Christian theology (whether biblical or liturgical) generally affirms that God is somehow present in the setting of gathered worship. However, it is often the case that many worshippers themselves (and even ministers) might not perceive that God is present to the church in any discernible way, leading to worship practices that may functionally ignore God's presence, or that may attempt to conjure up some feeling that something transcendent is happening in worship. This thesis attempts to use Charles Taylor's concept of 'the immanent frame' to explain why believers and unbelievers alike might misinterpret worship. In doing so, this thesis applies Taylor's phenomenological methodology to several casual, popular-level accounts relating to perception of God's presence or absence in worship, revealing that the imminent frame does indeed come to bear on the ways in which people understand and experience worship, and suggesting that practitioners must learn to reinterpret worship.

La partie inférieure de la rivière Colorado constitue une frontière naturelle entre les régions argentines de la Pampa et de la Patagonie. Dans cette zone géographique, carrefour entre diverses provinces et régions, les études phytogeographiques et zoogéographiques ont montré l’existence de caractéristiques environnementales particulières. Le projet « Investigations archéologiques dans la partie inférieure de la rivière Colorado », au sein duquel s’inscrit ce travail, a pour objectif principal d’étudier la culture matérielle des chasseurs-cueilleurs de cette zone géographique afin de comprendre leur adaptation et leur évolution durant l’Holocène entre 3 000 et 250 ans BP. Les dynamiques de peuplement de la Pampa et de la Patagonie à la fin de l’Holocène (environ 1000-250 ans BP) ont été décrites par plusieurs chercheurs comme une mosaïque de groupes qui témoigne de contacts inter-ethniques et d’échanges à différentes échelles (locale, extra-régionale, trans-andine). L’objectif de cette thèse est de définir l’organisation technologique des groupes de chasseurs-cueilleurs qui occupent la zone géographique concernée durant la fin de l’Holocène. Pour y répondre, les matières premières exploitées sont caractérisées. De plus, les méthodes de débitage et l’analyse économique des assemblages lithiques sont identifiées par le biais de l’approche théorique et méthodologique de la chaîne opératoire. Les résultats de cette thèse montrent une constance des savoir-faire technologiques tout au long de la fin de l’Holocène. Les changements technologiques perçus dans les comportements à la fin de l’Holocène tardif (environ 1000-250 ans BP) sont dus aux choix parmi les méthodes, les matières premières et les types d’outils connus ou disponibles de ceux les plus efficaces pour lesquels la production s’intensifie à partir de 1000 BP. Les changements comportementaux discernés dans le système de la technologie lithique sont accompagnés voire résultent d’une réorganisation du système social dans son ensemble. Plus généralement, cette situation est également observée dans les sociétés de chasseurs-cueilleurs des zones ou régions voisines (Pampa et Nord Patagonie) à la fin de l’Holocène tardif. / The lower Colorado River is considered the geographical boundary between [the Argentinean regions of Pampa and Patagonia]. In this area converges various provinces and regions, as well as phytogeographical and zoogeographical sub-domains that give to the environment ecotonal characteristics. The project Archaeological Investigations in the Lower Colorado River, which is part of this work, has as its central objective the study of the material culture, adaptation and evolution of hunter-gatherer peoples who occupied the area during the Holocene-3000-250 years BP. The population’s dynamics of the Pampas and Patagonia regions in the final late Holocene (ca. 1000-250 years BP) was described by several researchers as a complex map of inter-ethnic contacts and networks between groups at local, extra-regional and transandean range scale. The aim of this thesis is to define the technological patterns of hunter-gatherer groups who inhabited the studied area during the late Holocene. In order to do so, the nature and presentation of raw materials exploited is stated, and the different methods of debitage and economic analysis of the lithic assemblages are identified, within the theoretical and methodological approach of chaîne opératoires. The results of this thesis allow concluding that during the late Holocene the basis of technological knowledge is kept constant. The technological changes experienced in behavior toward the final late Holocene (ca. 1000-250 years BP) are due to the choice among methods, materials, and types of instruments known and available, of those with proven efficacy, whose production was intensified in the last 1000 years B.P. The behavioral changes linked to lithic technological system are accompanied by -or produced as a result of- reorganization of the social system as a whole. In general terms, this situation is also observed in hunters gathered societies in neighboring areas and regions (Pampean and Northen Patagonic regions) towards final late Holocene.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:37:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tatiana Teixeira Inglez Mazzarella.pdf: 1506263 bytes, checksum: 59d9d75dd3f754952e589405268f186a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-18 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This research is dedicated to the study of some sayings that are cumbersome to forget, a process which is fundamental to their working-through. These are stories that become repetitive and overbearing to their subject. Because of their blocking nature, such narratives prevent the creation of alternate interpretations. Their rigidity impedes the transition of the experienced fact to memory and hampers its acquisition as such. The goal of this study is to create a venue of debate on the concept of overlaying stories, keeping such discussion in line with clinical practice, in other words, with psychoanalytical therapy. To reach said goal, we trace the delimiting paths of what we perceive as origin, history, narrative, experience and transmission, with the help of underlying areas of psychoanalysis. Then, we create a distinction between concealing stories based on the Freudian concept of screen memories and overlaying stories. With reference of work from the literary piece Austerlitz, by W. G. Sebald, as well as clinical observation based on treatment by the author, we seek further familiarization with the phenomenon of overlaying stories, relating it with the former meta-psychological discussion. It also covers the relevance of the concept of overlaying stories to both analysts and psychoanalytical clinics and issues of collective overlaying stories. Lastly, the relations between the concept of overlaying stories and the topic of generational psychic transmission are discussed / Esta pesquisa se dedica ao estudo de alguns ditos que inviabilizam o esquecimento, tão necessário à perlaboração. Trata-se de histórias que se tornam repetitivas e obliterantes para o sujeito. Pelo seu caráter de tamponamento, tais narrativas impossibilitam a criação de outras versões. Por sua fixidez, impedem a passagem do vivido ao experienciado e dificultam a apropriação da herança. O objetivo deste estudo é a criação de um espaço de debate acerca do conceito de história recobridora, de modo que tal discussão esteja comprometida com o fazer clínico, ou seja, com a terapêutica psicanalítica. A fim de que seja alcançado tal objetivo, percorrem-se os caminhos da delimitação do que se entende por origem, história, narrativa, experiência e transmissão, com o apoio de áreas de interface da psicanálise. Em seguida, faz-se uma distinção entre a história encobridora com base no conceito freudiano de lembrança encobridora e a história recobridora. Por meio do trabalho efetuado tanto com a obra literária Austerlitz, de W. G. Sebald, quanto com uma construção clínica com base em atendimento da autora, busca-se mais aproximação com o referido fenômeno, relacionando-o à discussão metapsicológica realizada anteriormente. Além disso, discute-se a relevância do conceito de história recobridora para o analista e para a clínica psicanalítica. Pontuam-se, ainda, questões acerca das histórias recobridoras coletivas e, por fim, propõe-se uma articulação entre o conceito de história recobridora e a temática da transmissão psíquica geracional

The principal aim has been to investigate the contemporary role and importance of edible wild plants in the diets of women in different agro-ecological regions of Vietnam. Field studies were undertaken in four villages in the Mekong Delta (MD) and the Central Highlands (CH) in 1995-1999. Data collection included rapid appraisal techniques, botanical identification, dietary assessments (7-day food frequency recall), anthropometry, blood sampling (haemoglobin, serum ferritin, serum retinol and C-reactive protein) and analysis of vegetable samples (dry matter, selected minerals and vitamins, tannins and phytic acid). A food variety analysis was used to test the adequacy of diets. The uses of over 90 wild plant species were documented, many with multiple functions as foods, medicines and livestock feeds. In the dietary assessment 29 species were reported. Most women used a combination of home produced, commercial and wild vegetables. A high 72 and 43% respectively of the vegetables consumed in the MD and CH sites were gathered (rainy season). They contributed significantly to micronutrient intakes, especially vitamin A, calcium, vitamin C and folate. They added considerably to food diversity and women with the most diverse diets had relatively adequate nutrient intakes. The species used and importance of wild plants varied considerably with region, season and ethnicity. The main conclusions are that edible wild plants continue to make important contributions to the nutrient intakes of women. If this is neglected in diet assessments our understanding of the overall dietary adequacy may be misinterpreted and much valuable knowledge of traditional food diversification may be lost. A food variety analysis can be a useful tool in identifying groups with inadequate diets. The dual role of many species as dietary components and in preventive health care deserves greater attention.

Date: 2023-05-30 Level: Bachelor thesis in Business Administration, 15 cr Institution: School of Business, Society & Engineering, Mälardalen University Authors: Belinda Sundqvist         Jerar Ohanisian                 Shaafi Osman Ali                        00/09/08                        97/09/03                               99/02/05 Title: Utilization & impact of AI in digital marketing Examinator: Magnus Linderström  Supervisor: Stylianos Papaioannou Keywords: Artificial intelligence (AI), Digital marketing, Search engine optimization (SEO), Customer relationship management (CRM), Gathered data, Ethics, Effectiveness, Regulation Research question: How do businesses utilize AI and how does it impact digital marketing? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how organizations use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in their digital marketing, and how this affects their efforts to communicate digitally. This in conjunction with any repercussions regarding ethical and legal concerns, that may occur through the utilization of AI. Method: Qualitative method  Conclusion: AI tools, especially text generators like ChatGPT, are being widely used in digital marketing, especially by small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Larger businesses consider ethical and legal aspects like GDPR in AI implementation. The utilization and choice of AI tools depend on a business's needs and resources. While AI helps improve margins, reduce costs, and enhance quality, it also includes challenges like potential skill gaps. Business size matters: large businesses can invest more but struggle with implementation, whereas SMEs adapt quicker and can achieve growth through AI. The study confirms AI's profitability in business, specifically in digital marketing.

There has existed for many years a memory enhancement technique ("memory pegs") that although having dramatic demonstrable success in some individual cases has not been generally applied in education. The emergence of constructivist epistemology has emphasised the notion that learning occurs as a result of connecting new material with previously learnt concepts. There is, therefore, the implication that effective learning requires some previous knowledge upon which to attach new concepts - and thus realisation of the importance of learning with respect to acquiring factual information as a prerequisite to learning new processes and/or skills. This issue has focussed my attention on the need to ensure that the more physiological skills of accessing 'memory', both for learning and recall, are optimised for maximum learning. Further, there are some indications that the physiological skills of memory access (storage and retrieval) may respond favourably to training and 'exercise'. This study was designed to find out whether or not a repeated 'exercise' using a simple memory enhancement technique would lead to a determinable and statistically significant increase in overall performance in a range of cognitive skills (as indicated by science and mathematics examination results), whether learning such a technique would affect a student's attitudes towards science, whether there was a relationship between the amount of time spent practicing the technique and the degree of effect, and whether the memory technique did actually improve the ability to recall lists of objects.