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A violent origin : a Girardian analysis of the scapegoating of Ali ibn Abu Talib in Shi'ite tradition
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-192).This dissertation applies Rene Girard's theory of the scapegoat mechanism to prove that Ali ibn Abu Talib appears in Shi'ite traditions as an innocent victim. The aim is to investigate Girard's substantial body of work to determine whether Ali was a scapegoat and a victim of a conspiracy within his community. Girard's theory is founded in mimetic desire, where he incorporated external and internal mediation to form an analysis of mimetic rivalry. Using various texts to develop his theory and support his concepts, he investigated Aristotle, Plato, Stendhal, Proust, Shakespeare and Freud. He developed his theory from the interaction between friends to the incorporation of an object of desire to form the 'French triangle'. He moved from investigating this 'triangle' in personal relationships to conspiracies and subsequently to communities with regard to primitive religions. It was in the discovery of the sacred victim that Girard recognized the purpose of myth, that it concealed the role of the persecutors and that it silenced the victim. Girard then transferred his deductions to analyzing the Bible, where he identified ways in which the text gave the victim a voice. He maintains that only Jesus supported a non-violent position and embraced positive mimetic desire in the form of imitating the love of God. In reviewing Ali's life, one discovers that it reveals Girard's concepts of mimetic rivalry, conspiracy and collective violence. There is the historical Ali and the divine Imam Ali. These two positions can be reconciled by following a constitutive reductionist method for the purpose of analysis in applying the scapegoat mechanism theory. Reductionism is useful and necessary for this study. While the historical Ali reveals a victim, the divine Ali takes responsibility for his own death. The historical and the divine reveal two perspectives in relating Ali's story, one from the victim's perspective and the other from the perspective of the persecutors. However, with respect to the scapegoat mechanism, Shi'ite traditions about Ali, inclusive of historical, popular, or ghulat traditions, show that Jesus was not the only victim to reveal his innocence and embrace non-violence for positive mimesis. Rather, Ali goes further in rejecting materialism to avoid envy, encouraging his community to witness his poverty. Without the distraction of material things, Ali could demonstrate God's love. While Girard claimed that Christianity, particularly the gospels, revealed the victim's innocence in Jesus Christ, Ali brings forth a similar message of imitating the love of God. Like Jesus, he revealed that God was a loving and forgiving God; he was not an angry God that demanded sacrifice
Factors influencing development of management strategies for the Abou Ali River in Lebanon. I: Spatial variation and land use
No full textSurface water bodies are progressively subject to increasing stress as a result of environmentally degrading processes primarily related to anthropogenic activities. This study assesses and examines the impact of land use and anthropogenic activities on the spatial variation in water quality of the Abou Ali River in North Lebanon. It is the first detailed study of its kind in Lebanon and adds to the existing Knowledge by shedding light on a relatively small Mediterranean river in a developing country where there is a paucity of such studies. The assessment was conducted at the end of the dry season in 2002 and 2003 and the end of the wet season in 2003 and 2004. The study has demonstrated the importance of anthropogenic influences on the water quality of the Abou Ali River Basin, as concentrations of most contaminants were higher at locations with greatest human activity. The most adversely affected area was the section of the river that flows through an entirely urbanized and highly populated region, the Tripoli conurbation. Upstream rural sites were enriched by contaminants primarily from non-point sources such as agricultural runoff and poultry litter whereas contaminant concentrations at the urban sites were enriched by a combination of sewage discharge and flow of contaminants from upstream. If the Abou Ali River is to be utilized as a managed water resource and its water quality sustained, point source discharges will require treatment and land use management must be planned to minimize the impact of diffuse source pollution on the river. A high priority should be given to the implementation and enforcement of the precautionary and polluter pays principles. Moreover, an effective legal, economic and institutional framework is required to encourage investment in waste reduction and control and to introduce environmentally sound practices
Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
Bazı dizi uzayları ve dualleri
No full textBu tezin, veri tabanı üzerinden yayınlanma izni bulunmamaktadır. Yayınlanma izni olmayan tezlerin basılı kopyalarına Üniversite kütüphaneniz aracılığıyla (TÜBESS üzerinden) erişebilirsiniz.V Bu tezde bazı dizi uzayları arasındaki kapsama bağıntıları ile bu uzayların topolojik özellikleri kullanılarak, bu uzaylar üzerindeki düzgün yakınsaklık topolojileri ele alınmıştır. Birinci bölümde diğer bölümlerde kullanılan tanım ve teoremler verilmiş ve ikinci bölümde, l(pv), m(pv), Z00(Am), c(Am) ve co(Am) uzaylarının bazı özellikleri incelenmiştir. Son bölümde ise; l(pv) dizi uzayının duali ve ^(A"*), c(Am) dizi uzaylarının Köthe-Toeplitz dualleri ile bu uzayların mükemmel uzay olup olmadıkları üzerinde durulmuştur. Ali CİHANVI In this thesis, the inclusion relations between some sequence spaces, and using the topological properties of these spaces the uniformly convergence topologies are examined. In the first chapter some teorems and the definitions which will be used in the other chapters are given and in the second chapter some properties of /(pv), m(pv), /«(A"1), c(Aw) ve c0(Am) are examined. In the last chapter the dual of l(pv) sequence space and the Köthe-Toeplitz duals of /aoCA"1), c(Am) are examined and finally it is observed that these spaces perfect or not. AliCIHA
The neuronal guidance protein netrin-1 reduces alveolar inflammation in a porcine model of acute lung injury
No full textIntroduction: Acute lung injury (ALI) is an inflammatory disorder of pulmonary or extrapulmonary origin. We have previously demonstrated that netrin-1 dampens murine ALI, and in an attempt to advance this finding into future clinical practice we evaluated whether netrin-1 would reduce alveolar inflammation during porcine ALI. Methods: This was a controlled in vivo experimental study in pigs. We induced ALI through lipoploysaccharide (LPS) infusion (50 micro g/kg) for 2 hours. Following this, we exposed animals to either vehicle, intravenous netrin-1 (netrin-1 i.v.) or inhaled netrin-1 (netrin-1 inh.). Serum samples and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were obtained to determine levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-1beta, interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 at baseline and 6 hours following treatment. Myeloperoxidase activity (MPO) and protein levels were determined in the BAL, and tissue samples were obtained for histological evaluation. Finally, animals were scanned with spiral CT. Results: Following LPS infusion, animals developed acute pulmonary injury. Serum levels of TNF-alpha and IL-6 were significantly reduced in the netrin-1 i.v. group. BAL demonstrated significantly reduced cytokine levels 6 hours post-netrin-1 treatment (TNF-alpha: vehicle 633 ± 172 pg/ml, netrin-1 i.v. 84 ± 5 pg/ml, netrin-1 inh. 168 ± 74 pg/ml; both P < 0.05). MPO activity and protein content were significantly reduced in BAL samples from netrin-1-treated animals. Histological sections confirmed reduced inflammatory changes in the netrin-1-treated animals. Computed tomography corroborated reduced pulmonary damage in both netrin-1-treated groups. Conclusions: We conclude that treatment with the endogenous anti-inflammatory protein netrin-1 reduces pulmonary inflammation during the initial stages of ALI and should be pursued as a future therapeutic option
Regional (East-West/North-South) Cooperation and Peter Singer’s Ethics of Globalisation
No full textI open Peter Singer’s One World: The Ethics of Globalization to a ‘local’ and a ‘global’ text, and am thereby led to argue that problems of poverty, inequality, governance, corruption, transparency, tolerance, growth and welfare, and more generally of justice and freedom, be they economic or political, are not the monopoly or ward of a particular region, packages to be pried open by the language of economic theory alone. They rather demand an acknowledgement that an economy is also a society, a polity, a community, a collectivity in short; and a conceptual recognition by agents, albeit embodied with their own needs and desires, that is correspondingly capacious. Thus, to move beyond conception to fruition, theory, of necessity, can hardly ignore values garnered from the past, ethics, and therefore texts, local to the collectivity, that make its past come alive.Globalisation
I Think I Am Philip K. Dick
No full textFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Intro -- Contents -- Introjection -- Part I -- Endopsychic Allegories -- Schreber Guardian -- Belief System Surveillance -- Part II -- Deeper Problems -- Veil of Tears -- Go West -- Dick Manfred -- Timing -- Glimmung -- Part III -- Spiritualism Analogy -- Imitating the Dead -- Indexical Layer -- Ilse -- Hammers and Things -- Crucifictions -- Over There -- Martyrology -- Can't Live, Can't Live -- Lola -- Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt -- Outer Race -- The German Introject -- Part IV -- Materialism, Idealism, and Cybernetics -- Startling Stories -- A Couple of Years -- Android Empathy -- Homunculus and Robot -- ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD. I AM ALIVE. -- Go with the Flow -- Part V -- Room for Thought -- Caduceus -- Jump -- Still -- A Wake -- Spätwerk -- Let the Dead Be -- Play Bally -- Das Hund -- Notes -- BibliographyFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Taynnirawt n taddart n Wat Lḥağ Ali di lɛerc n Ccerfa, taɣiwant n Tizi n Tlata
No full text55p.; Table.; Ill. en coul.; 30cm.(+cd)Tuddar n Leqbayel ur mgaradent ara gar-asent, ladɣa deg tuddsa, imi seg tgemmi-nneɣid-ugmen tulmisin s wayes ara suddsen tudert n taddart.
Tawacult d taɣessa tdejdant deg tuddsa n tuddar n Leqbayel, ay-agi iban-d deg tezrawt-nneɣ tussnant i taddart n Wat Lḥaǧ Ali.
Tazrawt i nexdem deg uktay-nneɣ d taynirawt n taddart seg tuddar n Leqbayel, tamukrist iɣef nenuda d asebgen n wazal i tesԑa taddart n Wat Lḥaǧ Ali ,nefren asentel-agi imi d ayen i aɣ-yerzan akk akken nella d Leqbayel d araw n taddart. Nefren adeg n Wat Lḥaǧ Ali imi d taddart ideg nettidir, yerna yella wayen itt-yerran tettwassen gar tudrin neɣ ahat deg temnaḍt merra
Anadi-nneɣ yella-d d agmar n yisallen d usegzi n wansayen d tuddsa n taddart-agi. Negmer-d issalen deg tazwara akken ad d-nesebgen taɣessa n taddart neserwes gar tɣessa n taddrt zik d tin n tura, imir nsenqed iferdisen imeẓẓyanen yebnan taddart, am twacult adrum d txerrubt, iban-aɣ tuddsa n tmetti n yimezdaɣ.
Tamawt-nneɣ terra ɣer tudert tasertant imi nufa imezdaɣ n taddrt ddren yal tallit tasertant akken i tella, ddan d tedyanin d yineḍruyen, imir nezzi ɣer tudert tadamsant nefka-d deg-s kra n yirmad ideg qeddcen yimezdaɣ-agi.
Tudert tadelsant d nettat i yesiriren taddart ɣef tayeḍ, yal ta s wacu i tettwassen. Taddart n Wat Lḥaǧ Ali d tameɣra n Nnbi id-yettilin deg tqubet n « Jeddi AbdELMELK » itt-yefkan udem niḍen, imi taddart tqeddec yal aseggas akken ad tili tmeɣra-agi akken iwata, ad ẓuren medden ad awin. Akken llan wudmawen idelsanen niḍen id-yettilin deg yal tagnit, qeddcen-as, sebganen-tt-id s wayen i as-iwulmen am yennayer.
Iswi -nneɣ newweḍ-it imi nerra-d ɣef tmukrist iɣef tebna tezrawt-nneɣ, tulmisin yemgaraden n taddart n Wat Lḥaǧ Ali nesebgen-itent-id s wudem ussnan deg tussna n tmetti taqbaylit
Effect of a supplement containing Tongkat Ali intake on sleep, fatigue and psychological mood state
No full textBackground Tongkat Ali is used as a traditional folk remedy in Southeast Asian countries and the health benefits of consuming its products are well documented. However, few studies have reported the effects of Tongkat Ali supplementation on fatigue and psychological mood state.
Objectives A randomized double blind placebo-controlled crossover study was conducted to investigate the effects of Tongkat Ali supplement on fatigue and psychological mood state.
Methods We conducted the randomized double-blind placebo controlled cross over study to assess the efficacy of the Tongkat Ali supplement on fatigue and psychological mood state. Healthy adults were divided by age and body mass index (BMI) at baseline, into the Tongkat Ali first group, in which the participants consumed the Tongkat Ali supplements, and the placebo first group, in which the participants consumed placebo tablets
Results An improvement in score from baseline in POMS Confusion-Bewilderment (CB) was observed only in the Tongkat Ali group (P<0.05).
Conclusions The study indicated the single intake of Tongkat Ali supplements has the potential to improve psychological stress in healthy Japanese adults.departmental bulletin pape
Schwimmfähigkeit der muslimischen Kinder. Die Situation von Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund muslimischen Glaubens im Schwimmen am Beispiel einer Bielefelder Grundschule
No full textMella Ali A. Schwimmfähigkeit der muslimischen Kinder. Die Situation von Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund muslimischen Glaubens im Schwimmen am Beispiel einer Bielefelder Grundschule. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld; 2021
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