This work presents an investigation of Hebrew Bible passages containing the heavenly sanctuary/temple motif in order to achieve a threefold purpose: (1) to ascertain the function of the heavenly anctuary/temple; (2) to determine the relationship of the heavenly sanctuary/temple with its earthly counterpart, and (3) to provide a comprehensive picture of the heavenly anctuary/temple motif in the Hebrew Bible

Toward a Theology of the Heavenly Sanctuary in the Hebrew Bible

De Souza, Elias Brasil

Religion & Spirituality

VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K.

The purpose of this book is to systematically explain whether and how attitudes toward the power of the European Parliament (EP) affect voter turnout in EP elections. The EP is the only European Union institution that ensures democratic representation within the EU; members of the EP have been directly elected by European citizens every five years since 1979. Based on turnout, however, it appears that few people care about the EP elections. Turnout rate for these elections is not only lower than that for national elections, but it has also steadily declined from 1979 to 1999. Do people abstain from voting because less is at stake in the EP elections? Are Euroskeptics less likely to vote in EP elections? My findings confirm that attitudes toward the EP influence and support for the EU influence the decision to turnout in the EP elections, even after controlling for contextual and demographic variables.

Why do People Abstain from the European Parliament Elections?

Politics & Social Sciences

Kentmen, Cigdem

Politics & Government

To lose teeth and be obliged to use removable prostheses might impact dramatically on your everyday activities. Prosthodontics is aiming to enable the patients to eat whatever they like, but also to make them feel socially comfortable with artificial teeth. However, there is an individual diversity which makes it impossible to assess the impact of tooth loss without concern for individual attributes. The aim of this thesis was to study the impact of oral prostheses on oral health- related quality of life (OHRQOL). Additional aims were to study social inequalities in oral health, attitudes towards costs for dental care and care utilization. The number of remaining teeth was more important than the type of denture when explaining OHRQOL. The type of replacement, in terms of fixed or removable denture, was less important for those with few or no remaining teeth, than for all others. Interactions were observed between number of remaining teeth and type of denture when explaining OHRQOL. As a whole the thesis shows that social and dental conditions and cost for dental care play a great role for dental care utilization as well as for OHRQOL.

Prosthodontics and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

Medical Books

Bagewitz, Ingrid Collin

Dentistry

Boys? underachievement has become a topical issue in recent years. Within the New Zealand primary school that is the focus of this study it was a catalyst for a ?Boys? Project? which encompassed a range of innovations designed to address boys? underachievement by re-culturing the school to make it a more positive environment for them.Literature reveals contrasting and conflicting theoretical perspectives that contribute to the debate around boys? achievement. One perspective accepts that boys and girls are different and schools should be expected to change so that these differences can be accommodated. The alternative perspective suggests that differences between girls and boys should not be viewed as inevitable and that, for boys, schools and society should work to change unhelpful attitudes and behaviours if their learning needs are to be addressed. Boys? underachievement is indeed a complex issue. This research concludes that educational outcomes for boys will be positively affected by a school culture that fosters strong relationships, a focus on learning, and an understanding of how beliefs and attitudes about gender are influential on learning.

Connecting School Culture to Boys' Learning

Education & Teaching

Hyndman, Robert

Schools & Teaching

Since the ancient past scholars have wondered about the relationship between creative activity and the tangible reward of producing that activity. Does getting paid to be creative have a positive or detrimental effect on the outcome? Recent studies have shown an "overjustification" effect, wherein participants not expecting a reward produce more creative output than those expecting a reward. The goal of the current research was to immunize college students against the overjustification effect, the case in which the expectation of an external reward leads to lowered levels of creativity and intrinsic motivation. Participants received immunization through video and writing activities, then were asked to write two poems with or without the expectation of reward at the end. Participants’ intrinsic motivation was assessed, and their poems were rated for creativity. Participants showed an overjustification effect but the immunization did not produce a significant result. The study contains a substantial overview of the literature on overjustification and immunization and is of interest to anyone working in Educational or Behavioral Psychology.

Reward and Creativity: Immunizing Students Against the Negative Effects of Reward on Creativity

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jillson, Chris

Psychology & Counseling

Do we ever stop playing dress-up? Sociologist Sarah Jane Clancy investigates how young adults utilize fashion and body presentation to negotiate a sense of identity amidst a postmodern culture which provides multiple options for dress and identity expression. By employing a survey, Clancy first investigates the importance of fashion and body presentation to the sense of self of young adults. Second, Clancy examines the extent to which indulgence in fashion and body presentation reflects both experimentation and hedonism characteristic of postmodernity. Clancy discusses how the postmodern context undermines the former practical and patriarchal concerns of fashion in lieu of variable and experimental identity expression. This research offers a valuable perspective by filling the void in the identity literature which currently focuses on the body itself rather than the use of fashion and clothing to make self-statements. This book is ideally suited for those in the fields of sociology, cultural studies, and media studies or those with an interest in the identity literature, fashion and consumption, and issues of embodiment.

Dress Me Up! - The Use of Fashion in Identity Formation

Clancy, Sarah Jane

Knowledge Management (KM), a concept perceived by academics and practitioners as an emerging field, has little empirical lead evidence to support claims about its origin, growth, or constructs. The purpose of this research was to analyze systematically the 1991 to 2001 academic and industry literature to provide a better understanding of KM's evolution and intellectual development. Given the limitation of the methodological approach in this study, the analysis presents an archival view of KM.

The Evolution & Intellectual Development of Knowledge Management - An Archival View of KM

Business & Money

Ponzi, Leonard J

Management & Leadership

Functional laterality in terms of a right-sided preference in most sensory-motor activities (e.g., right handedness) is a typical human characteristic. However, why humans seem to be characterized by right-sidedness as the norm and how this develops is still unclear. This book addresses these issues with regard to the early development of functional asymmetries in human newborns and young infants. The book begins with a description of theories, findings and issues in motor control, motor system development and infant motor asymmetries. It then goes on to present three empirical studies providing new evidence for early side differences in newborn leg movements and in the development of goal-directed arm movements in 6 to 36-month-old infants. Throughout, the clinical implications of this research are also emphasized and discussed. It is proposed that the early development of side preferences is biologically rooted, although susceptible to change due to environmental factors such as a premature birth. The book will provide valuable reading for advanced psychology students, researchers, health professionals and others interested in infant sensory-motor development.

Development of Functional Asymmetries in Young Infants - A Sensory-motor Approach

Domellöf, Erik

Reading Culture: The Transfer and Translation of Australianness in Contemporary Fiction

Cain Gray, Lara

Social Sciences

Research was conducted in order to simulate real-life impacts during shifts of gaze in humans. The objective of the research was achieved by applying assisting and opposing torque loads during gaze shifts of human subjects through a servomotor. The subjects performed a simple visual task to guide their gaze shifts in the dark. The visual task led the subject`s gaze towards eccentricities of a range within which the head`s contribution to the gaze coordinated movement is indispensable. The novel gaze movement trajectories produced support the existence of a feedback control mechanism in the eye-head coordination system that keeps track of the on-going movement and adjusts the movement`s kinematics on-line accordingly. The addition of a neck-muscle generated mechanism that interferes with the vestibulo-ocular reflex and affects the eye`s trajectory post-saccadically is hereby proposed as a complement to the existing neurophysiological feedback models.

The Neurophysiology of Eye-Head Coordination

Kokkinos, Vasileios

Medicine

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