic, the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, Ukraine, the Bolshevist Russia, the Russian Federation, Ukrainian diplomacy

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