scholarly journals Communication in the Sciences as Seen through Physics and Chemistry: A Look at the Complex Relationship between Author, Publisher, and Distributor as They Relate to the Reader

2005 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-114
Author(s):  
William W. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
New Era ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Virtual Realities ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Written Word ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The Relationship

Writing has long been the primary means of communicating in the sciences, yet the nature of the written word is rapidly changing as we enter a new era of electronic communications and virtual realities. This article examines some of these changes, particularly as they pertain to the disciplines of chemistry and physics and, most important, within the scope of the complex relationship between authors, publishers, and distributors (distributors in this case being academic libraries). This examination involves looking at changes within this triumvirate, the relationship each of the three has with the other, and ramifications of the changes as we peer into the near future. The three members of the triumvirate are intricately and inextricably bound together, and problems that occur within any one component will inevitably affect the others, imperiling the relationship between writer and reader. Such potential problems are brought to light in this article.

scholarly journals A narrative hermeneutical adventure: Seafarers and their complex relationship with their families

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris J. Viljoen ◽  
Julian C. Müller
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
The Other ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Story Writing ◽  
The Relationship

This research project is an attempt to develop a rich understanding about the relationship between seafarers and their families by means of a conversational construction between a number of co-researchers. In order to do this, the question that is explored is: How can there be a better understanding of the lives, the circumstances and the problems that seafarers are experiencing in the relationship with their families? The answer put forward in this research is that this can be accomplished through a narrative approach guided by the ABDCE formula which applies the metaphor of story writing to research. The research was motivated by pastoral and missionary concerns. The epistemologies that informed this research were social constructionism, the narrative approach and postfoundationalism with its emphasis on the interdisciplinary approach. In this article the main character for this research was a seafarer called John1 from Nigeria who was brought into conversation with a number of other co- researchers. The understanding that was developed found that the career choice of seafarers creates problems in their relationship with their family because they become in a sense strangers and outsiders to their loved ones. On the other hand seafarers are empowered, many times through their faith, to handle the challenges of their career, in addition to which this profession offers opportunities that would otherwise not have been possible. The relationship between a seafarer and his or her family was described as a complex one and thin, superficial and stereotypical conclusions were hopefully in the process deconstructed.

scholarly journals The doctor-patient relationship

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Maria Vargiami ◽  
Maria Goula
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Human Relation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
New Era ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Sources

The relationship between the doctor and the patient is a particular type of human relation. On one hand, the word «patient» states that a person is at a disadvantage, because of his/her illness, and therefore is automatically at a disadvantageous position compared to the doctor. On the other hand, the patient has the opportunity to inform him/herself from online sources, to communicate with other patients, to participate as equal and to choose consciously his/her treatment plan.There are many different types of patients depending on their personality and interaction with their doctor. These types constituted a research field in the 80’s which lead to the analysis of patients’ psychology. After an historical flashback, patients are put in categories according to their reaction to their illness. In addition, the verbal way of approaching patients by their doctor, the patients’ expectations and their encouragement by professionals to participate more actively concerning their health care is underlined. As a result, this is the beginning of a new era, where the patient has requirements concerning both the medical and the human aspect of the doctor-patient relationship.

Postmodern Anti-Enlightenment Positions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Ferrone
Keyword(s):  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
A Priori ◽  
The Other ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Ernst Cassirer ◽  
Epistemological Foundation ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the debate between Ernst Cassirer and Martin Heidegger over the question “What is man?”—and thus, indirectly, the authentic meaning of Immanuel Kant's philosophy—and relates it to Pope Benedict XVI's views on the complex relationship between Christianity and Enlightenment culture. What was at stake in the Cassirer–Heidegger debate was the very existence of the Enlightenment and the legitimacy of its epistemological foundation. Cassirer accepted the need to redefine the relationship between the a priori and experience, in view of an idealistic conception of Kantian transcendentalism that was both more complex and problematic. His position remained firmly within the universalistic tradition of Enlightenment humanism. Heidegger, on the other hand, saw the Enlightenment as the final phase of the vilified trajectory of Western metaphysics that had resulted in the enthronement of man. The chapter also considers the Catholic Church's anti-Enlightenment positions.

The relationship between phonological awareness and writing

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofía A. Vernon Carter ◽  
Gabriela Calderón ◽  
Luis Castro
Keyword(s):  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Writing Development ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Children's Writing ◽  
Written Word ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Writing Task

The main objective in this study was to explore the relationship between phonological awareness and writing development in monolingual Spanish speaking children. The main hypothesis were 1) Phonological awareness development is closely related to children’s writing development and 2) the introduction of writing stimuli in phonological awareness tasks enhances the production of more analytical responses, even in pre-literate children. Subjects were 100 Mexican kindergartners. They were given a writing task and two different deletion tasks. In both, children had to delete the first phoneme of words. In one of the tasks children were given oral stimuli, whereas in the other children were given an oral stimuli together with the corresponding written word. The first letter was then covered. Results show that writing levels and phonological awareness correlate significantly. Also, the presence of writing significantly increases the number of correct responses.

“Recapturing” the “Other”: Jewish Laws of War and International Law

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65
Author(s):  
Betina Kuzmarov
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Jewish Law ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Laws Of War ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of International Law ◽  
The Relationship

The story would recapture the trace of Judaism, particularly the mystical Jew, in the early literature of international law—I think most readily of Gentilis' obsession with Judaism—a Judaism that seems at once the law that revelation and redemption replace and the mysticism that law and state refuse. Paradoxically enough, we find here our own complex relationship between law and religion exactly mirrored in the relationship between Christianity and Judaism.This article examines the relationship between the Jewish laws of war and international law. As Kennedy notes in the opening quote, one way of understanding the relationship between Jewish laws of war and international law is as part of the relationship between international law and its “other.” Kennedy defines Jewish law as mystical, and in so doing he asserts that Jewish law is different in form than state law/international law. Kennedy's opposition of Jewish law and international law is not accidental. It is a direct consequence of the history of international law. As Mutua has noted “[i]nternational law claims to be universal, although its creators have unambiguously asserted its European and Christian origins.” From this point of view, international law has “universalized” its particular origins with the consequence that any non-European or non-Christian tradition is not universal and is the “other.” This fact leads Kennedy to argue that international law has ignored (among many other things) the traces of religion, mysticism and Judaism in its history in its quest to claim secular universality.

scholarly journals Die Bewegung des Anderen in den Schreibszenen von Hélène Cixous

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-141
Author(s):  
Karoline Gritzner
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
The Other ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Helene Cixous ◽  
Ecriture Feminine ◽  
Presence And Absence ◽  
Written Word ◽  
The Relationship

This essay explores the significance of movement and alterity in Hélène Cixous’s practice of writing, which she defines as an »exposure« to the other and as a sensitization to the present moment. The focus is on Cixous’s presentation of different modalities of being that are indissociable from the materiality of ‚écriture féminine‘. These range from the necessity for blindness in the act of writing and the discovery of imaginary worlds, to experiences of flight, sexual difference and modes of »de-selfing« in the process of writing. The transformative event-character of Cixous’s writing is foregrounded in her short story ‚Savoir‘, where the relationship between seeing and not-seeing, presence and absence, knowledge and desire is captured in the fleeting traces of the written word.

scholarly journals Identité queer : Absence et négation de soi dans Folle de Nelly Arcan

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52
Author(s):  
Nadia Bouhadid
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Method ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Queer Identity ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Intimate Life ◽  
The Relationship

    Folle por la escritora canadiense Nelly Arcan es el espacio de un intento de auto reconstrucción a través de la exposición de un antagonismo de identidad generado por una relación compleja mantenida con el Otro. La exploración de la vida íntima se expresa entonces como un proceso de reconocimiento y abnegación; El tiempo, el espacio y el cuerpo se racionalizan mediante un discurso muy estereotipado. Nuestro estudio pretende explicar la relación entre esta auto-reconstrucción dentro de un antagonismo de identidad y la escritura autoficcional, en particular gracias al concepto de identidad queer.     Nuestro enfoque se basará en un método descriptivo y analítico que forma parte de un enfoque interdisciplinario que se basa principalmente en la filosofía, el psicoanálisis y los estudios sobre el tema de la identidad y la interculturalidad.   Folle of the Canadian writer Nelly Arcan is the space of an attempt at self-reconstruction through an exposure of an identity antagonism generated by a complex relationship maintained with the Other. The exploration of the intimate life is then expressed as a process of recognition and self-denial; time, space and the body are then rationalized by a very stereotyped speech. Our study aims to explain the relationship between this self-reconstruction within an identity antagonism and autofictional writing, notably thanks to the concept of queer identity.     Our approach will be based on a descriptive and analytical method which is part of an interdisciplinary approach drawing mainly on philosophy, psychoanalysis and studies on the issue of identity and interculturality. Folle de l’écrivaine canadienne Nelly Arcan est l’espace d’une tentative de reconstruction de soi au travers d’une mise à nu d’un antagonisme identitaire généré par un rapport complexe entretenu avec l’Autre. L’exploration de la vie intime est alors exprimée comme un processus de reconnaissance et de reniement de soi ; le temps, l’espace et le corps sont alors rationalisés par un discours très stéréotypé. Notre étude vise à expliquer le rapport entre cette reconstruction de soi au sein d’un antagonisme identitaire et l’écriture autofictionnelle, notamment grâce au concept de l’identité queer. Notre démarche sera basée sur une méthode descriptive et analytique qui s’inscrit au sein d’une approche interdisciplinaire puisant essentiellement dans la philosophie, la psychanalyse et les études portant sur la problématique identitaire et interculturelle.

scholarly journals The Differentiation and Analysis of Pivotal Construction and Similar Syntactic Constructions

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 498
Author(s):  
Zhiyan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Simple Sentence ◽  
Object Construction ◽  
Sentence Patterns ◽  
The Relationship

Since the appearance of “pivotal construction”, scholars have always questioned its existence and wanted to classify it into the category of other syntactic constructions. Therefore, it is necessary to make a more detailed distinction between the pivotal construction and the other similar syntactic constructions. Generally, the pivotal construction can be abbreviated as N1 + V1 + N2 + V2, which is the same as in other syntactic constructions or sentence patterns: subject-predicate structure as the object construction, serial predicate construction, fused serial predicate and pivotal construction. In this paper, syntax combined with semantics, these four simple sentence patterns (syntactic constructions) are taken as examples and analyzed in detail. Finally, we draw a conclusion that N1, V1, N2, V2 have complex relationship on the syntactic structure. Meanwhile, through the semantic analysis and classification of V1, we make a clear distinction of V1 in the four types of simple sentence patterns and the relationship between V1 and V2 is clearly differentiated.

Explanation and Integration in Mind and Brain Science

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Brain Science ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Complete Independence ◽  
Mind And Brain ◽  
Total Dependence ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Primary Strategy

While it has long been a topic of discussion among philosophers and scientists alike, there is growing appreciation that understanding the complex relationship between neuroscience and psychological science is of fundamental importance to achieving progress across these scientific domains. Is the relationship between them one of complete independence or autonomy—like two great ships passing in the night? Or is the relationship one of total dependence—where one is entirely subordinate to the other? Or perhaps the correct picture is one of mutually beneficial interaction and integration—lying somewhere in the middle of these two extremes? We argue that one primary strategy for addressing this issue centers around understanding the nature of explanation in these different domains. By deepening our understanding of the similarities and differences between the explanatory patterns employed across these scientific domains, the contributed chapters in this volume shed valuable light on the relationship between neuroscience and psychology.

Asbestiform anthophyllite, tremolite, and related fibrous amphibole chemistry, both as primary and secondary mineralization in metamorphic facies in asbestos occurrences in North American deposit comparisons

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Layer Silicates ◽  
Temperature Regimes ◽  
Sheet Silicates ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Combined Action ◽  
Silica Layers ◽  
Metamorphic Facies ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

<p>As we continue to investigate the asbestos-forming minerals and their associated geology as they occur in North America, we have found that subtle variations can make the standardization of what is and what is not asbestos more difficult. On the other hand, some geochemical trends recently observed have given us significant insight into what we can expect in the ground, which we hope will lend much-needed information to medical investigators to better understand the relationship of mineral morphologic and chemical differences and the ramifications to human health for those potentially exposed. In efforts to understand why certain minerals form in the asbestiform habit, mineralogists still cannot fully explain the cause-and-effect of this phenomenon. Although we know that there are chemical variances and pressure or temperature regimes that are conducive to the formation of asbestos, a complete and absolute picture of how and why amphibole forms fibers, or serpentine forms chrysotile scrolls remains elusive. Research indicates however that there are two primary ways that sheet silicates compensate for the fundamental misfit between their tetrahedral silica layers (T) and their octahedrally-coordinated cation layers (O) that is by either tetrahedral rotation /stretching or by bending or modulation of the layers in concert. Rotation or stretching occurs in both the 1:1 layer silicates (T-O) such as serpentines, and the 2:1 phyllosilicates (T-O-T) such as vermiculite or talc. The other primary means of misfit compensation is structural bending, with the obvious examples of antigorite or chrysotile. Although it was originally hypothesized as early as the 1950s that this curving or bending of the sheet structure was entirely due to the T-O misfit, more recent research points to the importance and variances of hydroxyl bonding in the chrysotile structure. A secondary mode of compensation for the fundamental misfit is by the addition or subtraction of silica tetrahedra or octahedral cations in modulated fashion, which affects the overall chemistry of the mineral as a whole. In polysomatic hydrous biopyriboles we see the importance of hydration alteration reactions in the transformation of chain zippers. Thusly, a wide variety of intergrowth microstructures appear in Mg-rich 1:1 modulated layer silicates, analogous to the hydrous biopyriboles as is common intimate intermixing in a polysomatic series. It is therefore common that the means by which all of our regulated asbestos minerals form is through the combined action of T-O misfit compensation and the action of water in the crystallizing or re-crystallizing process. </p>

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