scholarly journals The Tomb od a Prelate from the Crusader Period in Jaffa and Five Fragments of an Ophistographic Marble Slab in the Ustinow Collection in Oslo

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 275-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laszlo Berczelli
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Rear Side ◽  
Saint Louis ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Artistic Quality ◽  
Errors And Confusions

This paper throws light on one of the important invisibilia in the Ustinow collection in Oslo: a marble fragment of a prelate’s tombstone from Jaffa with incised pictorial decoration, dated to 1258 by the Gothic inscription in Latin, and a Cufic dedication table for a mosque on the rear side of the slab. In modern literature the Crusader tombstone is always discussed referring to 19th-century publications without photographic documentation. Consequently, the monument and related items from the Ustinow collection are never mentioned in the University Museum of Cultural Heritage in Oslo, which is the present owner. Moreover, many allusions in the literature contain erroneous, contradictory or incomplete information. In 1999 three new pieces of the tombstone were detected in the museum storage. Except for a small and insignificant fragment, the marble slab is now almost identical with the casual find in 1873, as it is shown in M. Lecomte’s contemporary drawing. This rediscovery gives us a new chance of studying the original slab in detail and correcting errors and confusions in earlier publications. Even the high artistic quality of the pictorial decoration can for the first time be fully recognized since Clermont-Ganneau’s early publications, and a new attempt will be made to find the relevant iconographic, art historical and historical contexts for the monument. There are many convincing indications that the Crusaders tombstone has to be connected to the French king Saint Louis IX’s Crusade and stay in Jaffa in 1252-1253. To answer the question of exact provenance a specialist in Cufic inscriptions has to re-examine the problems concerning the dedication of a mosque incised on the rear of the slab and the date of it.

scholarly journals The lichens and allied fungi from the Leningrad Region and Saint Petersburg in the lichen herbarium of the University of Tartu

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Dmitry E. Himelbrant
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Karelian Isthmus ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Nature Park ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The revision of specimens in the lichen herbarium of the University of Tartu revealed 127 specimens representing 86 species from the Leningrad Region and Saint Petersburg; these include Calicium adspersum published as a new species for the Leningrad Region and Carbonicola anthracophila reported for the first time for the Eastern Leningrad Region. A curious finding is Umbilicaria muehlenbergii, collected in 1954 in the northern part of Karelian Isthmus. Forgotten collections by Anne-Liis Sõmermaa (1972) from the territory of the modern Vepssky Forest Nature Park, by Haide-Ene Rebassoo (1988) from Maly Tuters Island (Vähä-Tytärsaari, Säyvö) and by Paul von Kühlewein (“regio Petropolitano”, 19th century) are of special interest. 

The Excavations at Ur, 1924–1925

1925 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Leonard Woolley
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
British Museum ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Card Index ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

The Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania restarted its excavations at Ur on 1st November 1924 and closed down on 28th February 1925 after a most successful season. For the epigraphical side of the work I had associated with me this year Dr. L. Legrain, of the University Museum, to whose help I owe much more than I can express: even in this preliminary report it will be clear how greatly our discoveries gained in interest and value from his study of the inscriptions. Mr. J. Linnell, who was in the field for the first time, assisted on the general archaeological side and kept the card index of objects. Unfortunately there was no architect on the staff, and we had to make what shift we could without, in a campaign peculiarly rich in architectural results; all the time I had reason to regret the loss of Mr. F. G. Newton, whose skill and experience had proved invaluable in former years. The main reason for the lack of an architect was shortness of funds: the British Museum was unable to provide from its own resources its due half of the cost of the Expedition, and we could not have taken the field at all but for the generous help given by friends in London; and even so I should have been obliged to bring the season to a premature end in January had not the British residents in Iraq come forward with subscriptions for the British Museum's side of the work which, met by Philadelphia with an equal sum, enabled me to carry on for another month. To all these I wish to acknowledge my gratitude.

scholarly journals Assessment of the quality of OSIRIS mesospheric temperatures using satellite and ground-based measurements

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 2993-3006 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Sheese ◽  
K. Strong ◽  
E. J. Llewellyn ◽  
R. L. Gattinger ◽  
J. M. Russell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Cold Bias ◽  
Temperature Profiles ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Upper Boundary

Abstract. The Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imaging System (OSIRIS) on the Odin satellite is currently in its 12th year of observing the Earth's limb. For the first time, continuous temperature profiles extending from the stratopause to the upper mesosphere have been derived from OSIRIS measurements of Rayleigh-scattered sunlight. Through most of the mesosphere, OSIRIS temperatures are in good agreement with coincident temperature profiles derived from other satellite and ground-based measurements. In the altitude region of 55–80 km, OSIRIS temperatures are typically within 4–5 K of those from the SABER, ACE-FTS, and SOFIE instruments on the TIMED, SciSat-I, and AIM satellites, respectively. The mean differences between individual OSIRIS profiles and those of the other satellite instruments are typically within the combined uncertainties and previously reported biases. OSIRIS temperatures are typically within 2 K of those from the University of Western Ontario's Purple Crow Lidar in the altitude region of 52–79 km, where the mean differences are within combined uncertainties. Near 84 km, OSIRIS temperatures exhibit a cold bias of 10–15 K, which is due to a cold bias in OSIRIS O2 A-band temperatures at 85 km, the upper boundary of the Rayleigh-scatter derived temperatures; and near 48 km OSIRIS temperatures exhibit a cold bias of 5–15 K, which is likely due to multiple-scatter effects that are not taken into account in the retrieval.

Some Sumerian Tablets of the Third Dynasty of Ur

1939 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
T. Fish
Keyword(s):  
British Museum ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Dynasty Of Ur ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

The tablets published here for the first time belong to the British Museum and to the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. I am indebted to Mr. Sidney Smith for permission to publish the British Museum tablets and to Dr. L. Legrain for permission to publish the tablet in the Pennsylvania University Museum.

Cost efficiency and service effectiveness for university e-libraries in Taiwan

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Feng Hsieh ◽  
Jiung-Bin Chin ◽  
Mu-Chen Wu
Keyword(s):  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Effectiveness ◽  
Related Data ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
First Time

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to construct a model of cost efficiency and service effectiveness for a university e-library to allocate e-resources cost and to attain quality of service enhancement and cater to the needs of readers with existing e-resources. Design/methodology/approach – The paper establishes an assessment model for the cost efficiency and service effectiveness of a university e-library in Taiwan. It then proceeds with an empirical study and analysis of related data collected from e-libraries of 16 universities. A discussion of the results of the study and suggestions for the adjustment of the university e-libraries follows. Findings – The paper combines two models of cost efficiency and service effectiveness for the first time to analyze and consider the output results created by the input cost of university e-libraries in Taiwan and their utilization by readers. Originality/value – The paper builds a figure for the relationship of e-library cost efficiency and service effectiveness at 16 universities in Taiwan and then divides it into four types.

scholarly journals Collections of the Museum of Kemerovo State University as a Basis for Scientific Reconstruction of the Teleut Women’s Costume

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
L. Z. Bogolepova ◽  
N. A. Belousova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
State University ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Historical Reconstruction ◽  
Spiritual Culture ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Acquisition Technique

The research features the historical and cultural heritage of the Teleuts, an indigenous people of Kuzbass, in particular their national costumes stored in the funds of the museum «Archeology, Ethnography, and Ecology of Siberia» (Kemerovo State University). The museum collections form a basis for scientific historical reconstruction of women’s Teleut costume. The paper describes authentic ethnographic items of the main collection and the archives: various collections, field notebooks, expedition diaries, and reports made by scientists of the university, as well as photographs, videos, slides, and sketches. It is the first time the documentary funds have been introduced into scientific use. The research involved the prosopographic database of the scientists who donated valuable collections on the material and spiritual culture of the Teleuts, as well as museum collections of the departments of ethnography and history. The authors also described historical and ethnographic heritage collected by the scientists who organized expeditions in 1960s – late 1990s and donated their collections to the museum. The authors evaluated the contribution the scientists made to the studies of the Teleut culture. In addition, the article introduces an acquisition technique that would guarantee the authenticity of the items related to the Teleut culture.

scholarly journals On the handling of German citizens who died abroad

Rechtsmedizin ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Witte ◽  
J.-P. Sperhake ◽  
K. Püschel ◽  
F. Holz ◽  
B. Ondruschka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Death Certificate ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Review Procedure ◽  
European Standards ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

Abstract Background Decedents who are repatriated to Germany from abroad are not systematically registered nationwide. In Hamburg, in addition to an epidemic hygienic examination, registration and examination of the content of the documents accompanying the corpses of German citizens has been carried out since 2007. In this way, unclear and non-natural deaths in particular are to be followed up as necessary. Material and methods Protocols of external and internal autopsies of German nationals who died abroad and were repatriated to Hamburg via the port or airport between 2007 and 2018 were retrospectively evaluated with respect to numbers, completeness of the autopsy abroad and correctness of manner and cause of death. Results Between 2007 and 2018 a total of 703 corpses were repatriated via the port or airport of Hamburg and examined by the Port Medical Service for epidemic hygiene and for anything conspicuous in the documents accompanying the corpse. Of them, 307 corpses were examined at the Institute of Legal Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. In total, 82.4% of the examined cases had an incorrect, unspecific or incomplete foreign death certificate. Of the deceased, 238 were subjected to a second external autopsy by a forensic pathologist and 69 deceased were autopsied again or for the first time in Hamburg. It was found that 84% of the autopsies performed abroad were not performed according to German and European standards. The most common discrepancy was incomplete preparation of the organs. In almost one quarter of the autopsies performed in Hamburg a different cause of death than abroad was determined at autopsy. Conclusion Since the quality of autopsies performed abroad sometimes does not meet the standards in Germany and Europe and many papers accompanying corpses are incomplete or incorrectly filled out, a systematic review procedure in the home country is recommended. Through the system established in Hamburg in 2007, at least a re-evaluation of the cases takes place.

scholarly journals Party structures and organization building in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 135406882110410
Author(s):  
Sarah J Lockwood ◽  
Matthias Krönke ◽  
Robert Mattes
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Party Building ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Vital Element ◽  
Country Specific

Political parties are a vital element in the quality of representative democracy, playing a crucial role in mobilization, competition, governance, and accountability. Despite their importance, however, we currently know relatively little about how political parties in Africa are organized, with most evidence restricted to journalistic accounts or country-specific scholarly accounts. This symposium, which comes out of a conference on political parties held at the University of Cape Town, takes a closer look at the development of party structures and organization across the continent. It seeks to answer a number of critical questions including: What affects the organizational structure of parties? How do party primaries affect party-building and electoral success? And what effect does the shrinking of open political space have on the ways in which parties organize? Taken as a whole, this issue brings together established and emerging scholars, to systematically explore, for the first time, what party organization looks like on the African continent, and how it affects critical issues of governance, mobilization, and accountability.

scholarly journals Interrogando los sentidos de Identidad: Un encuentro entre subjetividades y retratos pictóricos del s. XIX en la Universidad

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
José Eugenio Rubilar Medina
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Visual Arts Education ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University

This article is the culmination of a broader research project carried out with students of the Visual Arts Education degree, with whom we traced an exploratory drift to investigate the senses and notions that orbit the complex notion of Identity. Within the framework of this research, (still in development), I reconstruct what was a collaborative and inclusive experience of investigation, in which materiality (19th century portraits belonging to the collection of pictorial works of the University Museum) was inscribed as a mediating agent that allowed us to re-read concepts, notions, knowledge and desires in order to re-think and co-construct knowledge from the intersubjective at the University. In this exercise of reflexivity, situated and embodied, a distance is taken from the schemes of semiotic analysis ascribed to descriptive readings, nor are strategies of codification and categorization established that fragment, segment and theme the experiences of inquiry. This text is the unfolding of a trajectory where teachers and students open up to the possibility of exploring, creatively and from a sense of becoming, the very processes of identity subjectivization by attending to the encounters with materiality.

scholarly journals Causes Analysis and Preventive Measures of Blood Donation Reaction of University Student

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Wei Feng ◽  
Shuhua Qiu ◽  
Zhenming Deng ◽  
Tao Dong
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Adverse Reactions ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Blood Collection ◽  
Sustained Development ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To analyze the causes of blood donation reaction of university students, propose appropriate preventive measures to avoid blood waste and ensure the quality of the blood. <strong>Methods:</strong> The university students in Guiyang city were selected from January to December 2010, The cases of blood donation reaction and the causes are analyzed on 7063 college students. <strong>Results:</strong> Among the 7063 college students, there are 292 students with blood donation reaction, the main cause is psychological factors, followed by fatigue before blood donation, not-ideal blood donation environment, limosis or starvation, etc. It occurs more in the first time donors. blood donors with different times and posture have different adverse reactions. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Constantly summarizing experiences, development and implementation of scientific and causable preventive measures, improving the environment for blood donation, strengthening the sense of responsibility and sense of service of blood collection personnel, strengthening psychological nursing, giving donors a warm caring and confidence as far as possible, making donors relax mind and in the best state can help to reduce and prevent the occurrence of blood donation reaction, organize  more donators and college students to actively participate in blood donation, in order to promote vigorous, healthy and sustained development of voluntary blood donation. The blood donation adverse reactions of university students are related to the frequency of blood donation and posture, we have developed a series of preventive measures against the causes of blood donation adverse reactions to reduce the incidence of adverse reactions.</p>

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