Back to the future – Andrija Mohorovičić lecture (1909) &amp; Zagreb (2020) M5.5 earthquake

This review paper relates original Mohorovičić, A. lecture DJELOVANJE POTRESA NA ZGRADE (1909, 1911) and its English translation EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS ON BUILDINGS (2009) with M5.5 Zagreb 2020 earthquake damage. Mohorovičić said in Introduction of his lecture in 1909: “another strong earthquake is needed to remind people that the building techniques should be further developed and improved…”. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) said once: “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions”. This should remined us that going Back to the Future after strong earthquake, we must go Back to the Past, and look after Mohorovičić’s 15 rules how to build earthquake-resistant buildings. He tells us how to build, and unfortunately, we were left unprepared again and didn’t listen wisdom words of an “old man”.

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A New Approach to Arabic Tense Form-Content Mismatch in Four Translations of the Qurʾan

Al-Bayan Journal of Qur an and Hadith Studies ◽

10.1163/22321969-12340092 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 46-82

Author(s):

Amr M. El-Zawawy

Keyword(s):

English Translation ◽

Present Form ◽

Striking Feature ◽

Significant Problem ◽

Graphical Representations ◽

New Approach ◽

The Past ◽

The Future ◽

Arabic And English

Abstract The tense systems in English and Arabic are markedly similar, but one striking feature makes the two-part ways: Arabic boasts the capacity of expressing the past and the future in forms that are not tallied with what English does. Arabic and English can express the future and the past in the present form. Yet Arabic, especially Qurʾanic Arabic, has the singular capacity for expressing the future in past form and the past in present form. The mismatch in the Arabic tense system in the English translation of the Qurʾan is given due attention in the present paper, and a new approach is presented to address this significant problem. The four translations selected are Arberry’s, Yusuf Ali’s, Pickthall’s and Asad’s. A model is proposed to analyze significant selections of such mismatches, based on graphical representations of TOC, TOE and linking form. The study concludes that the most inconsistent translation is Pickthall’s, while Arberry’s is the most consistent of all. It also reveals that although Asad is not fully proficient in English like Arberry, he succeeds in clearing the hurdle of translating tense form-content mismatch most of the time.

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Does Psychological Capital Influence Employees’ Burnout? A Review Paper

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.26666/rmp.ijbm.2018.4.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 36-42

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Review Paper ◽

Psychological Capital ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Poor Mental Health ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

The Past ◽

The Future ◽

Critical Issues

In this globalization era, burnout has been known as one of the critical issues in organizations. Overlooking the issue of burnout could lead to negative consequences, such as negatively affecting the overall organizational performance, and poor mental health among employees. It is crucial to know the factors that can help to improve burnout. One of the factors that can reduce burnout is psychological capital. Psychological capital is known as one of the elements that could help to reduce negative emotions. However, it was claimed that the influence of psychological capital is remained unexplored. Hence, this article reviewed the past studies that were conducted in the past decade (2008-2018) on the linkage between psychological capital and employees’ burnout. From the findings, it was revealed that there are inconsistency of the findings in the past studies. Hence, this has triggered a need for further exploration on the linkage between psychological capital and employees’ burnout. It is suggested that more empirical researches to be conducted in the future to provide a more concrete evidences on the linkage between psychological capital and employees’ burnout.

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An EERI Reconnaissance Report: Damage to San Francisco in the 1906 Earthquake—A Centennial Perspective

Earthquake Spectra ◽

10.1193/1.2186693 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 22 (2_suppl) ◽

pp. 11-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Stephen Tobriner

Keyword(s):

San Francisco ◽

Building Damage ◽

Earthquake Damage ◽

The Past ◽

Earthquake Resistant ◽

First Time

This paper presents an EERI reconnaissance report for building damage in the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco before the fire began. It is therefore synthetic and “virtual.” Using the evidence that has survived in the form of engineering reports and photographs, the paper presents a modern interpretation of the past in the format of a contemporary report. The paper is a synthesis of past observations and judgments leavened with the hindsight of a hundred years. For the first time in decades earthquake damage is surveyed and discussed through the lens of a professional report rather than being seen as a spectacular disaster. The report presented here is a condensed version of a chapter in a larger textural and photographic study entitled Bracing for Disaster; Earthquake-Resistant Architecture and Engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933 (Berkeley: The Bancroft Library and Heyday Books, March 2006).

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