scholarly journals Objects of Small Sacral Architecture and Landscape – Case Study of the Commune of Žirany

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Veronika Fusková ◽  
Jakub Fuska

Abstract This study aims to analyse existence, technical condition, origin and history of objects of small sacral architecture in the area of the Tribeč Mountains, specifically as a case study in the commune of Žirany. It defines different types of objects, mostly small chapels and crosses and specific phenomenon of small boxes with sculpture of saints installed on the front facades of residential houses. The study also focuses on the relation between small sacral architecture and existence of elements of greenery. As a result, the work presents a detailed description of the individual mapped elements and an overview map showing the objects in the cadastral area of Žirany.

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 409-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janette Mcmillan ◽  
Joseph Noone ◽  
Tom Tombaugh

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has made a wide impact not limited to those persons who have or are likely to contact it. A case history of a man with a near-delusional belief he had AIDS is presented to exemplify the individual issues that concern about AIDS may raise. Thorough exploration of the dynamic interplay of biological, psychological and social factors is recommended in each case before reassurance may be effective. Psychiatric consultation should assist in developing optimal intervention in each individual case.


2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
V. S. Oganov ◽  
I. A. Skripnikova ◽  
V. E. Novikov ◽  
A. V. BAKULIN ◽  
O. E. KABITsKAYa ◽  
...  

Densitometry of cosmonauts following long duration missions revealed different types of site specific changers of human skeleton. So, theoretically, the expected a decrease in bone mass according with gravity vector reflected the local specificity of bone genes expression connected with the mechanical history of Homo erectus evolution. High individual variability of bone mass changes may be a manifestation of genetic polymorphism. We show the individual stability of bone mass changes at different sites of skeleton after repetitive spaceflights. This phenomenon may be considered as an illustration of phenotypical characteristics of local bone metabolism in the form of specific for this locus spatial structure of non-collagenic proteins distribution.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1115-1119
Author(s):  
Anser Mahmood

Shakespearean tragedies stand out in the history of world’s literature for their influential language, insight into character and dramatic ingenuity. It can be safely established that all of the Shakespearean tragedies are based upon the notion that human benevolence is innate to man as man. The current study focuses upon the notion that the Shakespearean heroes are basically good and noble men whose tragic flaw leads to their obliteration. For instance in Macbeth, Lady Macbeth describes Macbeth as “too full o’ milk of human kindness”. The character of Macbeth gives the picture of dissolution within the individual. The character of Macbeth has been analyzed to assert that he seems to suffer from a variance between his head and heart, his duty and his desire, his reckoning and his emotions. A psychological insight to his character reveals that he knows from the first that he is engaged in a ridiculous act: a distressed and paradoxical struggle. With the aid of research methods including Case Study and Close Reading this Qualitative research highlights Macbeth’s lethal proceedings which not only obliterate his peace of mind but also bring turmoil to the macrocosm of the universe, and shows that along with the king he murders his sense of reasoning as well. Hence this study asserts the idea that Shakespearean heroes possess an inherent goodness corroded by the actions of fate or destiny thus resulting in their tragic downfall.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse

Torn between patriotic, civic and disciplinary aspirations. Evolving faces of Belgian and Flemish history education, from 1830 to the futureHistory education worldwide faces competing, rival visions and even contrasting expectations. Those expectations can be clustered in three main groups, each pursuing a different main goal for and a different approach towards studying the past: ‘nation-building and social cohesion’, ‘democratic participation and civic behavior’, and ‘disciplinary understanding’. This contribution examines how secondary school history education in Belgium (since its establishment in 1830) has been given shape, and how its main goals have evolved. Belgium (and later on Flanders) serves as an interesting case study, as the country testifies to a difficult, contested past, has evolved into a nation-state in decline, and is increasingly characterized by intercontinental immigration. Using the three clusters of rival expectations as an analytical framework, it is analyzed what the consecutive main goals for the school subject of history have been, which changes occurred throughout the past two centuries and why, and what have been the effects of these different types of history education on young people. The analysis allows to discern three main stages in the history of history education in Belgium/Flanders. For all three, the main goals are explained, and their effects examined. This contribution concludes with critically discussing the different aims, and, while reporting on the current reform of the school subject of history in Flanders, setting a fourth aim to the fore. Rozziew pomiędzy aspiracjami patriotycznymi, obywatelskimi i zrozumieniem dyscypliny. Ewolucja oblicza nauczania historii w szkołach Belgii i Flandrii od 1830 roku i jego przyszłośćNa całym świecie nauczanie historii napotyka konkurujące i rywalizujące ze sobą wyobrażenia, a nawet rodzi sprzeczne oczekiwania. Oczekiwania owe można ująć w trzy kompleksy zasadniczych zagadnień, przy czym każdy z nich ma inny główny cel studiowania przeszłości i inaczej do niego podchodzi; są to: „budowanie narodu i spójność społeczna”, „demokratyczna partycypacja i postawy obywatelskie” oraz „rozumienie dyscypliny”. Artykuł omawia, w jaki sposób kształtowało się nauczanie historii w szkołach średnich w Belgii (od jej powstania w 1830 roku) i jak ewoluowały jego główne cele. Belgia (a później Flandria) służy jako interesujący przypadek badawczy, gdyż kraj ten doświadczył trudnej, kontestowanej przeszłości, stał się państwem jednonarodowym w upadku i coraz bardziej właściwa mu jest międzykontynentalna imigracja. Wykorzystując wspomniane wyżej trzy kompleksy złożonych oczekiwań jako analityczne ramy badawcze, autor analizuje najistotniejsze zadania, które stoją przed przedmiotem szkolnym historia, następnie omawia zmiany, które zaszły w tym zakresie w minionych dwóch stuleciach i wyjaśnia ich przyczyny, a wreszcie docieka, jaki wpływ odmienne rodzaje nauczania historii wywarły na młodych ludzi. Analiza pozwala wyróżnić trzy zasadnicze etapy w dziejach nauczania historii w Belgii / Flandrii. Autor objaśnia, jakie główne cele stały przed wszystkimi trzema grupami i jakie przyniosły efekty. Artykuł zamyka krytyczna ocena omawianych celów oraz przedstawienie aktualnie mającej miejsce reformy przedmiotu szkolnego historia we Flandrii, a na końcu wskazanie czwartego celu: edukacji na przyszłość. [Trans. by Jacek Serwański]


1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Hicks

Abstract This article explores narrative discourse in the classroom as individual and social meaning construction. Drawing largely on the work of Bakhtin—in particular, his theory of consciousness as a dialogic "boundary phenomenon"—the article positions classroom narrative discourses as co-constructions of meaning. The primary goal of the article is methodological in that it articulates how one might go about studying narratives as neither "inside" the individual nor "out there" in culture. A set of focusing questions are developed for exploring narratives in the classroom. Four focusing questions explore such aspects of narrative discourses as the sociocognitive history of activity settings, the moment-to-moment enactment of meaning, the individual child's reconstruction of meaning (his or her "internalization" of discourses), and developmental changes that occur in how children construct meaning from within textual contexts. These four questions are then applied to a case study of one child's classroom narrative discourses. This study of one first-grader serves as an exemplar of how such overlapping forms of textual inquiry could be applied to a developmental study of children's classroom discourse and learning. Last, issues of a societal-ethical nature are discussed as an important dimension of the theoretical and methodological positioning of narrative as a boundary phenomenon. (Classroom Discourse; Education)


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Roger Ellis ◽  
Elaine Sylvia Hogard ◽  
David Sines

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analytical description of the leadership provided by an official identified as “P” in the resettlement of adults with profound learning difficulties from hospital care to supported housing in the community. His story, presented as a case study, is contextualised in the history of the resettlement and its policy context, and in the evaluation of the resettlement. Design/methodology/approach – This is a case study of the leadership activities and style of an individual based on evidence from a series of interviews; documentary evidence; and the results of a formal evaluation. Findings – The leadership was highly effective in achieving a resettlement which had to overcome numerous hurdles and which achieved externally evaluated outcomes in improving the quality of life of the service users concerned. Research limitations/implications – This is a case study of an individual with the attendant difficulties of scientific generalisation. The achievements of the individual in terms of outcomes were evaluated through the use of valid and reliable measures. Practical implications – The descriptions of leadership behaviour and style and the obstacle overcome should be illuminating to those facing comparable management challenges. Originality/value – This would be the only case study in the literature of leadership in this area. The evaluation which measures its success is also unique.


Geophysics ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Nobes

A Maori family burial site was surveyed using shallow electromagnetic (EM), magnetometer/gradiometer, and ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) techniques. The locations of some older graves are no longer known, partly through the loss of markers and partly through the loss of the oral record. There are at least 150 such burial sites throughout New Zealand, and similar problems occur elsewhere in the world. The knowledge that Maori graves are traditionally set out facing east made survey design easier. Background trends are removed, and possible anomalous features are identified, despite the complicating presence of metal fencing. The EM in‐phase response, the vertical gradient of the total magnetic field, and the GPR response were particularly useful in combination. GPR surveys were carried out using two frequencies: 450 and 200 MHz. The higher frequency radar surveys were limited in extent because these data had a limited depth of penetration and were prone to signal “ringing” in the surficial clay. The lower frequency radar surveys were also troubled by ringing. Nonetheless, anomalous features, especially diffractions, can be recognised. The radar anomalies were enhanced by removal of an average background response. The comparison and correlation of the individual data sets are used to estimate the positions of unmarked graves, using marked graves for calibration. Some interpreted positions of graves are at first surprising, but their locations are consistent with elements of the oral history of the site.


2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-84
Author(s):  
RN Islam ◽  
NE Tabessum ◽  
AKM Safiuzzaman ◽  
MMI Sarker

There has been increasing the incidence of addiction to certain drugs amongst people belonging to various strata of society particularly amongst young people in our country as well as western countries. Our patient is a 24 year old male with a history of phensidyl addiction for 4.5 years. Without having it he can’t do anything. If he cannot take it, peevish temperament occurs and he doesn’t wish to work or even talk. He collects drugs from the local spots or a particular person. This condition is very much dangerous both to the individual and socio-economic condition of a country. Drugs addiction is a condition of periodic or chronic intoxication produced by the repeated consumption of a drug or drugs by and individual effect of which is detrimental to the individual or to the society. A more intensive research, action program, and social movement are needed. It is also needed to strengthen family and social values and religious ethics in order to maintain a stable and drug-free society.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v24i2.15014 Medicine Today 2012 Vol.24(2): 82-84


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier González-Patiño ◽  
David Poveda

<p>This paper attempts to contribute to the growing literature focusing on middle-class parents, their educational strategies and their role in the construction of socio-educational advantages/inequalities especially in the contexts of Spanish educational discourses, to the de-naturalization of middle-class parental ideologies and the educational policies that are presented as ideologically neutral but are closely aligned to this middle-class ideological complex.</p><p>The findings come from an action research project in a public (state-run) primary school in Spain, attempting to track and document the “natural history” of the various strategies of “school involvement” displayed by parents which range from collaboration with classroom, school and teacher-initiated activities, to surveillance of school policies and programming to open confrontation with the school administration and among parents.</p><p>This case study uncovers a complex scenario in a relatively homogeneous (in socio-economic and ethnic terms) site where parental dynamics of school involvement are varied and shaped by a complex and heterogeneous set of interests and beliefs that seriously invite to reconsider “school-family continuity” in middle-class settings. Additionally, we would also like to use the case study to raise some ethical and methodological questions in relation to the complexities of holding multiple identities and roles in the field.</p>


Author(s):  
Anna Kruszewska ◽  
Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek ◽  
Waldemar Placek ◽  
Magdalena Krajewska-Włodarczyk

Introduction: Cutis calcification is the deposition of calcium in the skin and subcutaneous tissues and is classified into four subsets. Dystrophic calcifications are the most common type of skin calcification, occurring mainly in damaged tissues or in course of autoimmune disease. However, the coexistance of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and soft tissue calcification is described rarely. Aim: This article presents a case of dystrophic calcifications in the buttocks area in a 49-year-old woman with a 17-year history of SLE. Case study: We report a case of 49-year-old women with SLE who developed nodular lesions in the buttock area. The radiological and histopatological examinations of the nodules showed presence of calcifications. The calcium metabolism parameters were in a normal range. The diagnosis of dystrophic calcinosis in the course of SLE was established. Results and discussion: Dystrophic calcifications associated with autoimmune diseases are common, but occur rarely in SLE. It should be noted that patients with SLE can also develop calcifications of different types like metastatic or iatrogenic. Dystrophic calcifications in SLE usually present as small nodules on buttocks or limbs. The pathophysiology remains unclear, however, there are some theories that inflammation and vascular ischemia play a role in its process. Conclusions: Calcifications in case of patients with SLE rarely require treatment. Several pharmacologic and surgical therapies have been tested with variable results. Additional research to establish an accepted treatment algorithm should be conducted.


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