scholarly journals Spiritual vulnerability through demonization in curses? A critical reassessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheong Weng Kit
Keyword(s):  
Academic Authors

This paper examines the Pentecostal/charismatic concerns of spiritual vulnerability of Christians through demonisation in curses. It will studies popular writers such as Derek Prince and Rebecca Brown and academic authors such as Charles Kraft and Ed Murphy to assess the accuracy of such views in comparison to the biblical data on curse to propose a more robust and sound theological, ministerial and misssiological understanding and praxis for how Christians may engage with curses. 

scholarly journals Open Access: An analysis of European publisher copyright and licensing policies today

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignasi Labastida i Juan
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Scholarly Journal ◽  
First Principle ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
European Publisher ◽  
Academic Authors ◽  
Share Information ◽  
Over Time

The digital age has brought authors of publications many more opportunities to gain further impact and visibility by sharing their work online through websites, pre-print servers, repositories, publishing platforms or other digital venues as well as journals. Publisher copyright policies have not always been enablers of these new practices but change is underway. Europe has also seen a surge in international, national and local Open Access (OA) policies in recent years, a significant one being Plan S with its requirements related to rights retention and open licensing. How far are publishers in supporting authors in this change? In early 2020 SPARC Europe commissioned a report to gain a better understanding of current copyright and licensing practices amongst scholarly journal publishers based in Europe and how these are presented to academic authors. The key purpose of the study was to provide evidence on how publisher policies support OA and to see whether the complexity of the copyright and self-archiving landscape amongst publishers has simplified over time. We also explored how Plan S-ready publishers were with regards to the first principle of their policy related to authors or their institutions being required to retain copyright to their publications, calling for all publications to be published under an open license, preferably CC BY, immediately and under no embargo. Research was undertaken on various levels: the 2020 study reviewed the copyright, self-archiving and open licensing policies from 10 large legacy publisher websites and then asked these publishers to verify these findings. We also analysed the policies of pure open access journals in Europe from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). To limit the scope, Europe was taken as the focus of this research. This paper will firstly demonstrate how diversely publishers present and share information on their copyright, licensing and self-archiving policies and how challenging this can be for authors and the institutions that support them. We will also share findings on the specifics of publisher policies be they hybrid or pure OA. For example, examining how far large publishers currently allow authors to retain publishing rights for articles, to what extent they allow zero embargoes when self-archiving or how far pure OA journals use the CC BY license. This paper ends by making a number of recommendations to publishers, research funders, institutions and authors to ultimately support authors to more easily navigate this policy landscape and to be able to publish immediate OA.

Contextualising policy analysis in Ireland

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
John Hogan ◽  
Mary P. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Academic Authors

In the introduction to the volume the editors offer an overview of concepts that will appear throughout the book and set the scene for readers with a summary of the Irish political and economic context. The chapter then sketches the kinds of policy analysis the volume encompasses, providing readers with a guide to the wide-ranging and diverse contributions. These contributions include those from practitioner authors who provide a number of case studies and other examples of policy analysis from their own experiences, and academic authors who provide insights into a variety of approaches to the study of policy analysis applied in Ireland since independence. The chapter also outlines how the chapters of the volume are grouped in four subsections.

Part 2 National and Regional Reports, Part 2.1 Africa: Coordinated by Jan L Neels and Eesa A Fredericks, 17 South Africa: South African Perspectives on the Hague Principles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neels Jan L
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
International Law ◽  
South African ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Rules And Principles ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Contractual Obligations ◽  
Academic Authors

This chapter provides the reader with comments on the Hague Principles from the perspective of South African private international law of contract.Private international law in the Republic of South Africa is historically based on Roman–Dutch and English law, but is today influenced by domestic constitutional values, especially in the fields of international family and succession law. In the realm of the international law of obligations, the impact of the English common law is particularly strong. The notion of ‘the proper law of the contract’ is therefore widely used to indicate the law applicable to contractual obligations. The sources of private international law of contract are almost exclusively case law and the opinions of academic authors. The South African courts have always followed a comparative approach in respect of private international law, initially under the influence of an internationalist understanding of the conflict of laws. The courts would therefore certainly be entitled to refer to the Hague Principles as persuasive authority in the interpretation, supplementation, and development of the rules and principles of South African private international law.

A Divergent Research Agenda: Academic and Professional Publications on Science, Technology and Innovation Parks

Triple Helix ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Marcelo Gonçalves do Amaral ◽  
André Luiz Furtado da Hora ◽  
Nathan Ribeiro Messias ◽  
Leandro de Andrade Cunha ◽  
Jéssica Souza Maia
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academic Authors ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

This research analyzes the evolution of the publications from academic researchers and technical publications carried out by professionals of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Parks (stips). The objective is to compare the research agenda from the two groups, increasing the comprehension of who they are and what they are researching. The method uses bibliometric techniques. The research found that the academic authors dealt with conceptual themes, while managers emphasized operations issues. Also, it was identified the growth in the academic interest on the subject (after 2015); the limited number of academic publications (177 in 12 years); China, Taiwan, and Spain as the countries with the highest academic output (40%); Spain, Brazil, and the usa concentrates 35% of technical publications. The work has implications for the academy (new topics for research agenda), and to the parks and policymakers enables a perception of the parks’ relevance to the economic development.

scholarly journals Research with older people in a world with COVID-19: identification of current and future priorities, challenges and opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 901-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J Richardson ◽  
Camille B Carroll ◽  
Jacqueline Close ◽  
Adam L Gordon ◽  
John O’Brien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
System Reconfiguration ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Academic Authors ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Older people are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a profound impact on research as well as clinical service delivery. This commentary identifies key challenges and opportunities in continuing to conduct research with and for older people, both during and after the current pandemic. It shares opinions from responders to an international survey, a range of academic authors and opinions from specialist societies. Priorities in COVID-19 research include its specific presentation in older people, consequences for physical, cognitive and psychological health, treatments and vaccines, rehabilitation, supporting care homes more effectively, the impact of social distancing, lockdown policies and system reconfiguration to provide best health and social care for older people. COVID-19 research needs to be inclusive, particularly involving older people living with frailty, cognitive impairment or multimorbidity, and those living in care homes. Non-COVID-19 related research for older people remains of critical importance and must not be neglected in the rush to study the pandemic. Profound changes are required in the way that we design and deliver research for older people in a world where movement and face-to-face contact are restricted, but we also highlight new opportunities such as the ability to collaborate more widely and to design and deliver research efficiently at scale and speed.

A Review of Personalised E-Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen O'Donnell ◽  
Séamus Lawless ◽  
Mary Sharp ◽  
Vincent P. Wade
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Authoring Tool ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Academic Authors

The realisation of personalised e-learning to suit an individual learner's diverse learning needs is a concept which has been explored for decades, at great expense, but is still not achievable by non-technical authors. This research reviews the area of personalised e-learning and notes some of the technological challenges which developers may encounter in creating authoring tools for personalised e-learning and some of the pedagogical challenges which authors may encounter when creating personalised e-learning activities to enhance the learning experience of their students. At present educators who wish to create personalised e-learning activities require the assistance of technical experts who are knowledgeable in the area. Even with the help of an expert the creation of personalised e-learning activities still remains a complex process to authors who are new to the concept of tailoring e-learning to suit learner diversity. Before the successful utilisation of adaptive authoring tools can be realised, academic authors need to learn how to effectively use these tools. All learners come to education with a diverse set of characteristics; educators need to decide which learner characteristic(s) they wish to focus on addressing through the use of personalised e-learning activities. Further investigation, evaluation and analyses of authoring tools is required before personalised e-learning to support learner diversity can be achieved by many academics. Research members of the AMAS (2013) project team are currently involved in developing an authoring tool for adaptive activities for e-learning.

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