336 research outputs found
Correspondence from Richard Miles to Vernon Jordan on behalf of H.W. Isaac, April 1966
No full textCorrespondence from Richard Miles to Vernon Jordan prefacing H.W. Isaac's request of funds to take advantage of a potential Black voting majority
SMARANDACHE NON-ASSOCIATIVE RINGS
No full textAn associative ring is just realized or built using reals or complex; finite or infinite
by defining two binary operations on it. But on the contrary when we want to define or study or even introduce a non-associative ring we need two separate algebraic structures say a commutative ring with 1 (or a field) together with a loop or a groupoid or a vector space or a linear algebra. The two non-associative well-known algebras viz. Lie algebras and Jordan algebras are mainly built using a vector space over a field satisfying special identities called the Jacobi identity and Jordan identity respectively. Study of these algebras started as early as 1940s. Hence the study of non-associative algebras or even non-associative rings boils down to the study of properties of vector spaces or linear algebras over fields
Business Continuity Management and Strategic Planning: the Case of Jordan
No full textBusiness Continuity Management (BCM) is a process that focuses on counteracting organizational risk, disasters and crises. Placing Business Continuity Management in the context of Strategic Planning (SP) will help organizations to cope with a wide range of unexpected incidents before, during and after their occurrence. Subsequently, this will help to ensure the long-term survival of an organization.
The aim of this research is to develop an understanding of the significance of placing BCM in the context of SP. This requires studying BCM, its significance, role and practice; Strategic Planning, its significance, purpose and potential vulnerability; the rationale for placing BCM in the context of SP; the factors that are likely to influence placing BCM in the context of SP including driving factors and obstacles; and managers’ views of BCM and the placing of BCM in the context of SP.
This research was undertaken in the Jordanian context. Data was collected via interviewer-administered questionnaires which were conducted with general managers and other key managers from Jordanian organizations from the banking, insurance, industrial and services sectors. 110 questionnaires were collected. The questionnaires were followed by 10 semi-structured interviews in order to support the quantitative findings obtained by the questionnaires.
The research findings revealed that 80.9% of the surveyed organizations in Jordan used BCM. Those organizations that used BCM differed to some extent in their practice of BCM. 51.8% of the surveyed organizations had BCM placed in the context of SP. SP was important for achieving organizational purposes including those related to BCM. The approach to BCM, which is adopted in Jordanian organizations, helped to place BCM in the context of SP. There were a number of factors that discouraged some Jordanian organizations from placing BCM in the context of SP. However, there were also a number of factors that encouraged some other Jordanian organizations to place BCM in the context of SP. Managers had positive views regarding BCM. They either agreed or strongly agreed that BCM can be integrated with SP; BCM would help their organizations to cope with various types of disasters and crises if it is integrated with SP; BCM was an integral part of their organizations’ approach to risk; and BCM was not an extra burden to their businesses
Where Life and Language Meet: An Interdisciplinary Collection in Context of My Sámi Heritage
No full textWhere Life and Language Meet is an interdisciplinary project exploring my Sámi heritage through research and the creation of a poetry collection. Following a brief historical background on the Sámi, the project showcases how my original poems are informed by Sámi storytelling practices. The analytical essay also explores how these poems fit into a larger framework of contemporary literature. Overall, this project demonstrates the creation of poetry as not only cultural heritage work but also a showcase for a culture not significantly explored in contemporary Western scholarship
The intersectionality of class and gender : women's economic activities in east and west Amman
No full textThis research is based on a comparative study between East and West
Amman women in terms of economic activity. Amman is a patriarchal society and
this research explains the prevalent patriarchal structures that influence women’s
economic activities and experiences and how these patriarchal structures operate
differently depending on class. This research adopts an intersectional approach to
gender and class to provide us with a more comprehensive understanding of
women’s experiences in relation to economic activity. The study sheds light on the
fact that class in Jordan is very much related to place of residence, and the
differences between East and West Amman are very influential in determining
women’s experiences. It is meant to explore the views and attitudes towards
women’s economic activities, and the different views between East and West
Amman, and between men and women. Moreover, this research explores the factors
that influence women’s economic activities and how these factors are different
amongst women themselves. This research also identifies the strategies adopted by
women to deal with patriarchy- resistance, negotiation and accommodation-and
how those strategies differ depending on class. The data for this research was
collected through interviews with 18 women, nine from East and nine from West
Amman, economically active and inactive. The research also made use of 164
questionnaires completed by both men and women from East and West Amman.
The questionnaire aimed to provide us with data showing class differences between
East and West Amman, and was also used to provide us with the attitudes and
views towards women’s and men’s economic activities
Arixenia jacobsoni Burr 1912
No full textArixenia jacobsoni Burr, 1912: 105, fig. Type material 2 syntypes, gender not specified, F3233.1866–67 (Fig. 16); 1 ♂, syntype, F3233.1868. Locality labels F3233.1866: E. Jacobson / Babakan. (Ban- / joemas) / Java / Mrt 1911 / Gouwa Lawa (grot) // Cotype // 3550 // A. jacobsoni Burr / det. Burr // Ex Mus. Tring / via Dr. K. Jordan. F3233.1867: As F3233.1866 except number 3551. F3233.1868: As F3233.1866 except number 3547 and det. label: Arixenia jacobsoni / Burr ♂ / det. Burr. Taxonomy Arixeniidae, Xeniaria jacobsoni (Burr, 1912). Remarks 1. Transferred by Maa (Nakata & Maa 1974: 319). 2. In the original description, the author refers to the ‘nomotype’ being in his collection and to ‘numerous specimens: Edw. Jacobson.’ 3. In the original description, the locality is given as Banjoumas Residency, Gouwa Lawa cave near the sea-shore at Babakan, Java.Published as part of Miles, Claire, 2015, The Earwig Collection (Dermaptera) of the Manchester Museum, UK, with a complete type catalogue, pp. 1-138 in European Journal of Taxonomy 141 on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.141, http://zenodo.org/record/382783
PA Class 2017
No full textOn photo: Seventh row (left to right): Nathan Casting, Calder Young, Andrew Knox, Jordan Heins, Lucas Roth, Andrew ConradySixth row (left to right): Morgan Miles, Matthew Sherman, Seand Di Paola, Jon Schwermer, Luke Mierau, Andrew Dale, Nicole WaldenFifth row (left to right): Lindsey Wright, Megan Walker, Katherine Muff, Cheyanne Alvarado, Megan Holick, Lauren GraberFourth row (left to right): Kelsie Bond, Katlin Valdez, Angela Sucha, Jordan Biel, Monica Buelt, Stephanie EwerttThird row (left to right): Lauren Simmons, Megan Spradlin, Erin Sawyers, Caitlin Tenbarge, Myra Wilson, Courtney Kirshner, Megan PlouzekSecond row (left to right): Jared Burns, Codie Armstead, Taylor Winter, Amanda Casey, Gina Everett, Alison Starr, Mallori JacksFirst row (left to right): Stephanie Stevens, Bailey Buer, Mai Hoang, Jacquelynn Nguyen, Lauren Marquess, Unnati Basnyat, Sofia HarlowDigitized by University Libraries' Technical Services Institutional Repository & Digitization group.Personal and non-profit use only. Contact [email protected] if you have any questions
Star Making: A Publishing History of Thea Astley
No full textThis article focuses directly on Thea Astley’s publishing history from the time of her involvement with Brisbane’s avant garde in the 1950s, her early inclusion in regional collections, and her emergence as a Miles Franklin prize-winning author, through the enabling pen and advocacy of one of Angus & Robertson (A&R)’s finest fiction editors, Beatrice Davis, to the establishment in the 1980s of Astley’s ultimate author-publisher relationship with Penguin Books and her own overseas literary agent. It will also examine the publishing trajectory of selected novels released and re-issued by the University of Queensland Press (UQP) and Penguin Books, and revisit the divides between writer and editor, publisher and publicist, and the dis/enabling inspiration of difference in the tropics, in the context of the gendered histories of publishing at A&R, Penguin Books and UQP.</jats:p
Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine: Volume 1
No full textAnnotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey First published by the Wellcome Trust, 1997. ©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 1997.In Volume One (Occasional Publication no. 4, 1997).All volumes are freely available online at: www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/wellcome_witnesses/Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Four Witness Seminar transcripts of meetings held between 1993 and 1996: ‘Technology Transfer in Britain: The case of Monoclonal Antibodies’ (E M Tansey and P P Catterall, eds); ‘Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity’ (E M Tansey, S V Willhoft and D A Christie, eds); ‘Endogenous Opiates’ (E M Tansey and D A Christie, eds); ‘The Committee on Safety of Drugs’ (E M Tansey and L A Reynolds, eds). Introduction by E M Tansey, ‘What is a Witness Seminar’, separate index for each meeting. Tansey E M, Catterall P P, Christie D A, Willhoft S V, Reynolds L A. (eds) (1997) Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine, volume 1. London: The Wellcome Trust.The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no. 210183
Changing the ideological roots of prejudice: Longitudinal effects of ethnic intergroup contact on social dominance orientation
No full textSocial Dominance Orientation (SDO) has been reported to be strongly related to a multitude of intergroup phenomena, but little is known about situational experiences that may influence SDO. Drawing from research on intergroup contact theory, we argue that positive intergroup contact is able to reduce SDO-levels. The results of an intergroup contact intervention study among high school students (Study 1, N=71) demonstrated that SDO-levels were indeed attenuated after the intervention. Furthermore, this intervention effect on SDO was especially pronounced among students reporting a higher quality of contact. A cross-lagged longitudinal survey among adults (Study 2, N=363) extended these findings by demonstrating that positive intergroup contact is able to decrease SDO over time. Moreover, we did not obtain evidence for the idea that people high in SDO would engage less in intergroup contact. These findings indicate that intergroup contact erodes one of the important socio-ideological bases of generalized prejudice and discrimination
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