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    The Production and Reception of a Mandaic Incantation

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    Chapter from: Häberl, Charles G. (ed.) (2009). Afroasiatic Studies in Memory of Robert Hetzron: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL 35), 130-148

    The Relative Pronoun d- and the Pronominal Suffixes in Mandaic, in Journal of Semitic Studies 52.1 (2007): 71–78 (Manchester)

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    The enclitic pronominal suffixes in Neo-Mandaic are affixed to nouns and prepositions via two separate strategies. Nearly all nouns and prepositions inherited directly from Classical Mandaic take pronominal suffixes directly. All loanwords, and an extremely circumscribed set of original Mandaic words, receive pronominal suffixes after an enclitic particle, –d-. Rudolph Macuch suggested in his Handbook of Classical and Modern Mandaic that this particle is derived from the Classical Mandaic relative pronoun, d-. The evidence, however, suggests that this particle is an innovation, which ultimately derives from the metathesis of the final two root consonants of Classical Mandaic qam / qadmia ‘to, for’ (Neo-Mandaic qam / qamdi-), from which it spread by analogy to new lexical items.This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The Journal of Semitic Studies following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Charles G. Häberl. The Relative Pronoun ḏ- and the Pronominal Suffixes in MandaicJ Semitic Studies (2007) 52(1): 71-77 doi:10.1093/jss/fgl038 is available online at: http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/1/7

    An epistle to the author of The four farthing candles: By the author of The Rosciad of C-v-nt-G-rd-n.

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    12p. ; 4⁰.The author of The Rosciad of C-v-nt-G-rd-n = Charles Churchill.With a half-title.Reproduction of original from the Huntington Library.English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN1512.Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group)

    Michael Rodriguez interviews writer Charles Baxter

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    Charles Baxter talks about his book "The Feast of Love", the relationship between the landscape of Michigan and the setting of his novels, metaphysics in his novels, his career as both a writer and a college teacher, how a male author writes female characters, and voyeurism in his book. Baxter is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series

    On quadratic Waring’s problem in totally real number fields

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    Funding Information: Received by the editors February 1, 2022, and, in revised form, July 4, 2022, and August 14, 2022. 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 11E12, 11D85, 11E25, 11E39. The first author was partially supported by project PRIMUS/20/SCI/002 from Charles University, by Czech Science Foundation GACˇR, grant 21-00420M, by projects UNCE/SCI/022 and GA UK No. 742120 from Charles University, and by SVV-2020-260589. The second author was supported by the project PRIMUS/20/SCI/002 from Charles University and by the Academy of Finland (grants #336005 and #351271, Principal Investigator C. Hollanti). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 American Mathematical Society.We improve the bound of the g-invariant of the ring of integers of a totally real number field, where the g-invariant g(r) is the smallest number of squares of linear forms in r variables that is required to represent all the quadratic forms of rank r that are representable by the sum of squares. Specifically, we prove that the gOK(r) of the ring of integers OK of a totally real number field K is at most gZ([K : Q]r). Moreover, it can also be bounded by gOF ([K : F]r + 1) for any subfield F of K. This yields a subexponential upper bound for g(r) of each ring of integers (even if the class number is not 1). Further, we obtain a more general inequality for the lattice version G(r) of the invariant and apply it to determine the value of G(2) for all but one real quadratic field.Peer reviewe

    Charles G. Wheeler Correspondence

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    Entries include a typed biographical letter from a Topsham, Maine, author in 1929 to Maine state librarian Henry Ernest Dunnack in reply to a request from Marion Cobb Fuller of the Maine State Library for inscribed copies of his books on woodworking, the letter suggests that these books (missing) had been sent to the Maine State Library, a penciled note on the reverse of Wheeler\u27s typed letter specifies that Dunnack had chosen to reorganize the titles for general reference use

    A 2 h periodic variation in the low-mass X-ray binary Ser X-1

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    Spectroscopy of the low-mass X-ray binary Ser X-1 using the Gran Telescopio Canarias have revealed a ?2 h periodic variability that is present in the three strongest emission lines. We tentatively interpret this variability as due to orbital motion, making it the first indication of the orbital period of Ser X-1. Together with the fact that the emission lines are remarkably narrow, but still resolved, we show that a main-sequence K dwarf together with a canonical 1.4 M? neutron star gives a good description of the system. In this scenario, the most likely place for the emission lines to arise is the accretion disc, instead of a localized region in the binary (such as the irradiated surface or the stream-impact point), and their narrowness is due instead to the low inclination (?10°) of Ser X-1

    'A local habitation and a name A Kristevan reading of human growth in religion, with a reference to John and Charles Wesley'

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    This study is concerned with the concept of human growth and change: it juxtaposes processes of growth and change in psychoanalytic therapy and those in a religious context. In both situations the relationship between growth and development and the idea of becoming 'good' is considered. Kleinian, Post-Kleinian and particularly Kristevan theory is used to elucidate facilitators of change in psychoanalytic therapy and in the context of Christian faith. The emphases in the theory used here differ from those of more traditional developmental theorists in the study of religion, which rely heavily on ego-psychology and self-psychology, and focus on the autonomous ego and the degree of maturity of forms of religion. By contrast, the emphases here are on the split self, on unconscious drives, phantasies and affects, and on the non-cognitive apprehension of truth. Through an examination of the lives of John and Charles Wesley, the thesis examines the possibility of growth occurring in the context of so-called 'immature’ forms of religion, the means by which this might occur, and the extent to which change is governed by an individual's mental structure and psychological defences. The Kristevan reading allows a less cognitive, 'ego-driven' study of the growth to 'goodness' than does that of the developmental theorists. It thus questions the validity of traditional classifications of forms of religion. It elicits differences between the historical subjects, which demonstrate the importance of personality factors in facilitating or hindering growth. Finally, it enables an exploration of Charles Wesley’s hymns which reveals evidence of erotic and imaginary elements, and the possibility of triadic openness in what some would see as an 'immature' form of belief. This examination also questions Kristeva's own assertion that religious symbolism cannot adequately 'sublimate' the 'abject'

    Ancient Warriors of the North Pacific: The Haidas, their Laws, Customs and Legends:

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    by Charles Harrison.Ancient Warriors of the North Pacific: the Haidas, their laws, customs and legends, with some historical account of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Includes bibliographical references (p. 8) and index
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