scholarly journals Environmental Education in the teaching of biology in schools of Pombal (PB, Brazil)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-24
Author(s):  
Edevaldo Silva ◽  
Habyhabanne Maia Oliveira ◽  
Alba Luciana Ramos Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Solid Wastes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Town

Current research evaluates the teaching of environmental themes in Biology and in other disciplines in high schools in the town of Pombal, Paraíba, Brazil. Students´ knowledge on environmental themes is also assessed. Ninety students were interviewed through a questionnaire featuring nine items structured on the Likert´s scale. Students tended to perceive Biology as a discipline which best explains environmental themes. They showed to be greatly informed on Environmental preservation and Solid wastes and recycling. On the other hand, they knew less on the Harmonious relationship with plants. Significant variation in knowledge was detected between genders with regard to environmental themes. In fact, males were better informed. Results show the need to insert environmental themes within a continuous and interdisciplinary planning. Resumo: Essa pesquisa avaliou o ensino de temas ambientais, na Biologia e em outras disciplinas, no ensino médio de escolas da cidade de Pombal, Paraíba. Além de avaliar os conhecimentos de seus discentes quanto a esses temas. Foram entrevistados 90 alunos com a aplicação de um questionário, com nove (09) itens estruturados no modelo da escala de Likert. Os alunos tenderam a perceber a Biologia como a disciplina que melhor ensinaria esses temas ambientais e, afirmaram conhecer mais sobre temas relacionados a Preservação ambiental e Resíduos sólidos e reciclagem. Por outro lado, souberam menos sobre a Relação harmoniosa com as plantas. Houve variação significativa no conhecimento entre os gêneros para três temas ambientais, onde, o gênero masculino apresentou maior conhecimento. Os resultados indicam a necessidade da inserção de temais ambientais de forma planejada, contínua e interdisciplinar. Palavras-chave: Ambiente; Alunos; Transdisciplinar.

Treating Hernias in Ottoman Crete (c. 1670–1760): The Legal Imprint of a Medical Procedure

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonis Anastasopoulos ◽  
Christos Kyriakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
The Other ◽  
Medical Procedure ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Town

Summary In Crete, as in the rest of the Ottoman Empire, patients who suffered from hernias and other diseases that required surgery made statements to the court of law that absolved the surgeons of liability in case of death as a result of the operation. These statements also included information about the medical condition concerned, the surgeon, the medical procedure and the fee to be paid. In this article, we discuss such statements of the period 1670–1760 from the town of Kandiye (mod. Heraklion). On one hand, we demonstrate that a critical analysis of the statements reveals a dynamic society, which actively overcomes its ideology of submission to God and religious prejudices when it comes to dealing with health issues. On the other hand, we argue that, as the statements were made before the official court of law, they constitute a facet of the Ottomanisation of Cretan society and its practices.

scholarly journals On Some Sources of the Life of Alexander Oshevensky (The Theme of the Family in the Hagiography)

Scrinium ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 281-294
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Pigin
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Christian Morality ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
The Family ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Town

(1567) is a Northern Russian hagiographical work devoted to the founder of the St. Niсholas Alexander-Oshevensky Monastery, which was located nearby the town of Kargopol. The article analyses hagiographer Theodosius’ techniques for dealing with literary sources, especially with two Byzantine texts, The Ladder by John Climacus and The Life of Alexis the Man of God. Theodosius uses these sources to develop one of the major themes of his own work, that is, the relationship between St. Alexander and his family. The family theme bears ambiguous meaning. On the one hand, the family is rejected from the standpoint of monastic asceticism, but on the other hand, it is rendered as the ultimate value and stronghold of Christian morality.


The Blenheim Papers and Steele's Journalism, 1715–18

PMLA ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Loftis
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Whig Party ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Richard Steele ◽  
Current Concern ◽  
The Town ◽  
Drury Lane

Of the Rewards -which Richard Steele received from the victorious Whig party soon after the accession of George I, doubtless the most important were a seat in the House of Commons and the governorship of the Royal Company of Comedians acting in Drury Lane. These two rewards provided Steele's principal employments for the rest of his life: he became an active Parliament man, participating in debates in Commons and serving on Parliamentary committees; and at times he shared with the actor-managers the responsibility for running Drury Lane. It is understandable that politics and the theatre should provide the most frequently recurring themes in his writing during his later years. The years 1715 to 1718 are not exceptions. To these years belong a periodical, The Town Talk, which according to Steele himself was “designed to be helpful to the stage.”1Chit-Chat, the brief sequel to The Town Talk, is on the other hand almost exclusively political. So also are several other essays—some which Steele published and others which he evidently did not publish—on controversial measures under debate in Parliament. Steele's writing during these years—as indeed during most of his life—had the immediacy of purpose which we associate with journalism; he wrote on subjects of current concern to himself.

scholarly journals Popular Perceptions of Bats Hinder Conservation Actions in Maranhão, Northern Brazil

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janete Santos Silva ◽  
Naiara Pereira Silva ◽  
Ewaldo Eder Carvalho Santana ◽  
Fernanda Atanaena Gonçalves Andrade ◽  
Elmary Costa Fraga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Education Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reliable Information ◽  
Low Education ◽  
Ecological Importance ◽  
The Town ◽  
Bat Diversity ◽  
Effective Conservation

Abstract Background: Bats play an important role in the ecology of many environments, although the general lack of knowledge on the relevance of these animals hinders initiatives that contribute to the development of favorable attitudes and participative measures that promote the conservation of these animals and the ecosystems they inhabit. In the present study, 398 residents of eight neighborhoods of the town of Caxias in Maranhão, Brazil, were interviewed to verify their perceptions of bats.Methods: A total of 398 individuals were interviewed during the present study. The interviewees were between 17 and 91 years old, and two-thirds (263; 66%) were women, while the other 135 were men (34%).Results: Most of the interviewees described bats as ugly and disgusting animals that look like rats, feed primarily on fruit, and frighten people. These individuals also confirmed that bats are important for Nature and should be protected simply because they are living creatures. The analyses indicate a significant association between a fear of bats and the belief that all these animals are vampires, and also that women are more likely to have a fear of bats than men. There was also an association between a low education level and the belief that all bats are vampires.Conclusions: The present study provides important insights into the perception of bats by the local population, highlighting the prevalence of mythical beliefs, which hinder the implementation of effective conservation measures. The results of this study reinforce the need for initiatives in environmental education that provide more reliable information on the biology of bats and their ecological importance, thereby contributing to the conservation of bat diversity.

scholarly journals Two questions from the time of king Bodin's rule

2005 ◽  
pp. 45-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tibor Zivkovic
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
Xvii Century ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Relative Chronology ◽  
The Town ◽  
Interesting Solution

In this paper we try to give reliable answer upon two major questions: did Bodin, king of Dioclea, capture Dyrrachion in 1085, as it is related in the Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea, and when did he try to capture Dubrovnik (Ragusa). The capture of Dyrrachion is not mentioned at Ane Comnene's Alexias. Byzantine princess wrote that citizens of Dyrrachion surrender the town to her father, the Emperor Alexios, after the death of the Norman ruler Robert Guiscard in 1085. On the other hand, the Priest of Dioclea says that Bodin, after the death of Robert Guiscard captured Dyrrachion which he gave back to the Byzantines after he signed the peace treaty with the Emperor. Both statements are not clear enough, but detailed analysis of both writings shows that Bodin took northern part of the theme of Dyrrachion and most probably tried to negotiate surrender of town itself, but he failed. Bodin's military activities against the Byzantine possessions in the theme of Dyrrachion could be placed between 1085 and 1090 when he was captured, being forced to sign peace treaty. The charter of antipope Clement III issued in 1089 to the archbishop of Antibaris, contain list of bishops which served in Dioclea, and only one of them - the bishop of Dulcigno (Ulcinj), had been earlier under the archbishop of Dyrrachion. In other words, Bodin took a very small part of the theme of Dyrrachion and southern borders of Dioclea were approximately the same as in the time of his father Michael. The description of the siege of Dubrovnik is well preserved in Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea as well by several other authors from Dubrovnik. The authors from Dubrovnik, which composed their Chronicles much later (from XIV to XVII century), made mistake in the chronology, assuming that the siege took place in 1104. Having at their disposal an old note, that Bodin's tower, which stood on the shores just opposite the wooden bridge which lead from Dubrovnik to the land, was captured on the first day of April during the Pascha, they calculated wrong year since Pascha on the first day of April was in 1016. Relative chronology, which is preserved in their description of the siege, yielded 11 years from the time Bodin built tower to cut off the defenders from the inland. In this period the authors from Dubrovnik put also seven years of siege, what was, most probably, the number taken from Bible. That way, the later authors from Dubrovnik assumed that Bodin conducted the siege of Dubrovnik in 1004/1005. On the first day of April Pascha was also in 1100 and that year should be taken as the year when the tower of Bodin was captured and leveled to the ground. In that case since the author from Dubrovnik knew that the tower stood for four years, it means that the end of siege was in 1096. The Priest of Dioclea provides another clue for more accurate dating of the beginning of the siege. He says that Bodin beheaded his relatives in front of the walls of Dubrovnik during his 22nd year of rule, revealing from which year he calculates Bodin's rule, i.e. from September/October 1072, when Bodin was crowned as the Bulgarian emperor during the insurrection of the Bulgarians - and certainly not from 1085 when his father Michael died. Therefore, Bodin besieged Dubrovnik in 1092/1093. The exact year of the Bodin's siege of Dubrovnik provides another interesting solution - the exact year of his death. Since 1096 was 22nd year of Bodin's rule, and Priest of Dioclea says that he died in the fifth month of 26th year of his rule - it means that Bodin died in February/March 1099.

scholarly journals Daens: de making-of. Over de film Daens (1992) en de Daensmythe

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-221
Author(s):  
Gertjan Willems
Keyword(s):  
Historical Novel ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Christian Democracy ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Town

Dit artikel onderzoekt hoe Louis Paul Boons historische roman Pieter Daens (1971) en, in het bijzonder, Stijn Coninx’ biopic Daens zich verhouden tot hun historisch onderwerp, de Aalsterse priester en politicus Adolf Daens (1839-1907). Het artikel toont hoe deze Daensvertellingen bijdragen tot de Daensmythe, die twee dimensies kent. Enerzijds een persoonlijke dimensie met de heroïsering van Daens, anderzijds een politiek-historische dimensie waarbij Daens en het daensisme gelijkgesteld worden met de bredere daensistische beweging en het ontstaan van de christendemocratie in Vlaanderen. De Daensmythe en de filmische popularisering ervan zorgden er mee voor dat Daens kon uitgroeien tot een historisch symbool dat zich flexibel laat inzetten in hedendaagse politiek-ideologische discoursen.__________ Daens: the making of. On the movie Daens (1992) and the ‘Daens myth’ This article analyses how Louis Paul Boon’s historical novel Pieter Daens (1971), and more particularly, Stijn Coninx’ biopic Daens correspond to their historical subject, the priest-politician Adolf Daens (1839-1907) from the town of Aalst. The article illustrates how these narrations have contributed to the Daens myth, which is comprised of two dimensions. On the one hand, it entails a personal dimension, deifying Daens. On the other hand, the myth contains a political-historical dimension, in which the figure of Daens and ‘daensism’ are equated with the broader ‘Daensic’ movement and even the origins of Christian democracy in Flanders. The ‘Daens myth’ and its popularization via film have contributed to the emergence of Daens as a historical symbol that can be used versatilely in contemporary political-ideological discourses.

Tripoli in the late Seventeenth Century: The Economics of corsairing in a ‘Sterill Country’

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 101-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Pennell
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Economic Hardship ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Internal Stability ◽  
Economic Relationships ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Town

AbstractThe economic poverty of Tripoli in the Seventeenth century was such that the piratical activities of its corsair fleet were of major importance to both the town and the Ottoman regime. An unpublished journal written by Thomas Baker (British Consul between 1679–1685) contains detailed information about the arrival and departure of both merchant ships and corsairs and about the value of prizes taken by the pirates and brought to Tripoli. These data are of great value in demonstrating the impact of the corsairs on the political and economic relationships of Tripoli with the European powers. If the corsairing was too successful, Tripoli was liable to be attacked by these powers. But on the other hand, when the authorities were constrained by treaties with the Europeans to limit the activities of the corsairs, the resulting economic hardship threatened the internal stability of the regime.

Slovene Nationalism in Trieste, 1848–1982

1983 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-161
Author(s):  
Jože Pirjevec
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Town

Trieste is located at the extreme end of the northern coast of the Adriatic, where the arm of the sea reaches most deeply into the European continent. By its position Trieste is thus a part of Central Europe no less than of the Mediterranean area — if we take into account the fact that the distance between Vienna and Trieste is less than that between Trieste and Rome. On the other hand, Trieste is in an area where the Apennine peninsula meets the Balkan, where for millenia two cultural spheres have been juxtaposed: the Eastern — Greek, Byzantine and Slavic — and the Western — Latin, Romance and German. The complexity of the geographical and cultural circumstances is further increased by the national heterogeneousness of the inhabitants, Italians and Slovenes. Italians predominate in the town, Slovenes in the countryside.

scholarly journals PRIMEROS REGISTROS DE VARAMIENTOS DE LA BALLENA DE MINKE (Balaenopteridae: Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Y DEL DELFÍN CABEZA DE MELÓN (Delphinidae: Peponocephala electra), EN LA COSTA DE CAMPECHE, MÉXICO

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Alberto Delgado-Estrella ◽  
Karem Leonela Naranjo-Ruíz
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Minke Whale ◽  
The Other ◽  
Balaenoptera Acutorostrata ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Town ◽  
Aquatic Mammals

ResumenEn la costa de Campeche se puede encontrar aproximadamente el 30% de todos de mamíferos acuáticos documentados para el país; de estas especies, 13 son estrictamente marinas. La “ballena Minke” y la “peponocéfala o calderón pigmeo” han sido registradas en la parte norte del Golfo de México y para las costas de México son escasos los registros y más aún los varamientos vivos. Los días 4 y 5 de octubre de 2014 en el poblado de Champotón Campeche se varó viva una ballena Minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Su longitud total se estimó entre 4-5 m., asumiendo que se trataba de un subadulto, se regresó viva mar adentro. Por otra parte, del día 8 julio 2017 se varó una Peponocephala electra en Punta Xen, Champotón, Campeche. Se enterró en la playa de acuerdo con los procedimientos de profepa. Solo había registros previos de varamientos y avistamientos de estas dos especies en la parte norte del Golfo de México y el varamiento de una cría de B. acutorostrata en Celestún Yucatán, por lo que estos son los primeros registros para la costa de para ambas especies, lo cual es importante como contribución al acervo de diversidad de mamíferos acuáticos tanto para el estado como para el sur del Golfo de México.Palabras clave: Ballena Minke, Campeche, Peponocéfala, primeros registros, varamiento vivo.AbstractThe coast of Campeche registers approximately 30% of all aquatic mammals documented for Mexico; of these species, 13 are strictly marine. The “Minke whale” and the “Melon-Headed Whale” have been recorded in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico and for the coasts of Mexico there are few records, including live stranded animals. On October 4th and 5th  2014, in the town of Champotón Campeche a subadult Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata was found alive. Its total length was estimated between 4-5 m, and it was returned alive offshore. On the other hand, on July 8th , 2017, the stranding of a Peponocephala electra was recorded at Punta Xen, Municipality of Champoton, Campeche. The organism was buried on the beach in accordance with the profepa procedures. There were only previous records of strandings and sightings of these two species in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico and one stranding of a B. acutorostrata calf in Celestún Yucatán, afterward these are the first records for the Campeche coast for both species, which is important as a contribution to the diversity of aquatic mammals for both the Campeche state and the southern Gulf of Mexico.Key words: Campeche, first records, live strandings, melon-headed whale, Minke whale.

scholarly journals Notes on the cult of the fifteen Tiberioupolitan martyrs in medieval Bulgaria

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 143-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Димо Чешмеджиев ◽  
Anita Kasabova
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Historical Factor ◽  
The Town

The cult of the fifteen Tiberioupolitan martyrs is one of the most intriguing cults in medieval Bulgaria. There are, however, a lot of questions about this cult, some of which I address in this paper. The earliest evidence of the cult is their mention in the Evangelarium Assemani (late 10th – early 11th C ), at 29th August, but only three of the martyrs are listed. Another important source for this cult is the well-known Life of Clement of Ohrid by Theophylact of Ohrid, called The martyrdom of the fifteen Tiberioupolitan martyrs (late 11th or early 12th C ). One of the most interesting evidences, however, is the very discovery of the relics, dated back to the reign of khan Boris I (852–889), when the relics proved miraculous. According to the recent studies, the cult of the fifteen martyrs was wide-spread in the region of Stroumitsa and the name of the town where the relics were placed, did not change due to them but due to a historical factor – someone called Tiberius. On the other hand, however, no Greek manuscripts mention the martyrs, except those coming from the diocese of the Ohrid archbishopry. The facts shown above proves that the cult was imported soon after the baptizing of the Bulgarians.

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