188 research outputs found
Historia antycznego Rzymu jako tworzywo literackie:Kraszewski, Jeske-Choiński, Sienkiewicz
No full textThe article contrasts three novels of the end of the 19th century concerning Ancient Rome confronted with the birth of Christianity. Works by Kraszewski, Sienkiewicz, and Jeske-Choiński allow the author to explain the reasons of dealing with the issues in question (among others experienced crisis or the close of modern culture)
L’histoire de la Rome antique comme matière littéraire: Kraszewski, Jeske-Choiński, Sienkiewicz
No full textThe article contrasts three novels of the end of the 19th century concerning Ancient Rome confronted with the birth of Christianity. Works by Kraszewski, Sienkiewicz, and Jeske‑Choiński allow the author to explain the reasons of dealing with the issues in question (among others experienced crisis or the close of modern culture).Dans l’article l’auteur compare trois romans de la fin du XIXe siècle sur la Rome antique confrontée à la naissance du christianisme. Les oeuvres de Kraszewski, Sienkiewicz et Jeske-Choiński lui permettent d’expliquer les raisons pour lesquelles les écrivains ont entrepris cette thématique (entre autres une crise visible ou le déclin de la culture moderne)
Obraz postaci historycznych w trylogii rewolucyjnej Teodora Jeske-Choińskiego (na przykładzie Camille’a Desmoulinsa, Georgesa Dantona i Maximiliena Robespierre’a)
No full textIn the revolutionary trilogy, Jeske-Choiński uses historical figures to
present the cruelties of the events of the end of the 18th century. For this reason, the fictional
characters become a background for the actions of historical heroes, whose profiles,
in turn, are presented by the author by means of suggesting their moral evaluation.
Although it seems coherent – the characters are just as cruel as the world they live in – it
makes the reader feel uneasy about the contrast between the historical facts and the
characters in the novel. In this work, the representations of historical figures created by
Jeske-Choiński will be compared with their real counterparts, described by historians
Learner characteristics predict performance and confidence in e-learning: an analysis of user behaviour and self-evaluation.
No full textWe examined the role of learner characteristics as predictors of four aspects of e-learning performance, including knowledge test performance, learning confidence, learning efficiency, and navigational effectiveness. We used both self-reports and log file records to compute the relevant statistics. Regression analyses showed that both need for cognition and serialist preference predicted test performance. Participants needed less time to complete the e-module when they had lower serialist and higher surface processing scores. Learners with higher deep strategy and need for cognition scores were more confident in their learning, whilst the reverse held true for learners who scored high on surface strategy use. Also, learners with higher surface strategy use showed less active navigation patterns. Age did not predict any outcome except performance efficiency. The results therefore support the importance of including self-reported learner characteristics and educational background in addition to log file information
AÇÃO E CONTEMPLAÇÃO: O ESTATUTO ONTOLÓGICO DA RAZÃO NO Lº XII DO DE TRINITATE DE AGOSTINHO
No full textNo Lº XII da obra “De Trinitate”, Agostinho mostra as duas dimensões mediante as quais ele compreende a operação da razão humana no tempo, são elas: a ação e a contemplação. A primeira diz respeito ao conhecimento científico e direto das coisas criadas, bem como ao modo como o homem projeta seu agir em meio a elas, já a segunda corresponde à capacidade da razão de transcender ao real e compreender o sentido do Ser no qual o mesmo se fundamenta, isto é, a “razão” na qual as coisas foram criadas em certa ordem, mais precisamente, seu télos. Ambas são operações de uma única alma humana criada no tempo que opera integradamente com à atividade corpórea dos homens. A integração entre estas duas esferas da realidade e as duas dimensões da racionalidade torna-se um desafio para o autor em virtude do pecado original, concebido aqui na perspectiva de um “reducionismo” da capacidade operativa da razão sobre o real, o que lhe conduz a conceber uma profunda integração entre Epistemologia e Ética, onde inteligível e sensível não são duas “realidades distintas”, mas duas dimensões de uma mesma realidade criada, cujo télos depende da integração correta de ambas. Palavras-chave: Conhecimento; Ética; Ontologia. Abstract: In Lº XII to "De Trinitate," Augustine shows the two dimensions by which he understands the operation of human reason in time, they are: the action and contemplation. The first concerns the scientific knowledge and direct the created and the way in which man projects his actions amid them, while the second is the ratio of capacity to transcend the real and understand the meaning of Being in which it is based, that is, the "reason" in which things were created in a certain order, more precisely, its telos. Both are operations of a single human soul created in the time it operates seamlessly with the body activity of men. The integration between these two spheres of reality and the two dimensions of rationality becomes a challenge for the author because of original sin, designed here in the perspective of a "reductionism" of the operating capacity of reason on the real, which leads him to conceive a deep integration between epistemology and ethics, where intelligible and sensible are not two "separate realities", but two dimensions of the same reality created, whose telos depends on the correct integration of the two dimensions. Keywords: Knowledge; Ethics; Ontology. VAHL, Matheus Jeske. “Ação e Contemplação: o estatuto ontológico da razão no Lª XII do De Trinitate de Agostinho”. In: Seara Filosófica, n.10, inverno, 2015, p.117-131
First, Second and Other Selves: Essays on Friendship and Personal Identity By Jennifer Whiting
No full textPrivate international debt with risk of repudiation
No full textThe risk of repudiation plays a central role in the size and nature of international capital flows. In this paper the author addresses the question of whether, in a world of international capital flows with risk of default, strategic externalities provide a rationale for regulation of international borrowing. The author models centralized arrangements of international debt in which only governments borrow and lend internationally and decentralized arrangements in which individuals have access to international markets. The author shows that a centralized setup allows more international risk sharing than a decentralized setup
A Paleoethnobotanical Comparison of Mortuary and Village Langford Tradition Sites in Northern Illinois
No full textArchaeologists working in northern Illinois have conducted research on Langford Tradition (ca AD 1100-1450) sites for more than a century. The last 40 years have seen increasing methodological sophistication providing for a relatively nuanced understanding of food technology and resource use. Paleoethnobotany has provided one way to observe the diversity of plant use among Langford site occupants. Using standard paleoethnobotanical practices, plant macroremain from the Robinson Reserve Site (11CK2) are analyzed. The results of the plant macroremain analysis are then compared to existing floral data from the Washington Irving Site (11K52). This research investigates whether site functionality is distinguishable between Langford tradition mortuary and village sites
Critical success factors for working in home office–an empirical analysis from the perspective of employers and employees
No full textVor dem Hintergrund der Covid-19-Pandemie hat sich das Home-Office in Deutschland seit dem Jahr 2020 weit verbreitet und wird seitdem bei vielen Arbeitgebern als neue Arbeitsmethode genutzt. Der Einsatz von Home-Office kann verschiedene positive als auch negative Effekte auf die Beschäftigten und den Arbeitgeber sowie die Gesellschaft allgemein haben. Damit von möglichst vielen positiven Effekten profitiert werden kann, ist ein gutes Home-Office Konzept erforderlich. Welche Anforderungen an ein solches Konzept bestehen und welche Voraussetzungen grundlegend mit der Nutzung von Home-Office verbunden sind, wird in dem Beitrag aufgezeigt. Dabei werden von technischen bis hin zu sozialen Aspekten Anforderungen verschiedener Arten berücksichtigt, welche durch eine durch den Autor durchgeführte Studie gebildet worden sind. Im Fokus dieses Beitrages sollen die kritischen Erfolgsfaktoren für das ideale Arbeiten im Home-Office stehen, also die Anforderungen, welche ausschlaggebend für die erfolgreiche Umsetzung eines Home-Office Konzeptes sind und Einfluss auf die wahrgenommenen Effekte des Home-Office haben. Die im Beitrag aufgeführte Studie des Autors wurde im Rahmen der Abschlussarbeit von Herrn Jeske durchgeführt, auf welcher der Beitrag basiert.Against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic, the home office has become widespread in Germany since 2020 and has since been used as a new working method by many employers. The use of home offices can have various positive and negative effects on employees and employers as well as society in general. In order to benefit from as many positive effects as possible, a good home office concept is required. The article shows which requirements exist for such a concept and which prerequisites are fundamentally associated with the use of home offices. From technical to social aspects, requirements of various types are considered, which have been formed by a study carried out by the author. The focus of this article should be the critical success factors for ideal work in the home office, i.e. the requirements that are decisive for the successful implementation of a home office concept and have an influence on the perceived effects of the home office. The author’s study listed in the article was carried out as part of Mr. Jeske’s thesis, on which the article is based
Equity home bias: Can information cost explain the puzzle?
No full textMost stock market investors believe that the ideal equity portfolio should be well diversified to lower overall portfolio risk. International financial markets offer a means for diversification, but most investors do not exploit this risk-sharing opportunity and instead hold large shares of their portfolios in domestic stocks-a tendency called home bias. ; To measure how severe home bias is, the author introduces a method of quantifying it. A simple asset allocation model is used to determine the shadow cost of foreign investment-that is, the perceived annual cost of foreign equity necessary to create a bias away from perfect international risk sharing and toward domestic equity. The model shows that in most industrialized nations the shadow costs would have to be unrealistically high to account for home bias. In the United States the home bias is almost 150 basis points per year, by far the lowest among all industrialized nations. ; The article then discusses a popular explanation for home bias: information cost. This theory argues that investors face lower costs for gathering information on their domestic assets than on foreign assets and are therefore biased toward holding domestic equity. While this explanation is intuitive, the author demonstrates, using both a naive model and a rational expectations model, that the theory is unable to account for observed patterns of home bias. The author thus concludes that home bias is still a puzzle.International finance ; Capital movements ; Stock market ; Investments, Foreign
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