Examining the role of women in the ministry of the Syrian Orthodox Church is not a new endeavor; however, it remains a complex one. This paper aims to delve into the roles assigned to women in church ministry according to canon law, exploring the reasons behind the failure of their implementation, and identifying the opportunities available for women in church ministry today. The creation narratives in the Book of Genesis 1:27 underscore the equality of both male and female, as they are created in the image of God. Biblical texts emphasize the invaluable role of women as supportive partners within the context of the church community (Romans:16:1-5). They are depicted as pillars of strength, offering their wisdom, compassion and dedication to nurturing the spiritual growth of others. This role as a helper (Genesis 2:20) is not one of subservience but rather of partnership and collaboration where both men and women work together harmoniously to fulfill the mission of the church and spread love and understanding.  Through this study, I have endeavored to elucidate the integral role of women in church ministry. The church must recognize and harness the considerable expertise that women possess across various fields of religious life. By doing so, their spiritual journey is enriched, enabling them to align more closely with the image of God and pursue their goals with greater specificity and purpose. This exploration also discusses into the establishment of the office of deaconess and highlights the myriad opportunities available for women in the ministry of the Syrian Orthodox Church today. By embracing and empowering women within the church, we uphold the values of equality and inclusivity and enrich our community’s spiritual fabric.

Any set of finitely presented left modules defines a relative purity for left modules and also apurity for right modules. Purities defined by various classes are compared and investigated,especially in the contexts of modules over semiperfect rings and over tame hereditary, andmore general, finite-dimensional algebras. Connections between the indecomposable relativelypure-injective modules and closure in the full support topology (a refinement of theZiegler spectrum) are described.Duality between left and right modules is used to define the concept of a class of leftmodules and a class of right modules forming an almost dual pair. Definability of suchclasses is investigated, especially in the case that one class is the closure of a set of finitelypresented modules under direct limits. Elementary duality plays an important role here.Given a set of finitely presented modules, the corresponding proper class of relativelypure-exact sequences can be used to define a relative notion of cotorsion pair, which weinvestigate.The results of this thesis unify and extend a wide range of results in the literature.

In this thesis I have endeavoured to throw light on both the private and public aspect of the lives of women living in the Roman African provinces from the first century BC to the seventh century AD. Funerary inscriptions reveal that the role of women in private life was projected in a manner which reflected the ideals for Roman womanhood (pudicitia, castitas,fides and fecunditas), even when they clearly came of Afro-Punic stock. In terms of the quality of their lives Roman African women of the propertied status groups (about whom we know the most) had a good standard of living compared to other parts of the Roman Empire, and for example were well-educated in the urbanized areas compared to provinces such as Gaul. Roman African women of the elite also enjoyed a degree of autonomy enhanced by the increased financial independence granted to them in terms of Roman law, which enabled them to function as benefactors in their communities in the same way as their male counterparts, donating money for temples, baths and markets. In return for this they were duly recognized in honorary inscriptions by their communities. Although this public role may appear to be in conflict with the 'ideal' domestic or private role of the Roman matron, this activity was sanctioned by the fact that they were acting in the interests of male family members who were engaged in municipal careers. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries there are a few signs that women were beginning to act more in their own interests, but much of their public role faded with the increasing dominance of the Christian Church which prescribed a more limited role for women. The only exceptions occurred in the times of persecution through the temporary prominence gained by women as martyrs and confessors, although this prominence cannot be said to have advantaged women in general. During the Vandal and Byzantine period we know of only a few women, primarily those with connections to the elite at Rome and Constantinople, who acted with the independence and authority of their class. / D.Litt. et Phil. (Ancient History / Ancient and Near Eastern Studies

Il presente lavoro ha per oggetto la filosofia morale di Vladimir Jankélévitch e, specificatamente, l’arco teorico che dalla metafisica porta all’etica. Tale lavoro mira a mettere a fuoco la domanda fondamentale della morale di Jankélévitch e, contestualmente, a mostrarne l’ancoramento nella prospettiva metafisica dell’Autore. L’obiettivo ultimo della ricerca, in sintesi, è rendere ragione della coincidenza tra morale e filosofia prima teorizzata da Vladimir Jankélévitch. L’ipotesi guida della ricerca è che il fondamento di tale coincidenza sia da rintracciare nelle pagine di Philosophie première, testo del 1954 in cui Jankélévitch compie due mosse teoriche decisive. In primo luogo, presenta l’Assoluto come Faire-être sans être e secondariamente lo qualifica come atto puro rispetto al quale l’atto umano è impuro. Unitamente alla ricostruzione della proposta metafisica dell’Autore, allora, è l’analisi del significato filosofico degli aggettivi puro e impuro che ha permesso di mostrare due punti. Innanzitutto, che la domanda di fondo di Jankélévitch in sede morale riguarda la possibilità per l’uomo di fare esperienza dell’Assoluto. In secondo luogo, che la risposta di Jankélévitch a tale interrogativo è affermativa e che l’articolazione di tale riposta passa attraverso la nozione di sacrificio per amore. / This research focuses on the moral philosophy of Vladimir Jankélévitch and, in particular, on the theoretical relation between metaphysics and morality. This work aims to clarify the essential question of Jankélévitch’s moral philosophy and, at the same time, to show the close link of this question with Jankélévitch’s metaphysical perspective. The main aim of this research is to present and to explain the reasons why Jankélévitch asserts that ethics is first philosophy. The core hypothesis is that the foundation of this assessment could be found in the pages of Philosophie première, where, in 1954, Jankélévitch proposes two decisive arguments. First of all, he presents the Absolute as Faire-être sans être and, secondly, he qualifies the Absolute as pure Act with regard to which every human act is impure. In addition to the critical presentation of Jankélévitch’s metaphysics, the analysis of the philosophical meaning of the adjectives pure and impure allows to show two points. Firstly, it shows that the fundamental question of Jankélévitch’s ethics concerns the human possibility to experience the Absolute. Secondly, it demonstrates that Jankélévitch’s answer to this question is affirmative and it is centred on the notion of loving sacrifice.

Die Globalisierung von Handel und Wirtschaft macht es nötig, nationale Analysenergebnisse international gegenseitig anzuerkennen. Dabei kann die Richtigkeit der Analysenwerte durch Ruckführung auf Einheitsnormale mittels Primärmethoden, Zertifizierte Referenzmaterialien (ZRM) und Referenzverfahren gewährleistet werden. Die quantitative hochauflösende 1H-SP-NMR bietet sich aufgrund ihrer ausgezeichneten Selektivität und ihrem Potenzial als relative Primärmethode geradezu als Referenzverfahren an. Für vier wichtige Anwendungsbereiche (Bestimmung von Stoffmengenverhältnissen und -anteilen in mol/mol bzw. mol/mol %, der Reinheitsbestimmung über die Hauptkomponentenanalyse in g/g % und der Gehaltsbestimmung in mg/g) wurden anhand idealer Modellsysteme in Lösung (5-Komponenten: Ethyl-4-toluolsulfonat, [2,2]-Paracyclophan, Durol, Cyclododekan, Oktamethylcyclotetrasiloxan; Maleinsäure; 3-Trimethyl-2,2,3,3-tetradeuteropropionsäure-Natriumsalz (TSP)) die Messgleichungen und vollständigen Unsicherheitsbudgets aufgestellt sowie Arbeitsanweisungen zur quantitativen Aufnahme und Auswertung von 1H-NMR-Messungen erarbeitet. Dazu war für die Reinheits- und Gehaltsbestimmung ein System interner NMR-Standards aufzubauen (ZRM Benzoesäure, Maleinsäure, TSP-Lösung, Durol), das den Forderungen nach metrologischer Rückführung genügte. Zur Minimierung der Messunsicherheit wurden systematisch die Einflüsse gerätespezifischer Parameter und der Auswertung umfangreich untersucht und quantifiziert. Mittels mitorganisierter nationaler und internationaler CCQM-Ringversuche konnten allgemeingültige (unabhängig von der Gerätekonfiguration) Aussagen über die Messunsicherheit der Methoden bzw. Verfahren getroffen werden. Für realitätsbezogene Fragestellungen der Reinheitsbestimmung möglicher Referenzmaterialien für den pharmazeutischen Bereich (Spiraeosid, Thymol, Loganin) sowie von Xylol-Isomeren-Gemischen und der Gehaltsbestimmung 0,1%-iger wässriger Ethanollösungen mussten teilweise die quantitative 1H-entkoppelte 13C-NMR validiert und der quantitative Einsatz der 1H-Wasserunterdrückung (Presaturation) erstmalig entwickelt werden. Um die Güte der quantitativen NMR-Verfahren als Referenzverfahren bewertet zu können, wurde durch Beteiligung an internationalen Ringversuchen auf höchstem metrologischen Niveau (CCQM) deren Messunsicherheiten mit denen anderer analytischer Verfahren verglichen. Es konnten somit vier Referenzverfahren durch Dokumentation der Prüfbereiche, Messunsicherheiten und Einsatzgebiete der quantitativen hochauflösenden 1H- und 13C-NMR formuliert werden. / The globalisation of trade and economics makes requires mutual international recognition of analytical measurement results. The trueness of analytical results can be secured by establishing traceability to measurement standards for SI units using primary methods, certified reference materials (CRM) and reference methods. The quantitative high resolution 1H-SP-NMR offers itself as reference method due to its excellent selectivity and its potential as relative primary method. For four important areas of application (determination of amount-of-substance ratios and fractions in mol/mol and mol/mol %, respectively, purity determination by main component analysis in g/g %, and determination of minor component mass fractions in mg/g) the measuring equations and complete uncertainty budgets were set up, and work instructions for the acquisition and evaluation of quantitative 1H-NMR measurements were compiled, on the basis of ideal model systems in solution (5 components: Ethyl-4-toluenesulfonate, [2,2]-Paracyclophane, Durene, Cyclododecane, Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane; Maleic acid; 3-Trimethyl-2,2,3,3-tetradeuteropropionic acid sodium salt (TSP)). In addition, a system of internal NMR standards had to be built up (CRM benzoic acid, maleic acid, TSP solution, Durene) for the determination of composition and purity, which meets the demands for metrological traceability. For the minimization of measurement uncertainty, the influences of instrument-specific parameters and data evaluation techniques were extensively examined and quantified. By means of national and jointly organized international CCQM intercomparisons generally applicable statements (independent of the measuring system configuration) about the measurement uncertainty for the different methods could be specified. For addressing real-life problems in purity determination of prospective reference substances for the pharmaceutical field (spiraeoside, thymol, loganin) as well as of xylene isomer mixtures and the analysis of 0,1 % aqueous ethanol solutions, the quantitative 1H-decoupled 13C-NMR had to be validated in part and the quantitative application of the 1H water suppression (presaturation) was developed for the first time. In order to estimate the power of quantitative NMR as a reference method, measurement uncertainties were compared with those of other analytical methods by participation in international intercomparisons on the highest metrological level (CCQM). Thus, four reference methods of the quantitative high resolution 1H- and 13C-NMR could be specified in terms of measuring ranges, measurement uncertainties and application fields.

Métodos baseados em grafos consistem em uma poderosa forma de representação e abstração de dados que proporcionam, dentre outras vantagens, representar relações topológicas, visualizar estruturas, representar grupos de dados com formatos distintos, bem como, fornecer medidas alternativas para caracterizar os dados. Esse tipo de abordagem tem sido cada vez mais considerada para solucionar problemas de aprendizado de máquina, principalmente no aprendizado não supervisionado, como agrupamento de dados, e mais recentemente, no aprendizado semissupervisionado. No aprendizado supervisionado, por outro lado, o uso de algoritmos baseados em grafos ainda tem sido pouco explorado na literatura. Este trabalho apresenta um algoritmo não paramétrico baseado em grafos para problemas de classificação com distribuição estacionária, bem como sua extensão para problemas que apresentam distribuição não estacionária. O algoritmo desenvolvido baseia-se em dois conceitos, a saber, 1) em uma estrutura chamada grafo K-associado ótimo, que representa o conjunto de treinamento como um grafo esparso e dividido em componentes; e 2) na medida de pureza de cada componente, que utiliza a estrutura do grafo para determinar o nível de mistura local dos dados em relação às suas classes. O trabalho também considera problemas de classificação que apresentam alteração na distribuição de novos dados. Este problema caracteriza a mudança de conceito e degrada o desempenho do classificador. De modo que, para manter bom desempenho, é necessário que o classificador continue aprendendo durante a fase de aplicação, por exemplo, por meio de aprendizado incremental. Resultados experimentais sugerem que ambas as abordagens apresentam vantagens na classificação de dados em relação aos algoritmos testados / Graph-based methods consist in a powerful form for data representation and abstraction which provides, among others advantages, representing topological relations, visualizing structures, representing groups of data with distinct formats, as well as, supplying alternative measures to characterize data. Such approach has been each time more considered to solve machine learning related problems, mainly concerning unsupervised learning, like clustering, and recently, semi-supervised learning. However, graph-based solutions for supervised learning tasks still remain underexplored in literature. This work presents a non-parametric graph-based algorithm suitable for classification problems with stationary distribution, as well as its extension to cope with problems of non-stationary distributed data. The developed algorithm relies on the following concepts, 1) a graph structure called optimal K-associated graph, which represents the training set as a sparse graph separated into components; and 2) the purity measure for each component, which uses the graph structure to determine local data mixture level in relation to their classes. This work also considers classification problems that exhibit modification on distribution of data flow. This problem qualifies concept drift and worsens any static classifier performance. Hence, in order to maintain accuracy performance, it is necessary for the classifier to keep learning during application phase, for example, by implementing incremental learning. Experimental results, concerning both algorithms, suggest that they had presented advantages over the tested algorithms on data classification tasks

<p>A Monte Carlo simulation of the Neutron Wall detector system has been performed using Geant4, in order to define optimum conditions for the detection and identification of multiple neutrons. Emphasis was put on studying the scattering of neutrons between different detectors, which is the main source of the apparent increase of the number of detected neutrons. The simulation has been compared with experimental data. The quality of neutron gated γ-ray spectra was improved for both two- and three-neutron evaporation channels. The influence of small amounts of γ rays mis-interpreted as neutrons was investigated. It was found that such γ rays dramatically reduce the quality of neutron gated γ-ray spectra.</p><p>The interaction properties of fast neutrons in a closed-end coaxial and a planar high-purity germanium detector (HPGe) were studied. Digitised waveforms of HPGe preamplifier signals were recorded for time-of-flight separated neutrons and γ rays, emitted by a ²⁵²Cf source. The experimental waveforms from the detectors were compared to simulated pulse shapes. In the analysis, special emphasis was given to the detection of elastically scattered neutrons, which may be an important effect to take into account in future spectrometers based on γ-ray tracking. No differences between neutron and γ-ray induced pulse shapes were found in this work.</p><p>A Monte Carlo simulation of the interactions of fast neutrons in the future 4π γ-ray spectrometer AGATA was also performed, in order to study the influence of neutrons on γ-ray tracking. It was shown that although there is a large probability of detecting neutrons in AGATA, the neutrons decrease the photo-peak efficiency of AGATA by only about 1% for each neutron emitted in coincidence with γ rays. The peak-to-background ratios in γ-ray spectra are, however, reduced to a much larger extent. The possibility of using AGATA as a neutron detector system was also investigated.</p>

Thesis (M.Sc. (Environmental Science and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

A Monte Carlo simulation of the Neutron Wall detector system has been performed using Geant4, in order to define optimum conditions for the detection and identification of multiple neutrons. Emphasis was put on studying the scattering of neutrons between different detectors, which is the main source of the apparent increase of the number of detected neutrons. The simulation has been compared with experimental data. The quality of neutron gated γ-ray spectra was improved for both two- and three-neutron evaporation channels. The influence of small amounts of γ rays mis-interpreted as neutrons was investigated. It was found that such γ rays dramatically reduce the quality of neutron gated γ-ray spectra. The interaction properties of fast neutrons in a closed-end coaxial and a planar high-purity germanium detector (HPGe) were studied. Digitised waveforms of HPGe preamplifier signals were recorded for time-of-flight separated neutrons and γ rays, emitted by a 252Cf source. The experimental waveforms from the detectors were compared to simulated pulse shapes. In the analysis, special emphasis was given to the detection of elastically scattered neutrons, which may be an important effect to take into account in future spectrometers based on γ-ray tracking. No differences between neutron and γ-ray induced pulse shapes were found in this work. A Monte Carlo simulation of the interactions of fast neutrons in the future 4π γ-ray spectrometer AGATA was also performed, in order to study the influence of neutrons on γ-ray tracking. It was shown that although there is a large probability of detecting neutrons in AGATA, the neutrons decrease the photo-peak efficiency of AGATA by only about 1% for each neutron emitted in coincidence with γ rays. The peak-to-background ratios in γ-ray spectra are, however, reduced to a much larger extent. The possibility of using AGATA as a neutron detector system was also investigated.

It is important to have a method of experimentally calculating fission product yields. Statistical calculations and simulations produce very large uncertainties. Experimental calculations, depending on the methods used, tend to produce lower uncertainties. This work set up a method to calculate fission product yields using gamma ray spectroscopy. In order to produce a method that was theoretically sound, a simulation was set up using OrigenArp to calculate theoretical concentrations of fission products from the irradiation of natural uranium. From these concentrations, the fission product yields were calculated to verify that they would agree with expected values. Moving forward in the work, the total flux at the point of irradiation, in the pneumatic transfer system, was calculated and determined to be 3.9070E+11 ± 6.9570E+10 n/cm^2/s at 100 kW. Once the flux was calculated, the method for calculating fission product yields was implemented and yields were calculated for 10 fission products. The yields calculated were in very good agreement (within 10.04%) with expected values taken from the ENDF-349 library. This method has strong potential in nuclear forensics as it can provide a means for developing a library of experimentally-determined fission product yields, as well as rapid post-nuclear detonation analysis. / text