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The Concept of Genius in D. A. Granin’s Work (Based on the Novel “Evenings with Peter the Great”)
No full textThe article deals with D. A. Granin’s concept of history as presented in the novel “Evenings with Peter the Great”. The author of the novel argues that historical process is driven and streamlined by people endowed with rare gifts and deep urge to create such as the first Russian emperor Peter the Great
Zechariah 9-14 as the substructure of 1 Peter’s eschatological program
No full textThe principal aim of this study is to discern what has shaped the author of 1 Peter to regard Christian suffering as a necessary (1.6) and to-be-expected (4.12) component of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ. Most research regarding suffering in 1 Peter has limited the scope of inquiry to two particular aspects—its cause and nature, and the strategies that the author of 1 Peter employs in order to enable his addressees to respond in faithfulness. There remains, however, the need for a comprehensive explanation for the source that has generated 1 Peter’s theology of Christian suffering. If Jesus truly is the Christ, God’s chosen redemptive agent who has come to restore God’s people, then how can it be that Christian suffering is a necessary part of discipleship after his coming, death and resurrection? What led the author of 1 Peter to such a startling conclusion, which seems to runs against the grain of the eschatological hopes and expectations of Jewish restoration ideology?
This thesis analyzes the appropriation of shepherd and fiery trials imagery,
and argues that the author of 1 Peter is dependent upon Zechariah 9-14 for his
theology of Christian suffering. Said in another way, the eschatological program of
Zechariah 9-14, read through the lens of the Gospel, functions as the substructure
for 1 Peter’s eschatology and thus its theology of Christian suffering.
In support of this hypothesis, this study highlights the fact that Zechariah 9-
14 was available and appropriated in early Christianity, in particular in the Passion
Narrative tradition; that the shepherd imagery of 1 Pet 2.25 is best understood
within the milieu of the Passion Narrative tradition, and that it alludes to the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that the fiery trials imagery found in 1
Peter 1.6-7 and 1 Pet 4.12 is distinct from that which we find in Greco-Roman and OT
wisdom sources, and that it shares exclusive parallels with some unique features of
the eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that Zechariah 9-14 offers a more
satisfying explanation for the modification of Isa 11.2 in 1 Pet 4.14, the transition
from 4.12-19 to 5.1-4, why Peter has oriented his letter with the term διασπορά,
and why he has described his addresses as οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ; and finally that 1 Peter
contains an implicit foundational narrative that shares distinct parallels with the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14.
We can conclude that 1 Peter offers a unique vista into the way in which at
least one early Christian witness came to understand and to communicate the fact
that Christian suffering was a necessary feature of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ
Copyright & Your Research
Full text linkAs publishing options increase in number, it is ever more important that university authors manage their copyrights in a way that ensures maximum benefit to them and to the university. Peter Hirtle, Senior Policy Advisor in the Cornell University Library and a Research Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, will give an overview of the sometimes puzzling issues surrounding creating, securing, owning, and using copyrighted works. Topics will include author agreements and contracts, the public access requirements in some federal grants, new publishing options, and the management of your copyrights. The session will benefit those who want to gain a better understanding of the changing nature of scholarly communications. PRESENTATION BY Peter B. Hirtle, Senior Policy Advisor, Cornell University Library, and Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet Security and Society, Harvard Universit
Reply: on: Allergy testing in predicting outcome of open food challenge to peanut
No full textRefers to Shelly Rajput, Vibha Sharma, Stephen M. Hughes, Carol I. Ewing, Peter D. Arkwright Allergy testing in predicting outcome of open food challenge to peanut Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Available online 16 June 2017
IgE sensitization to the nonspecific lipid-transfer protein Ara h 9 and peanut-associated bronchospasm
Full text linkAllergen component analysis is now available in many laboratories. The aim of this study was to examine the possible association between peanut allergen IgE components and severity of clinical reactions in patients with a history of peanut allergy. Data and sera collected from 192 patients within the Manchester Allergy Research Database and Serum Bank were used in this retrospective study. Sensitization to peanut specific IgE and Ara h 1, 2, 3, and 8 peanut IgE components, as measured by fluoroenzyme immunoassay, was not associated with anaphylaxis. In contrast, sensitization to the lipid-transfer protein Ara h 9 was significantly more prevalent in patients with peanut-associated bronchospasm (26% versus 9% of patients), even after adjusting for potential confounding effects of age, gender, and severity of concomitant chronic atopic diseases. Patients who were sensitized to Ara h 9 were more likely to have ingested rather than just have had skin contact with peanut and have a more rapid onset of symptoms. These results are consistent with observations that sensitization to heat and protease resistant lipid-transfer protein components of hazelnut, grains, and fruit is predictive of anaphylaxis. © 2013 Peter D. Arkwright et al
Fas stimulation of T lymphocytes promotes rapid intacellular exchange of death signals via membrane nanotubes.
Full text linkThe Fas/CD95 surface receptor mediates rapid death of various cell types, including autoreactive T
cells with the potential for triggering autoimmunity. Here, we present novel aspects of Fas signalling
that define a ‘social’ dimension to receptor-induced apoptosis. Fas stimulation rapidly induces
extensive membrane nanotube formation between neighbouring T cells. This is critically dependent
on Rho GTPases but not on caspase activation. Bidirectional transfer of membrane and cytosolic
elements including active caspases can be observed to occur via these nanotubes. Nanotube formation
and intercellular exchanges of death signals are defective in T lymphocytes from patients with
autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome harbouring mutations in the Fas receptor. We conclude
that nanotube-mediated exchanges constitute a novel form of intercellular communication that
augments the propagation of death signalling between neighbouring T cells
Critical pedagogy in hard financial times
Full text linkPeter Mayo takes issue with education financing not from an economic or technical
viewpoint, but from a philosophical and systemic one, drawing on critical pedagogy.
There is no sense, this article argues, to talk of higher education or its funding without
reference to the capitalist system which the mainstream education discourse reaffirms. The author concludes with an alternative vision of lifelong learning as a social act for the creation and enhancing of democratic spaces, reflected in the ongoing global “Occupy” protests for social equality.peer-reviewe
A study of two wireless telecommunications companies' globalization strategies : an analysis of Vodafone's and NTT DoCoMo's foreign investments
No full textThesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2003 [first author]; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2003 [second author].Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-119).by Hyungchul Joo and Peter D. Honkanen.M.B.A.S.M
Coauthor prediction for junior researchers
Full text linkResearch collaboration can bring in different perspectives and generate more productive results. However, finding an appropriate collaborator can be difficult due to the lacking of sufficient information. Link prediction is a related technique for collaborator discovery; but its focus has been mostly on the core authors who have relatively more publications. We argue that junior researchers actually need more help in finding collaborators. Thus, in this paper, we focus on coauthor prediction for junior researchers. Most of the previous works on coauthor prediction considered global network feature and local network feature separately, or tried to combine local network feature and content feature. But we found a significant improvement by simply combing local network feature and global network feature. We further developed a regularization based approach to incorporate multiple features simultaneously. Experimental results demonstrated that this approach outperformed the simple linear combination of multiple features. We further showed that content features, which were proved to be useful in link prediction, can be easily integrated into our regularization approach. © 2013 Springer-Verlag
Showing forth the great works of God: the witness of the people of God in the socio-historic context of 1 Peter and its implication for the church today
Full text linkMA (New Testament), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusChristian communities often refer to the book of Acts and the missionary preaching
of the apostle Paul when they consider their witness to society. Missionary preaching
is therefore often seen as the main mode for witness and little attention is given to
the socio-historic context of the book and the social position of the apostle Paul. The
apostle Paul was an educated rabbi and Roman citizen and therefore well suited to
engage in missionary preaching. The hearers of 1 Peter, on the other hand, were
from a different social background. This study is focussed on the concept of witness
in the letter and the modes of witness which the author encourages within the sociohistoric
context of his hearers.
Thus, the socio-historic context of the hearers of the letter in the Petrine provinces
has been investigated and a comprehensive exegetical process has been applied to
the unit 1 Peter 2:4-10 in order to understand the theological identity of the hearers
and the witness motif in 1 Peter 2:5 and 9. Exegesis was done according to the
traditional grammatical-historical method. Furthermore, traditional methodologies like
structural, historical and grammatical analyses have been applied in investigating the
Old Testament references, and literary concepts, like intertextuality, have been
applied to further enhance the understanding.
Further, through exegesis, the identity of the resident aliens, household servants and
married women, and the modes of witness present in 1 Peter 2:11-3:6 were
analysed in their particular socio-historic-context.
One conclusion of this study is that two different modes of witness can be identified
in the section 1 Peter 2:4-10. Furthermore, the author, in consideration of the social
position of his hearers, chose a mode of witness that would have been most effective
in that context.
Thus, the letter of 1 Peter provides a biblical basis and mandate for Christian
communities to consider their social context in order to identify suitable modes of
witness that would be most effective in their particular situation.Master
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