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Apostolate of the laity: a re-discovery of holistic post-war missiology in Scotland, with reference to the ministry of Tom Allan
Full text linkThis thesis offers principles for Christian mission in the present Western milieu derived from a retrieval of
the missiology in post-war Scotland of Tom Allan. Allan was a minister, evangelist and theologian of
particular public prominence in Scotland and beyond in the period from 1946 to 1964. His missiology
focused upon the ‘apostolate of the laity’ through the ‘contextualisation’ of Christianity and Church. It was
drawn from diverse, rich sources in Scottish and European theology and tradition. Allan’s gift was to collate
and apply such influences contextually to two working-class parishes in Glasgow, and to articulate them
within his seminal work on lay evangelism, The Face of My Parish.
From 1953 to 1955, Allan was the Field Director of the ‘Tell Scotland’ Movement, which sought to
implement his missiology on a national scale. The decision, at Allan’s instigation, to invite Billy Graham to
conduct the ‘All-Scotland Crusade’ of 1955 diverted attention from Allan’s lay missiological focus, fatally
polarised the differences in emphasis within the Movement, and has since tainted the perception of mission
in Scotland.
Following consideration of the implementation of Allan’s model of mission, analysis is undertaken of his
sources and inspirations, of the underlying causes of the triumphs and failures of his model, and of Allan’s
place in mission theology. In particular, inherent tensions are considered between aspects of the model
which together straddle the ‘modern’ and ‘postmodern’ to form a ‘tale of two paradigms’; such as the
reliance on the institutional Church as both agent and object of mission or the utilisation of mass evangelism,
in contrast with the overarching purpose of the lay formation of a New Testament koinonia by a
‘congregational group’.
Consideration of Allan’s work is thereafter broadened by considering several contemporaneous streams
which further enhanced ‘contextualisation’ of both mission and Church, to be exercised by and for ordinary
people: the East Harlem Protestant Parish; the Gorbals Group Ministry; and Robert Mackie, Ian Fraser and
Scottish Churches House.
Then viewing the work of Allan and his contemporaries through the lens of present global missiology and
sociological theory, general principles are derived for mission now. Such principles form the basis of a
model within ‘late modernity’ of contextual mission which might move beyond the private/public constraint
on religious expression. It is a model of ‘local’ mission in conversation with the ‘global’, by the
empowerment of the laity to act within the ‘micro-cultures’ which they inhabit. It is a model which re-asserts
the primacy of the ‘whole people of God’; seeking the organic growth of koinonia with or without reference
to the institutional Church; through a ‘both/and’ missiology of word and deed; exercising ‘prophetic
dialogue’ in ‘bold humility’; in cross-cultural translation as a two-way process towards a fuller
‘interculturation’
Generalized Analytical Solution for N-Segment Axial Flux Halbach Arrays
No full textA generalized analytical solution for the 3-dimensional flux density field of an axial flux cylindrical Halbach Array is developed, based on existing work for 4-segment Halbach arrays. It is designed to reduce time, expense and knowledge associated with the traditional method of performing finite element analysis (FEA) to characterize such an array. It is applicable to the following applications: magnetic bearings, gears, couplings, generators and motors for electric vehicles. Halbach arrays of 4, 6 and 8-segment configurations are analyzed using the improved analytical method, then validated using FEA. The analytical equation is used to perform a sensitivity analysis on the 8-segment array
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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
Investigating the Effects of PWM Currents on a High-Speed PMSM for an Aerospace Application
No full textThis paper discusses the impact of Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) current waveforms on electromagnetic losses and thermal characteristics of a high-speed PMSM designed for an aerospace application. The PWM effects are studied on a Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (SPMSM) of 150 kW, 20000 rpm designed for an aerospace application. A 3D-Finite Element Model (FEM) of the machine is used for analysis in JMAG software. First, the machine model is studied for various electromagnetic losses using an ideal sinusoidal current waveform. These losses are used to study the thermal characteristics of the machine using Motor-CAD. The PWM currents are generated by modelling the motor drive with a 3-Level Active Neutral Point Clamped (ANPC) converter controlled by Field Oriented Control (FOC) algorithm in PSIM software. The machine losses are analyzed in FEM software by feeding the PWM current thus obtained. Using the thermal model of the machine developed in Motor-CAD, the thermal characteristics are studied. The switching frequency of the inverter is varied over a range of values to investigate its effect on the losses and thermal characteristics. Thus, this paper presents the effect of PWM current ripples on the electromagnetic losses and thermal characteristics of a high-speed machine
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
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