The present work is an exegetical and theological study of the antitheses in Galatians 5.2-6. Chapter 1 justifies the present work by pointing out the fact that both the six "antitheses" in 5.2-6 and the passage itself have not been given sufficient recognition in the history of interpretation of Galatians. First, Paul contrasts circumcision and Christ in terms of "benefit" in 5.2-3; the salvific benefit of Christ is contrasted with the uselessness of circumcision (ch. 2). The salvific benefit of Christ is Paul's ultimate theological basis for his opposition to the agitators' theological rationale for circumcision, in particular the salvific efficacy and benefit of circumcision. Second, the law is contrasted to Christ in terms of the sphere of justification (5.4b vs. 5.4a), not as two antithetical means of justification (ch 3). With God’s eschatological transfer from the law to Christ as the sphere of justification Paul redefines the boundary of God's people and replaces it from the law to Christ. Third, Paul contrasts the law with grace as two mutually exclusive foundations of justification (5.4b vs. 5.4c - ch. 4). Paul rejects the law as the soteriological basis of justification because God's saving grace brought the salvific effects (e.g. righteousness, the Abrahamic blessing, sonship, election) to the Gentiles without Torah-observance. Fourth, Paul sets the law in antithesis with the Spirit as two antithetical bases of justification (5.4b vs. 5.5 - ch. 5). For Paul the Spirit is the means of righteousness, the medium of the blessing of Abraham, and the agent and basis of sonship. Fifth, the law and Christ's faithfulness is contrasted as two antithetical means of justification (5.4b vs. 5.5 - ch. 6). The πίστις references in 5.5 and 5.6 refer to the faithfulness of Christ, not to the Christian's act of faith in Christ. Paul's antithesis between єργα νόμου and Xριοτού should be understood as shorthand for the incompatibility between ethnocentnc covenantalism and the gospel of Christ's faithfulness in terms of two mutually exclusive soteriological belief-systems. Sixth, Paul sets πєριτομτνάκροβνατία in antithesis with πίστις δι’ άγάπης ένεργουμένη (i.e. Christ's faithfulness working through his love) as two antithetical bases of justification (5.6 - ch. 7). The antithesis between "circumcision vs. uncircumcision" and Christ's faithfulness working through his love should be interpreted as a microcosm of the two incompatible belief-systems between the agitators' ethnocentric covenantalism and Paul's gospel of the cross. Chapter 8 consists of the summary and implications for Pauline interpretation. The antitheses function as a summary of Paul's argument to the Galatians, the answer to the pivotal issues at stake in Galatians, the solution of the crisis in Galatia, the rationale for Paul’s opposition to the agitators' gospel, and interpretive clues for understanding Paul’s theology in Galatians. In conclusion, Gal 5.2-6, where the six antitheses appear, is the truth- claim of Paul's gospel, the summary and climax of Paul's argument to the Galatians, and a hermeneutical key to Paul's letter to the Galatians.

<p>Given a random sample from a multivariate probability distribution <em>p</em>, the maximum minimum parents and children algorithm locates the skeleton of the directed acyclic graph of a Bayesian network for <em>p</em> provided that there exists a faithful Bayesian network and that the dependence structure derived from data is the same as that of the underlying probability distribution.</p><p>The aim of this thesis is to examine the consequences when one of these conditions is not fulfilled. There are some circumstances where the algorithm works well even if there does not exist a faithful Bayesian network, but there are others where the algorithm fails.</p><p>The MMPC tests for conditional independence between the variables and assumes that if conditional independence is not rejected, then the conditional independence statement holds. There are situations where this procedure leads to conditional independence being accepted that contradict conditional dependence relations in the data. This leads to edges being removed from the skeleton that are necessary for representing the dependence structure of the data.</p>

Given a random sample from a multivariate probability distribution p, the maximum minimum parents and children algorithm locates the skeleton of the directed acyclic graph of a Bayesian network for p provided that there exists a faithful Bayesian network and that the dependence structure derived from data is the same as that of the underlying probability distribution. The aim of this thesis is to examine the consequences when one of these conditions is not fulfilled. There are some circumstances where the algorithm works well even if there does not exist a faithful Bayesian network, but there are others where the algorithm fails. The MMPC tests for conditional independence between the variables and assumes that if conditional independence is not rejected, then the conditional independence statement holds. There are situations where this procedure leads to conditional independence being accepted that contradict conditional dependence relations in the data. This leads to edges being removed from the skeleton that are necessary for representing the dependence structure of the data.

The theories of causality put forward by Pearl and the Spirtes-Glymour-Scheines group have entered the mainstream of statistical thinking. These theories show that under ideal conditions, causal relationships can be inferred from purely statistical observational data. Nancy Cartwright advances certain arguments against these causal inference algorithms: the well-known factory example argument against the Causal Markov condition and an argument against faithfulness. We point to the dependence of the first argument on undefined categories external to the technical apparatus of causal inference algorithms. We acknowledge the possible practical implication of her second argument, yet we maintain, with respect to both arguments, that this variety of causal inference, if not universal, is nonetheless eminently useful. Cartwright argues against assumptions that are essential not only to causal inference algorithms but to causal inference generally, even if, as she contends, they are not without exception and that the same is true of other, likewise essential, assumptions. We indicate that causal inference is an iterative process and that causal inference algorithms assist, rather than replace, that process as performed by human beings.

The theories of causality put forward by Pearl and the Spirtes-Glymour-Scheines group have entered the mainstream of statistical thinking. These theories show that under ideal conditions, causal relationships can be inferred from purely statistical observational data. Nancy Cartwright advances certain arguments against these causal inference algorithms: the well-known factory example argument against the Causal Markov condition and an argument against faithfulness. We point to the dependence of the first argument on undefined categories external to the technical apparatus of causal inference algorithms. We acknowledge the possible practical implication of her second argument, yet we maintain, with respect to both arguments, that this variety of causal inference, if not universal, is nonetheless eminently useful. Cartwright argues against assumptions that are essential not only to causal inference algorithms but to causal inference generally, even if, as she contends, they are not without exception and that the same is true of other, likewise essential, assumptions. We indicate that causal inference is an iterative process and that causal inference algorithms assist, rather than replace, that process as performed by human beings.

This study aims to establish the semantic range of πίστις (‘faith’) in fourth century Christian discourse using the preaching of John Chrysostom as a source base. Against previous scholarship which sees πίστις as primarily a cognitive or propositional term referring to belief, this study uses a close examination of Chrysostom’s preaching to argue that the relational nature of the term was central to its significance for fourth century preaching as Christians considered their own faith and biblical texts. Chrysostom uses the reciprocal, relational character of πίστις to emphasise loyalty, trust and obedience to God through metaphors based upon the military, economic and household contexts of late antiquity. This study further shows that Chrysostom in turn uses these aspects of πίστις to seek to influence the everyday life of his congregation, whether to support existing behaviour (such as obedience to the emperor, or husbands, or the bishop) or to seek to transform behaviour (such as encouraging the rich to give to the poor, or masters to treat slaves better). This contextual understanding of πίστις therefore sheds light on how the relationship with God both informed and was informed by the everyday human relationships of the congregation. The study overall demonstrates the necessity of understanding Chrysostom’s view of πίστις as belonging within a reciprocal relationship, enabling a new view of Chrysostom’s preaching, faith and late antiquity to emerge.

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Along with the rapid and continuing evolution of enterprise computerization, enterprise establishes Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) gradually. The function and property of EIP changing with complicated environment and technology. Thus, the way enterprise adopt and use the EIP will influence enterprise operating and users satisfaction of EIP and the faithfulness of appropriation of information system will influencing user satisfaction. The goal of this research is to find the significant factors that link between the user satisfaction of EIP and faithfulness of appropriation by using diamond model and contingency theory. We combine with three distinct factors of compatibility, including (1) Technology¡VTask Compatibility (2) Technology¡VPeople Compatibility (3) Technology¡VOrganization Compatibility, to build an integrated model. An empirical survey methodology is applied to test the research model and six hypotheses are developed in this study, and then we use PLS to analysis it. The results reveal that Technology¡VTask Compatibility contributes most to the use of EIP. It implies that EIP should fulfill the task needs of users to promote user satisfaction. Moreover, Technology¡VPeople Compatibility implies that it will enhance the user satisfaction if the EIP is more compatible with user past experience and value. We also found that as EIP is more compatible with enterprise needs of tasks, and people, and the way user use EIP is more faithful with the purpose of the designer will promote user satisfaction of EIP.

In order to gain more profit and be superior to others in an environment full of intense competitions, enterprises nowadays not only have to maintain the original product quality, price, and sale passageways but also need to enhance the service quality, in an attempt to increase customers¡¦ satisfaction degree and faithfulness degree. According to the newly published ISO 9001: 2000 Customer Satisfaction Management Structure, the priority in the operating system of quality management has become customers. As a result, one of a manager¡¦s responsibilities now includes emphasizing customers¡¦ relationship management and utilizing operating strategies, which customers are satisfied. The research, which consists of China Steel Chemical Corporation¡¦s new version of ISO 9001: 2000 Customer Satisfaction Management Structure, results from the collected references and information regarding customers¡¦ satisfaction degree, along with customers¡¦ opinions obtained from thorough meetings. It analyzes certain key factors affecting customers¡¦ satisfaction degree. The research-investigating subject is all the customers, who have purchased or used the products and enjoyed the service of China Steel Chemical Corporation during the time period from April 1st, 2002 to March 31st, 2003. Survey questionnaires are also examined to measure the customers¡¦ satisfaction level, so as to evaluate the entire quality of a series of coal tar products. In the meanwhile, in order to assist China Steel Chemical Corporation to meet the standards of ISO 9001: 2000 Customer Satisfaction Management Structure, procedures, which are deliberately used for estimating the customers¡¦ satisfaction degree index, are also established. The study eventually analyzes the relationship between the total quality of the coal tar products and the customers¡¦ satisfaction degree and the correlation between the customers¡¦ satisfaction degree and faithfulness degree. Following the construction of a scale measurement, the research discovers that the entire quality of the coal tar industry products is composed of the service quality and the original product quality, which includes products, sales, prices, communications, and product deliveries. Accordingly, the higher the entire quality of the products is, the higher the customers¡¦ satisfaction degree becomes. Moreover, the study also finds out that the higher customers¡¦ satisfaction degree significantly indicates the higher customers¡¦ faithfulness degree, for the customers will be more willing to purchase the products again as well as recommend others to buy the products. In addition, after developing the procedures to assess the product quality of the coal tar industry from a variety of aspects, the research reveals that by simply consulting the handy evaluation procedures, a manager will be able to come up with other suitable ways to resolve the customers¡¦ complaints as well as improve the product and service quality. The established system that combines information of the product quality and the customers¡¦ satisfaction degree, can effectively and completely reflect the customers¡¦ feedbacks. Thus, it indeed provides enterprises with valuable references in the process of improving the entire product quality efficiently. ¡iKey Words¡j: coal tar, customers¡¦ satisfaction degree, Customer Satisfaction Management Structure, service quality, customers¡¦ faithfulness degree

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T20:32:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO - ALEXANDRINA.pdf: 623898 bytes, checksum: 5d198d1473d6a49f4dcb85bde29939e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / It demonstrates to the current form of the relationship between Wiest Sistemas Automotivos and its customers. Search to know the satisfaction degree how much to the given services and leaving of these opinions tool model elaborates on-line objectifying to improve the relationship with the customers. The present work suggests the tool adoption on-line to facilitate the communication with customers in a plant of automotivos components. The competitiveness of the companies presents fort linking with the quality of the relationship with the customer. To compete in real time she is necessary to endow the company with ways that allow to know and to become related of form each more efficient time with the customers. It discourses on the information technology which is seen as the communication facilitator making possible the capacity to plan and establish links through feedback systems providing the interactiveness and conectiveness between the institution and the client. It analyses the marketing relationship as the successful key to achievement, and mainly the clients faithfulness. / A competitividade das empresas apresenta forte ligação com a qualidade do relacionamento com o cliente. Para competir em tempo real é preciso dotar a empresa de meios que permitam conhecer e relacionar-se de forma cada vez mais eficiente com os clientes. O presente trabalho sugere a adoção de ferramenta on-line para facilitar a comunicação com clientes em uma fábrica de componentes automotivos. Demonstra a forma atual do relacionamento entre Wiest Sistemas Automotivos e seus clientes. Busca saber o grau de satisfação quanto ao serviços prestados e à partir destas opiniões elabora modelo de ferramenta on-line objetivando melhorar o relacionamento com os clientes. Discorre sobre a tecnologia da informação ser vista como a facilitadora de comunicação possibilitando a capacidade de melhor planejar e estabelecer vínculos por sistemas de feedback propiciando a interatividade e conectividade entre ela e o cliente.