Text in Afrikaans / This thesis attempts to explore the relationship between eschatology and mission. This is done in the context of three ecumenical mission conferences held from 1910 to 1938. In the first chapter an overview is given of a number of the most important eschatological models, as well as an evaluation of these models to explore the author's own viewpoint. The broad eschatological lines through the ages are then followed and the relationship between eschatology and mission is indicated in a few important areas, namely the involvement of the church in social questions, unity in the church and the Christian hope. In the second chapter the mission conferences held in New York (1900) and Edinburgh (1910), which both occurred at a time of great optimism in the church, are discussed. At that time mission was especially seen as the salvation of the soul. In the third chapter the meeting held in Jerusalem in 1928, which took place in a time of great uncertainty for the church, is discussed. Here emphasis was laid upon the social task of the church. In chapter four mission in the shadow of the Second World War is discussed, concentrating on the meeting held at Tambaram (1938). During this meeting eschatology played an important role. There was a greater balance between the salvation of the soul and the salvation of the body. Church unity and a living hope also played an important role amongst the delegates. In the fifth chapter some conclusions are drawn for the church in general, while a few principles are indicated regarding eschatology and mission specifically for the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church). / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Sendingwetenskap)

The symbolic meal, known as the Eucharsit, Lord's Supper, Holy Communion, and many other names is of peculiar interest to the Christian church. This thesis presents the results of a psychological examination of the teachings of the church present both in creeds, statements, and by individual writers.

The purposes of this study were: 1. To determine the effect of levels of questioning used on secondary public school students in social studies, as measured by (a) their achievement scores, and (b) their critical thinking ability; 2. To determine the effect of feedback to student teachers on their patterns of asking convergent and divergent questions, as measured by coding frequencies of each type on an Observation Schedule and Record form? 3. To draw conclusions from the findings--and develop implications concerning levels of questioning used by teachers and the use of feedback from college supervisors to student teachers.

We dream of an age that is equal to our passions is a series of soliloquies and ideas that look at the false narratives I tell myself in order to get out bed in the morning, at the depression that came after failed revolutions, at the unrealistic hopes of my politics, and of my desire to become a whole human being.

Objective: Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests a relationship between Repetitive Thought (RT, e.g. rumination), and depression in patients with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). To date, cross-sectional studies indicate that rumination is associated with depression in CHD, but additional prospective longitudinal research is required to determine if rumination predicts subsequent depression. This research therefore aimed to test the hypothesis that RT, specifically rumination, is a vulnerability factor for depression over time in a CHD population. It was predicted that RT at baseline would predict depression rates at three month follow-up after controlling for baseline depression and potential confounding factors. Methods: Inpatients and outpatients with a diagnosis of CHD completed self-report questionnaires at baseline (N = 101) and at three month follow-up (N = 85). The data was analysed using a hierarchical multiple regression. Results: Baseline rumination significantly predicted depression at the three month follow-up after controlling for baseline depression and potential confounding factors. Rumination accounted for 8.3% of the variance (p< .001). Subscales of brooding and reflection were also found to be individually predictive of follow-up depression explaining 4% of the variance (p< .005) and 7% of the variance (p< .001) respectively. Conclusion: Findings are consistent with previous prospective and cross-sectional research that indicates that rumination plays a unique role in the maintenance of depression in CHD patients and is an identifiable vulnerability factor.

Exhibit marketing can be a remarkably useful promotional practice that generates new applications and can adjust to different situations in the fierce marketplace. However, academics show little interest in this concept as well as its connection to former schools of thought. Accordingly, the purpose of this literature review is to evaluate and integrate the findings of multiple qualitative research studies to provide an overview of the concept of exhibit marketing. This study will provide a content analysis through a meta-synthesis with the citation index as a foundation. Extracted perspectives from different scholars are carefully analysed and summarized using the proposed theoretical framework. Findings revealed that the concept of exhibit marketing has close relation to the Nordic School of Thought.

Orientador: Mara Sueli Simão Moraes / Banca: Elizabeth Mattiazzo Cardia / Banca: Sueli Terezinha F. Martins / Resumo: Este é um trabalho de natureza teórica, visando fundamentar um posterior experimento didático. A base dessa fundamentação teórica é o Experimento Formativo (EF) realizado na União Soviética sob coordenação de Davydov e Elkonin (no qual, foi elaborada uma específica atividade escolar: a atividade de estudo), na teoria dialética materialista do conhecimento, na Psicologia Histórico-Cultural e no que Badillo (2004) concebe por modelo didático. Inicia com uma breve conceituação sobre modelos: o modelo científico, o método dialético como forma de sistematização de modelo científico e o modelo didático considerado como um modelo científico da Ciência Didática. Em seguida, apresenta a teoria da atividade, no seu aspecto psicológico, por meio de uma caracterização geral do desenvolvimento do psiquismo humano, conduzindo a ideia de que distintas formas de pensamento levam a distintas formas de desenvolvimento do psiquismo e, portanto, a distintas formas de controle da própria conduta. Segue com uma exposição do conceito de pensamento empírico e de seu modelo escolar de formação, distinguindo-o do pensamento teórico, o qual, na sequência, é caracterizado na sua relação com seu modelo de formação: a atividade de estudo. Caracteriza-se que o pensamento empírico é formado por meio de conteúdos organizados pela lógica formal, enquanto que o pensamento teórico forma-se por meio da realização da atividade de estudo, a qual o movimento da ascensão do abstrato ao concreto e possibilita o desenvolvimento de importantes funções psíquicas superiores, tais como a análise, reflexão, planejamento e experimento mental. Resumidamente, há uma exemplificação da atividade de estudo quanto à formação do conceito de número em Matemática e apresentação dos principais resultados obtidos no EF. Analisa os procedimentoss utilizados no EF para concluir... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This is theoretical study aimed at paving the way for a later teaching experiment. This theoretical support was based on the Formative Experiment (FE) performed in the Soviety Union and coordinated by DavydovElkoniin, (in which a specific school activity, the learning activity, was created), on the dialectical materialist theory of knowledge, on the Cultural-Historical Psychology, and on what Badillo (2004) conceives as a didatic model. Firstly, this study does a brief evaluation of models: the scientific model, the dialectical method as a way to systematize the scientific model and the didatic model considered as a scientific model of Didactic Science. It then presents the theory of activity in its psychological aspect, through a general characterizarion of the development of the human psyche, considering the idea that different ways of thinking lead to different forms of development of the phyche and therefore, to distinct forms of controlling their own conduct. Secondly, this paper conceptualizes the empirical throght and its production model in schools, distinguishing it from the theoretical thinking, which, in sequence, is characterized in its relationship with its model of production: the learning activity. Finally, it shows that the empirical thought is formed through contents organized by the formal logic, while theoretical thinking is formed by performing the learning activity itself, which follows the upward movement from the abstract to the concrete and allows the development of important higher mental functions, such as analysis, reflexion, planning and mental experiment. In short, there is an example of the learning activity used to teach the concept of number in mathematics and the main results obtained in EF. The study then examines the procedures used in the EF to conclude that this EF is characterized... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

La thèse porte sur l’édition et l’étude de la tradition manuscrite des trois rédactions (dont deux inédites) de la vulgarisation du De doctrina dicendi et tacendi (1245) par Albertano da Brescia. L’œuvre du Juge lombard est un traité rhétorique et moral qui a connu un immédiat succès de public au Moyen Âge, à la fois en Italie et en Europe, comme le prouvent ses nombreuses traductions dans plusieurs langues romanes. Parmi elles, la vulgarisation la plus ancienne que nous connaissons est celle attribuée à Andrea da Grosseto, qui traduisit les traités moraux d’Albertano en 1268, en France ; son travail fut suivi par celui du notaire de Pistoia Soffredi del Grazia. Parmi les autres traductions, nous rappelons également une version florentine (fin du XIIIe siècle), une pisane (1288), et trois rédactions vulgaires anonymes, jusqu’à aujourd’hui inconnues, dont ce projet vise à publier les textes. Auparavant, le cadre de la tradition manuscrite de la vulgarisation du Liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi était peu clair. Comme l’avaient déjà souligné Segre et Marti dans le 1959, les études concernant les relations entre les diverses vulgarisations italiennes de l’œuvre d’Albertano étaient insuffisantes. La situation était encore inchangée au moment de la publication du dernier recensement, celui de Giulio Vaccaro, en 2011, qui comptait 46 manuscrits de vulgarisation. En particulier, l’absence d’une distinction entre les différentes rédactions et, notamment, d’une édition des rédactions anonymes fondée sur des critères scientifiques a longtemps empêché la comparaison avec les autres versions italiennes et européennes. La première partie de ce travail vise à encadrer les versions italiennes du traité dans leur contexte et à les commenter du point de vue culturel, littéraire et linguistique. Dans cette introduction aux textes, on a essayé de réunir les résultats de l’enquête à propos de la fortune européenne du livre d’Albertano, mise en rapport avec les vulgarisations du latin au français de traités rhétoriques et moraux. La comparaison a concerné aussi la traduction du traité faite par Brunetto Latini. La collation entre la version française du Liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi comprise dans le Tresor et les vulgarisations toscanes a mis en relief des fautes et des innovations communes, qui laissent supposer l’existence d’une parenté. Du point de vue de l’héritage littéraire, on examinera les thèmes du silence et de la consolatio considérés comme des possibles remèdes pour guérir le conflit intérieur, à partir du traité albertanien jusqu’à Pétrarque. Sous l’aspect linguistique, on mettra en évidence l’apport indispensable des vulgarisations du Liber à la fondation de la prose italienne des origines, comparable à celle des trois Canzonieri qui marquent le début de la tradition poétique vulgaire. La deuxième partie de cette thèse est dédiée à l’étude de la tradition manuscrite de la vulgarisation du traité, qui a permis d’enrichir le recensement du 2011 avec trois nouveaux manuscrits et de reconstruire les relations stemmatiques parmi ses témoins. L’examen des textes a permis d’éclaircir des zones d’ombre qui concernent les rapports parmi les rédactions vulgaires et d’individuer au moins trois différentes versions anonymes : la « Vulgate », une version « abrégée », transmise par vingt-neuf manuscrits, qui privilège le message moral et gnomique au détriment de son contenu rhétorique ; l’ « Intégrale », une version complète et plus fidèle au texte latin, dont cinq manuscrits sont témoins ; la « Composite », remaniement transmis par cinq témoins, apparemment plus tard. Pour chaque version, on a tracé un stemma codicum et publié un texte représentatif, afin d’effectuer une analyse linguistique nécessaire à établir les rapports qui lient ces versions et leur origine. / This thesis deals with the study of the manuscript tradition of three anonymous Italian versions (including two unpublished) of the vulgarisation of the De doctrina dicendi et tacendi (1245) by Albertanus of Brescia and aims to publish the critical edition of these versions. The work of the Lombard Judge is a rhetorical and moral treatise that has enjoyed immediate success and diffusion in the Middle Ages, both in Italy and in Europe, as it can be proved by its many translations into several Romance languages. Among them, the first vulgarisation that we know is the one attributed to Andrea da Grosseto, who translated the moral treatises of Albertanus in 1260, in France; his work was followed by that of the notary of Pistoia Soffredi del Grazia. Among other translations, we also recall one Florentine version (late Thirteenth century), one pisane (1288), and three anonymous vulgar versions, two of which published here for the first time. Previously, the framework of the manuscript tradition of the Liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi was very nebulous. As already pointed out by Segre and Marti in 1959, studies concerning the relations among the various Italian vulgarisations of Albertanus’s work were insufficient. This situation did not change with the publication of the last census, that of Giulio Vaccaro, in 2011, which counted 46 manuscripts. In particular, the absence of a distinction between the different Italian versions and, especially, of an edition of the anonymous ones, based on scientific criteria, has long prevented comparisons with other Italian and European versions. The first part of this work aims to frame the Italian versions of the treatise in their context and to comment on them from the cultural, literary and linguistic point of view. In this introduction to the texts, an attempt has been made to bring together the results of the inquiry into the European heritage of Albertanus’ book, related to the popularisation of Latin and French rhetorical and moral treatises. The comparison also concerned the translation of the treatise by Brunetto Latini. The collation between the French version of the Liber included in the Tresor and the Tuscan vulgarisations highlighted common errors and innovations, which suggest the existence of a relation. From the point of view of the literary heritage, this work will examine the themes of silence and consolatio considered as possible remedies to heal the inner conflict, from Albertanus’ treatise to Petrarch’s works. From a linguistic point of view, the indispensable contribution of the vulgarisations of the Liber to the founding of the Italian prose, comparable to that of the three Canzonieri, which marked the beginning of the vulgar poetic tradition, will be highlighted. The second part of this thesis is devoted to the study of the manuscript tradition of the vulgarisation of the treatise, which allowed to enrich the 2011 census with three new manuscripts and to reconstruct the stemmatic relations among its witnesses. The examination of the texts has led to clarify areas of shadow concerning the relations among the vulgar translations and to identify at least three different anonymous versions: the «Vulgate», a shortened version, transmitted by twenty-nine manuscripts, which privileges the moral and gnomic message to the detriment of its rhetorical content; the «Integral», a complete version more similar to the Latin text, testified by five manuscripts; the «Composite», apparently subsequent to the previous ones, also transmitted by five witnesses. For each version, a stemma codicum was drawn and a representative text was published, in order to carry out a linguistic analysis necessary to establish the relations which connect these versions and their origin.

Pseudoscience is a collection of nonfiction essays analyzing the origins and methodologies or various pseudoscientific practices against the backdrop of events from the narrator's life that mirror those practices in some way. Pseudoscience is unverifiable. Pseudoscience is unverifiable. / by Mike Shier. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

A presente tese pretende investigar, no âmbito do pensamento de Henri Bergson, a questão do impulso criador a partir de sua realização como arte, mas não apenas ali, isto é, na medida em que esse impulso se caracteriza como esforço de invenção, sua investigação dirá respeito também aos possíveis desdobramentos concernentes à vida intelectual, moral e social. Serão examinados elementos que permitam discutir o tema da invenção noção que em Bergson se apresenta de maneira indissociada da discussão acerca da intuição a partir da relação entre percepção, esforço intelectual e criação. Mais precisamente, importa aprofundar o conhecimento a respeito do modo e das condições de possibilidade de inserção dessa experiência criadora no mundo, isto é, numa história, como fazer. A potência criadora, suas ações e suas obras deverão, assim, ser examinadas à luz de uma leitura bergsoniana que compreende a realidade da vida a partir de seus dois sentidos, a saber: o aberto e o fechado, ou, o que é o mesmo, o estático e o movente, o necessário e o contingente, o biológico e o metafísico, o da servidão e, enfim, o da liberdade. O propósito deverá ser, por fim, o de tirar as conseqüências filosóficas dessas diferenças que se apresentam como a própria realidade da vida / The present thesis intends to investigate, in the scope of Henri Bergsons thought, the issue of the creator impulse from its realization as art, but not only there, that is, while this impulse is characterized as invention effort, its inquiry will also deal with the possible unfolding pertaining to the intellectual, moral and social life. Elements that allow discussion of the theme invention will be examined - notion that in Bergson is presented as an attached manner to the debate on intuition - from the relationship between perception, intellectual effort and creation. In particular, it is important to deepen into the knowledge regarding the mode and the conditions of insertion possibility of this creator experience in the world, that is, in a history, how to make it. The creator power, its action and its masterpiece will be examined upon the light of a bergsonians reading that comprises the reality of life from its two directions: open and the closed one, or with the same meaning, the static and the moving one, the necessary and the contingent, the biological and the metaphysical, that of the servitude and, at last, that of the freedom. The purpose will be, finally, to draw the philosophical consequences of these differences that are shown as the reality of life itself