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The sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
No full textContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
Milestones Mark 50-Year Story
No full textNewspaper Article - 'Milestones Mark 50-Year Story'. The Edmonton Journal, May 29, 1959. Milestones down the 50-year road of the Alberta Women's Institute.AWI CollectionWi Jubilee Anniversary
Milestones Mark
50- Year Story
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SECTION TWO EDMONTON, ALBERTA, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1959
Milestones down the 50- year
road of the Alberta Women's
Institutes indicate the organization
is on a broad highway
after starting down a narrow
path, from past presidents'
reminiscences at the jubilee
convention meeting in Convocation
Hall Thursday evening.
Projects have expanded, horizons
broadened and the organization
has repeatedly sent
representatives to the conventions
of the Associated Country
Women of the World.
The story told Thursday
evening by special speaker,.
Miss Isabel Noble of Wichita,
Kansas, organizer of the WI
in 1909 and president for the
first eight years, was of a nebulous
beginning.
WITHIN 50 TEARS
Fifty years later, Mrs. T. H.
Howes, Millet, completing her
term as president, attended the
ACWW meeting in Ceylon and
the immediate past president,
Mrs. S. Lefsrud, Viking, who
also attended an ACWW conference
in Toronto, referred to
a recent trip she made to Russia.
Between the beginning at
home and the world viewpoint,
the convention relived their
activities in reports of presidents
who served during war
years and depression. The story
took the audience on many adventures
along Alberta's early
highways as the presidents
travelled to unite the scattered
branches of the WI.
Speakers included Mrs. W.
McParlane who read a report
from Mrs. A. G. McGorman,
Penhold. president from 1R49
to 1953. and Airs. M. L. Thompson.
Lethbridge, president from
1941 to 1945.
On behalf of Mrs. Susan D.
Stewart of Peace River, president
from 1937 to 1941, Mrs.
A. H. Rogers was the speaker.
Mrs. J. C. Ferguson, Trochu,
president from 1933 to 1937
also addressed the meeting.
The past presidents paid
tribute to the tremendous accomplishments
of the late Mrs.
E. E. Morton, Vegreville, president
from 1945 to 1949. Mrs.
M. G. Roberts of Hanna was
chairman.
BORROWED CONSTITUTION
Telling of the organization
days of the WI Miss Noble,
the special speaker said, " I
thought constitutions were for
quarrelsome people." recalling
how at first the WI worked on
an adopted constitution from
when she travelled south giving
demonstrations on c a n n i ng
vegetables. In one district the
women arrived, some two on a
horse, some carrying shoes and
S t o c k i n g s . This is a poor
district, she thought, but went
ahead with her talk to a most
indifferent audience. Question
time came and they asked why
ahe spoke in that vein when
they hadn't had a crop in asven
years.
Nor had they the money to
pool together to buy vegetables.
Help? Send us a nurse they
urged, and so rural organization
was begun to supply district
nurses.
Miss Noble's talk was a gay
remembrance of anecdote in
the early days. She also cited
distress cases where the WI
helped as neighbors.
WI CREED
' " sHeToIcTof how the creed of
the WI now repeated the world
over, was given first to her by
a neighbor in Daysland, her
Alberta home, before she moved
to Wichita. " I have heard
t h a t creed repeated in Britain
and in Asia," she said.
During her term as president.
1933 to 1937 there were hard
times and poverty, Mrs. J. C.
Ferguson of Trochu reminded.
She recalled how the WI helped
supply layettes for mothers
in need, and referred to a visit
from Lady Tweedsmuir when a
WI library for shipping packages
of books to rural homes
was inaugurated.
Mrs. Rogers' message from
Mrs. Stewart of Peace River
was a lively account of how the
graduate of Glasgow University
came as a bride to Peace River,
and took up WI work. She
served as AWI president from
1937 to 1941. Later her war effort
was to work ih Ottawa
censoring German mail. Offered
the presidency of the Federated
WI of Canada she refused
" because it was not Alberta's
turn."
WAR SERVICE
Mrs. Thompson recalled the
work of the WI during the
war years; service for the Red
Cross, making ditty bags for
th « merchant marine; how they
cancelled a convention and
bought bonds with the money
saved; how they saved a dollar
each in Christmas money, and
sent $ 1,000 to sister Wis in
bombed areas in Britain.
RUSSIA, PIONEERING
Mrs. Lefsrud's description of
the ACWW meeting in Toronto
turned then to her personal
trip to Russia which she saw,
she said, as a pioneer country
with the people looking ahead.
Moscow she said was a fascinating
metropolis. She urged that
the four freedoms in the covenant
of the ACWW, freedom
from want, freedom of thought,
speech and expression be remembered
in judging Russia.
Milestones In her presidency
included taking up the cause of
Alberta's Indians.
Speaking on behalf of Mrs.
W. McGorman, Red Deer, Mrs.
W. McFarlane referred to establishing
a scholarship in
music in memory of the late
Mrs. H. J. Montgomery, president
from 1929 to 1933, and of
obtaining sponsors for handicrafts.
Mrs. McGorman was a
delegate to the ACWW conference
in Copenhagen, Denmark
during her presidency.
During the evening Miss
Jeanette MacDonall, winner of
the first Montgomery scholarship,
sang several selections.
Gifts were presented by Mrs.
Howes to Mrs. A. H. Rogers
and to Miss MacDonall. Mrs.
Howes also presented a life
membership pin to Mrs. Per-,
guson, Trochu.
The meeting concluded with
roll call of branches and a coffee
party at which the AWI
cut and served their anniversary
cake.
NEW OFFICERS IN AWI — The concluding
day, Friday, of the Alberta Women's
Institutes' four- day convention brought elections
at the morning sessions at Convocation
Hall. Mrs. W. R. Ford, Coutts, Alberta, pictured
at centre, was elected preside
M. G. Roberts, Drumheller, left, w
vice- president and Mrs. John Rich
Deer, secretary. — Photo by Goe
Dopaminergic basis of salience dysregulation in psychosis
No full textDisrupted salience processing is proposed as central in linking dysregulated dopamine function with psychotic symptoms. Several strands of evidence are now converging in support of this model. Animal studies show that midbrain dopamine neurons are activated by unexpected salient events. In psychotic patients, neurochemical studies have confirmed subcortical striatal dysregulation of dopaminergic neurotransmission, whereas functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of salience tasks have located alterations in prefrontal and striatal dopaminergic projection fields. At the clinical level, this may account for the altered sense of meaning and significance that predates the onset of psychosis. This review draws these different strands of evidence together in support of an emerging understanding of how dopamine dysregulation may lead to aberrant salience and psychotic symptoms. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd
Asia’s Wicked Environmental Problems
No full textThe developing economies of Asia are confronted by serious environmental problems that threaten to undermine future growth, food security, and regional stability. This study considers four major environmental challenges that policymakers across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030: water management, air pollution, deforestation and land degradation, and climate change. We argue that these challenges, each unique in their own way, all exhibit the characteristics of “wicked problems”. As developed in the planning literature, and now applied much more broadly, wicked problems are dynamic, complex, encompass many issues and stakeholders, and evade straightforward, lasting solutions.asia environmental problems; food security; water management; air pollution; deforestation; land degradation; climate change; wicked problems
Pharmacological profile of an essential oil derived from Melissa officinalis with anti-agitation properties: focus on ligand-gated channels
No full textA dual radioligand binding and electrophysiological study, focusing on a range of ligand-gated ion channels, was performed with a chemically-validated essential oil derived from Melissa officinalis (MO), which has shown clinical benefit in treating agitation. MO inhibited binding of [S-35] t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate (TBPS) to the rat forebrain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptor channel (apparent IC50 0.040 +/- 0.001 mg mL(-1)), but had no effect on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropianate (AMPA) or nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Electrophysiological analyses with primary cultures of rat cortical neurons demonstrated that MO reversibly inhibited GABA-induced currents in a concentration-dependent manner (0.01-1 mg mL(-1)), whereas no inhibition of NMDA- or AMPA-induced currents was noted. Interestingly, MO elicited a significant dose-dependent reduction in both inhibitory and excitatory transmission, with a net depressant effect on neurotransmission (in contrast to the classical GABA(A) antagonist picrotoxinin which evoked profound epileptiform burst firing in these cells). The anti-agitation effects in patients and the depressant effects of MO in in-vitro we report in neural membranes are unlikely to reflect a sedative interaction with any of the ionotropic receptors examined her
Women's Institute Education Program Awarded Dr. H. M. Tory Memorial
No full textNewspaper Article - 'Women's Institute Education Program Awarded Dr. H. M. Tory Memorial' - In recognition of their program of adult education.AWI CollectionDIRECT AVI MEETING— With the the theme of " Progress to Peace", more
t h a n 365 members of the Alberta WI are meeting this week at Convocation Hall,
University of Alberta. Platform directors include from left to right, Mrs. R. D.
Prendergast, secretary; Mrs. F. S. Lefsrud of Viking, president and Mrs. T. H.
Howes of Millet, vice- president.
omen s Institute Education Program
Awarded Dr. H. M. Tory Memorial
I n recognition of their program
of adult education the
Federated Women's Institutes
have been awarded the Henry
Marshall Tory award.
This was announced Tuesday
afternoon to members of the Alberta
Women's Institute, meeting
at Convocation Hall, University
of Alberta, by Mrs. J. W.
Adams of Ethelton, Sask., national
president. The award,
given each year by the Canadian
Association of Adult Education,
is in memory of the late Dr. H.
M. Tory, first president of the
University of Alberta.
'' We women owe a debt to
democracy," said Mrs. Adams,
addressing more than 365 deleg
a t e s attending the week's convention.
" Democracy needs good
citizenship. It is a way of life
and is always in* progress."
WI AS PIONEER
The speaker maintained that
the WI has led the way in adult
education and reported on nine
provincial conventions and presented
highlights of the activities
of various provinces. She
suggested that a national convention
and a national office is
needed.
Mrs. Adams pointed out that
all the other WI branches are
linked with the government, except
the Alberta WI. " Our organization
has a complex and
growing program. Professional
assistance is needed." '
" Coming together is beginning;
thinking together is unity;
planning together is progress;
working together is success."
Later, Mrs. Adams outlined
the activities of the international
ACWW which has been accorded
a membership in the.
United Nations, thus carrying a
challenge to the women on the
provincial, national and international
levels.
" Only by sharing can we raise
the standard of living of the
world through the education of
women."
PLANT TREES
A highlight of the afternoon
session was the planting of the
three trees in front, and to the
right, of the Agricultural Building.
Miss Isobel Noble of Wit-chita,
Kans. planted an evergreen
tree dedicated to the past,
as first president of the Alberta
WI. Mrs. S. Lefsrud, planted
a black ash on the east side of
the building, to the present. A
Manchurian elm, to the future,
was planted by Mrs. L. Dunne
of Turin, as president of the
Girls' Clubs.
The trees were accepted by Dr.
O. S. Longman, deputy minister
of agriculture, for the province;
Dr. A. G. McCalla, head of the
department of agriculture, for
the university; and Mr. J. W.
Madille, president of the Agricultural
Association, for the association.
The service was conducted by
Mrs. T. H. Howes of Millet,
and Mrs. H. Moonen, convener
of the standing committee of
agriculture and Canadian Industries.
CONVENTION THEME
With the theme of " Progress
to Peace," the convention officially
opened Tuesday morning
with greetings from Mrs. J. P.
White, president of the Edmonton
WI, welcoming the delegates.
She presented the convention
with a floral piece — a
gold metal figure of the number
" 50" surrounded by yellow
daisies and iris to mark Alberta's
Jubilee year.
Mrs. R. J. Jorgenson, department
of health, brought greetings
from the province, Dr
Andrew Stewart from the university
and Alderman Laurette
Douglas from the city. Mrs. G
R. Carnihe replied to all greetings.
Reports were heard from Mrs.
S. Lefsrud, president, Mrs. T. H,
Howes, vice- president and Mrs.
R. W. Prendergast, secretary,
when it was announced that
there are 37 constituencies, 284
branches, and 5,464 members in
the Alberta WI. Publicity reports
were heard from Mrs. W.
Ockley of Calgary, Mrs. J. A.
Campbell and Mrs. Howes.
Mrs. Howes, a long- time worker
in the WI, was presented with
a life membership pin.
Mrs. R. Styles, in discussing
" objectionable literature" announced
that there are 90 million
types of comics published.
Mrs. R. Moore of the Edmonton
Public Library, told the
women what the library could
do to conteract this. " We must
bring books to children, and one
of the best ways to do this is to
set up regional libraries in all
the coummunities."
Mrs. V. G. McDonald outlined
services offered by the
extension service department of
agriculture, when she announced
that there are 17 home economic
districts.
In m u s i c a l entertainment
which has been p r o v i d ed
between sessions were piano
solos by Mrs. S. Lefsrud, vocal
solos by Miss Jeanette Mac-
Donald and Miss R. Isaac, and j
Highland Dancing by Sare LeeJ
Holden
The GTPase-Activating Protein GRAF1 regulates the CLIC/GEEC Endocytic Pathway
No full textClathrin-independent endocytosis is an umbrella term for a variety of endocytic pathways that internalize numerous cargoes independently of the canonical coat protein Clathrin [1, 2]
Using conversation topics for predicting therapy outcomes in schizophrenia.
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© the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd.
This is an open access article published under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 license.Previous research shows that aspects of doctor-patient communication in therapy can predict patient symptoms, satisfaction and future adherence to treatment (a significant problem with conditions such as schizophrenia). However, automatic prediction has so far shown success only when based on low-level lexical features, and it is unclear how well these can generalize to new data, or whether their effectiveness is due to their capturing aspects of style, structure or content. Here, we examine the use of topic as a higher-level measure of content, more likely to generalize and to have more explanatory power. Investigations show that while topics predict some important factors such as patient satisfaction and ratings of therapy quality, they lack the full predictive power of lower-level features. For some factors, unsupervised methods produce models comparable to manual annotation
Comparison of Tooth Size Discrepancy of Three Main Ethnics in Malaysia with Bolton's Ratio
No full textThe objective of this study was to investigate the applicability of Bolton's ratios in orthodontic population of Malaysian main ethnics; Malay, Chinese and Indians. Ninety convenient samples consisting of 30 pre-orthodontic study casts from each ethnic that fits the inclusion criteria were selected. The greatest mesiodistal widths of each tooth from six to six for overall ratio and three to three for anterior ratio were measured using a digital callipers linked to Hamilton Arch Tooth System software to the nearest 0.01mm. Means of the ratios were calculated using Bolton analysis. One sample t-test statistic analysis was carried out to compare the means with Bolton values of anterior ratio and overall ratio and one-way ANOVA was used to analyze comparison between ethnic groups of the anterior ratio and the overall ratio with the level of statistical significance set at p < 0.05. However, there were no significant differences when comparing Bolton values with Chinese and Indian anterior and overall ratios. The Bolton standards could be applied to Malaysian Chinese, Indians and Malay's female. Subsequently, a specific standard should be used for the Malays orthodontic population.Article URL : http://www.ukm.my/jsm/pdf_files/SM-PDF-41-2-2012/17%20Aida%20Nur%20Ashikin.pd
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