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Dr. Mari Lee Mifsud – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Mari Lee Mifsud, Professor of Rhetoric and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, discusses her new book, Rhetoric and the Gift: Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Contemporary Communication, published recently by Duquesne University Press. Rhetoric and the Gift, taking as its starting point the Homeric idea of the gift and Aristotle’s related rhetorical theory, explores rhetoric not only at the level of the artful response but at the level of the call and response. Throughout the book, Dr. Mifsud pursues a number of questions crucial to thinking about contemporary communication
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[Roundtable writer's breakfast with Mari Evans]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their roundtable writers breakfast featuring author Mari Evans held on March 4th, 2006. The footage shows Evans leading a dialogue on her new book covering the black women writers of the 1950s through the 1980s along with her struggles with being a writer
[Roundtable writer's breakfast with Mari Evans]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their roundtable writers breakfast featuring author Mari Evans held on March 4th, 2006. The footage shows Evans leading a dialogue on her new book covering the black women writers of the 1950s through the 1980s along with her struggles with being a writer
Methodology for performance evaluation of PV systems - with a special focus on high latitudes and snow
No full textIn order to address the environmental challenges we face, transitioning towards sustainable, low emission energy systems is of paramount importance. Solar photovoltaics (PV) is a technology that plays an important role in this transition. To support a successful transformation, PV systems should be designed to cover our energy demands at the smallest possible financial and environmental cost. One of the pieces we need in order to solve this puzzle is a reliable methodology to evaluate PV system performance, i.e. to identify and quantify the energy losses in PV systems accurately. In order to identify how energy output can be increased through system design adjustments or maintenance, robust evaluation methodologies are necessary. In this work, I assess PV system performance evaluation methodologies. I identify various effects impacting PV performance evaluations and discuss how the methodology can be improved. In particular, I assess how well these methods perform in the climates and irradiance conditions found in higher latitude locations. I also study the effect of snow cover on solar panels, and how the resulting energy losses can be predicted
THE ANALYSIS OF DRUGS SITUATION IN MARI EL REPUBLIC
No full textThe article views the drugs situation in the Republic of Mari El in 2005 and 2006. usingthe statistical method on various aspects, the author analyzes the dynamics of the population narcotization. The author also suggests a number of activities which could help to regulate the drug situation in Mari El Republic, as well as in whole Russia
Formation of Ethnic Identity of Mari People in Absence of Single Mari Literary Language
No full textThis study is devoted to the history of the formation of the ethnic identity of the Mari people in the Republic of Mari El. Particular attention is paid to the changes in the identification of Mari, which occurred in direct proportion to extralinguistic factors. The question of the role of language, confessional affiliation, historical past, relations with nature and mythological symbols that characterize the modern ethnic Mari identity is considered. The importance of the demographic imbalance in the Republic, which played the most significant role in shaping the character of the Mari, is emphasized. The relevance of the study is due to the increased interest of science in recent decades in the topic of ethnic and Russian identity. The identity of the Mari people has not been previously studied by the author of this work, although many problems of Mari El have been analyzed and described in detail: the language situation in different time periods, language policy, the legislative framework regarding languages and the education system, the history of the Mari literary language, its writing and a number of other sociolinguistic aspects. Unlike articles by other authors on the topic of Mari identity, the novelty of this work lies in the fact that for the first time the identity is shown in the process of formation, from antiquity to the present day. A characteristic of the identity of the Mari people, formed under the influence of a variety of factors, is compiled
Odrodzenie tradycyjnej religii politeistycznej w Republice Mari El
No full textThe following article is dedicated to the rebirth of traditional politheist faith in Mari El Republic, which is a part of Volga Region within Russian Federation. The author presents an outline of the history and culture of Finno-Ugric Mari ethnos and describes their unique polytheistic religion. This native cult having its roots in Finno-Ugric mythology has survived numerous christianization and atheist campaigns to become one of the fundaments of cultural and national rebirth in 80s and 90s of the 20th century in Mari El Republic The article describes the contemporary Mari polytheist religion and its influence on the political life of Volga Region.The following article is dedicated to the rebirth of traditional politheist faith in Mari El Republic, which is a part of Volga Region within Russian Federation. The author presents an outline of the history and culture of Finno-Ugric Mari ethnos and describes their unique polytheistic religion. This native cult having its roots in Finno-Ugric mythology has survived numerous christianization and atheist campaigns to become one of the fundaments of cultural and national rebirth in 80s and 90s of the 20th century in Mari El Republic The article describes the contemporary Mari polytheist religion and its influence on the political life of Volga Region
MET is a new confirmed gene responsible for familial distal arthrogryposis
No full textIn this Correspondence, F. Mari and colleagues report a second two-generation family with distal arthrogryposis caused by a mutation in MET tyrosine kinase. (Figure presented.). © The Author(s) 2024
La sfida dell'educazione alla luce del pensiero di Romano Guardini.
No full textRomano Guardini is an author very important from the point of view of moral education
Behind the Scene : The Mari Teacher’s Wardrobe in Middle Russia
No full textIn this article, I analyze teacher’s attire as a political phenomenon in the context of the Mari people, a Finno-Ugric minority living in Central Russia. The material for this study is based on observations and interviews made by the author during 1987‒2019 in different places of the Mari region. The Mari teacher’s dress code, a dark dress with a white collar, is usually considered self-evident, but as I argue in this article, in the Soviet Union, and in Russia at the post-socialist time, the Mari female teacher’s dress served two practices. Firstly, clothing represented position and agency of power, the socialist ideal, and later the political trend of the majority. Secondly, clothing represented traditional, everyday Mari life.
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