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Pastorale riglyne om uitbranding te voorkom vanuit Bybelse perspektiewe op rus
Get PDFMA (Pastoral Studies), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2017Dit wil voorkom asof die dissipline rondom die onderhouding van die rusdag ‘n “afskeepkind” binne die kerk is, ondanks die feit dat die rusdag prominensie geniet in God se voorbeeld en ook as opdrag. Uit talle navorsing kan gesien word dat die mens eintlik bedraad is om volgens ’n sewedagsiklus te funksioneer. Die vraag sou dus kon ontstaan of die verontagsaming van hierdie nodige rus bydra tot die universele oorladings- en uitbrandingsepidemie wat beleef word? In die hedendaagse tye, met al die beskikbare tegnologie, is dit asof die lewenstempo net versnel en mense nie altyd oor die ‘tyd’ beskik vir genoegsame rus nie. Hierdie studie het ten doel om die belangrikheid daarvan om rus deel van die person se lewenstyl te maak, te beklemtoon wat as voorkomend tot uitbranding kan wees. Die navorsingsvraag wat gestel word, is: Watter pastorale riglyne ten opsigte van rus kan volgens Bybelse perspektiewe daargestel word as ’n hulpmiddel om uitbranding te voorkom? Die navorsing geskied vanuit die epistemologiese paradigma van Praktiese Teologie en wel dan in besonder, die pastorale komponent daarvan. Die algemene doelstelling van die navorsing is om uiteindelik pastorale riglyne vanuit Skriftuurlike perspektiewe op rus daar te stel in ʼn poging om uitbranding te voorkom. Die nvaorsing geskied volgens die model van Osmer (2008) en beantwoord aan die vier take soos vervat in die model, naamlik die empiriese navorsing, interpretatiewe navorsing, normatiewe navorsing en pragmatiese navorsing. In die empiriese navorsing is daar van ’n kwalitatiewe studie gebruik gemaak en alhoewel die studie beperk is, kon daar sekere afleidings gemaak word. Hierdie afleidings kan egter nie as norm aanvaar word nie. Die interpretatiewe taak het geskied deur ’n diepgaande literatuurstudie waarin die aspekte van uitbranding en rus aan orde gestel is. Die normatiewe taak het geskied deur grammaties-historiese eksegese van bepaalde Skrifgedeeltes volgens die Reformatiese beginsels. God se voorbeeld en opdrag rakende rus, asook Jesus se voorbeeld en opmerkings oor rus volgens sy Vader se bepalings, is bespreek. In die pragmatiese gedeelte van die studie is pastorale riglyne geformuleer wat pastorale beraders in staat stel om ondersteuning en begeleiding te bied aan persone in die voorkoming van uitbranding. Die studie het tot die konklusie gekom dat die rusdag ʼn Godsgeskenk aan die mensdom is, en dat dit tyd en geleentheid skep om intimiteit met God en medegelowiges te ervaar, die vreugde van samesyn met geliefdes sonder die druk van werk te geniet en ook om fisiek, geestelik en emosioneel te rus en te herstel. It seems as if the discipline of keeping the day of rest is the “neglected orphan” of the church, despite the fact that God provides the example and that the day of rest enjoys prominence as his command. Research shows that people are wired to function according to a seven-day cycle. The question can therefore be asked if the disregard for this much-needed rest contributes to the universal epidemic of burnout and overload. In modern times with all the available technology, the tempo of life has only accelerated and people do not always get enough “time” to rest. This study aimed to emphasize the importance of making rest part of one’s lifestyle to prevent burnout. The research question was: What pastoral guidelines with regard to rest can be set down according to Biblical perspectives to prevent burnout? The research is set in the epistemological paradigm of practical theology, especially the pastoral component. The general aim of the research was to put forward pastoral guidelines based on Scriptural perspectives on rest in an attempt to prevent burnout.
The research adhered to Osmer’s (2008) model and answered to the four tasks included in the model, namely empirical research, interpretative research, normative research and pragmatic research. The empirical research took the shape of a qualitative study, and although the study was limited, certain deductions were warranted. However, these deductions cannot be accepted as the norm. The interpretative task involved an in-depth literature study to address the aspects of burnout and rest. The normative task entailed grammatical-historical exegesis of certain parts of Scripture according to Reformed principles. God’s example and command regarding rest, as well as Jesus’s example and remarks on rest according to his Father’s stipulations, are discussed. The pragmatic part of the study offers pastoral guidelines that may enable councillors to offer people support and guidance to prevent burnout. The study reached the conclusion that the day of rest is a gift from God to humanity, and that it creates time and opportunity to experience intimacy with God and fellow believers, to experience the joy of togetherness with loved ones without the pressure of work, and to rest and be restored physically, spiritually and emotionallyMaster
J. H. Conradie Collection index
No full textThis index describes the J. H. Conradie collection containing correspondence from friends and acquaintances amongst others C.R. Swart, A.H. Broeksma, I.D. du Plessis, A.L. Geyer, A. Ginguiand and E.G. Jansen to J.H. Conradie, Judge President, Minister of Health and Speaker of Parliament. 99 items in a folder
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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